Word: au
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Further fascinating pages from the au thor's already fat but never fatuous note book of English upper-class doings be tween the wars...
...elastic belt which is so comfortable as well as functional on the ski slopes. The large collection of ski sweaters from Europe includes those of Montant of France, supplier of olympic teams. These V-neck, doubleknit racing sweaters worn with turtleneck jersey are very, very warm and, oh, so au courant...
...conflict. Mobs surged through the city in defiance of the curfew, disgustedly shouting: "Seven years of war is enough." Said one of their leaders: "We don't want fighting among brothers. We don't want a Congo here." Over and over, the crowds roared: "Toute la clique au poteau [To hell with everybody]." Most ominous note for the squabbling leaders was a silent march by 16,000 members of the powerful Union of Algerian Workers. At the Algiers prefecture they presented a declaration calling for a truce, a reunion of all the leaders of the revolution and immediate...
...their muscle to organize the crowds, commandeer trucks to carry the rooters to the appointed place. When Duvalier wants the opposition squashed, the Macoutes do the job. Three weeks ago, one of the "vagrant law officers" halted a bus near the village of Gressier, 10 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, ordered out a peasant suspected of being anti-Duvalier, shot him three times in the back, twice more in the head, in full view of the passersby. Last week a night watchman at a highway maintenance depot who refused to hand over supplies for the Macoutes was found beaten...
Just a Hobby. Scherbaum sailed through the Brandenburg No. 2 last week as if it were as simple as Au Clair de la Lune. Nonchalantly placing his weight on one leg, the egg-shaped instrumentalist blew through the intricacies of the high coloratura with characteristic ease; he blasted a final, full-volume flourish that brought an audible gasp from the audience. Chances are that he could have gone through the whole piece with his eyes shut: he has recorded the concerto for 14 different labels, has become so thoroughly identified with it that in Western and Eastern Europe alike...