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When the guide was finished, Cammille Schmidt, a Belgian teacher who was serving as the group's translator, informed the group with unmistakable awe that "this is the third most important art museum in the United States...
...just such a mixture of fact and embellishments that greeted the group of over 250 Belgian students, their parents and teachers, that swarmed through the Yard yesterday afternoon. The Belgians, who are on a two-week swing through the United States and Canada, visited Harvard in lieu of other Boston area attractions during their one-day stay here because, as one Belgian teacher put it, "Harvard means a lot to the world...
...group escorted by guide Paul Williamson '77 passed Weld Hall, a woman yelled "Bonjour!" from a fourth-story window. Several of the Belgians looked up appreciatively and returned the greeting. One Belgian student was then hit in the leg by a Frisbee. He asked "What is this thing?" as he skillfully threw it back to its owner...
...will have very much chic," promised Régine, Belgian-born dynamo of the discotheque set, who last week unveiled the newest of her high-priced nightspots. The sometime singer-actress, notorious for banning the unhip from her clubs in Paris, Monte Carlo and Rio, was all open arms as she offered several hundred guests a preview look at her new dance-and-dining emporium. The locale: Manhattan's Delmonico hotel. The stars: Actress Candice Bergen, Designer Hubert de Givenchy and former Vogue Editor Diana Vreeland. The floor show: a fashion exhibit featuring "ready-to-dance" dresses created...
...Danish and Belgian currencies also came under pressure, because Denmark suffers from chronic trade deficits ($128 million in the first nine months of 1975) and Belgium is burdened by an 11% inflation rate. At week's end there was growing concern that one or both might be forced to follow France out of the snake. At the same time, the value of the German mark against other snake currencies threatens to rise above the 4.5% range. There are persistent rumors-denied by German officials-that the nation might once again revalue its currency upward...