Word: blancs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Bloomsbury. One Laborite M.P. reports that he cannot afford to telephone his wife in Scotland. Though the House of Commons dining room serves excellent food and wine-the roast pheasant and Chateau Cheval Blanc 1949 are particularly well regarded right now-quite a few members must stick to fish and chips in the cafeteria. Many cannot afford a part-time secretary and are often seen in the library answering letters in longhand...
...misstep: a melody will slip into passages that suggest fado or flamenco or Orthodox church music, then emerge again for a major-key resolution. Ferré has written some lovely love songs, but most of his ideas are tough, and he does not mince words-as in Monsieur Tout-Blanc, his pre-Deputy attack on the Pope...
...high, rides over a pipeline that brings oil from Genoa to a Swiss refinery at Collombey. The new St. Bernard, which will be formally inaugurated by the presidents of Italy and Switzerland in June, is the world's longest auto tunnel. But not for long. The Mt. Blanc tunnel of over seven miles from France to Italy will surpass it when it opens for business next year...
Allying with fun-loving Cousin Edmond, the banking Rothschilds have also got into the tourist boom. They hold the largest single share in a new company that is erecting ski resorts in the Alps, building bungalow villages in Majorca, investigating sites for motels near the new Mont Blanc tunnel. From the U.S.'s Restaurant Associates, Cousin Elie recently bought an interest in France's largest casino, at Divonne-les-Bains. Cousin Edmond himself has poured $5,000,000 into France's plushest Alpine resort at Megève, has large shares in a European travel club...
Sixth Annual Buick Open Golf Tournament (NBC, 4:30-6 p.m.). From Warwick Hills Club in Grand Blanc, Mich...