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...mayor's office of the small town of Thiron-Gardais near Chartres, young couples exchange wedding vows beneath a bust of Marianne, the ubiquitous symbol of the Republic of France. But the long familiar statue now has a new and different look. Although she still wears the customary Phrygian hat, her habitually austere visage has been replaced by a generous mouth and her torso by an even more generous cleavage. The face and figure, done in white plaster with bronze patinas, are unmistakably those of Brigitte Bardot...
...says Asian, BB's new bust has supplanted ten old Mariannes in mayors' offices around France, at a cost of $105 each. Installing a bust of Brigitte at his party's headquarters in Paris, Radical Party Politician Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber said: "We should be proud of her, of Roquefort cheese and of Bordeaux wine. They are the products that bring us the most profit." Andre Malraux, the celebrated author and former Minister of Culture, asked for and was sent a copy...
...manufacturers have received a few complaining letters, including one that scolded: "You cannot rank the Republic and this person together." Nonetheless, BB's bust is expected to become a priority item in mayors' budgets-after this week's municipal elections are over. In return for lending her figure to France, Bardot has been given one of the busts and has mounted it over...
Harvard also requested a temporary restraining order from Middlesex County's Superior Court and after it was issued, pointed out that the County judge might decide to bust if Harvard remained inactive...
...Harvard police learned of the planned bust only when Cambridge officers appeared at the Harvard police station with a warrant and asked that they accompany them to make the arrest...