Word: censeur
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Protesting the school's harsh discipline, some critics want to "democratize" the system by shifting grandes ecoles candidates to the more adult, laxer university. That thought appalls Charles Poignant, the school's censeur (disciplinary head), who fears that standards would plummet. "There is great jealousy of our role," he says, and it delights him. With Premier Pompidou due to lead the birthday party, Censeur Poignant & Co. aim to launch Louis-le-grand on its fifth century in the same old magisterial manner-a place where the elite of the elite meet, and damn the dullards...
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