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...assigned to a supply unit, and Fort Lee, Va., where she worked as an Army journalist. Personnel officers at both bases assured them that he would have no difficulty transferring to a supply unit in Fort Lee, so Private First Class Richard Venema, then 21, and Sergeant Elayne Chalifour, then 19, decided to join forces. In 1977 they got married...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: Army Husband | 4/16/1979 | See Source »

...mention of Professorial Dignity recalls an incident which occurred during the summer. It appears that M. Jean-Marie Chalifour, citizen of France and instructor in Harvard's French Department, awoke one sultry A.M. to find in his mail box a communication from the city of Cambridge. It was apparently the intent of some minion to inform M. Chalifour that he owed a $2.00 poll...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 9/28/1933 | See Source »

...Chalifour was unacquainted with the customs of the land, and he decided to enclose a check with his note of objection. He wrote: "It is incredible that a Nation like America should descend so low as to collect taxes from the untaxable. Kindly return this check soon as you have ascertained that I am not a citizen and cannot vote...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 9/28/1933 | See Source »

...Then M. Chalifour hied himself to his desk and composed the following: "I shall vote, I do not know whom to vote for, I do not care. I shall simply vote for someone whose name is not too unpronounceable. And if the great American Government questions me I shall wave, fiaunt, thrust under its nose, my cancelled check and my receipt. I, Jean-Marie Chalifour, citizen of France, will vote in Cambridge, U. S. A. I may even sell my vote to some unhappy politician who needs it. For two dollars I would vote for anyone. For three dollars...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 9/28/1933 | See Source »

...Chalifour seems to have caught...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 9/28/1933 | See Source »

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