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...CHINON, Christmas is bitter. The season of peace and love brings the family of Henry II together only to do violence to one another. Their weapons are their wounds: old snubs and older betrayals. The law they fight under is the law of the jungle, where only the strong and the cunning survive from one holiday to the next, and the prize they contest is the crown, emblem of land and power...
...VALLEY. An abundant crop of high-quality wine has been in the vats for a month. Muscadet, the dry, fruity white, and the slightly sweet Rose D'Anjou, which are best drunk young, will remain some of the best bargains anywhere at around $3. The reds, such as Chinon, Bourgeuil and Saumur-Cham-pigny. show every sign of excellence. The whites, Pouilly-Fumé, Sancerre and Vouvray, were also exceptional. Loire Valley wines will go up 10% and be drinkable within a year...
Many Americans are discovering the virtues-pungent aroma and mouth-filling fruitiness-of the Loire Valley's reds, such as Chinon and Bour-gueil, which...
...were modest and the candidates lethargic. Socialist Mitterrand, for instance, spent part of the week at rallies in the rural departments of Nièvre and Saône-et-Loire southeast of Paris, where he is already well known as mayor of the town of Château-Chinon, president of Nièvre's departmental council and "our Deputy" in the National Assembly. "This is his fief," said one peasant in the farming town of Montsauche (pop. 850). "Around here he is simply known as Fran...
...plutonium a year. In anyone's nuclear language, this is a respectable amount of plutonium, and with it France can turn out an estimated twelve atomic bombs a year, in the 20-200 kiloton range. By the end of 1961, when two reactors now under construction at Chinon begin to produce, France's annual output should increase to 320 kilograms...