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The revolutions that went into ridding the world of the scourge of monarchy have not fully succeeded, as our cousins across the ocean persist in clinging to the idiotic idea that a whole nation is duty bound to support one family because they were born into that class.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 20, 1959 | 7/20/1959 | See Source »

As the hour of 2 p.m. universal time* approached, Venus looked like a yellow half-moon against the sky background, and Regulus, greenish in hue, was approaching the rim of its disk. The occultation was to start at 2:21. The minutes passed; the star edged closer to the invisible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Lighted by Regulus | 7/20/1959 | See Source »

Singer Lisa Kirk has spent 15 years becoming so skilled a pro that it is impossible for audiences to be anti. Gowned in clinging, strapless, white organza studded with sequins, perched atop a suitcase carried by four male dancers, auburn-haired Singer Kirk was spending her evenings last week being...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NIGHTCLUBS: In Her Fashion | 6/15/1959 | See Source »

At week's end, trooping to the polls for the second, runoff round of National Assembly elections, French voters confirmed this sour tribute to the power of the Gaullist label. Clinging to De Gaulle's coattails, the hastily organized U.N.R. (Union for the New Republic) emerged as France...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: The Over-Beautiful Bride | 12/8/1958 | See Source »

On two successive Sundays, the voters of France were to elect the first Parliament of the new Fifth Republic. They went about it with an apathy that disturbed the politicians. Some voters seemed to feel that in voting for De Gaulle they had freed themselves of all that parliamentary nonsense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Moderation Is All | 12/1/1958 | See Source »

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