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Amid general satisfaction that the Government could be depended on, Messieurs les Deputes adjourned for dinner after good naturedly applauding an unidentified voice in the back of the Chamber which cried: "Remember Anatole Frances sage of sages Jerome Coignard! He said: 'One of the greatest pleasures in life is to be found in emptying one's glass under the arbor, while playfully teasing the short-skirted waitresses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Traitorous Textbooks | 4/28/1930 | See Source »

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