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The French have a practical way of changing Presidents. The President-elect, René Coty, will not start his term until Jan. 17. But he has already set up an office in the Elysée Palace (although still living in his apartment on the Quai aux Fleurs), and each...
On a chill, rainy October evening in 1903, an impressive procession of elegant carriages made its way along the Avenue des Champs Elysėes in Paris. As each carriage reached the door of the Petit Palais, it discharged its passengers: beauteous ladies in turn-of-the-century feathers and...
"One day as the Prince's limousine was passing through the Champs-Elysées, the Prince casually asked: 'How are the revues in Paris these days?' I thought: 'Here it comes.' After hesitating for a moment, I collected my thoughts and answered: 'Your...
At a SHAPE correspondents' luncheon last week, the guest of honor, hard-boiled Marshal Alphonse-Pierre Juin, was asked: "Are you considering becoming a candidate for President of the Republic?" Replied Juin, the only living Marshal of France, and NATO's central European chief: "I should not give...
Andrée Debar* first heard that she looked like Evita a year ago, when she appeared at a film festival in Uruguay (as a brunette). After Evita's death last July, Andrée wangled a promise from France's Elysée studios to star her...