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...cest un bal. p. ses enf. Est ce p. ser. a desc. sur un remp; pen d'esp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Marshal & Master | 5/19/1952 | See Source »

...Germain des Prés, on the Left Bank, long-haired men and short-haired women worked diligently to keep the cult going. Bebop boîtes, hairdos, beards, evening gowns, newspapers, cocktails, hot-dog stands became "existentialist." An under-tipped taxi driver would curse: "Espèce d'existentialiste." Existentialism became a familiar tourist attraction, like the Folies-Bergere. Sartre, increasingly successful and respectable, occasionally deplored the popularizations of his fad-he even felt compelled to move out of his favorite café, the Flore, to escape the tourists' vulgar stares. Last week existentialism took its ultimate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Gone Respectable | 4/21/1952 | See Source »

...entice (game, esp. ducks).-Webster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Tolling Ducks | 12/3/1951 | See Source »

...dapper." From there we go on to "sharp, intelligent, adroit and clever." And if this were not enough, to "forward in speech and behavior, saucy, cheeky and malapert." After that the S.O.E.D. proclaims that pert "may be used as a vague expression of disfavor." Comes now, "bold," followed by "esp. in a bad sense" and after that "audacious, lively, bright, sprightly, in good spirits, or jolly." . . . . . You comprehend my dilemma? I don't know whether to send you flowers, three additional subscriptions, or call my lawyers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 15, 1950 | 5/15/1950 | See Source »

Under Secretary of the Interior. Salary $17,500, expense acct and use of official limousine; excellent oppty with large and well-established org (50,000 employees); early riser preferred: hours 8-4:30. Some travel. Knowledge of geography (esp Alaska and Virgin Islands), mining, fish & game, Indian lore desirable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Help Wanted | 2/20/1950 | See Source »

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