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...Gaulle met a man whose mind and manners he could admire. Learned and elegant, a longtime friend of France whose own Swabian home is only an hour's drive from the French border, Kiesinger charmed De Gaulle by trading erudite toasts with him, conversing at state dinners in flawless French about the merits of French authors and the joys of French wine. Result: the prospect for renewed Franco-German cooperation suddenly seemed bright again. Said De Gaulle: "The spirit of the 1963 treaty remains alive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe: A Resurgence of the Spirit | 1/20/1967 | See Source »

...Although Powell is not a model of virtue and fully deserves any measures that may be taken against him, it is difficult to see him as the only tarnished spot on an otherwise flawless record of integrity and morality in the handling of taxpayers' money. His suggestion that the subcommittee investigate the spending of all House committees is a noble one recommending a course of action that is long overdue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 13, 1967 | 1/13/1967 | See Source »

...American aircraft. From prestrike photo reconnaissance to leaflet warnings dropped in advance, every effort is made to avoid hitting civilians and residential areas. Nowhere is the effort greater than around Hanoi, the Red capital, currently home to some 300,000 people. It was precisely because U.S. accuracy had been flawless in the past that Hanoi was able to blow an apparent mistake into the great bomb flap last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War: The Great Bomb Flap | 12/23/1966 | See Source »

Naturally the result is flawless. Director Arthur Friedman gives us a Pooh that is moving, tender, light, and at times bursting with social import. Friedman establishes in the course of his entertainment an extraordinary communion with A.A.'s thought patterns; it is as if the man himself were reading his stories aloud...

Author: By James Lardner, | Title: Winnie the Pooh | 12/17/1966 | See Source »

...producing a remarkably rich sound for a group of only fourteen voices. The women sustained the more lyrical phrases far better than the men, and consequently the best choruses were the more bouncy ones, like the "Ho, ho!" responses to the first witches' scene. The chorus' intonation was nearly flawless, and every word was intelligible...

Author: By Stephen Hart, | Title: Dido and Aeneas | 12/2/1966 | See Source »

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