Word: frans
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Named after François-Pierre de la Varenne, a 17th century French chef who wrote four treatises on food that are recognized as the first modern cookbooks, the Franglais school occupies an old restaurant building on the Left Bank's fashionable Rue St. Dominique. Unlike the Cordon Bleu, which shuns up-to-date kitchen machinery and has, in the polite words of Gourmet Writer Craig Claiborne, "an aura of the last century," La Varenne has two bright, buzzing, modern kitchens. One is at street level, used as the working classroom; the other, on the second floor...
Something is amiss. The Story of Adele H. is a lovely, sometimes almost ravishing reflection on lost lives. Of all François Truffaut's films, it is the most beautiful. In Adele, Truffaut has found a heroine who perfectly embodies and reflects his own intense romanticism. And in the course of her torturous love affair, Truffaut can further chart-as he did in Jules and Jim and The Mississippi Mermaid-the shattering refractions of an obsession. Yet there is something lacking-perspective, for one thing; also, curiously, passion...
...trio of Harvard defensive stalwarts were named to honorable mention slots. Adjuster George Newhouse and safety Fran Cronin, who buttressed the Crimson secondary during the championship season, were joined by captain-elect Bill Emper...
...biggest reason for their success is the play of Quarterback Fran Tarkenton, 35, now in his 15th pro season. Hampered last year by a sore arm-he was treated in the off-season by Dodger Relief Pitcher Mike Marshall, a graduate student and expert in body mechanics at Michigan State-Tarkenton has already thrown for 15 touchdowns. He leads the league with a completion mark of better than 60%. Indeed, Tarkenton, who has never been seriously injured, should soon become the leading passer in N.F.L. history. Only ten more TD throws will break John Unitas' lifetime high...
Emper picked off one of the only passes which came close to Farnham. Fran Cronin and Newhouse also chipped in with pass interceptions to fend off any Brown threats...