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...aftertaste of the army mutiny in Algeria, already dubbed "the Hundred Hours," was a bitter division among Frenchmen, flaring into nasty quarrels and petty rivalry. Privates in Algeria denounced noncoms, who in turn denounced officers, who denounced each other. Civil servants fired off anonymous letters accusing their rivals. Labor unions, claiming that they had saved France by their show of solidarity behind De Gaulle, demanded an immediate round of wage increases as a reward...
...Gigot was suggested by U.S. Crooner Andy Russell, a friend of Gleason who speaks restaurant French, when Jackie asked what one might call "a poor soul who just sort of lambs around." The trouble is that Russell was too literal-minded; gigot means merely "leg of mutton," and bilingual Frenchmen are wondering in some puzzlement whether Americans would laugh if Tati, for instance, made a movie in the U.S. and called himself "Rolled Rib Roast...
...impossible to imagine in most fully industrialized countries, Wahl continued. The recent attempt shows that there is still a primitive, "Latin American" strain in French culture. It may also make the Algerian rebels wonder if de Gaulle will be able to impose any treaty he signs upon the Frenchmen in Algeria, Wahl said...
...Gaulle-as far as anyone could tell. All communications with the outside world were broken off, except for cryptic messages over Radio Algiers ("The palm tree is in the oasis") apparently meant for the right-wing underground in France. But the mutineers found small sympathy among mainland Frenchmen, who are heartily sick of the Algerian bloodshed and gave Charles de Gaulle an overwhelming mandate last January to negotiate a settlement on the basis of Algerian self-determination...
...case of the prostitutes, the Paris court ruled, RTF had gone too far in invading the citizens' privacy, barred the program from further showing and named an arbiter to decide damages. Already Frenchmen sensed a new television era. Announced RTF: "Controversial." for-adults-only shows will henceforth be identifiable by a small white square in the lower right-hand corner of the screen...