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Word: gallicly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pallet. If it ever took itself any more seriously than a popping champagne cork, Aspects of Love would be silly and embarrassing. But in his neo-pagan way, Novelist Garnett, 63, is deftly amusing. He also demonstrates that if an Englishman really tries, he can be a lot more Gallic than the Gauls -at least on paper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Neo-Pagan | 1/30/1956 | See Source »

...statistics, and do not release them. Protested much-respected French Colonel Pierre Charton: "The Moroccan soldier is exceptionally well disciplined . . . But you must always keep a certain distance." The French offered to import enough Moroccan camp followers to keep the Moroccans happy on the base, but this Gallic solution did not satisfy the Germans. County Administrative Officer Robert Lienhart led the outcry: "What kind of sovereignty is this when we have nothing to say, indeed are not even consulted, about foreign troops stationed in our midst?" West German newspapers headlined the story, demanded the withdrawal of the "Roccos." The German...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Roccos Are Here | 1/23/1956 | See Source »

...France travelers are treated with true Gallic grace, and the stewards provide something for everybody - straw slippers and chopsticks on flights to Japan, kosher and Moslem diets for Near East travelers, fine and fattening French foods on the blue-ribbon routes. Last year alone, Air France served 500,000 bottles of wine aloft, including champagne, provided on request in lieu of breakfast orange juice on some de luxe runs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Pegasus a la Francaise | 1/23/1956 | See Source »

...Honor of Gaston Le Torch, by Jacques Perret, was one of the most charming extravaganzas of the year, a pleasant escapist whimsy about a Gallic Walter Mitty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: FICTION | 12/26/1955 | See Source »

...girls decide that something must be done and, in a remarkable display of Gallic logic, convince themselves that murder is the answer. They feed Paul a sleeping potion (Simone professionally raises his eyelid with her thumb to be sure he is really out cold) and then drown him in a bathtub while the camera records every detail with an evil relish-right down to putting a heavy bronze lion on his chest to keep his head under water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Dec. 5, 1955 | 12/5/1955 | See Source »

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