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With such paltry exports as palm-tree products and castor oil, Dahomey cannot pay for the large quantities of French meats, wines, cheeses and "Gervais" ice cream that are normally among the prized imports of Dahomey's elite. Nor can its poor people, who live mostly in thatched huts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dahomey: A Seasonal Coup | 12/29/1967 | See Source »

Today Danone controls 60% of the yogurt market in Paris, and 40% in all of France. Now, with 1967 sales forecast at $56 million, up from $9,000,000 only seven years ago, Danone has announced plans to merge with Gervais, fourth largest cheesemaker in France. The new corporation will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France: The Big Yogurt Binge | 8/4/1967 | See Source »

The King of Burundi, Mwami Mwambutsa IV, does not take kindly to rebels. Fortnight ago, after crushing attempts to overthrow the Watutsi monarchy and kill him and his Prime Minister, the Mwami had 34 of the conspirators-all members of the Bahutu tribe-marched into the sport stadium and executed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burundi: Watutsi Wrath | 11/5/1965 | See Source »

"Would you like a chocolate, mad-ame?" asked the elegant Oriental as the overnight express to St.-Gervais in the French Alps pulled out of Paris' Gare de Lyon. Even though she should have been careful-after all, she and the stranger were alone in the compartment -Mme. Huguette...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Bonbon Affairs | 4/2/1965 | See Source »

Huguette Munck was one of many female passengers on the St.-Gervais express to whom Huu was similarly attentive. For a year Huu was a regular weekend commuter on the train. Half a dozen women lodged complaints at various French police stations, but the police did not take them seriously...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Bonbon Affairs | 4/2/1965 | See Source »

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