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...Gaulle's failure to produce any new ideas for ending the Algerian fighting. At week's end, as the General moved slowly through Britanny on one of his periodic tours to test his hold over the French people, bagpipes skirled, women in lace caps strained to grasp his hand, and adulatory crowds joined him in emotional mass renditions of the Marseillaise. But back in Paris sobersided Le Monde sadly warned: "France has no chance of playing the role she legitimately claims in the world as long as this wound of Algeria is open on her side. Frenchmen will...
Best bit: coming on board for his first inspection tour, Captain Gregson spies the nubile young nanny of the ship's nursery in the grasp of a seaman. "What's your job?" the captain roars. "Babies, sir," says the pretty thing. "Carry on," says the captain...
...that the Millinder clan is worth the trouble. After Julius, the stock began to go to seed. One granddaughter marries a French prince-but not for love. A grandson is cuckolded, a nephew turns embezzler, a granddaughter settles down with an English earl whose major talent is a firm grasp for ladies' behinds...
...Americans who fear our nation's dying prestige and are shocked at our complacent government can put their trust and confidence in John Kennedy. His primary and convention victories give testimony to his brilliance in organization. By reading his speeches one can see that he has a firm grasp of both international and domestic affairs...
...tilting table to test her circulation. Her sense of balance was measured by squirting cold water into her ear canals to induce dizziness. Psychologists peppered her with 195 questions (sample: "Do you wish you were dead and away from it all?"), evaluated her ability to adjust to new environments, grasp complicated instructions, keep her sense of humor. The result, according to Dr. Lovelace: she had qualified to "live, observe and do optimal work in the environment of space, and return safely to earth." Jerrie Cobb had become the first U.S. lady astronaut...