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...first job was to establish that IIliers was Combray," remarks Larcher with a sly grin. "That wasn't easy. When I first came here and people discovered what I was trying to do, they wanted to shoot me." Even today, the town does relatively little to exploit the commercial possibilities of Proust's name, apart from the Benoist patisserie with its madeleines. Actually, according to Larcher, Marcel's madeleines came from another bakery, located a scant three doors from Tante Léonie's garden gate. "But," he sighs, "the owner doesn't care about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: A la Recherche de Marcel Proust | 7/5/1971 | See Source »

...personality, a self-deprecating sense of humor which he would sometimes use to disarm his colleagues and at other times to make straightforward remarks which he would never have dared utter in a serious vein. "My problem," he once said to a Faculty coleague with a trace of a grin, "is that I was born arrogant"; the remark of a man who either thought himself above reproach or was perhaps entirely too blind about the roots of his own scornfulness...

Author: By "the MEANING Of history", | Title: The Salad Days of Henry Kissinger | 5/21/1971 | See Source »

...declares, recalling an army exploit in which he turned over his sergeant's house trailer (with the man's wife inside) and destroyed all of the NCO Club furniture. "I was mean as only an intellectual can be mean in confronting the threateningly democratic, over-bureaucratized army." A demonic grin flashes quietly across Sloan's face. "Yes, I'm a revolutionary. But I stopped my revolution because nobody joined...

Author: By Bruce E. Johnson, | Title: Beyond Cynicism War Games | 5/14/1971 | See Source »

Seconds later, after locating his master, everfaithful Ralph bounded into the puddles this typically beautiful day Boston was providing. Parker's grin broadened and Ralph responded by misplacing a few well-intentioned black paw smudges on Parker's trousers...

Author: By M. DEACON Dake, | Title: Adams Cup-A Cup Up for Grabs | 5/1/1971 | See Source »

THERE'S finally a book about dope that you can unreservedly recommend to your parents. For that matter, Marihuana Reconsidered should be read by legislators, health officials, PTAs-and anyone else whose views on marihuana are based on misinformation and institutionalized myths. Dr. Grin-spoon's book is a comprehensive review of the important literature on marihuana; using a critical, scientific approach. Grinspoon evaluates the marihuana experience, discounts the credibility of the anti-dope crusaders, and concludes that marihuana should be a socially-and legally-permissible drug...

Author: By Jerry T. Nepom, | Title: Marijuana Turning On | 5/1/1971 | See Source »

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