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Word: henri (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Robot" (pronounced ru-bow) Davenport tells the story of the discovery of the Lascaux cave in southern France, the site of some of the earliest prehistoric paintings. According to this version a dog named Robot chasing a rabbit actually discovered the cave. Henri Breuil, a French Jesuit anthropologist provides Davenport with a voice to describe the caves as brains for the earth. Breuil talks about his discoveries in China, Africa, the Altamira caves in Spain where Picasso studied the ancient bull drawings for the bull he painted in "Geurnica." Everything becomes interconnected in Davenport's stories; history isn't simply...

Author: By Greg Lawless, | Title: Forgetting to Forget | 9/23/1974 | See Source »

...intermediate category, The Best's Best French Cookbook is the 20th century's Great Book of French Cuisine by Henri-Paul Pellaprat. Francophiles know better. Le plus meilleur livre is the 19th century The Physiology of Taste by Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, with entries on the erotic properties of truffles and rules of exemplary dinners: "Let the number of guests not exceed twelve ... the men witty and not pedantic, the women amiable and not too coquettish; the dishes exquisite but few ... the signal to leave not before 11, and everyone in bed at midnight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Making the Most of The Best | 9/9/1974 | See Source »

...scene is the new exurbia outside Paris, where a saucy mini-gratte-ciel apartment building full of affluent city commuters not only scrapes the sky but rubs nearby villagers and the demoralized peasantry the wrong way. Henri Castang, Freeling's new sleuth, is a low-key public servant who, like Van der Valk, cites Proust and Dickens without sounding pretentious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Crime as Punishment | 7/29/1974 | See Source »

...President tried to keep his family isolated from the pressures of politics. At the dinner table, political topics were banned. Talk centered instead on minor events of the day, the children's report cards, or sports, reflecting Giscard's interest in soccer. After dinner, Giscard sometimes helped Henri with his economic studies or played the piano. On Sundays the family would attend a late Mass and then walk in the Tuileries gardens together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: France's Premi | 6/3/1974 | See Source »

...presidential campaign changed much of this. Politics became a consuming topic. Not only did the children accompany their father on campaign trips, but Henri and Valérie-Anne sold the now famous Giscard à la Barre! (Giscard at the helm) T shirts, planned bicycle tours of Paris and organized sing-ins at the Etoile. Mme. Giscard was constantly on call for press interviews. While she realizes that the presidency will intrude on the family's private life, she hopes that it will be "as little as possible. I hope I won't be obliged to cloister myself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: France's Premi | 6/3/1974 | See Source »

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