Word: juliene
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...Died. Julien Arpels, 79, president of high society's Parisian jewelers Van Cleef & Arpels, Inc., who with his brother Louis took over the business from his father, set up a New York branch in 1940 that outpaced Paris headquarters, expanded to Palm Beach and Caracas marketing such wares as Napoleon's emeralds and a 34.6-carat pink Indian diamond but never, never talking about who bought what or for how much; of a stroke; in Manhattan...
...Bibliophiles could trace no such book, speculated that Mao may have meant The Machine Man, by Julien Offray de La Mettrie, published...
Shunning duty and emotion, Julien, the new husband, pulls aloof from his wife as soon as her adoration begins to threaten his freedom to shoot ducks and philander. "Why shouludn't life be easy?" he demands, and unencumbered by scruples, he sets out to prove that it is. Sullenly stalking pleasures, he leaves Jeanne, the young wife, to stifle her disappointment and cherish he rare audiences he permits...
Bored by Jeanne's affection, Julien enlists the sensual services of a household maid. Jeanne, blandly innocent, forgives this transgression and more that follow it. But the marriage is hopeless. Put in motion by the pathetic mismatch between Jeanne and Julien, the relentless tragedy moves deeper and deeper into gloom, until it is both capped and cut short by a violent climax...
...film. As the demure Jeanne, her wedding night smile fades artfully into the wistful gaze of the betrayed wife. The male lead is not as successful. Christian Marquand has all the rugged facial angles that a hunter and sure-fire seducer ought to have. Only once, however, when Julien grins at the thought the angles. Long before the end of the picture, his fierce teeth-clenching turns into tame stolidness and a suspicion of lockjaw...