Word: le
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Last week, the 17 elderly French women writers who award the Prix Femina found their task too grisly, seemed about ready to leave prize-giving to the menfolk. "Life in today's novel," said one of the judges in an interview, "is twisted to eroticism. For instance, in Le Jeu et I'Enjeu [a recent French literary success] there is a revolting story. Two rats-you heard me -two rats fall upon a bed where two people are preparing to make bought love. I find that most symbolic of current literature...
...Nelson, who paid for the victory with his life, had become forever the great captain of the seagoing British Empire. But to one commander in the shattered French fleet, there seemed at least a chance of honorable escape. Accompanied by three French ships of the line, Rear Admiral Dumanoir le Pelley sheeted home his sails and set off in his flagship, the 74-gun Duguay-Trouin, for the safety of a French Atlantic port. Badly scarred by gunfire from Nelson's own ship Victory, his Duguay was limping badly as she sailed southward...
Puerto Rico's historic capital of San Juan busily prepared for a fiesta. At Governor Muñoz Marin's mansion, servants made ready for a party, washing the fine crystal, putting a high polish on the silverware. On traffic-jammed Ponce de León Avenue stood a huge welcome sign: Bien-venidos. In the plaza, the excited chatter was all about the opening this week of Puerto Rico's finest hotel, which islanders hope will be a rich new source of revenue and prestige for their economy...
Whitman-Phillips Le Corbeiller, Physics; Charles H. Taylor '31, History; and Barlett J. Whiting '25, English...
...difficult to point to the exact things which make a movie great. First, of course, its subject matter must be adequately rich, and "Devil in the Flesh" lives up brilliantly to this specification. The film is based on the autobiographical novel "Le Diable an Corps" by Raymond Radiguet. It shows unflinchingly the great residue of immorality which often accompanies war, and depicts the effect of a chaotic, perturbed world on human emotions...