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Zarur first launched an inspirational radio program called The Hour of Good Will, two years later founded the Legion of Good Will, which now claims 600,000 members. With donations pouring in, he set up good-will orphanages, pharmacies, clinics, soup kitchens, and mobile units that offered food, clothing and medical aid. In 1962 Zarur founded the Party of Good Will with the motto "Power, Truth, Goodness," and the cry "Zarur for President...
...President of France was forced to resign because his son-in-law was selling Legion appointments foi $3,000 apiece. One Premier of the Third Republic, Pierre-Maurice Rou-vier, casually made his mistress' husband a Legionnaire because "of the special services rendered to me by his wife." Once when he was having bad luck fishing, legend has it, Author Henri Murger (La Vie de Boheme) baited his hook with his scarlet ribbon and said: "Now they are sure to bite. This is something everyone likes...
Money Is Better. As the "scarlet epidemic" spread, it became more distinguished to reject than to accept the award. Degas, De Maupassant, Clemenceau, Gide, Sartre and Camus all allegedly turned the Legion down. Offered the medal in lieu of payment for his famed requiem commissioned by the government, Composer Hector Berlioz snorted: "To hell with your Legion of Honor. I want my money." But a refusal cannot be worn in a buttonhole, and thousands of other Frenchmen still openly court the award...
...restore "to our first national order the prestige it should have," De Gaulle's government last week formally established a second-ranking decoration known as the Order of Merit. Hence forth, the Legion of Honor will be awarded only for "eminent service." Merely "distinguished service" will be rewarded with the new Order of Merit, whose lapel ribbons and rosettes will look like the Legion's, except that the color will be blue...
...from the priesthood. Such leave is rarely granted in fact, and even in the movie Fermoyle is still bound by vows of celibacy. While teaching in Vienna, he meets minx-eyed Fraulein Romy Schneider, who pledges herself to woo him away from God. He remains pure-his decencies are legion-but not without a struggle. "I cannot ask you to kiss me while you are still married to the church," Romy purrs, "but in Vienna it is a sin even for a married man not to dance the waltz." And Actress Schneider makes twice-around-the-ballroom seem a soul...