Word: m
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...politics. Only the tragic situation of my country and my admiration for General de Gaulle persuaded me-a university professor-to accept the post of mayor of Marseille. But now I'm here and I'm here to stay; violence and threats will not change that...
...Hughes cabled from Naples: "In a café on the Via Medina, I asked the sad, round-faced proprietor behind the marble counter how afraid he was. His stubbly chin trembled and the watery blue eyes seemed ready to gush tears as he said, 'Of course I'm afraid. How many Italians have to die? You Americans killed some. The Germans killed others. Now it seems we're going to kill each other. We've got poverty. We've got hunger. Must we have war, too? Is God so angry with...
...about the halls of Windsor Castle in 1892, came upon a five-year-old boy eating grapes. She gave him a kindly pat on the head, for he was the son of her personal chaplain, Canon J. N. Dalton. "Go away, Queen," shouted the brash little boy, "I'm eating grapes." Unamused, the Queen exclaimed: "What a loud voice that...
...Meegeren was actually tickled to get only one year in jail. "Two years," he told a reporter, "is the maximum punishment for such a thing. I know because I looked it up in our laws twelve years ago, before I started all this. But sir, I'm sure about one thing: if I die in jail they will just forget all about it. My paintings will become original Vermeers once more. I produced them not for money but for art's sake." The money was nothing to sneeze at, either. Though he declared himself bankrupt two years...
Franck: Symphonic Variations (Eileen Joyce, pianist, with 1'Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, Charles Münch conducting; Decca Record Co. Ltd., 4 sides). Few could excel Walter Gieseking's fine performance of this popular work; Miss Joyce didn't. Recording: good...