Word: marcheses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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For two nights in succession the Algerians held protest marches through downtown Paris and its industrial suburbs. By day, thousands of men, women and children staged demonstrations throughout northeastern France. As fast as they could catch them, police and security troops hauled the Algerians off to improvised detention centers, including...
Way of Life. Last week, between showings of Fanny, customers got 37 minutes of Americana that included the choir from Centenary College in Shreveport, La., singing Beautiful Dreamer before a backdrop of amiably winking stars. French tumblers sang while they somersaulted, and a ballet was performed before a village bandstand...
Blood & Mud. Major Masters led his disciplined Gurkhas of the 111th Indian Infantry Brigade on slashing raids against the Japanese and on harrowing night marches. Then he learned what war was really like: he was ordered to make a stand at a point code-named Blackpool. Outnumbered and outgunned. Masters...
Slowly the sect grew; whole families joined, and the ranks were swelled by the unmarried mothers and homeless children the Shakers took in. Book learning was not their specialty, but their unsparing attention to plain, practical craftsmanship has made Shaker furniture a landmark in the history of design. Visitors to...
They were attributes prized by his contemporaries. Prince Ferdinand of Capua, for instance, made Crivelli a knight, and in his later years Crivelli proudly signed his paintings with his Latin title "Miles." But essentially, he was a loner. Though he had lived in Venice, he spent most of his life...