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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...miss in the next revolution." Last week the revolution finally engulfed the Café de la Paix. After 86 years as a bastion of fashion (and fancy prices), the famed restaurant turned over one-eighth of its floor space to an American-style snack bar. Georges Marcovich, the café's Manager of External Relations, i.e., pressagent, explained: "We want to attract the salaried American vacationer who gets tired of five-course meals at high prices and wants some ham and eggs [price: 65?]. We have tried to democratize ourself and yet remain the perfect gentleman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUSINESS ABROAD: The Democratic Revolution | 5/7/1956 | See Source »

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