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...general. A Cross of Lorraine indicates Free France, a submachine gun the Resistance, and a star the Compagnon de la Liberation, the elite order of Free France and Resistance fighters. A small outhouse (cabinet in French) means membership in De Gaulle's personal office staff, a mask means espionage work during World War II. A motorcyclist symbolizes trips to Colombey to see the general, and a hand grenade membership in the R.P.F. Why the grenade symbol? "Because the R.P.F. aimed to blow up the Fourth Republic...
...ingenious features. Its research department is the absolute mas ter in deciding what a car will be like, gets whatever it wants in staff or appropriations. Pursuing what it calls "functional esthetics," Citroen slowly builds the innards for readability, ride and dependability, then designs the body around them. "A mask concealing what is inside cannot create true beauty," says a Citroen designer, "because true beauty is reality...
...lammergeier vulture-stay clear of its bitter cold (down to -50°F.) and raging gales (up to 150 m.p.h.), and even the Abominable Snowman-whatever he is-confines his ambulations to the Tibetan plateau, 12,000 ft. below. Transported suddenly to its upper ridges, without an oxygen mask, a healthy man would die within hours-of physical deterioration. Tibetans call the mountain Chomolungma, "Mother of the World," and insist that it is the home of the gods. Why the gods would choose to live there, with Elysium at their disposal, is beyond human...
...grey-gowned figure in charge looks like a visitor from another planet. Between skull cap and mask, his head sprouts a startling pair of binocular spectacles. His hands move with confident precision and his even voice snaps with authority, but his very words seem part of an alien language-a communication designed solely for his colleagues...
...role of family man was, in fact, one of the "many faces" of the ideal university president whom Kerr described in his first Godkin lecture Tuesday night. Kerr's "multi-versed" president was also an administrator, educator, mediator, speaker, and public clown. It is not surprising that the mask Kerr most enjoys donning is that of mediation...