Word: matin
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first friendly women she met: a group of well-known literary lesbians. During the next six years, she lived as mistress to the cigar-chomping Marquise de Belboeuf and published three novels. At 40, mostly recovered from Henri and somewhat disillusioned with dykes, Colette married Paris Publisher (of Le Matin) Henri de Jouvenel, and six months after the wedding gave birth to her only child, a daughter also named Colette...
...schools let out; backlands peasants were trucked into Port-au-Prince. As TV cameras recorded the scene, a black and white Jeep pulled up to the cemetery, and out stepped the two victims. They were tied tightly to two pine stakes. "Traditional proceedings were scrupulously respected," announced Le Matin, a government newspaper. "There were three volleys of Springfields, and submachine guns, and three coups de grace." After which, the crowd was marched to the National Palace, where Duvalier, acceding to its "solicitations," appeared on the balcony "to smile and wave...
...expected an equally precise performance of Haydn's Symphony No.6, "Le Matin," since this work requires agility from the woodwinds and brass as well as the strings, and relies on soloists within the orchestra. But, in fact, the Haydn came off at least as well as the Bach. After a slightly sluggish start, Layton moved the orchestra onto the solid, fully-packed tone one looks for in a classical symphony. Layton followed what seems to be the current musical fashion and took all the repeats. Unfortunately, by repeating Haydn's musical joke in the last movement four times, he killed...