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...first entered the Chamber of Deputies in 1893. In the past 40 years he has popped in & out of various Cabinet posts, was Premier for a brief period (December 1913-May 1914). He first became an international figure in 1924. Amid a cyclone of charges and counter-charges Alexandre Millerand was accused of having interfered in party affairs, was forced to resign the Presidency. Politicians turned instinctively to the round little fellow who had never been connected with any political scandal, a bachelor, a Protestant, and after a lifetime in politics, still a poor...
Shrewd Aubervilliers understood. Her beloved Pierre was doffing his radical cap and putting on a moderate political coat to match those of his moneyed friends. Why not? Great Aristide Briand had made exactly the same switch; so had Alexandre Millerand, President of the Republic...
...have died in office: Sadi Carnot and Félix Faure. Six have resigned: Adolphe Thiers (1st President), Marshal MacMahon and Alexandre Millerand under political pressure; Jules Grevy because of scandalous traffic by his son-in-law in Legion of Honor decorations; Jean Casimir-Perier because he was "irked by the restrictions upon the President"; and Paul Deschanel when his health broke down...
...processes, animals, or plants which seem to possess authentic merit. Last week the blushing and bowing discoverer of intrasauces was assured that his name will live with that of Marie Harel, immortal creator of fromage camembert, to whom a monument was recently erected and dedicated by onetime President Alexandre Millerand (TIME, April 23). Modest Culinary Immortal Dr. Gauducheau then explained that his discovery is quite simple, merely a shrewd adaptation of the physician's hypodermic and the chemist's skill to the problems of the chef. A pigeon, chicken, goose, pheasant, sheep, pig or even cow is firmly...
With the portentous tread of a cheese gourmet and epicure, M. Millerand advanced to the base of the statue. There he spoke movingly of the woman now commemorated in bronze, Mme. Marie Harel. It was to her glory and to the glory of France, said Alexandre Millerand, that in 1771 good Mme. Marie Harel invented and produced that soft white pearl among cheeses, Camembert. Today, added practical Lawyer Millerand, the sale of French Camembert exceeds 75,000,000 boxes per annum...