Word: monseigneur
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Sihanouk opened his performance by sending over a tailor to deck all eleven Americans out in white linen suits. Then, when they showed up at inaugural ceremonies, Sihanouk strolled over. "Thank you for your participation," he said, shaking hands all round. "Congratulations on your independence, Monseigneur," replied Warrant Officer Ralph McCullough, the group's senior member. "You are very kind," said Sihanouk. "Thank you very much." Then, after a two-hour bus tour of the capital, the men were treated to lunch at La Taverne, one of the city's finest French restaurants. (Among the highlights was their...
...approve broad-reaching reforms. The mayor is counting therefore on using indirect political pressure on the Committee. Any proposal, of course, will have his authority behind it. It will also be backed by the authority of the six-man committee--a group whose members, including two Negroes and a Monseigneur, have been carefully chosen to represent a broad spectrum of Boston politics. Whether this combined authority will bring the Committee around is far from clear...
...cuisine are written on the walls. "Under the revolutionary offensive, this establishment belongs to the people," reads a sign in a once privately owned shop. Loudspeakers shatter the soft night air, calling the faithful to a "solidarity with North Viet Nam" rally, while just a block away at Monseigneur Restaurant (steak: $15), harassed waiters try to evoke the old days by wrapping label-less bottles of beer in napkins. Transportation is largely by bus. Gasoline rationing has virtually emptied the streets of cars, except those rusting at curbside, idle and unusable...