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...councilor for 13 years, of "intelligence with the enemy" during the occupation. Rightists answered that such an accusation should be heard in a court of law, not in the legislature. The Reds promptly let go with shrill invective. Pierre Hervé, Communist intellectual, flung "Vichyite!" at Rightist André Mutter. The wizened but agile editor leaped up and started across the floor with fists doubled. One-armed André Le Trocquer, Socialist ex-Minister of the Interior, and two stiff-shirted, bechained ushers restrained Mutter. Meanwhile, the bedlam grew. The 150 members of Bidault's M.R.P. rose...
...think you hear "the mutter of the bears" [TIME, June 10]. We'd like to be heard, all right, but I didn't know anyone was listening. I'm a mama bear myself and there are thousands like me. I have never bought anything from the black market, and I should object to being compelled to do so if excessive prices are legalized by the removal of OPA regulations. It will still smell like a black market to me, and I shall refuse to buy anything except bear necessities. . . , Unfortunately, a buyers' strike cannot provide...
...week when two great strikes were settled, an uneasy thought beset U.S. businessmen. Under the bullish rumble could be heard a bearish mutter. Deflation might not be too far away...
...undependable a brood of gifted musicians as James Petrillo has in his roster. Eddie got them together first at Town Hall jazz concerts. They seemed willing to follow him-even when they couldn't follow everything he said in his elliptical, corner-of-the-mouth mutter. Boasts Eddie: "There's not a blood relative in the band. . . . No red beards. The boys can dress as they please as long as they have shoes...
Miss Suckley glanced his way. He had suddenly slumped sideways in his chair and, alarmed, she ran across the room to him. She heard him mutter: "I have a terrific headache." The women stood aghast at what they saw. The President fainted...