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...your Feb. 8 cover portrait: the hat may be that of Napoleon, the bust that of Louis XIV, but the words coming from le grand Charles's mouth can only be those of that witty but cynical monarch Louis XV: "Aprés moi, le déluge...
...NATO nuclear force. Shrugging that this "naturally changed the tone" of the Jan. 14 press conference at which De Gaulle gutted Britain's hopes of joining Europe, De Gaulle added testily: "Mr. Macmillan, whom I like, has had the British press compare me to Hitler and even to Napoleon...
...Washington, Bonn, London and Rome, poured into New York, where Writer Robert McLaughlin, with the aid of Researcher Vera Kovarsky, wrote the story for Senior Editor Edward Hughes. For the cover, Artist Boris Chaliapin reached back to two other men who had visions of French grandeur, and placed Napoleon's hat on Louis...
...Gaulle's European design is introverted, smaller, and dependent more on audacity and cleverness than on sheer power. In effect, it represents another of the historic efforts to create a unified Europe under French leadership-an ambition that was pursued in the past by Charlemagne, Louis XIV, Napoleon Bonaparte and Napoleon III. To De Gaulle, Europe's rivers and mountains are not barriers, but the oceans are. Since 1940 he has dreamed of persuading the "states along the Rhine, the Alps and the Pyrenees to form a political, economic and strategic bloc; to establish this organization...
Science & Glory. More important than ever are alumni of the Ecole Polytechnique, another creation of the Revolution near the Panthéon, which maintains the military air given it by Napoleon (motto: "For fatherland, science and glory."). Commanded by a general, and obliged to serve for six years in the armed forces, the school's 600 students observe strict military discipline, wear cocked hats and swords on parade. A.W.O.L. students get a highly deterrent punishment-loss of the right to take an exam...