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Word: normalien (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1963-1963
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...Famed normaliens include Henri Bergson, Louis Pasteur, Jules Romains and Jean-Paul Sartre. Before World War II, the school also bred Socialist politicians from Jaurès to Blum. Even now, De Gaulle's Premier is Normalien Georges Pompidou, a banker-professor who writes books on French writers from Racine to Malraux. Yet he is not typical: in the Fifth Republic, normaliens have lost political influence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: European Education: Priesthood of the Intellect | 2/1/1963 | See Source »

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