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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...quick-tempered as he often seems, Soustelle is a man who bides his time. As De Gaulle almost surely did, he too saw in the Sahara job great long-range political and economic potential. If, as he believed, the Sahara could provide both France and Algeria with unprecedented prosperity, the Minister of the Sahara would be a man to reckon with in the France of a decade hence...
...fierce energy he once devoted to political maneuvers. His appointments (ten a day) begin soon after breakfast, among fine Aztec and Mayan treasures in his book-lined apartment on Paris' elegant Avenue Henri-Martin. By 10 o'clock he is in the office, and he often lunches there, washing his meals down with water. ("You see in me," he chuckles, "one of the rare Frenchmen who do not like wine.") Dinner, too, and often evenings are apt to be business affairs, after which, "Every night I read for hours. The academic addiction...
...climate was all but unbearable. At Hassi Messaoud the first oil drilling teams labored in 120° to 130° temperatures and through sandstorms, often came off an eight-hour shift near collapse. At Edjelé, welders putting together oil storage tanks learned that simply to touch the metal of the tanks meant a bad burn. The combination of Saharan sand and heat wears out mechanical equipment with startling rapidity; at Edjelé the average life of a Dodge truck engine is 7,500 miles...
...booting home winners (224 v. 221) and total purses ($1,863,049 v. $1,128,474). It matters little to Ussery that he has had to ride 143 more races than Shoemaker to get his total, or that he has never won a major stakes event. He is often willing to resort to lackluster hayburners to fill out an afternoon's work: "Those stiffs will win now and then...
...Often attributed to Poet-Humorist Dorothy Parker, who publicly denied authorship: "My God, no. I demand an apology for even thinking I would write such a dreadful rhythm...