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...type of Frenchman, but the sober, hard-working kind to whom God is one of many inescapable facts. In the dreary industrial city of Lille in Flanders, close to Belgium, Charles de Gaulle was born Nov. 22, 1890. The De Gaulles were petty aristocracy, provincial squires, not well off. Papa taught philosophy. For hulking Charles, the family determined on St. Cyr, the West Point of France. Charles entered low, graduated high-in 1911. As an honor student, he had the privilege of choosing his regiment. He chose the 33rd Infantry, commanded by a Major Pétain...
Dating back to when your papa was starting the American Legion, the Jubilee was a by-product of the segregation of the Freshmen into the old Kirkland and Winthrop House buildings, then standing lonely waiting for Harkness...
...mama, no papa, no Uncle...
...still a mystery how quintuplets could be concealed so long. Perhaps their parents' irregular relationship kept them socially isolated. Possibly Argentine newsmen are not alert. But it is no mystery to Papa Diligenti. He planned it that way, even registering the births in different offices or not at all. Midwife Delfino kept her pledge. The household was mum as clams. Forceful Papa Diligenti had made his wishes clear: "Do I want a bunch of maniacs running through my house, bulbs flashing in my babies' faces? I want my children to live normal lives. . . . I don't want...
...Buenos Aires also had a set of quadruplets last week, but all of them died. * The heaviest twin ever recorded arrived recently in Birmingham, England. He weighed 10 lb. 14 oz. His nonidentical brother weighed 8 lb. 4 oz. * For news of Papa Dionne, see page...