Word: parisians
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Resistance pressmen who moved into the confiscated plants got help from the National Committee of Liberation. Each liberated Parisian daily got a 3,000,000-franc credit, enough newsprint for 50,000 copies...
Going, Going . . . After the liberation of France, 34 Parisian dailies started up. Last week there were only 19 left (plus 170 weeklies). Most likely survivors of the present crisis: the mildly Socialist France-Soir* edited by hard-boiled Pierre Lazareff (TIME, June 23) and now France's biggest paper (circ. 641,000); the Communist Humanite; the Catholic Figaro, famed for its high literary standards; L'Aurore, which rides the De Gaulle bandwagon; the witty, leftist (but not quite Commie) Franc-Tireur; sober Le Monde, the businessman's bible; and Parisien Libere, favorite of the petit bourgeoisie...
...stocky René Naegelen, publisher of Le Populaire. "Our press, on aime que fa gueule-we like it to yell!" The press makes no secret of its prejudices; the slogans of political parties and factions are emblazoned on mastheads. "To be informed," said an American newsman in Paris, "the Parisian must read at least five or six dailies. He must be more sophisticated and analytical than American readers. But after stripping opinions from the facts, he not only knows the news, but also knows what the political parties think of it." (He is also out 25 or 30 francs, which...
...narrow-minded nationalism." Her French was excellent. Said a bystander: "She speaks much better than Churchill."* But Philip, who occasionally neglects royalty's duty to look cheerful, listened somewhat gloomily. There were breaks in the official routine. One night Elizabeth and Philip danced until dawn in a Parisian boite. One afternoon, they drove to Versailles and (while careful cops hid behind hedges) walked along a lovers' lane in the gardens. Through the gate, a woman called: "Be happy and have many children...
Antoine and Antoinette (Siritzky International) are a young Parisian couple. Antoine (Roger Pigaut) works in a printing plant, Antoinette (Claire Maffei) in a five &,ten. They live in a two-room walkup. He yearns to own a motorcycle, she to live in a new apartment. One day they hold a winning lottery ticket that underwrites their dreams. But before he can collect, Antoine loses the stub...