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...from Common Market nations even while arguing De Gaulle's unpopular notions of French sovereignty and his opposition to the idea of supranationality in any form. As the new High Commissioner packed his bags to go to Algeria, he said of his new post only: "C'est pas drole" (It's no joke...
...before reaching their final verdict, which was added to a dossier on the restaurant that dates back to its opening in 1950. The Michelin inspectors are a kind of Palate Guard chosen for their iron digestions, sensitive palates and impeccable integrity. In keeping with the Guide's slogan. Pas de piston, pas de pot de vin (roughly, no pull, no payoffs), they arrive alone and unannounced, sample food and wine, reveal their identities only when they have finished eating and ask to inspect the kitchens. A Michelin inspector is usually treated as respectfully...
Among the former Economics professor's faux pas, according to Montgomery, were the following: He barely made it to the airport to welcome the First Lady but was without his official limousine. His ten-year-old son, "who shouldn't be allowed to play in a government car," had locked the keys inside. Thus, Mrs. Kennedy's sister had to ride to town in a "considerably less classy vehicle...
...political parties, release of all political prisoners, promotion of "free enterprise," and creation of a neutral Southeast Asian bloc that would accept aid from all nations, including the U.S. By no means do all the peasants fall for the Red promises. Says one in pidgin French: "Moi pas vu, moi pas croire" (Me no see, me no believe). But a great many others are convinced by the Reds, partly because, as one villager says, "The Viet Cong come into the fields and work with you. If there's no work to be done, they'll even wash...
...nearly 100, most of the emphasis was inevitably on swirling group movements and splashy stage effects: clouds of smoke pouring over the footlights into the orchestra pit, Titania coming onstage with a magnificent retinue. There were also some deft characterizations and some fine bits of choreography: a fluent, elegant pas de deux between Conrad Ludlow and Violette Verdy, an elastically lyric solo by Edward Villella as Oberon, a wonderfully comic and closely knit dialogue of movement between Melissa Hayden as the Queen of the Fairies and Roland Vazquez as Bottom, wearing a donkey's head...