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...only on moving the meat. But to Gabin, a famous artist mistaken by his dull-witted companion for a house painter, the meat is an abstraction, a philosophical means of testing the cowardice of his countrymen and the wits of his enemies. After slipping their burden past one more peril, Gabin roars with immense self-appreciation: "This pig's making a genius out of me!" He unsuccessfully tries to persuade Bourvil to hijack their load and be a black-marketeer himself, instead of a mere hauler. Says Gabin: "Then you will be forced to become a boss. See where...
Among the politicians themselves, in France's third week without a government, there emerged at last a desire to end the crisis. Politicians of the left and center, bickering among themselves, became aware of a common peril. By delaying the formation of a government, anti-European groups in the Assembly, ranging from Gaullists through tax-dodging Poujadists to Communists, hoped to postpone the scheduled June 14 ratification of the Common Market and Euratom treaties...
...further said that the religious renaissance was by no means peculiar to Harvard, but a general reassertion of the premise with which the American university began, "that because a univer- sity is nonsectarian, it need not--indeed some of us believe it cannot to its peril--go further and eschew religion altogether...
...with its non-nuclear allies-especially with West Germany, which is already stirring with the unfounded suspicion that Washington is about to conclude an arms "deal" with Moscow before ensuring German reunification. A more faulty step could give the Soviets an enormous propaganda victory-or even worse, bring great peril...
...schools. Said the president: "In the light of the emotions and tensions over this question in Alabama. I felt that Mr. Hutchinson could not expect to advance his career at this institution." Obviously, retorted Hutchinson, "professors who dare to perform their function of providing information do so at the peril of their jobs and professional reputation. It is precisely on emotionally charged subjects that debate and discussion must be allowed. If we condone an abdication of intellectual discussion on such matters, then emotion reigns supreme...