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Word: phrygian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mayor's office of the small town of Thiron-Gardais near Chartres, young couples exchange wedding vows beneath a bust of Marianne, the ubiquitous symbol of the Republic of France. But the long familiar statue now has a new and different look. Although she still wears the customary Phrygian hat, her habitually austere visage has been replaced by a generous mouth and her torso by an even more generous cleavage. The face and figure, done in white plaster with bronze patinas, are unmistakably those of Brigitte Bardot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: A Fetching New Symbol of France | 3/22/1971 | See Source »

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