Word: poising
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The Oct. 3 review of The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus states: "The garden which Voltaire advised the French to cultivate (instead of listening to crazy Germanic philosophers) has turned out to be a stony little half-acre. Furthermore, the horticulture is hampered all the time by the heavy...
Furthermore, the horticulture is hampered all the time by the heavy tread of Germanic philosophers among the petits pois.
As so often happens in final exams, the last minute cramming was wholly unnecessary. The question: identify five dishes and two wines on the now-famous menu of a royal banquet given in 1939 by King George VI for French President Albert Lebrun. The items: Consommé Quenelles, Filet de...