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It was the opening rally in a "Month of National Gratefulness to Duvalier," and the speaker was a henchman of Haiti's Dictator. Françpois Duvalier himself was on hand, surrounded by helmeted palace guards and blue-denimed militiamen. He had given orders for his men to explain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti: Warning to a Dictator | 5/3/1963 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 31, 1955 | 10/31/1955 | See Source »

Furthermore, the horticulture is hampered all the time by the heavy tread of Germanic philosophers among the petits pois.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: How Good Without God? | 10/3/1955 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED SERVICES: Semper Chow | 9/26/1955 | See Source »

By & large, hotel and resort food across Canada competes for dullness with U.S. blueplates and U.S. airline meals. But off the main line, the diligent traveler can find palate-tempters. In little French Canadian villages there is the traditional thick soupe aux pois to which the habitants attribute their virility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: Pea Soup & Beavertails | 7/12/1948 | See Source »

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