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...Georges Pompidou, Conductor Herbert von Karajan, Artist Bernard Buffet and Author Franchise Sagan were dining and dancing. Brigitte Bardot arrived, then left when she could not find a maid. There were so many of the young, beautiful people from Paris that the town was being called St. Tropez-des-Près. In Antibes, Pablo Picasso good-humoredly cavorted for tourist cameras at the Restaurant Roger...
Ever since he began singing in the caves around St. Germain-des-Prés in the late '40s, Ferre has been the reigning voice of the "Defenders of French Song," a tight little school of contemporary troubadour-poets. He despises literary snobbery, and the lyrics of his 200 songs pulse with the rough and jeering argot of Parisian streets. Legionnaires listened to his records in the crumbling days of French Indo-China. They can still be heard in Hanoi, as well as in New York, Dakar or any place where hypochondriacs have no intention of curing themselves...
...move to override Gov. Peabody's veto of the PR-referendum bill fell one vote short of victory yesterday in the state Senate...
Although Crane said that the result of a referendum "would be unpredictable," McKenna predicted that PR would be defeated by 1000 votes. In a 1961 referendum--the most recent of four--PR won by 502 votes...
Cambridge today is the only city in the United States that still uses proportional representation, which requires voters to number candidates in order of preference. Originating in Cincinnati, PR was adopted here...