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Born. To Cecile Dionne Langlois, 27, prettiest and sprightliest of the four surviving Dionne quints, and Philippe Langlois, 30, television technician turned provincial civil servant: twin boys, their third and fourth, in the first multiple birth in six Dionne-daughter confinements; in Quebec City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jul. 28, 1961 | 7/28/1961 | See Source »

...arms development and live up to its NATO commitments. De Gaulle found Kennedy to be clever and knowledgeable, but still unsure in the manipulation of national power. But the personal relationship went better than anyone had expected. Thanks in large part to the help of Jackie Kennedy at her prettiest, Kennedy charmed the old soldier into unprecedented, flattering toasts and warm gestures of friendship. The young aristocrat of Massachusetts and the old aristocrat of Colombeyles-Deux-Eglises achieved a rapport that would help when France and the U.S. try to resolve the issues that divide them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Measuring Mission | 6/9/1961 | See Source »

...pour into our home with wishes, cables and presents." Motherhood is Oona's favorite occupation: "I am delighted every time I have another baby. The more the merrier is our family slogan. Charlie is just crazy about the kids. And he tells everyone that I look my prettiest when I am expecting a child." Oona discloses that the aging Chaplin is just as eccentric as ever: "Such a contradiction. I always have to carry a large supply of loose change when we go out-to do the tipping. And then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 27, 1960 | 6/27/1960 | See Source »

...fact, one of the many pleasures I enjoyed from our close friendship was the fringe benefit of sharing in the endless stream of invitations that he received to parties. There was always an ample surplus of good-looking girls. Victor married the second prettiest girl I know-a friend of my wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 25, 1960 | 4/25/1960 | See Source »

...Tomorrow and Tomorrow and So Forth, a male high-school teacher is drawn into an unconscious rivalry with a bright boy in the class over the prettiest girl. When the teacher intercepts a soppy note written by the girl saying that she loves him, he is touched and elated. His joy is short-lived. It turns out that the bright boy has coached the girl to guy all the male teachers with the same note. Friends from Philadelphia gives a self-made man with culture gnawing at his pride the chance to score off his Ivy elitenik neighbors with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Cool, Coo! World | 8/17/1959 | See Source »

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