Word: puteaux
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...André Malraux himself, the cultural grand panjandrum of De Gaulle's Fifth Republic, solemnly promised the National Assembly that the treasures would be "brought out" some time in 1960. But where should they be exhibited? Malraux thought of the new industrial exhibition hall in the suburb of Puteaux, but the hall was obviously too far away for most Parisians. Next he thought of Paris' Grand Palais, but the Palais, which usually features automobile shows, household arts exhibits and the like, had had too many fires. Finally, Malraux hit upon a solution: put on the show...
...tried using a technique borrowed from the cinema to add movement, painted his King and Queen Surrounded by Swift Nudes (opposite) to show off his theories. His Chess Players is a conventional impressionist study of his two bearded brothers (Raymond, left; Jacques, right) with their wives in Puteaux. In 1923, after a few zestful years as a leader of the Dadaists (see below), he decided to give up painting for good in favor of chess...
...blacked-out street in suburban Puteaux a steel cable, taut from curb to curb, overturned a car full of Nazi soldiers, injuring several. While Parisians waited tensely for Schaumburg to make good his threat, in Vichy Marshal Petain's Minister of the Interior Pierre Pucheu lashed out furiously at the underground Communist Party in both zones of France. Warned he: "[We] will not permit a political group that was most bellicose before the war, but defeatist throughout the war, now to wrap itself in the Tricolor and provoke incidents between the people and occupation troops on the pretext...
...should campaign like this in Puteaux or Clichy [suburban slums] I would not like to say what receptacles would be emptied on my head...