Word: renee
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Duel Control. In Paris, Jean d'Asparbes and Rene Gaillard dueled ferociously for 15 minutes, finally appeared to cut each other's arms, later confessed that the blood oozing from their wounds was ketchup applied by face-saving seconds...
...RENE J. DUBOS...
...postponement, paraded through the Latin Quarter throwing cherry pits at cops, who struck back with rolled-up capes. Hundreds stormed the Education Ministry, demanding an explanation. Said an official: there had been corruption in the Ministry. For a promised (but undelivered) 10,000 francs, an underpaid functionary named Rene Houel had handed out an advance copy of the exams. In Latin Quarter cafes, the pirated exam papers had sold for 30,000 francs, and had been distributed so widely that the price fell to 2,000 francs. Elaine's question about Captain Forester had tipped the Ministry...
Next to Koch. The biggest news last week came from Buffalo, where three tuberculosis societies held a joint convention.* Bacteriologist Rene Jules Dubos of the Rockefeller Institute had at last discovered a method of cultivating TB bacteria, simply and quickly, in test tubes. The basis of Dubos' method is a synthetic detergent made by Atlas Powder Co. (which calls it "Tween 80") for use in cosmetics. Doctors hailed the discovery as the greatest contribution to TB research since Robert Koch first isolated the germ itself...
Moreover, there isn't much action - only jokes about the tomcat in men, the pussy cat in women, the peacock in actors. Nor has famed French Cinema Director Rene Clair (A Nous, La Liberté!) shown the French touch in his staging. Everybody just cavorts...