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Obediently, Madame returned to France with her husband in 1796, after the establishment of the Directorate. "I felt no pleasure at returning," she wrote, then complained no more. As Napoleon rose to Emperor, she settled down to a Frenchwoman's perennial business-being charming where it does the most...
In a pique after three White House screenings of Love Story, Nixon orders "protective reaction nuclear elimination" of Latin America and Communist China. "Genocide means never having to say you're sorry," he explains. In response, SDS calls for a demonstration demanding: 1.) pro-rata exclusionary rebates for all scab...
Bear Baited. The new production ot Georges Dandin has been both praised and hated for an approach that "makes a Marxist out of Molière." The revolution comes in the inner citadel of the French classical tradition, the 17th century jewel box of Richelieu's theater at the...
Before the war, the Russians had the biggest embassy in Israel, with as many as 120 employees; they now miss the intelligence gathered by that swollen staff. Restoration of relations would also give the Soviets a chance to move Israel, at least in small ways, away from the U.S. As...
Keaton's career crisis was the overfamiliar chronicle of the silent-screen star undone by talkies. Alcoholism and poverty followed the decline. It was not until the '50s that he was rediscovered and merchandised in Ford commercials and films like Beach Blanket Bingo. Such travesties are happily omitted...