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...Greek ouzo or Turkish raki, pastis is a golden thirst quencher from the south of France that combines alcohol, herbs, licorice and anise and is mixed with water; the name in Provencal dialect literally means "mess." More than 350 brands are available, but Frenchmen usually call for a Ricard. As a result, Ricard Inc. has become the biggest aperitif maker in France, last year produced 30.6 million bottles, with sales of $66 million...
...expected that the five Conservatives on the flag committee would vote accordingly. Four did - but not Quebec's Théogène Ricard, and the final committee vote was 10-4 (the chairman would vote only in case of a tie). Further more, all ten Quebec Conservatives in the House of Commons appear fed up with Diefenbaker's obstructionist tac tics at a time when pressing legislation is awaiting Parliamentary action. After hearing the committee report, they cau cused and announced that they will go their own way, supporting the com mittee flag...
...slight, intense performer did not like the feel of the crowd-"les marts," he contemptuously called them, "the dead ones." His playing was listless until midnight, when the dead ones left, and an enthusiastic group of flamenco appreciators-some gypsies among them-arrived from Aries. Then 29-year-old Ricard Baillardo (Manita de Plata, or Little Silver Hands to his admirers) came alive...
...dubious are the theories that sunspots affect the habits and numbers of animals, cause droughts, tidal waves, earthquakes, tornadoes. The withering drought of 1929 was close to a sunspot peak, but there were other drought causes-light snows, early thaws-the preceding winter. California's Father Jerome Sixtus Ricard, S. J., "Padre of the Rains," had astonishing success in predicting weather by sunspots, but Father Jerome is dead now and his secret seems to have died with...
...Father Ricard's head whitened as his years grew many. In 1921 those who had faith in him helped him celebrate the golden jubilee of his entry into the priesthood. Fourteen California missions tolled their bells in his honor. The California Knights of Columbus raised $500,000 to build him a new observatory...