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...Sartre (twice), Francois Mauriac, Francoise Sagan. Because, at this stage, the S.A.O. wants to intimidate Frenchmen, not infuriate them, the bombs are usually exploded at times and places when they are not likely to kill. So far, only two have died in S.A.O. bombings in France...
Married. Francoise Sagan, 26, prolific enfant terrible of French literature (Bonjour Tristesse, A Certain Smile, Aimez-vous Brahms); and Robert Westhoff, 31, lanky expatriate sculptor from Minneapolis who shares Sagan's addiction to fast sports cars (she spent five months recuperating after a 1957 crack-up); she for the second time, he for the first; in Barneville, Normandy...
...still show up, too: Thornton Wilder, Gene Kelly, William Shirer, James Jones. Playwright Brendan Behan even turns up sober. But, a good part of the present clientele is French. Jean-Paul Sartre and his constant companion, Simone de Beauvoir, make Harry's their regular hangout. Françoise Sagan uses Harry's for her tristes, and so do a growing number of young French playwrights, film directors and actors...
...Most important to remember: if you want to dance with a girl, go over to her table and use the formula "Darf ich bitten?" Then, do not ask her name (this is very rude), but, after two or three dances politely inquire "Darf ich 'du' sagan?", to which, if you've been at all cool about it, she will smile and answer "Du kannst mich aber Ilse nennen...
Modern information, said Sagan, indicates that the surface is not covered with water and that the cloud layer which obscures the surface is most likely frozen water vapor at a height of about 22 miles above the surface. The surface temperature seems to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 622 degrees Fahrenheit...