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Married. Genevieve de Galard-Terraube, 31, onetime French flight nurse whose 58 days of selfless ministrations to beleaguered French troops in Indo-China (1954) earned her the title of "Angel of Dienbienphu"; and Captain Jean de Heaulme de Boutsocq, 33, St. Cyr-educated French parachutist and veteran of the Indo-China war; in Paris...
...selfless individual who just wants to be around trains and, if possible, to help them out when they get in trouble. Railroad enthusiasts are much the most genial when they grow older, at the time, as one writer describes them, "they shake down into fine people, jolly and philosophical." Youthful enthusiasts sometimes "ride their hobby too hard, and show off their knowledge of engine parts and other expert insignia with which they hide the hot confusion that is within them...
...good old days, according to Glubb, wise rulers had the selfless help of the old order of imperialist, a breed now "extinct." "Often," writes Glubb, "the imperialist devoted his life to the amelioration of the conditions of the people committed to his charge. Under this constant care, public security was assured, roads were built, sanitation introduced, education inaugurated. But he committed one unpardonable offense-he was supercilious...
...gift Xavier brings them-selfless love-they cannot understand. His kindliness to them merely starts Mirbel's wife primping before her mirror and stalking him along the country lanes. As for the demoniacal Mirbel, Xavier's love only puts murder in his heart. Poor, anguished Xavier finally breaks when the local cure smugly assures him that "Christianity is true just insofar as every myth is true." Biking blindly homeward, Xavier either throws himself before Mirbel's car, or is run down in cold blood...
...Most of the business world wanted President Eisenhower to be elected." said Randall. But he seemed to think that "few have supported his policies. I have found more dedicated, selfless men among the bureaucrats than I know in business. I see them at their desks [ in Washington ] at 6 o'clock Saturday afternoon when the boys back home are playing the 19th hole...