Word: servante
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...British subject 21 or over- unless, among other things, he or she is a lunatic, felon, traitor, clergyman, civil servant, member of the House of Lords or one of the Royal Family-may stand for election to the House of Commons. A candidate need not live in the constituency he represents (for 14 years Winston Churchill represented a constituency in Scotland), need not know much about its people or problems, theoretically need not even appear there except for the formalities of campaign time. He does need a $420 deposit, ten supporters to sign a petition, and the patience...
...fact," said a young Paris civil servant, "there is no such thing as French youth. There are young students, young farmers, young workers, young merchants - each part of a class...
...Perlimplin was fine as an elderly gentleman who marries in confusion and falls in love with his wife after she has betrayed him, but his subsequent transformation to cleverness and understanding is a surprise in the light of the earlier characterization. Miss Fuchs appeared again as Marcolfa, the servant, and did her usual good job. Mary Anne Goldsmith as Belisa's mother was brief and entertaining, as were Ann Arensberg and Lucia Stein as elves. I suspect Wendy MacKenzie, although charming enough in the part of the bride, was partly responsible for the failure of clarity...
...Binh Xuyen rebels against Premier Diem's nationalistic government. Almost as soon as the rebellion broke out, French officials in Paris happily, although somewhat prematurely, consigned Diem to the dustbin and attempted to persuade the United States to do likewise. Even Chief of State Bao Dai, France's obedient servant, took time out from his duties on the Riviera to help preside over Diem's downfall. After the embarrassing failure of the attempt to unseat the Premier, the French government has assured the United States that it intends to support Diem, for the moment at least...
...ends twelve days after the beginning of civil war. Gironella tries to mirror every segment of Spanish society, from wild-eyed anarchists to stuffy professors, "from the bishop to the bootblack." The novel's hero, if it has one, is Ignacio, ison of a poor but intelligent civil servant. His mother is a devout Catholic, his brother a saintly boy headed for the priesthood. Ignacio's dilemma is that he likes to see things whole, can swallow neither the fiery threats and promises of the anarchists and Communists nor the sterile programs of the conservatives. He hates poverty...