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Tales of Paris. Some things a girl just can't admit. Not in Paris. Not when she's 18, and the best years of her life are almost over. So Sophie (Catherine Deneuve) gulps and announces with a superior smirk: "Of course I have a lover. He's terribly passionate. He makes me undress in the car, right in the middle of town, with the chauffeur sitting up front." The other girls grin. "Really? And where do you meet?" "Oh," says Sophie grandly, "he's taken a flat for us." The enemy closes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Femmes Fatales | 9/14/1962 | See Source »

...they managed to charm plenty of Protestants too. In this picture, after a run of unsuccessful shows, McCarey has once more called upon religion to perform a commercial miracle; but this time he appears to have used the Lord's name in vain. For all its superficial smirk of piety, McCarey's Satan is just a prurient, soft-soap-and-holy-water version of the spicy story about the lonely missionary and the beautiful native girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Nothing Sacred | 3/9/1962 | See Source »

With an experienced smirk, Portfolio expressed his educated delight. "Samuel Tech played a beautifully judged game. we was murdered, and we deserved it. By the way, did you see how Billy Oval-tine destroyed our sneak forward-to-half bumper with those circular drops? Masterful!" (Ovaltine is the Sambo's all-East ace borderback...

Author: By James Anthony, | Title: Veteran Coach Pleased Despite Upset | 10/19/1961 | See Source »

...GEORGE SMIRK Manchester, Mass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 1, 1961 | 9/1/1961 | See Source »

This was also ignored. I called attention to the phrase "as soon as this can be done with safety to the children and the schools. Certainly this will be done not later than the public schools are opened to all pupils." This was dismissed with a smirk: "Then came the hedge." The sum of TIME'S account was in the snickering quip: "Not later, but not now." My question is: Does TIME report the facts honestly or twist them to secure a cute caption? Perhaps a more profound question could be asked: Did TIME read the pastoral letters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 24, 1961 | 3/24/1961 | See Source »

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