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Sports Jean-Pierre Soisson: "The Olympics are a sporting event, not a political affair." That, of course, is not true. The Olympics long ago became politicized, with authoritarian societies like Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sparing no effort to train their athletes-all in the hopes of piling up gold medals as proof of the superiority of their political systems...
...Reconstruction Unit arrived in Paris on July 1 and was entertained there by the French Government. About a week later active work began when the fifty men were divided into three parties sent respectively to Rheims, Soisson, and Verdun. From these centers small parties of not more than three or four men were sent to smaller towns which had been partially or entirely destroyed in the year...
...Soisson's book is, however, very readable and shows that he has a keen sense of humor. Occasionally, as in the chapter upon immigration, he betrays a good deal of originality and gives expression to ideas which are both fresh and surprisingly true. Altogether, although there is just a suggestion of Max O'Rell about it, A Parisian in America is rather better than most of the books of its kind, and serves to while away a pleasant half-hour...
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