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...large chunks of Ovid and Horace by heart in after-school punishment time. After a shaky start in law school at São Paulo's state university, he went through his final years with top marks, married a beautiful girl who at first glance thought him "the ugliest man I ever met," and started off on his career...
Wrote Critic Mario Monteverdi in utter exasperation* at the Fautrier prize: "It is fitting that Fautrier should have won . . . for his are the ugliest, most vulgar, and useless non-paintings in the entire show. Giving him a prize clears the way for a legitimate revolt which, if clamorous enough, might save the Biennale...
...Ugliest aspect of the ugly war in Algeria has been the persistent reports of torture practiced in France's detention camps in Algeria. Though prominent Frenchmen of all political persuasions have protested in shock and shame, French army zealots argue that "a few moments of discomfort are justifiable if they lead to a confession that saves many lives." Last week two cases came before a military court in Algiers, raised serious question about the operation of French justice...
...learned that ten out of ten girls didn't beat tom-toms to contact their boy friends and their unrelieved coyness bored him silly. To remedy the situation, he picked up three plates of sandwiches and passed them around the dance floor. He gave two sandwiches to the ugliest girl there and she bit her index finger while eating them. He couldn't stand blood, so departed, taking the sandwiches (all on silver plates) home with...
...both its morning and evening editions and requiring advertisers to take space in both editions or none at all. Moreover, the Beacon (said the Eagle) had sicked the Justice Department on the Eagle in the first place -as just another episode in one of the nation's oldest, ugliest newspaper feuds...