Word: vincent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...France's Vincent Auriol...
Last week Eudeline went back to the presidential palace to receive his reward. On Eudeline's chest, President Vincent Auriol pinned the white-enamel-and-silver cross of a chevalier of the Legion of Honor, founded in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte to honor those who, "by their knowledge, their virtues, their talent," have upheld the principles of the French Republic. He will be entitled to wear the inconspicuous red lapel ribbon, and will find special seats reserved for him at parades and other functions-joining the democratic company of the 196,146 Frenchmen who also have the Legion...
...Communist Party. When he found that party membership would not get him a free trip to Moscow, he dropped out. And at Oxford, when he was 20, he published his first book, his only book of poetry. Babbling April owed both its mood and title to Edna St. Vincent Millay, and it was pretty frail stuff.* The really big thing that happened to Greene at Oxford was meeting Vivien Dayrell-Browning, a dark, pretty girl with a flawless complexion, and a Roman Catholic...
...Director Vincent Menial, it must be admitted, had a natural to work with. But he has combined excellent dancing, sharp comedy, imaginative photography, and some technically perfect serious music to make it one of the best musicals of the year...
...investigation is believed to be in its early stages, and no arrests are expected to be made for some time. Assistant District Attorney Vincent A. G. O'Connor last week said that the current basketball scandal is expected to grow even larger, and this will probably keep the D.A.'s office busy for at least a month...