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...Academic, which was founded by Colbert, minister of King Louis XIV, limits corresponding membership to 40. Professor Michael 1. Rostovtzeff of Yale University, is at present the only other member of the Academic...
THURSDAY, JANUARY 20 (XIV...
Searching for the best phrase with which to hail Joseph Stalin, Soviet editors not long ago began calling him "Our Sun." This caught on in the Soviet Union from coast to coast. Like Louis XIV of France, Le RoiSoleil ("The Sun King"), Dictator Stalin is the actual Sun around which Communist constellations revolve, might say truly if he liked "L'etat c'est moi." One day last week Sun Stalin stood refulgent atop the Red Square tomb of Lenin and more than 1,750,000 Soviet citizens marched past him carrying flags and banners. Meanwhile, Madrid had devoted...
...forty-third annual Easter Monday night supper dance of the St. Paul's Catholic Club will be held in the Louis XIV ballroom of the Hotel Somerset...
...Pope Benedict XIV (1675-1758), though a pious and respected man, was addicted to cards and profane language, kept a crucifix in his apartments to curb his tongue. Once, in one of Christendom's great moments, he became so incensed at a partner at cards that he signaled to have the crucifix removed, let loose such a volley of oaths that his companions cried him down: "Holy Father, for God's sake, Holy Father!" So, at least, writes Valerie Pirie in The Triple Crown, a lively account of the Papacy published last month (Putnam...