Alice Waters to Receive France's Highest Honor
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Established by Napoleon in 1802, the Legion is France's highest honor, appointed by the French President himself. It's technically reserved for French nationals only, but foreigners who (in the infallible words of Wikipedia) have served France or "the ideals it upholds" can receive what's known as a distinction of the Legion. Americans who've received it include Dwight Eisenhower and General Douglas MacArthur -- slightly strange company for a friend of Obama and ex-Montessori-school-teacher whose claim to fame started with opening a restaurant for friends in a ramshackle house in downtown Berkeley.
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