" New plans were drawn up in the fall of 1669, and by 1671 construction was complete, resulting in the palace that Colbert declared "monstrous, but a well-arranged monster, " and which was destined to become, in Zega's words, "a pillar of French civilization.

FORBES: Palace Coup

General Assembly should be accepting such frills as air tickets from member states, as well as how, exactly, the payments were arranged, or logged in by U.N. book-keepers.

FORBES: Freedom's Edge