Word: beaucoup
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Sirs: In your issue of Feb. 11, there is a letter from J. B. Scott, Beacon, N. Y., under the caption "Not Free," which states, in part, as follows: "The Y. M. C. A. did not practice giving away anything-unless 'beaucoup francs' were pressed on them by the soldiery." It happened that while I was reading this letter, there was on my desk five typewritten folios, embracing 1,250 pages, covering the report of the Inspector General of the A. E. F., on the investigation of the Y. M. C. A. with the American Expeditionary Forces...
...mier was born in 1865, was a young lad when Germany laid seige to Paris. He was brought up to be a parfumeur, for, as his parents remarked, il y a la beaucoup d'argent a gagner. Unfortunately for the perfumery business, and fortunately for the theatre, the youthful Gémier developed an immense facility for mimicry. Once he imitated his employer so successfully that the latter, arriving inopportunely, became angry and instantly discharged...