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Word: bleus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...surprised if Jacques Chirac obliges. The French president has already gotten a 15 percent boost in the polls out of France's progress to the final; presenting the trophy to Les Bleus while wrapped self-consciously in a soccer scarf will no doubt bring Chirac even greater political gain. He shouldn't, therefore, be too worried that crowds are already calling for Zinedine "Zizou" Zidane, the striker who scored two of France's goals, to be elected president. That will be far more troubling to Jean-Marie Le Pen: The fact that a whole nation is cheering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Victoire! France's Cup Flows Over | 7/13/1998 | See Source »

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