Word: bonnefoi
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Fortnight ago, 700 local peasants advertised their ire by descending before dawn on Bonnefoi, the 400-acre farm owned by Tough Guy Gabin, 58, who recently bought up two other nearby holdings totaling 250 acres. The posse cut the phone lines and otherwise vandalized his property while their spokesmen argued with Gabin, who refused to rent his land to tenants, announced angrily and in haste that he would sell his two new farms−in all probability, to other cumulards, since they are worth nearly $200,000. Last week public indignation at the farmers' lawless tactics, raising memories...