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Word: charlier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...force the chicken hawk of the East to pull in his claws." The Deputies passed laws which 1) authorized $3,000,000 for national defense, 2) revived military service, 3) created a committee to investigate subversive activity by anyone over 16. The crowd yelled itself hoarse when Deputy Philippe Charlier cried: "We'll fight them with machetes and penknives if necessary. No Haitian is afraid of a Dominican even if they have destroyers and bombers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HAITI: Fighting Words | 2/21/1949 | See Source »

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