Word: coloniale
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
After 290 rich colonial years, the "French presence" in India came to an end. Pondicherry and three other small enclaves ("pimples on the face of India" Jawaharlal Nehru had once called them) were turned over to India, in accordance with the recent agreement between Nehru and Pierre Mendès...
The U.S. supports Diem, for all his shortcomings and despite the fact that he has shown a tendency to be highhanded as well as high-principled. The French insist that they also support Diem (who consistently opposed their colonial rule), but U.S. officials suspect the French of trying to hold...
Near the bottom of the program comes the line "Axel Diensen. . . Alfred Lunt," the first tip-off to the pre-curtain speculator that this might not be the crisp nonsense he expects. Then the curtain goes up and it is clear that Mr. Coward and Mr. Lunt are equally dubious...
In December of 1746 the colonial general assembly authorized a standard public lottery, with death penalty for ticket forgers, to raise funds for the founding of a college. When in 1754 3,000 pounds had been raised by this method, newly picked trustees accepted Trinity's offer and established New...
Mendes-France is as anxious as anyone else that communism be met with strength. He is convinced that a strong France is vital to the interests of the free world. But he also knows that French foreign policy cannot be a brittle shell over a rotting core. For communism can...