Word: corniglion
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...Replace Me." Immediately, the leader of the Gaullists in Laniel's Cabinet objected. "The government is not entitled to sign an agreement which implies effective creation of EDC" protested Edouard Corniglion-Molinier. The Minister of Overseas Territories supported him: "I consider the British terms hollow...
...discourse grew louder, more ill-tempered. Half the ministers were on their feet at once; the several Gaullists and so-called "dissident Gaullists" huddled in a corner to consider whether to withdraw from the Laniel government, which would almost certainly bring it down. Corniglion-Molinier came back to the table and asked for a recess until 5 p.m. so that the matter might be discussed with party leaders. "Not even five minutes!" snapped Bidault. "This text must be signed today, because it must be presented to the House of Commons before it goes on holiday...
...archeological hoax. André Malraux is a handsome young writer who has done some poking around in French Indo-China. In 1933 he was awarded the Prix Goncourt, top French literary kudos. Last month in a plane borrowed from a friend in the airmail service he and Capt. Corniglion Molinier, army pilot, took off from Paris for Djibouti, bent on finding the capital of the dusky queen of Biblical legend. Last week's meager reports indicated that the two men flew from Djibouti across the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb and 900 mi. northeast into the Great Arabian Desert...
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