Word: debre
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fowl-like characteristics may shed some light on the evolution of reptiles into birds. Trouble is, he says, scientists may never get the chance to look for more specimens. In September the government expropriated the area for a missile and artillery range for the French army. Defense Minister Michel Debré has promised that the government will continue to allow digs at Canjuers, but Thomel admits to a certain Gallic skepticism. "The army will be shooting near the site," he says, "and the soldiers will pilfer the beds and keep or sell fossils as souvenirs...
...foreigner. Shocked at this unpatriotic profiteering, De St. Cyr informed Delon, who sent for a friend from Buenos Aires. Equipped with his foreign passport and $54,545 of Delon's money, the friend made the purchase. Delon handed the prize over to the Defense Minister Michel Debré, who presented it to De Gaulle's Order of the Liberation, founded to honor Resistance heroes...
Alexandre insists that he has carefully and completely verified his book by double-checking each quote with two or more sources. Says Alexandre, who is a distant relative by marriage to Gaullist Defense Minister Michel Debré: "I regretfully had to leave out a great many marvelous bon mots of the general because I wasn't a hundred percent certain of them." He adds that Pompidou, who invited him to the Elysée Palace for an amiable 90-minute talk upon receiving a complimentary copy of the book, "did not deny or question the authenticity...
Remember how the French reluctantly confirmed that deal for the sale of some jet aircraft, maybe 15 or so, to Libya's new pro-Nasser regime? How Defense Minister Michel Debré later admitted that about 50 Mirage 5 ground-attack planes would actually be sold, but neglected to mention that 30 Mirage IIIE fighter-bombers and 20 Mirage III trainers were also included? How Debré grudgingly revealed two weeks ago that around 100 jets, rather than 50, were involved after all? And how, finally. Premier Jacques Chaban-Delmas soberly declared: "Our compatriots can be sure that...