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Word: distingu (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1924-1924
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...character. In appearance he resembles a jovial and prosperous farmer; his features are hardly handsome, for, like his Premier, he is inclined to corpulency and is below medium height. But his iron-grey hair, his penetrating eyes and his smiling countenance go far to give him I'air distingué. Of him his intimates say: "He is the President of the French Republic, but he is also the most simple and modest of its citizens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Glorious Fourteenth | 7/21/1924 | See Source »

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