Word: finds
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...selection of painters some pictures were included which apparently could not be reproduced with artistic fidelity by this particular process in its present stage; others whose reproduction required a meticulousness not feasible in the circumstances. Not cheap is the paper used but of good quality, chosen after tests to find the best paper for the purpose...
...Under the Code Napoleon it is still forbidden, except in a few cases, to take legal steps to find out who is the father of an illegitimate French child...
...will find that out later," retorted the worried prosecutor...
...gives the wife virtually the same civil status as the husband. It does not invalidate marriage contracts by which the bride can still sign away most of her rights, and say vexed French feminists: "With bridegrooms as hard to find as they are today, many brides will doubtless sign such contracts." Under the old law in France the magistrate performing the civil marriage has said: "The husband owes protection to his wife and the wife obedience to her husband." Under the new law the magistrate will say: "The husband is the head of the family...
...many a foreign bride has discovered after marrying a Frenchman, the clannishness of French males amounts to an open conspiracy against French females, and last week the male editors of Paris papers cooperated "loyally" with their male readers. It was almost impossible to find a full, printed account of the new law from which a wife could learn her rights, and many French papers omitted the story altogether...