Word: frans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Sensing that the moment had come to strike, Fran?ois Mitterrand, the leader of the non-Communist left, next day made an open bid for power. Summoning the press to a gilded salon in the Hotel Continental, he called for the establishment of a provisional government of the left to prepare for the election of a President to replace De Gaulle. He suggested former Premier Pierre Mendès-France be leader of the provisional regime-a proposal to which Mendès-France quickly agreedèand announced his own intention to run for the presidency in the elections...
...possibly two other larger planes had just landed with 20 well-armed men, probably trainees from secret camps in the Bahamas. Thus last week, for the eighth time in ten years, began another attempt by Haitian exiles to topple the brutal and corrupt government of Haitian Dictator François ("Papa Doc") Duvalier...
Last night we reached Palma, Majorca, where the special attraction was a twelve-mile trip to the monastery at Valldemosa to eat a buffet dinner and hear a recital of Chopin's piano music by that handsome Frenchman Samson François. The monastery was cold and damp, but those clever people from the Renaissance brought along bundles of plaid blankets to cover everybody up. Poor Chopin. He lived in the monastery for two months with his, pardon me, mistress, George Sand, and they say that he nearly died of the chill. He could have used some of those...
Left field will be filled by Larry Cetrulo, one of the team's leading hitters, and right by Brad Fenton, the leadoff batter. Power hitter Fran Saba will start at third base...
...Thank you for the informative article on the Oscar Mayer company [April 12], and for printing what I consider to be my theme song. I love it and sing it at least twice a day. I teach high school French, so I ventured Oscar Mayer á la française...