Word: french
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France granted Duvalier and his party temporary refuge while it searched for a country willing to offer them permanent asylum. Several already have refused. The French are expected to approach some of the 25 French-speaking African nations, most of which rely heavily on France for aid and commerce...
Across the nation, people groped for words. "It exploded," murmured Brian French, a senior at Concord High School in New Hampshire, as the noisy auditorium fell quiet. A classmate, Kathy Gilbert, turned to him and asked, "Is that really where she was?" At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., scientists turned away from their remarkable new photographs of the distant planet Uranus and stared, stunned, at the telecast from Florida. "We all knew it could happen one day," said one, "but, God, who would have believed...
Croissants baked by the French bakery Au Bon Pain in an average week...
Foreign Ministry spokesmen refused to link the latest expulsions specifically with the arrest of Bernard Sourisseau, who is alleged to have made regular trips to the Atlantic ports of Lorient and Brest to observe French naval movements. But wellplaced sources indicated the cases were linked...
Sourisseau was arrested by the Directorate of Territorial Surveillance, the French counterespionage agency, and jailed in the city of Rennes...