Word: frenchmen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Place d'lena, Paris, almost under the bronze nose of George Washington's horse,* a group of notable Frenchmen gathered around a hollowed building stone last week. They were men potent in French science, politics and industry. Mingled among them, like atoms of a great molecule of reverence, were diplomats of foreign countries. The nucleus of their thoughts was the stone...
Then he sealed the stone and the notables dispersed, leaving the block in fantastic isolation, for not yet have foundations been laid for the International House of Chemistry. Nor have Frenchmen decided on a site† for its erection...
...home appeared last week. From France came four men and a model. She was trim, neatly proportioned, tapering. She was a model for a 40-ton, 7-motored "flying wing," the like of which Mr. Levine hopes to put into transatlantic passenger operation next year. With her came two Frenchmen-Alexander Kartvelichvili, Edmond Chagniard, her designers...
...Atlantic fouled the gallant aviators, Francis Coli & Charles Nungesser, in their attempted flight over the ocean, France has grieved. Grief was tinged with resentment for robbing the nation of glory, two heroes of their lives. When, at the time Ruth Elder took off for Paris, two other brave Frenchmen, Dieudonne Costes & Joseph Le Brix, challenged the Atlantic, to another conflict, the hearts of all Frenchmen went with them. Their ship, the Nungesser-Coli, was to pick up the foil of the dead heroes, was to continue the duel on behalf of the entire nation...
...Lowman to his office first thing in the morning and asked him about the "reciprocity" statement. Mr. Lowman announced that he had never made so stupid a mistake and said he would never presume to enunciate a Government policy. So, while the Department of State fumed with embarrassment and Frenchmen scowled in perplexity, the matter was officially dropped...