Word: frenchmen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...thousands of German prisoners of war, thousands of Poles, Estonians, Lithuanians and Latvians, executioners who worked for the SS in the Ukraine, SS men, thousands of Russian and Ukrainian Jews (some of them victims of the "little pogrom" just before Stalin's death), Armenians. Greeks, Roman Catholic priests, Frenchmen, Chinese, Japanese, Tibetans...
...Sweet briar not only offers advice and family living; it also has a special library and special courses for the Americans--hardly the best places to meet Frenchmen. Since the Sorbonne offers only advanced courses dealing, for example, solely with one author, Sweet briar has set up a few of its own courses equivalent to the "middle group" classification here. But any student who goes should already have the general knowledge such Sweet briar courses would offer, and it is precisely the specialized courses on which he should spend his time...
...Phenomenon. Voluminously voluble, gaunt, hot-eyed, nervous as a neurotic bloodhound, Malraux has an exotic fascination for Frenchmen as an intellectual who is also what they call un homme engage. As a man committed to action, Malraux-believing Communism to be the wave of the future-intrigued in the Chinese revolution and flew for the Loyalists in Spain; during World War II, he fought brilliantly in the Resistance. As a man of intellect, he distilled powerful novels from his experiences (Man's Fate, Man's Hope...
...most Frenchmen tax evasion is an instinct, and to some a career. When the tax collector comes to inspect his house, his books and his way of life for an estimate of his income, the practiced, big-time evader sends his new American car to the country, brings down his shabbiest furniture from the attic, gives the servants the day off, and greets the collector in a borrowed suit...
...their laws, but their laws are illegal. Our real place is at the head of the country." He ended with an appeal to join his crusade. "Make the sacrifice of a thousand-franc bill," cried Pierre Poujade. "Think of your responsibilities!" Million-Dollar Take. So far, some 400,000 Frenchmen in nearly every section of France have made the sacrifice, providing Poujade with a prospective treasury this year of some 400 million francs or more than $1 million. In return, Poujade provides tax-evasion advice and devises new tactics. Sample: when police seized the furniture, clothes and inventory...