Word: frenchmen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...impossible to imagine in most fully industrialized countries, Wahl continued. The recent attempt shows that there is still a primitive, "Latin American" strain in French culture. It may also make the Algerian rebels wonder if de Gaulle will be able to impose any treaty he signs upon the Frenchmen in Algeria, Wahl said...
...Gaulle-as far as anyone could tell. All communications with the outside world were broken off, except for cryptic messages over Radio Algiers ("The palm tree is in the oasis") apparently meant for the right-wing underground in France. But the mutineers found small sympathy among mainland Frenchmen, who are heartily sick of the Algerian bloodshed and gave Charles de Gaulle an overwhelming mandate last January to negotiate a settlement on the basis of Algerian self-determination...
...Congo debacle, and attacked Eyskens' sensible but unpopular economic austerity program-price of the lost Congo- because it meant higher taxes and reduced pensions. Belgium's voters were ready to criticize politicians of every stripe, in a sullen style reminiscent of the ugly, empty mood of Frenchmen in the last stages of the Fourth Republic...
...case of the prostitutes, the Paris court ruled, RTF had gone too far in invading the citizens' privacy, barred the program from further showing and named an arbiter to decide damages. Already Frenchmen sensed a new television era. Announced RTF: "Controversial." for-adults-only shows will henceforth be identifiable by a small white square in the lower right-hand corner of the screen...
...crime that had everything. The cast of characters, including beautiful, amoral women and recklessly brutal men, seemed right out of the nouvelle vague French films. One of the nation's greatest fortunes was involved. Best of all, the crime itself was inspired by what Frenchmen believe to be the fountainhead of criminal violence...