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...Process. One interested party who read about this planned epizootic was Dr. Paul Armand-Delille, a leading French pediatrician who owns a chateau near Chartres. Rabbits are not public enemies in France. Their natural enemies, including 1,800,000 Frenchmen with hunting licenses, keep them from eating the country bare. But. Dr. Armand-Delille's estate was skittering with rabbits, so he decided to rub them out in the latest scientific manner...
...neutral diplomats. In 1917, when a French military court confronted her with evidence that she had received large sums of money from German officials, Mata Hari had a ready explanation: "They were the price of my favors. Thirty thousand marks?* My lovers never offered me less." Unconvinced, the thrifty Frenchmen sent her to the firing squad, which she faced with unbandaged eyes...
...starred No. 2 soldier, will set up a new, unified headquarters as Commander in Chief, Allied Forces in Central Europe. Previously, at Eisenhower's insistence, air, sea and ground forces in that crucial sector were under direct control of SHAPE. Juin's appointment is designed to soothe Frenchmen who feel that France does not have enough high-ranking positions in NATO...
...North Africa: first, "the rights and interests of France and Frenchmen," then "to lead the Tunisian and Moroccan peoples to the point where they can manage their own affairs...
...adults nor children. Said Martine: "I'm flabbergasted! And what do they think about Mary Magdalene?" Author Cecil Saint-Laurent accused the church of yielding to Anglo-Saxon standards of prudery. But the film was passed by the French censorship, and with Cardinal Gerlier's unintentioned advertisement, Frenchmen flocked to see Caroline Chérie. Paris receipts in the first three weeks were $140,000. The film was rushed to the provinces...