Word: frenchmen
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...Frenchmen felt a chill. The outbreak, the first riot since liberation, showed that deep and dangerous passions lurked under the surface of coalition politics...
Xenophobic Frenchmen, who last year wailed over the excessive number of Américains in their country, now grumble that there are not enough G.I.s to escort the Boches. Last week, French indignation reached a new high near Reims, when several hundred demonstrators protested against Nazi P.W. insolence and arrogance. Down came a U.S Army roadside sign which gave convoy instructions in English and German; up went a laconic, patriotic substitute: "Reims, territoire fran...
...Orleans was largely populated by Frenchmen, Italians and Spaniards. What with the original families and those who have immigrated across the southern border, the greatest portion of the Crescent City's white population is of Latin origin. It creeps into their music now and again, often very effectively. Mannone's old "Isle of Capri" or his newer "O Sole Mio," Bob Crosby's "Palesteena" or "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans," are examples of jazz somewhat on the Nespolitan side...
Before they voted, enough Frenchmen to keep freedom alight had asked themselves the same question...
...cultural circle of Gertrude Stein, Elliot Paul, James Joyce, George Antheil. When his writing failed to feed him, he lectured or fiddled in cafes. Wrote Miss Stein's secretary, Alice B. Toklas: "We liked Bravig, even though as Gertrude Stein said, his aim was to please." To Frenchmen, there was nothing wrong with that...