Word: henry
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Other Men of Good Will in that amorphous, hopeful group were the Frenchmen Daladier, Georges Bonnet, Yvon Delbos (whom Romains says he made Foreign Minister), Ambassador André Francois-Poncet; Belgian Cabinet Minister Henri de Man; presumably many whom Good Willman Romains does not name. They believed that "nothing good could ever come of war," devoted themselves to plotting peace coups which somehow never came off. The greatest of these plots was hatched by Henri...
...week's end French resistance fizzled out, on orders from Vichy. In that town of pathetic, hollow words Foreign Minister Baudouin reported to Premier Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain that all fighting had ceased. "Hence," continued the Foreign Minister, who once made a fortune out of Indo-China, "the French-Japanese accord now goes into effect in the friendly, trustful spirit which prevailed at its establishment...
Several excellent lithographs by Henri Matisse are on exhibit in a very inconspicuous corridor of the Boston Museum. In his lithographs, Matisse accentuates certain elements of form and composition which, in his paintings, are less obvious. In other words, when we look at one of his prints we are better able to discover just what the artist is trying to do; his paintings, though by no means cryptic, require greater exercise of critical powers...
...charged with "treasonable acts" in attempting to cooperate with Great Britain's Duff Cooper and Lord Gort in Morocco in the hope of carrying on a pro-Ally Government after France had officially signed her armistice. The others face possible life imprisonment, with the present Premier, aging Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain, holding power of pardon...
Last week the Cabinet of Marshal Henri Philippe Petain issued its first decrees regulating commerce. In a batch of 46 laws, 26 decrees and 33 administrative orders-which for the first time in history caused a day's delay in publication of the Journal Officiel-boards of corporations were restricted to not more than twelve or fewer than three members. The president of a company must be an active participant in its management and president and board are personally liable for all the company's debts. All abuses of the capitalistic system, Finance Minister Marcel Yves Bouthillier said...