Word: honneur
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...went there two months ago to bear a second child.* The General's trip to Europe (his first) is supposedly as private and unofficial as his junket to the U. S. But since he has French ancestors and has been decorated with the Légion d'Honneur, he will probably be feted by the French Government...
...arrival of Dr. Armand Denjoy, Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur and honorary member of a dozen scientific societies, is attracting particular attention here because for six months mathematicians will be able to study the Denjoy theory of integration at first hand...
...held honorary degrees from universities here and abroad; he was chief of the Division of Western Europe, American Commission to negotiate peace, 1918-19; he was an officer of the French Legion d' Honneur...
Specifically the great aircraft engine makers, Hispano-Suiza, sent famed Sacha Guitry's good friend, Mlle Claude May, to win a Grand Prix d'Honneur in starched organdie with peplum jacket and one of their dazzling cars. More conservative, the Delage Company sent Mme Paul Cartier, daughter of a onetime Imperial Russian oil tycoon and wife of a small Geneva banker, to be "crowned" La Laur...
...each resort there is something called a "First Prize" which is given to a more or less standard U. S. car in the low or medium price class, after the real first and second prizes (the prix d'élégance and the prix d'honneur) have been won by cars in the $20,000 class...