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...degree at Quebec's Laval University, went to work in 1905 in the law office of Quebec's famed Louis Philippe Pelletier, onetime Postmaster General. By 1923 St. Laurent had his own law firm. By the mid-'30s he had grown into Quebec's legal giant...
...moral grounds. They were responsible for the sharp upsurge in venereal disease: only three doctors serviced the 7,000 prostitutes. They were deep-dyed collaborationist: they had accommodated German soldiers by the truckload, provided the Gestapo with stool pigeons, paid tribute to the most hated Vichyites, including Pierre Laval. They spawned black marketeers. They viciously monopolized 6,000 rooms much needed for decent folk...
...Pierre Laval, 62, archtraitor: shot...
Tied to the stake, Laval stood facing the rifle points. "Vive la France," he cried. The volley sent a chilly stir through the prison building...
...Slowly Laval sank to his knees. An officer rushed to the bending figure, fired a final bullet into his ear. Pierre Laval's death, like his life, had brought no honor to France...