Word: les
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...will try to get a conference in the shortest possible time on all the outstanding questions capable of solution. [But] the only choice we can make is to ratify first and negotiate later ... Let us tear out from our hearts this fear and doubt!" Faure stepped down, muttered: "Les jeux sont faits" the croupier's classic cry that all bets are down...
Just about the only record that has eluded the Rocket in his 13-year career with Les Canadiens is the single-season point-scoring championship (which includes points for both goals and assists). This season, with only three games left, that final honor seemed to be his. Then last week, in a game against the Boston Bruins, Rocket Richard exploded into one of the most splendid flare-ups of his career. Clipped in the head by Boston Forward Hal Laycoe's high-swinging stick, the Rocket hardly bothered to brush the blood out of his eyes before he flattened...
...city (pop. 1,046,000). Gangs of young hoodlums bought standing-room tickets and packed the Forum galleries. As the disorganized Canadiens began to boot away the game, the mob's mood blackened. Campbell's cocky arrival, just before the first period ended (with Les Canadiens behind, 2-0), touched off a barrage of peanuts, rotten fruit, galoshes and programs. One spectator pushed past Campbell's police guard and walloped him twice across the face...
Then, people who took the trouble to ask discovered that Campbell had awarded the game to the Red Wings, and Les Canadiens had been knocked out of the league lead. As for Rocket Richard, he had watched the game and the start of the riot from a box seat. Next day he appeared on radio and TV, to make an appeal for calm in both French and English. He would take his punishment, the Rocket said, and he would be back next year...
...remark reminiscent of Marshal Joseph ("Papa") Joffre's first attempt to deal with the deadlock on the Western Front in World War I. Said he amiably, "Je les grignote" (I am nibbling them...