Word: les
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Will Return." In the first postwar years. Soustelle's political fortunes were inseparable from De Gaulle's. He became first his Chief of Information, then his Minister of Colonies. And when De Gaulle, disgusted with partisan bickering, dramatically retired to the rural peace of Colombey-les-Deux Eglises, Soustelle followed him into the wilderness, became chief of the Gaullist opposition forces in Parliament...
...utter fabrication. When the limits of what I would call 'the right to be angry' have been overstepped, measures have been taken." Debré said that "two hired Communist hacks," were authors of the book, though it is issued by a respected resistance-born publishing house, Les Editions de Minuit...
Safety First. Since the 1955 accident, sponsors of les vingt-quatre heures have plowed more than $600,000 into track improvements. Spectators can now watch from the protection of concrete tiers. Engines are top-limited at three liters' displacement (smaller than that of a Rambler), and no driver can be on the track longer than three hours at a time without relief. All cars must have windshields and wipers. But manufacturers, in their frantic search for speed, devised windshields that flip down at high speeds to avoid extra wind resistance. As they well know, a victory at Le Mans...
Miller is currently working with Hallam Movius, professor of Archeology, on an excavation of prehistoric remains at Les Ezyies, France...
Army patrols still make periodic rounds, and Moslem taxi drivers must have their passengers fill out special destination forms if they are to be taken outside the city limits. But in Algiers' dark, conspiratorial bistros, the talk these days is more likely to be about "les affaires" than assassinations. De Gaulle has made the army his chief economic arm in raising Moslem living standards, and fat army contracts for roads and schools-plus Saharan oil investments-have spread a new prosperity across Algeria...