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Word: marquant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...John P. Marquant, in a review of the Lampoon, concluded that the Bow Street dunces were trying unsuccessfully to ape Life and Punch. The former 'Poonster advised the boys to stick to the Lampoon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Year Had Gags, Too, as Men Give Birth, Syrians Get Ties | 6/18/1952 | See Source »

When the session was resumed next day, Duprat was still on the rostrum. The non-Communists left the hall again. Jolly General Maurice Marquant was ordered to eject them with a hundred Republican guards. After the guards marched into the chamber, reporters and Deputies waiting outside could hear cries of pain and anger and the screams of female Reds, who stretched out on the floor, forcing the guards to drag them out. One by one, the Deputies were ejected, noses bleeding, clothing torn. General Marquant mopped his brow. "What a scrap," he said, "and I'm such a kindly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Heeding the Master | 3/13/1950 | See Source »

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