Word: monsservin
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...breathing heavily over U.S. "interference in French affairs," adamantly proclaiming their determination to resign rather than agree to "excessive concessions" to Tunisia. But two hours after sundown, when liveried footmen finally flung open the doors to mark the end of the session, florid right-wing Agriculture Minister Roland Boscary-Monsservin told waiting reporters: "There have been no resignations. The government has reached a decision in principle...
...Typical of the exhausted indifference which the prolonged crisis had brought was the appointment of Agriculture Minister Roland Boscary-Monsservin. Newspaper reporters, tired of waiting for Gaillard and the politicians to reach agreement on the post, decided Boscary-Monsservin would do, telephoned him at 11:35 p.m. and said Gaillard wanted to see him. Boscary-Monsservin scurried over to the Palais du Louvre, and Gaillard ended the argument by appointing...
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