Word: papas
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When 76-year-old "Papa" Deibler, who as Monsieur de Paris had pressed the button at more than 400 guillotinings in his 40-year career, died last February, his 80-year-old Uncle Léopold Desfour-neaux was appointed temporary successor. Connoisseurs complained that Desfourneaux lacked his nephew's finesse, at his first execution took ten seconds to Deibler's customary three or four. Last week, after six weeks' cogitation, the prisons director pronounced Uncle Léopold's initial effort a complete success, thus making him France's new official high executioner...
...presiding officers of the Senate or Chamber. Jules Jeanneney, the Senate President, is 74 years old, however, and Edouard Herriot, the Chamber President, has decided not to allow his name to be put forward. French political observers believed last week that the best bet was a re-election of "Papa" Lebrun...
...Papa Dionne didn't see why the mountain should have to go to Mohammed. He was for holding up his decision. "You never can tell what may happen," he said. Said Allan Roy Dafoe, the country doctor who brought the girls into the world: "Anything may happen." The girls practiced curtsying for a cameraman. This week Papa Dionne finally said yes to his daughters' first personal appearance outside Callander...
...Papa don't love mama any more
...Papa liked it vertical and wouldn...