Word: poincarism
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...since has shut out of France so much meat because of hoof & mouth disease, so many potatoes on account of scab, so much butter because of "taints." More important, during this period Minister of Agriculture Chéron won the firm friendship of his exalted chief, Premier Raymond Poincaré, "Savior of the Franc...
...came when Premier & Finance Minister Poincaré, having stabilized the franc for years to come, wished to turn his irksome Finance Ministry over to someone else, someone solid, shrewd, incorruptible. In open Cabinet the Premier turned to M. Chéron: "Dear friend, I think you should be charged with the finances of France...
Last week Europe saw another Poincaré, an old man with tears in his eyes. Broken in health when he left public office, Lawyer Poincaré could not return to practice at the bar. Doctors' fees and hospital bills sapped the small capital he had managed to save. For the past two years he has written magazine articles when not too sick to write. Last summer, by a ghastly oversight the Chamber of Deputies, which had intended to vote a pension to M. Poincaré, adjourned without passing the bill...
...cried M. Poincaré, while tears gathered in his eyes, "I am now too poor to live without...
With their new wealth M. and Mme Poincaré will spend the winter in a tidy villa at the quiet end of the French Riviera in Hyères. There at leisure Monsieur le Président will complete his memoirs...