Word: roguish
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Paris' oldest and one of its best-written newspapers, Le Figaro, which was named and modeled after Beaumarchais' roguish hero, has spent much time heckling the opposition in its 124 years. Because Le Figaro is the chief spokesman for the Roman Catholic middle class (it considers itself "further left than right-wing papers, and further right than left-wing papers"), its major, opposition now is Communism-not only in Moscow but in its own backyard...