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Breistroff, a native of Roubaix, France, lived in Mather House and concentrated in anthropology...

Author: By R. ALAN Leo, | Title: Former Harvard Hockey Player Dies in TWA Crash | 7/19/1996 | See Source »

Breistroff, who hails from Roubaix, France, took the year off to train with the French National Team. Ultimately, his goal was to make the Olympic squad...

Author: By Jill L. Brenner, | Title: Konik, Breistroff: Home Is Where Harvard Is | 11/5/1994 | See Source »

Michel Briestroff, who carries an accent from his home in Roubaix, France, spent the last two years in Canada to improve his hockey. Seniors Ted Donato and Mike Vukonich will look to the left wing to find Breistroff. Described by Tomassoni as a "big, strong kid who can fly," the Frenchman should blend well with the two veterans...

Author: By John B. Roberts, | Title: These Freshmen Are Not Very Offensive | 11/9/1990 | See Source »

Early Life. Born Feb. 5, 1907, in the bleak industrial city of Roubaix in the north of France, the son of an Alsatian textile worker. Pflimlin means "little plum" in Alsatian dialect and is pronounced by the French fleem-lanh (London headline-writers have nicknamed him "Mr. Plum"). Studied law at the Catholic Institute of Paris, later earned his doctorate at the University of Strasbourg. With a lively law practice in Strasbourg, became expert in economics and agriculture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: MAN IN THE MIDDLE | 5/26/1958 | See Source »

Plump and pleasant Janine Piesset and her husband, a plumber, live in a tiny red brick house in a pleasant corner of Roubaix (pop. 98,834). Until recently, their home was a happy one, and its brightest adornment a smart, pretty girl going on seven, whom they call Viviane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: The Seven-Year Switch | 7/1/1957 | See Source »

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