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Word: ruisseau (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Usage:

City of God. At dusk, in the Algiers suburb of Le Ruisseau, Moslem patrons in the Café de l'Espérance looked up from their mint tea and coffee as Europeans sped by. From one car, machine-gun bullets swept the oilcloth tables, from the other a hand grenade was lobbed into the doorway. Five Moslem men and a child died instantly; 26 others sprawled wounded among the tumbled chairs. Revenge-seeking Moslem crowds raged into the streets, stoning passing cars. Three autos were halted, their European drivers dragged out and beaten to death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Algeria: The Not So Secret Army | 1/26/1962 | See Source »

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