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Word: tricouleur (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...government was wrapped between its dreams of seeing the tricouleur across half of Africa and the stark realization that the Sahara was a wasteland universally considered worthless. As a result, it allocated men and money only in drips and sports. Its hesitation meant the conquests of the Sahara was not one great adventure, but a series of expeditions of varying brutality and success that established a string of forts through the middle of the desert...

Author: By Jess M. Bravin, | Title: Made-for-TV Colonialism | 5/22/1985 | See Source »

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