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a surprise attack. In French, [donner] un coup de main means "[to give] a hand" (to give assistance). Even if the English meaning exists as well (as in faire le coup de main), it is old-fashioned. coup d'état (pl. coups d'état) a sudden change in government by force; literally "hit (blow) of state."
According to historian Jacques Delarue, a witness to the operation, 200 police inspectors from Paris and elsewhere, 15 compagnies of the Groupe mobile de réserve (GMR) and squads of French gendarmes and mobile guards (gardes mobiles) were brought to Marseille for the operation. In total, "approximatively 12,000 police men found themselves ...
The acronym "ZAD" meaning "zone to defend" (French: "zone à défendre") is a détournement of "deferred development area" (French: "zone d'aménagement différé"). [1]In 2015, the French term "zadiste" (English: Zadist) entered the 2016 edition of Le Petit Robert dictionary as "a militant occupying a ZAD to oppose a proposed development that would damage the environment."
Le téléphone rallumé de Monica ne cessait de vibrer au rythme des SMS restés bloqués et des mises à jour de statut. Elle a essayé à plusieurs reprises d’appeler l’ONG australienne, mais elle passait directement en messagerie. Puis elle s’est adressée à la secrétaire du directeur.
Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne: 17 August 1933 1 May 1936 Scrapped, 1957 Le Terrible: Chantiers Navals Français, Caen. Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Saint-Nazaire. 8 December 1931 30 November 1933 1 October 1935 Scrapped, 1963 Le Triomphant: Ateliers et Chantiers de France, Dunkirk: 28 August 1931 16 April 1934 25 May 1936
The "Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne" (English title: Poem on the Lisbon Disaster) is a poem in French composed by Voltaire as a response to the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. It is widely regarded as an introduction to Voltaire's 1759 acclaimed novel Candide and his view on the problem of evil. The 180-line poem was composed in December 1755 and ...
(The Center Square) – A Missouri delegation is focusing on border security after being briefed with an Operation Lone Star Task Force led by Goliad County, Texas, Sheriff Roy Boyd. The ...
In 2001, an 18-year-old committed to a Texas boot camp operated by one of Slattery’s previous companies, Correctional Services Corp., came down with pneumonia and pleaded to see a doctor as he struggled to breathe.