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18 Nov 2019, 11:05 am
It was about the French word "quatre," which means 4, and "quatre" was also sometimes spelled "catre" — in French — and it became "cater" in English.The four spots on dice, or four symbols on cards, can be seen as making an X, and it's suspected that this is how cater came to develop the extended senses of "diagonal" or "diagonally. [read post]
26 Mar 2014, 11:47 pm
Hollande hit the lowest approvals ever recorded in the modern French presidency. [read post]
2 Sep 2015, 4:28 pm
A Polish professor introduced her to the French physicist Pierre Curie in 1894, when she was looking for a larger laboratory in which to carry out her researches. [read post]
30 Apr 2013, 8:02 am
It sounds French. [read post]
23 Nov 2011, 7:00 am
The French original exists in several divergent manuscript traditions. [read post]
26 Sep 2008, 11:00 am
A quick, informal survey of a dozen people in my office found only one who knew the idiomatic meaning.Text Copyright John L. [read post]
10 Feb 2014, 7:00 am
Lawrence River in 1534, 1535–36 and 1541–42, French interest in the region surged. [read post]
7 May 2024, 7:43 am
Rothschild reacted by moving the NFTs to a different marketplace, Rarible.[15] In January 2022, the French luxury brand officially sued Rothschild for trademark infringement, dilution, and cybersquatting, filing their complaint in a New York federal court. [read post]
16 Jul 2014, 12:33 pm
From the autobiography of early American artist John Trumbull (some paragraph breaks added): It has been seen, that in Europe I had been on terms of confidence with Mr. [read post]
18 Aug 2010, 9:35 am
Jefferson, an unrepentant Francophile even knowing the excesses of the French Revolution, wrote to Madison in July, 1793: For God’s sake, my dear Sir, take up your pen, select the most striking heresies, and cut him to pieces in the face of the public. [read post]
23 Jun 2010, 8:38 pm
[Update: They played for about another hour today, with Isner finally prevailing 70-68, which means that just today's portion of the match was an extended no-tiebreak set]Wimbledon (like the French and Australian Opens, but unlike the U.S. [read post]
24 Jun 2010, 5:01 am
The latest example is the epic early-round match at Wimbledon between American John Isner (who at 6'9" also has the distinction of being the tallest player around) and Frenchman Nicolas Mahut. [read post]
30 Sep 2020, 2:35 pm
He was actually a French citizen, apparently, but at least according to the prosecutor he could still be a traitor to the English king, since he was living in England. [read post]
16 Dec 2018, 12:01 am
John Hancock, the first governor of Massachusetts, resigned in 1785 rather than deal with the issue of a bankrupt state with no options but taxation. [read post]
9 Jan 2024, 12:05 pm
Edmund Burke, Reflections on the French Revolution (W. [read post]
1 Nov 2006, 5:09 pm
John L. [read post]
21 Oct 2013, 7:58 am
At least, that seems to be the vibe coming from French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who has “summoned” U.S. [read post]
3 Jul 2020, 6:09 am
Response to US Critics of the French Securities Regulator Position on Activism Posted by Alain Pietrancosta (University of Paris) and Alexis Marraud des Grottes (Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP), on Friday, June 26, 2020 Tags: EU, Europe, France, International governance, Securities regulation, Shareholder activism, Short sales, Transparency Testimony by Chairman Clayton before the Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital… [read post]
17 Jul 2017, 5:12 am
Repeatedly throughout Genesis 1–11 the flying things are lovingly singled out, the sort of thing one might expect if “J” and “P” stood for John James Audubon and Roger Tory Peterson. [read post]
11 Apr 2011, 8:14 am
Advocates for the ban say full-face veils are contrary to French Republican values. [read post]
