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Johnson was a 21-year-old bomb aimer on the 1943 mission, codenamed Operation Chastise, by the Royal Air Force’s famed 617 Squadron.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2022
"Vous avez un coeur fait pour aimer, fait pour etre reconnaissant."
From Time Magazine Archive
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Voltaire—that hardened old cynic—laid it down that the true ends of life are "aimer et penser."
From The Problem of China by Russell, Bertrand
In the first case the unaccented, in the second the accented form has prevailed—Modern French parle, parler; aime, aimer.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various
"Il est si doux aimer, et d'etre aim�."
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 582, December 22, 1832 by Various
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