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Chautemps

American  
[shoh-tahn] / ʃoʊˈtɑ̃ /

noun

  1. Camille 1885–1963, French politician: premier 1930, 1933–34, 1937–38.


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The triumph for Democracy and Chautemps was historic when, at 3 a. m., the Premier secured a decisive Chamber vote unanimous in his favor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Suave, tactful and poker-faced, Premier Chautemps at 52 can look back upon a career which, until he entered politics, ran with exceptional smoothness in the groove of barrister.

From Time Magazine Archive

Diving into complete retirement for six months, M. Chautemps, when he cautiously emerged, found many people thought the Stavisky Scandal had been so overdone that they actually regarded him as a martyr to evil tongues.

From Time Magazine Archive

The swallowing occurred at a session of the Chamber of Deputies which upheld Premier Chautemps and Foreign Minister Yvon Delbos 439-to-2.

From Time Magazine Archive

Meeting Fernando Rivas in the home of the Cuban doctor, Hall was reminded of what an acid-tongued Czech journalist said to him at Geneva about Chautemps, a French politician.

From The Five Arrows by Allan Chase

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