cherchez la femme
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The idea of the film is profound and simple: to unfurl the series of events that brought Franz Ferdinand to Sarajevo on the fateful day in 1914, cherchez la femme.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 27, 2015
In Burma, perhaps even more than in France, cherchez la femme has an ominous meaning.
From Time Magazine Archive
For now, cherchez la femme trumps "change you can believe in."
From Time Magazine Archive
"Long-standing animosities of race," he said, "and, as determining cause, cherchez la femme" "But you said that there were no women on the place."
From Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia by Douglas, Norman
Win was instantly sure that here was the man in the case; now, cherchez la femme!
From Winnie Childs The Shop Girl by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)
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