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Jouhaux

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[zhoo-oh] / ʒuˈoʊ /

noun

  1. Léon 1879–1954, French labor leader and politician: Nobel Peace Prize 1951.


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Art was creeping up from the not-too-distant Haut Marais, including Galerie Chantal Crousel’s second Parisian exhibition space on the Rue Léon Jouhaux.

From New York Times Mar. 25, 2011

He may change his mind, but if he does not, the likeliest leader is small, dark, shy Robert Bothereau, 51, a metal worker and longtime Jouhaux follower.

From Time Magazine Archive

For a time Jouhaux put up with the comrades, but by the end of 1947, he saw that he was simply being used as a respectable front.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1909 Socialist Jouhaux became secretary-general of the C.G.T., and for 30 years he was the biggest man in French labor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jouhaux and his four non-Communist lieutenants on the C.G.T.'s executive board submitted their resignations.

From Time Magazine Archive

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