Thorez
Americannoun
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In this hard-bitten coal-mining settlement, named after French communist politician Maurice Thorez, a grocery store and several two-story concrete-block apartment buildings clustered around the whitewashed station, sizzling in the heat.
From Washington Post
Rochet, handpicked by Thorez, reflects the old man's views.
From Time Magazine Archive
Potentially the most important change: Thorez himself resigned after 34 years as secretary-general.
From Time Magazine Archive
Next day Frachon telephoned Maurice Thorez, secretary of the French Communist Party, just back from Moscow.
From Time Magazine Archive
Without conscious irony, Thorez remarked: "There seems to be a lack of order in the country."
From Time Magazine Archive
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