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  • The acting chairman of the committee, Steve Desroches, said the military exhibition business must be mindful that the community has limits as to what is on display at such shows.

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

  • “We are a nation under threat of terrorist attack,” said Desroches, describing a ban on military shows as the “start of a slippery slope.”

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

  • On August 16, 2007, Wills and Kate arrived by seaplane on the tiny Seychelles island of Desroches in the Indian Ocean.

    William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011

  • The oil paintings depict people of different livelihoods, from "Ferdinand Desroches, Horse Butcher" to Jed's magnum opus, "Bill Gates and Steve Jobs Discussing the Future of Information Technology."

    Reflections on Self-Regard Sam Sacks 2012

  • On August 16, 2007, Wills and Kate arrived by seaplane on the tiny Seychelles island of Desroches in the Indian Ocean.

    William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011

  • Desroches said 14 per cent of police officers in Montreal are from minority groups, as a result of an affirmative action policy adopted many years ago.

    I Want To See More Diversity In The Next Cop That Tasers Me « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008

  • Desroches said 14 per cent of police officers in Montreal are from minority groups, as a result of an affirmative action policy adopted many years ago.

    2008 August 28 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008

  • “We are a nation under threat of terrorist attack,” said Desroches, describing a ban on military shows as the “start of a slippery slope.”

    The banality of evil 2009

  • Treasury bonds, so as to lose no interest; you may safely leave it to Desroches, he is as honest as he is knowing. —

    Scenes from a Courtesan's Life 2007

  • Desroches, solicitor, recently established in the rue de Bethisy, in a vast apartment at the end of a narrow court-yard, for which he was paying a relatively low price.

    A Start in Life 2007

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