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He accompanied the Allied troops who liberated Paris in 1945 and was eventually awarded the cross of the Légion d'honneur for his war correspondence.
A.J. Liebling's Favorite Rosé, Perfect for Summer Jay McInerney 2011
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When Lawrence first began to exhibit in Paris, towards the end of his career in the 1820s, he was greeted as one of the great, liberating harbingers of British romanticism, and awarded the Légion d'honneur.
Thomas Lawrence: The new romantic – review Richard Holmes 2010
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The main difficulty, I think, is not that hollandaise is particularly difficult to make, once you understand the science of it; it's the cult of the Sauce, by which I don't mean tomato ketchup and its ilk, but the backbone of the classic French repertoire, the kind of recipe which sounds like one should have a legion d'honneur to even dare attempting.
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They always have a “place d'honneur” in the house, specially at Xmas time.
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But most human societies seem to need an honours system, including revolutionary Russia, America and France, where Napoleon, no less, dreamed up that discreet red lapel ribbon known as the Légion d'honneur.
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À une autre époque, le galant devait se comporter en homme d'honneur et marier la belle, s'il l'avait séduite.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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And I couldn't help thinking – with the surefire horrors of the Great War to come – that JK might have peaked a little early, blubbing-wise, not least since Auntie Marian said Louis had been awarded the Légion d'honneur, which presumably wasn't for his mastery of the cheeseboard.
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But here we found Louis's Légion d'honneur dossier, which revealed that he had lost an eye, a limb and seven teeth, transporting grenades to the front.
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Frankly, JK who was now obliged to tell the captain that she happened to have a Légion d'honneur herself – a real one didn't seem too disappointed.
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After two hours of watching Shirley MacLaine receive the highest accolade France bestows, the "legion d'honneur", and hearing her interviewed, I appreciated and respected this legendary actress, this lovely human being, this multi-talented fellow American more than ever before.
Vivian Norris: Why We Need Shirley MacLaine, and Billy Wilder's The Apartment More Now than Ever Vivian Norris 2011
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