affaire d'Etat
English translation: an affair of state
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| 5 +4 | an affair of state |
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| 4 +1 | governmental issue |
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| 3 | government scandal |
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| 3 | A political issue....... |
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| 3 | a scandal involving the government |
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government scandal Explanation: It think I've seen "affaire d'Etat" used in English. Me checkum references in Googleland. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 13 mins (2003-12-19 04:26:24 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Hey, I just discovered a French encyclopedia online. Club-Internet : Encyclopédie - [ Translate this page ] ... affaire des) Rosenberg (affaire) Sacco et Vanzetti (affaire) Schnæbelé (affaire) Sirven (affaire) Watergate (affaire du), ... Une affaire d\'État, très importante ... www.club-internet.fr/cgi-bin/h?affairer - 58k Well, I got on for free once, but when I went back to copy the definition, they asked me to subscribe! Anyway, as far as I remember, it said: affaire mystérieuse ou scandaleuse qu\'on cherche à étouffer. |
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A political issue....... Explanation: Heads could roll. (Sorry for the flashback) |
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1governmental issue Explanation: a governmental issue/matter. Our governmental affairs and administrative law clients are as varied as the issues we handle on their behalf. ... and capability to handle virtually any type of governmental issue or matter, large or small, complex or simple. ... |
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3 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +4
peer agreement (net): +4an affair of state Explanation: The expression is widely used in English in political and journalistic circles, to name just two. An Affair of State: The Investigation, Impeachment, and Trial of President Clinton, Richard A. Posner. ... www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/ detail/-/0674000803?v=glance - 87k - Cached - Similar pages Harvard University Press/An Affair of State ... Chicago Law School. An Affair of State The Investigation, Impeachment, and Trial of President Clinton Richard A. Posner. New York ... www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/POSAFF.html - 10k - Dec 17, 2003 - Cached - Similar pages Harvard University Press/An Affair of State/Reviews ... A bravura performance by United States Circuit Court Judge Richard A ... of President William Jefferson Clinton's impeachment ordeal...[An Affair of State is a ... www.hup.harvard.edu/reviews/POSAFF_R.html - 23k - Dec 17, 2003 - Cached - Similar pages [ More results from www.hup.harvard.edu ] An Affair of State AN AFFAIR OF STATE. The beautiful and much-troubled Diana, Princess of Wales set a course in opposition to the UK's Royal Family ... www.netowne.com/conspiracy/diana/ - 13k - Cached - Similar pages An affair of state - September 21, 1998 ... An affair of state. At the heart of Kenneth Starr's explicit but coldly clinical report is a furtive sex drama. The sexual encounters ... www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/time/ 1998/09/14/affair.state.html - 45k - Cached - Similar pages An Affair of State - Richard Posner A review and a link to other reviews of An Affair of State by Richard A. Posner. A Literary Saloon & Site of Review. ... An Affair of State by Richard A. Posner. ... www.complete-review.com/reviews/posnerr/anaos.htm - 19k - Cached - Similar pages An Affair of State English Club English Reading. English Reading > Short Stories in English > An Affair of State. An Affair of State. GUY DE MAUPASSANT. ... reading.englishclub.com/ss_affairofstate.htm - 24k - Cached - Similar pages The New York Review of Books: 'An Affair of State': An Exchange ... Volume 47, Number 7 · April 27, 2000. Exchange. 'An Affair of State': An Exchange. By Richard Posner, Reply by Ronald Dworkin. In response ... www.nybooks.com/articles/135 - 6k - Cached - Similar pages Ten Years Later: An Affair of State Ten Years Later. 40. An Affair of State. by Alexandre Dumas. The cardinal, on passing into his cabinet, found the Comte de la Fere, who ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-12-19 18:49:57 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- This is another one of the cool contributions of French to langauge of politics....I think the French are the ultimate political animal in the positive sense of the term....:) |
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