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(Encyclopedia) French Indochina: see Indochina. ...

(Encyclopedia) French Morocco: see Morocco.

(Encyclopedia) French Sudan: see Mali.

(Encyclopedia) Somaliland, French: see Djibouti, republic. ...

(Encyclopedia) French brier: see heath.

(Encyclopedia) French Somaliland: see Djibouti, republic. ...

(Encyclopedia) French architecture, structures created in the area of Europe that is now France. Engineers and architects, including François Hennebique, Auguste Perret, and Tony Garnier, pioneered the use of rei...

(Encyclopedia) French Guinea: see Guinea, republic, Africa. ...

(Encyclopedia) Harlow, Jean, 1911–37, American movie star, b. Kansas City, Mo., as Harlean Carpentier. Harlow brought charm and a sexual knowingness to a series of comedies during the 1930s, becoming the model of ...

(Encyclopedia) Laffite, Jean zhäN läfētˈ [key], c.1780–1826?, leader of a band of privateers and smugglers. The name is often spelled Lafitte. He and his men began operating (1810) off the Baratarian coast S o...