Alsace-Lorraine

The Government has established for the duration of the war an insurmountable barrier between Alsace-Lorraine, which is called a territory of the Empire, and the rest of the German states.

Fighting France St��phane Lauzanne

It was planned to include the Saar Valley under the term "Alsace-Lorraine" because it had been part of Alsace-Lorraine in 1814, though it had been detached in 1815, and was no part of the territory at the close of the Franco-Prussian war.

Public Opinion Walter Lippmann 1931

The Franco-Prussian war, for example, was extraordinarily brief and resulted in only moderate casualties, and France, absent Alsace-Lorraine, remained largely intact.

Matthew Yglesias » Carter on Gaza 2009

Would the border region of Alsace-Lorraine, with its rich seams of coal, again be fought over as European nations struggled to control a key commodity, coal to produce electricity, needed for a war-making machine?

The Miraculous Dawn Of The European Union, 60 Years Ago Today 2011

The word comes from the Alsace-Lorraine section of France, where such windows are popular, and a lot of German is spoken.

livre d'or - French Word-A-Day 2009

The Franco-Prussian war, for example, was extraordinarily brief and resulted in only moderate casualties, and France, absent Alsace-Lorraine, remained largely intact.

Matthew Yglesias » Carter on Gaza 2009

In 2008 Dean was commissioned to make a work in or about the historically contested region of Alsace-Lorraine, and she responded with a type of still life: a close-up study of two bottled pears suspended in schnapps and subtly decaying in sunlight.

Tacita Dean at the Common Guild - review 2011

Would the border region of Alsace-Lorraine, with its rich seams of coal, again be fought over as European nations struggled to control a key commodity, coal to produce electricity, needed for a war-making machine?

The Miraculous Dawn Of The European Union, 60 Years Ago 2011

Taking us from her childhood in Alsace-Lorraine to her summers in Provence and her busy life in New York and Paris, this book of scrumptious Gallic wisdom and wit shows how anyone anywhere can develop a healthy, holistic lifestyle.

French Women for All Seasons by Mireille Guiliano: Book summary 2010

I myself was born in France, Alsace-Lorraine moved to Chicago at the age of 19 not knowing one word of English, but because I spoke 2 different german dialects and High German I was able to learn the english language very fast.

fifille - French Word-A-Day 2009