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  • He was effective in the role of intermediary, conciliator, and what the French call a porte-parole.4 “We sojourned together for some time,” Champlain later recalled.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • He was effective in the role of intermediary, conciliator, and what the French call a porte-parole.4 “We sojourned together for some time,” Champlain later recalled.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • He usually leaves such comments to Mr. Trichet, who often calls himself the "porte-parole," or spokesman, of the ECB board.

    Paris Backs Italy's Draghi as Europe's Central Banker Alessandra Galloni 2011

  • In an interview published Sunday in the Italian daily La Stampa, Mr. Trichet said Mr. Weber's opinion that the program should be scrapped "is not the position of the Governing Council" and that, as president, Mr. Trichet is the "porte-parole," or spokesman, for the 22-member ECB.

    Central Bankers in Europe Clash Over Bond Buys Brian Blackstone 2010

  • Français · Équateur: L'héritage de Mama Tránsito, porte-parole de la cause des indiens équatoriens

    Global Voices in English » Ecuador: The Legacy of Indigenous Leader Mama Tránsito 2009

  • Alain Rey et al., eds., Le Grand Robert de la langue française Paris, 2001 5:977, s.v. “porte-parole,” meanings 1 and especially 2: “a person who transmits words and thoughts from one group to another, and mediates among them.”

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • Alain Rey et al., eds., Le Grand Robert de la langue française Paris, 2001 5:977, s.v. “porte-parole,” meanings 1 and especially 2: “a person who transmits words and thoughts from one group to another, and mediates among them.”

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • ''Ils ont ensuite dérobé le bus, qu'ils ont conduit sur une courte distance, puis y ont mis le feu'', a déclaré un porte-parole de la RATP.

    Daimnation!: Why can't we get jobs? 2006

  • C'étaient les mots de la dignité humaine opprimée à celui qui était son porte-parole.

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1971 - Presentation Speech 1972

  • "His comments might perhaps be an irritation to Trichet, who always stresses his prerogative as ECB president to be the 'porte-parole' of the council," said Julian Callow, chief European economist at Barclays Capital in London.

    Taipei Times 2010

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