"Poilu", a word meaning hairy or tough, is the affectionate name given since Napoleonic times to French foot soldiers.
For decades, his primary home was farther north in the affluent suburb of Belvedere, where he still has a 10, 000-square-foot French manor house.
The 20, 248-square-foot French colonial sits atop a hill and behind a gate, hidden by greenery and steep rocks that bolster its front decks.
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Indeed, the grandeur is what drew Jackson to the 17, 000-square foot French Chateau-style estate that was the creation of Hubert Guez, CEO of Hardy Designs, and his wife Roxanne Guez.
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Pittsburgh-based architect Lewko Korzeniwsky recently finished turning the traditional, Colonial-style floor plan of an old 4, 600-square-foot French Normandy mansion into an open, contemporary interior, reducing the number of bedrooms to four from six and introducing floor-to-ceiling glass windows and recessed lighting.
He is planning to build a 16, 000-square-foot, French-Normandy style home with a large lawn and pool on the site, which has panoramic views of the Potomac.
After 10 minutes on the back foot, the French side broke away through number eight Vahafolau, who followed up his brute force charge with a fine pass to find winger Bidabe, who stretched to touch down in the corner.
The Paris-born Polish filmmaker - who is also a French citizen - has not set foot in the US for more than 30 years.
Outside my open French doors, a 15-foot grass margin led to the edge of a cliff, 160 feet below which the Pacific Ocean pounded the beach.
Florent Malouda chipped a ball into the run of Anelka and the French striker angled in a left-foot shot which keeper Martin Dubravaka failed to get a hand to despite it being within saveable range.
In one widely reported incident, venture capitalist Thomas Perkins was fined by a French court in 1996 after his 143-foot Herreshoff schooner collided with a smaller boat at the La Nioulargue Regatta in St.
Torya Blanchard, who cashed out the 401(k) she earned as a French teacher, opened a successful 48 square-foot creperie.
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In practical terms, in the best imaginable circumstances, this would mean that British, Italian, French, German and possibly Czech soldiers would set foot on Macedonia's scorching northern plains by mid-August, and Albanian rebels would start handing over Kalashnikovs just days afterwards.
The 3, 700-square-foot space in Covent Garden will adopt the French bistro decor, menu and name of his legendary Balthazar in New York, with the vernacular addition of an afternoon tea menu.
Built for Frank Woolworth in 1915, the neo-French Renaissance mansion is 35 feet wide, with 14-foot-high ceilings, grand fireplaces and formal parlor and breakfast room.
On that occasion the first French Imperial Eagle was taken by Sergeant Masterson of the 87th Irish Foot.
The tranquillity of the coastal trail is occasionally broken by the sound of oncoming foot traffic, the enthusiastic chatter sprinkled with Spanish, French and German, as well as British and North American accents.
And Wilkinson stunned the crowd with a trademark left-foot drop-goal in the 77th minute as England repeated their 2003 semifinal victory against the French and earned the chance to become the first nation to retain the title.
Ferry's comments also followed the resignation Sunday of former French Secretary of Public Affairs Georges Tron after two female colleagues accused him of sexually assaulting them while giving them foot massages.
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