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  • The horror quotient of the black-and-white images, concerning what was not yet called the Holocaust, is far lower than can be found in Alain Renais's 1955 documentary "Night and Fog" or Claude Lanzmann's 1985 epic "Shoah."

    A Casualty of War Is Released at Last Richard B. Woodward 2010

  • Alain is the fourteenth President and CEO of Ford Canada.

    Ford Motor Company--the Next Ten Years 2002

  • I’m meandering along in Alain de Botton’s The Art of Travel, dreaming of traveling to exotic places while I roller on a second coat of paint in the basement bedroom.

    It’s Happened Again « So Many Books 2005

  • Many of the characters are intriguing and their storylines worth persevering with (namely Alain and Stronghand), whilst others are a bit flat and tedious (Liath's, mainly).

    In the Ruins & Crown of Stars by Kate Elliott Adam Whitehead 2007

  • Many of the characters are intriguing and their storylines worth persevering with (namely Alain and Stronghand), whilst others are a bit flat and tedious (Liath's, mainly).

    Archive 2007-08-01 Adam Whitehead 2007

  • Beneath him, his horse ran on as if it had understood every word Alain had whispered in its ear.

    Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

  • The two French novels, both set in a wintry Paris, both dealing with the experiences, in extremis, of a solitary hero called Alain, offer some evident parallels as well as fundamental divergences.

    Not So Novel Bergonzi, Bernard 1965

  • Alain attained extraordinary celebrity in his day as a teacher and a learned man; he was called Alain the Great, The Universal

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

  • Yes, I think we'll call Alain who will describe the pattern and the trend of the utilization rate in our facilities.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

  • Yes, I think we'll call Alain who will describe the pattern and the trend of the utilization rate in our facilities.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

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