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  • As Odile Faivre, deputy prosecutor in Versailles, told Sky News, "The man in question ... was completely naked, got up to feed his child, at which point the other occupants took him for the devil."

    Baby Dies After Family 'Flees Devil' In Paris Apartment Curtis M. Wong 2010

  • To get its toilet paper the perfect color—not too "gray and dirty" or "dark brown"—Cascades makes the rolls with a recipe of 20% recycled corrugated box combined with other fiber, says Isabelle Faivre , marketing director for Cascades Tissue Group, owned by Cascades Inc. and one of the largest sellers of paper towels and tissues in North America.

    Trying On Shades of Brown to Scream Green Sarah Nassauer 2012

  • It's a different story in the U.S. When Cascades pitched its Moka toilet paper to distributors at a recent trade show, "faces showed disgust" at first, says Ms. Faivre.

    Trying On Shades of Brown to Scream Green Sarah Nassauer 2012

  • As Odile Faivre, deputy prosecutor in Versailles, told Sky News, "The man in question ... was completely naked, got up to feed his child, at which point the other occupants took him for the devil."

    Baby Dies After Family 'Flees Devil' In Paris Apartment The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • As Odile Faivre, deputy prosecutor in Versailles, told Sky News, "The man in question ... was completely naked, got up to feed his child, at which point the other occupants took him for the devil."

    Baby Dies After Family 'Flees Devil' In Paris Apartment Curtis M. Wong 2010

  • Faivre and Peter Lavaissière made temporary sojourns in the mission.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • The first year of a tree's life is the hardest to get through, Faivre said, as the roots are only about 6 inches long.

    News 2010

  • Besides losing about 90 percent of trees that had just been planted, Faivre has had to cut about 2,500 trees that have turned brown, that have needles that are puckered instead of growing straight, or for other reasons have shown signs of distress and abnormalities from the drought.

    News 2010

  • With spring planting comes the growth of weeds, and Faivre has the fields sprayed three or four times each summer, starting in May.

    News 2010

  • That's also when Faivre begins baking cookies - 1,000 dozen, one batch at a time - and it starts to feel like the holidays.

    News 2010

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