Lafontaine

It is this little bird which is alluded to in Lafontaine's charming fable of the Oak and the Reed; this is the tiny roitelet which the Oak pronounces a heavy burden for the Reed:

Rural Hours 1887

One political commentator, Roland Nelles, called Lafontaine's departure a "drama" for the Left party and a "blessing" for the SPD.

The Guardian World News 2010

Rhizome, 1800 Létourneux, coin Lafontaine (métro Pie-IX)

Sketchy Thoughts 2009

One word again made me a captive: that word was now "Lafontaine;" and at the same moment I saw the sylph bounding to my side.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 Various

It was clear that Walter Lafontaine had come to no harm and did not want to be contacted.

O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

As he hung up with Barstow, Lowe noticed Walter Lafontaine hustle past his door.

O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

Walter Lafontaine asked the bartender to turn up the volume so he could hear over the busy airport noise the clip he would watch several more times that day after he arrived in Chicago.

O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

He had made sure her doctor and every nurse on every shift knew who he was: Walter Lafontaine, man of means, attorney and friend of the president.

O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

Walter Lafontaine never referred to him by any other name, except in playful moods when he called him “Tommy Terrific” or “Tommy Too Fucking Terrific.”

O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

Walter Lafontaine had been born in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, three weeks before his father, Andre, decamped for parts unknown, leaving behind his wife and infant son, a mortgage in arrears, and a photograph of himself playing the accordion.

O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011