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After a few weeks of internment at the Roland-Garros Sport Stadium, under heavy guard, he and five hundred other undesirable aliens were hurriedly put on a train, bound for Europes most frightening destination: location undisclosed.
The Great Escape Kati Marton 2006
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After a few weeks of internment at the Roland-Garros Sport Stadium, under heavy guard, he and five hundred other undesirable aliens were hurriedly put on a train, bound for Europes most frightening destination: location undisclosed.
The Great Escape Kati Marton 2006
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What had he been told by his powerful boss, who for two years had promised to sweep Paris and played tennis every morning at Roland-Garros, where he allowed himself to be photographed?
Maigret on the Defensive Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1964
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Everyone knew from the papers that on his way to the office the Chief Commissioner passed by the Roland-Garros stadium to keep himself fit with a few sets of tennis.
Maigret on the Defensive Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1964
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He was then a young lawyer more often to be met with at the Roland-Garros races or in the bars of the Champs-Elysées than at the Law Courts, and was more like a young movie star than a member of the bar.
Maigret's Revolver Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1952
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A statement from the FFT said: "The elected representatives of the French Tennis Federation... have voted to back the project proposed by the Paris City Council which aims to create a new Roland-Garros venue through extending and modernising the historic venue at Porte d'Auteuil."
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After a general assembly this weekend at which French Tennis Federation FFT officials voted on the issue, Roland-Garros was backed unanimously winning two-thirds of the vote in a final round at the expense of Marne-La-Vallee.
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You don't quit football because you've won the Super Bowl or tennis because you have won Roland-Garros or golf because you've won the U.S. Open.
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It means the venue at Roland-Garros is expected to be modernised and extended from 8.5 to 13.5 hectares.
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PARIS AFP - The French Open will remain at Roland-Garros on the outskirts of Paris, officials said on Sunday after rejecting proposals to move the French Grand Slam to new premises outside the city.
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