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They say both “les etats-unis” and “les USA”ShelbyCQuote

The Volokh Conspiracy » “The United States Are,” “The United States Is,” and the Civil War 2009

Therefore, I believe that the argument that apres les etats unis le deluge is an invalid argument.

Balloon Juice » 2006 » July 2006

Congress should start investigating the CIA ties to the school and to Friedman and to the students and satellite universities around that world that helped to virally infect the planet with this concept of economics based upon violent coup de etats, torture, mass murder, destruction of the middle class and repression of human rights and freedoms.

Disaster Capitalism and its Shock Doctrine-- making Nazism seem tame 2007

But what ` s surprising and what shows how much shopping around is going on, you were talking earlier about spooning and coup d ` etats.

CNN Transcript Jan 26, 2007 2007

Congress should start investigating the CIA ties to the school and to Friedman and to the students and satellite universities around that world that helped to virally infect the planet with this concept of economics based upon violent coup de etats, torture, mass murder, destruction of the middle class and repression of human rights and freedoms.

Printing: Disaster Capitalism and its Shock Doctrine-- making Nazism seem tame 2007

FWIW this has been quite helpful to me in learning French aux etats unis:

Firedoglake » Rubber Stamp Republican Congress Stamps…In Action 2006

There still subsist in some provinces in France, which are called pais d etats, an humble local imitation, or rather mimicry, of the great etats, as in Languedoc, Bretagne, etc.

Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005

Aux etats uni par exemple la gelineau est traitée avec la GHB oui la 'drogue du violeur' certaines personnes dont les amphetamine n'ont aucun effet sont carrement soigné aux Metamphetamine (ou cristal la 'drogue qui rend fou' comme on l'appelle en Thaïlande) mais bien sur tout ca a dose therapeutique mais ca reste tout de meme des drogues addictive ...

pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2005

The States met, for the first time that I can find (I mean by the name of les etats), in the reign of Pharamond, 424, when they confirmed the Salic law.

Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005

He was agitated; this extraordinary gathering not only of nobles but also of the merchant-class — les etats generaux

War and Peace 2003