Those who would justify the good 'directeur', alias the pimp, in this affair, must not attempt to do it by saying that the King and Madame Maintenon were at that time privately married; that the directeur knew it; and that this was the meaning of his 'enigme'. ❋ Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield (1733)
It is therefore extremely evident that Madame Maintenon could not be married to the King at the time when she scrupled granting, and when the 'directeur' advised her to grant, those favors which Sarah with so much submission granted to Abraham: and what the 'directeur' is pleased to call 'le mystere de Dieu', was most evidently a state of concubinage. ❋ Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield (1733)
No bawd could have written a more seducing letter to an innocent country girl, than the 'directeur' did to his ❋ Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield (1733)
King should impute to the 'directeur' any scruples or difficulties which he might meet with on the part of the lady, writes her the above-mentioned letter; in which he not only bids her not tease the King by advice and exhortations, but to have the utmost submission to his will; and, that she may not mistake the nature of that submission, he tells her it is the same that Sarah had for Abraham; to which submission ❋ Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield (1733)
On the new friends category: Really enjoyed hanging out with Lev Grossman (about which more later) and had a very quick meeting my last day with Stéphane Marsan, directeur éditorial of Bragelonne in Paris, France. ❋ Lou Anders (2009)
Today, it is normal for a team to have a directeur sportif who has a background in sports medicine and works as a trainer for the riders too. ❋ Unknown (2010)
And if Vinokourov were able to successfully engage in the act of autolingus, it's highly unlikely his directeur sportif would be able to get him off the team bus, much less across the finish line of a cycling "Monument" in first place. ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2010)
BMC directeur sportif John Lelangue said the status will help the team reach its goals. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Sitting alongside Yates on a very hot day on the Tour, you become aware of the "80 to 90%" that Sky have not changed: the directeur sportif constantly handing up bottle after bottle, warning his riders of road conditions through the helmet radios, juggling supplies of ice and bottles. ❋ Unknown (2010)
"Eighty to 90% of what we do is the same as other teams, but the aim here is to try harder to help the riders in areas such as nutrition, recovery, what goes in their bottles," says the most senior directeur sportif, Sean Yates, a British icon as a cyclist and as a manager a veteran of major teams such as CSC and Lance Armstrong's Astana. ❋ Unknown (2010)
"Off the bike he is a simple, humble guy, but on the bike … There are two different faces to Alberto: one in the saddle, the other in front of the press," said his directeur sportif, the Italian Giuseppe Martinelli, who ironically enough was Marco Pantani's manager in the 1990s. ❋ Unknown (2010)
"In the first half of the stage he was close to dropping out," said the HTC-Columbia directeur sportif Brian Holm. ❋ William Fotheringham In Glastonbury (2010)
The passengers and crew were motley: an elderly Churchman (Monseigneur), a well-dressed businessman (Monsieur le directeur), a young mother with a baby, a man on crutches, two unkempt eastern Europeans (Ukrainian smugglers?), a few local aid workers -- the normally unsung heroes of any relief effort - and me, the aid guy from headquarters, in my case that would be Baltimore where Catholic Relief Services has its home base. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Hatem Chaâbouni, directeur de l'organe bilingue du Mouvement Ettajdid (Renouveau, légal), a indiqué à l'AFP que le numéro saisi diffusait une transcription de l'interrogatoire de Bechir Laabidi, un des dirigeants du mouvement social de Gafsa (sud) dont le procès en appel est en cours. ❋ Unknown (2009)
