Entente

In fact, the dominant Anglo-American entente is opposed to colonialization and demands that the natives be paid for the extraction of their natural resources. ❋ Unknown (2009)

To sum up, I advocate an immediate revival of the Anglo-French "entente", as an essential prelude to any wider European or Atlantic unity. ❋ Unknown (1964)

And that is why I proposed, at the Ottawa Conference, a revival of the Anglo-French "entente". ❋ Unknown (1964)

Germany was really our friend and that we should have an "entente" with her rather than with France, French officers returning to France said that the Germans had assured them that they were their best friends, that England was the real enemy, and that it would be better to break the Entente and form an alliance with Germany. ❋ Nesta H. Webster (1918)

All who have followed later developments know that last year-I believe it was on the twenty-third of April - a so-called "entente" was concluded among the North Sea Powers and among the Baltic Sea Powers, whereby they guaranteed each other's coastal areas20. ❋ Unknown (1908)

As it was, my coming to the assistance of my poor friend happened to save the "entente" from being ❋ Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (1902)

A certain degree of personal intimacy existed between the members of the two groups, and the "entente" was quite as unrestrained as might have existed between rival athletic teams. ❋ Henry Watterson (1880)

In turn, the French President used the "entente" word five times as he praised his friend "Gordon". ❋ Unknown (2009)

"entente" was quite as unrestrained as might have existed between rival athletic teams. ❋ Unknown (1919)

Both Romulus and Vulcan could withdraw from their respective allegiances, or they could spur détente, or even entente, between the Khitomer Accord nations and those of the Typhon Pact. ❋ David R. George III (2011)

His love affair with France or, at least its women helped forge the entente cordiale with devastating consequences for Anglo-German relations, until then rather good. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Only three years ago, nevertheless, Lièvremont labelled the visiting hooker Mark Regan "a clown" following England's win in Paris and seldom gives the impression of being a great believer in entente cordiale. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"If there is one message I have to send tonight, it is to say the Greek opposition must join a national entente with the party that is in power," she told French TV channel TF1 minutes after appointment. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In 1914 the British Parliament suggested an entente with the Germans. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Insisting on the "English" bit seems unnecessarily provocative to me, and for the sake of keeping our entente with France cordiale, I think it's better just to talk about "the Channel". ❋ Brian Whitaker (2010)

This latest attack in the entente discordiale strikes at the heart of parental angst and highlights a fundamental gulf in parenting philosophy between the British and French. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Unlike the original entente cordiale, which was the product of mutual concern about a hostile power before the first world war, the latest treaty is the product of hard-headed pragmatism, designed to maximise each nation's military capabilites while saving money. ❋ Richard Norton-Taylor (2010)

Unlike the original entente cordiale, which was the product of mutual concern about a hostile power before the first world war, the latest deal is being presented as the product of hard-headed pragmatism, designed to maximise each nation's military capabilities while saving money. ❋ Richard Norton-Taylor (2010)