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/ˈdɹaɪfəs, ˈdɹeɪfəs/
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NOUN
- French army officer of Jewish descent whose false imprisonment for treason in 1894 raised issues of anti-Semitism that dominated French politics until his release in 1906 (1859-1935)
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- The physically awkward but intellectually gifted nebbish was foregrounded in film and television by Woody Allen, Dustin Hoffman, and Richard Dreyfuss, and later by Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, and Larry David. A Renegade History of the United States
- That includes showing that the supporters of Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army framed for leaking secret documents, were not plasterboard saints. Ruth Harris's "Dreyfus: Politics, Emotion, and the Scandal of the Century"
- Alarmed by Russian pogroms and the anti-Semitic Dreyfus trial in France, Herzl wrote a manifesto, "The Jewish State" (1895), and a novel, "The Old-New Land" (1900), before bearding the German Kaiser at the gates of Jerusalem. City of Peace—and War
- DeVito stars opposite Dreyfuss in the movie.
- Louis Dreyfus Commodities Metals Suisse SA ( "LDC") to settle approximately $11.4 million of financial obligations owed by NCS to LDC, through a cash payment of $2.0 million and the issuance of 2,903,525 common shares of DPM. The Earth Times Online Newspaper
- I, Dreyfus takes the form of its eponymous hero's autobiography, penned while in prison.
- Thus Dreyfuss gave us his character, an ordinary man caught up in wheels of justice spinning out of control, a simple, understated dignity.
- Louis Dreyfus Commodities Metals Suisse SA ( "LDC") to settle up to $11.4 million of metals exposure (calculated as at November 30, 2009) and debt through the payment of $2.0 million in cash and $9.4 million in common shares of DPM, based on a deemed price of Cdn$3. 50 per share. Marketwire - Breaking News Releases
- In the film, a chattery Richard Dreyfuss gets to live. 'Jaws': Celebrating Sand, Sex And A Really Big Fish
- Doubtless he will be stripped of this title ere long, like Captain Dreyfus having his sword ceremonially broken and the epaulettes torn from his shoulders. Irish Blogs