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At Les Halles, "the belly of Paris," 250 market women left their stalls last week, crowded into a schoolroom where a plainly dressed woman, obviously and proudly pregnant, talked about food and coal. Her tone was conversational, her words easy to understand. She knew what interested them, did Jeannette Vermeersch. Listening to her was like a chat around a kitchen table. It was hard to realize that Jeannette Vermeersch might be the next First Lady of France.
She spoke of Maurice Thorez (pronounced tore-ezz), to whom she had borne two sons...
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