Word: fleurs
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Dates: during 1932-1932
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...making its change, the Times had gone forward and backward at the same time. Its coat of arms was resurrected from the top of the Daily Universal Register (founded 1785), the Times's predecessor. The arms included the fleur-de-lis, implying Britain's claim to the throne of France which was not relinquished until 1801. As if aware that this revival might be a source of irritation to readers across the Channel, the renewed lion looked considerably more fierce, more vigilant...