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War in the shadows.(Film)
DIRECTOR JEAN-PAUL SALOME has said that he got the idea for his new film Female Agents (original title Les Femmes de l'Ombre--Women in the Shadows) in 2004 when he read the Times obituary of April 24 for Lise Villameur, who had died aged ninety-eight. From 1942 to 1945 as Lise de Baissac she had been the only female agent to run her own network in occupied France for the British Special Operations Executive.
It is easy to see why Salome found her story so fascinating. De Baissac had been a formidable agent who had played a major part in sabotaging German transport after D-Day. Also, judging from the official photographs, she was very beautiful, with a striking ...
- Female Agents - Geheimkommando 'Phoenix'
- Magazine article from: Film - Dienst Häger, Kathrin April 23, 2009 700+ words
...Villameur angelehnte Spionagethriller "Female Agents" keinen Zweifel. Im Film heit die...Gegenseite auch nicht. Jean-Paul Saloms "Female Agents" bewegen sich im lebensgefhrlichen...Kathrin Hager [Sidebar] NEU AUF DVD Female Agents Geheimkommando 'Phoenix' Les femmes...
- 2 female agents settle FBI suit
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe AP May 19, 1994 700+ words
SANTA ANA, Calif. -- Two female FBI agents who filed suit contending that their supervisor fondled and verbally harassed them will get financial settlements and guarantees against transfer or retaliation, their attorney says. FBI Director Louis Freeh will also issue a statement within a few weeks
- WOMEN'S ROLE IN IRS IMPROVES ALBANY DISTRICT IN RECRUIT DRIVE.(Local)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) November 1, 1988 700+ words
...The one-time opponent of hiring female agents has become a leading recruiter of female...Enforcement. Five years ago, there were no female agents in the district, which stretches from...took a look at the fact that we had no female agents and no prospects," said Ehlen, 47...
- Women agents erasing FBI's `machismo'
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Kathryn Kahler November 9, 1986 700+ words
...fraternity of hard-bitten detectives. Female agents are performing the same jobs their...training after the bureau began recruiting female agents in 1972. Today, of the more than...percent of new agents. "We look for female agents who already have demonstrated initiative...
- Insurers urged to target untapped minority market. (National Association of...
- Magazine article from: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management Pasher, Victoria Sonshine June 10, 1996 700+ words
...women, compared to 60 percent of female agents who do," she said. "It seems...form such an attractive market and female agents seem inclined to work that market, we should be adding more female agents to our ranks," according to Ms...
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- Newspaper article from: Sunday Life (Belfast, Northern Ireland) October 5, 2008 700+ words
...Stephen imagines dancing with Anna. Female Agents (15) Drama/action/romance starring...Executive (SOE) during World War II, Female Agents is a stirring tale of heroism. French...Confidently evoking the period, Female Agents is a rollicking, action-paced romp...
- FBI Chief Outlines Antibias Steps; Black Resignations Noted
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Ronald J. Ostrow March 1, 1989 700+ words
...Feb. 21, the latest figures available, the FBI had 863 female agents, 453 Hispanics and 419 blacks of a total agent force of...has undertaken new measures to attract black, Hispanic and female agents, and a step-up in black departures from the agency would...
- Embroidering lives: women's work and skill in the Lucknow embroidery industry...
- Magazine article from: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute NEVE, GEERT DE June 1, 2000 700+ words
...women and of the reproduction of dependency relations by female agents rightly places the analytic category of class at the heart...worker ladder who find themselves utterly dependent upon female agents for work and who are most vulnerable to fluctuations in supply...
Source: HighBeam Research, War in the shadows.(Film)