Not all French observers reacted negatively.

One French observer recalls the performer as "a half-tamed creature from the jungle."

In 1893 a French observer was surprised by America's "remarkable fertility in the variety of its patterns for table services."

The French observer de Tocqueville commented in the 1830s on how rich and diverse American community life was.

'He is,' reported a French observer, 'a perfect oval which f--om a distance looks like a very large egg stood on the small end.'

And thank goodness for that, French observers told pollsters; 52 percent of the public were of the opinion that the trial had not been "useful."

The general would not have believed it, had not French observers confirmed it.

Because conditions were so rough where the plane was, the six Americans, a French observer and equipment were flown to about 120 nautical miles away.

A French observer wrote that the enthusiasm of the crowds reminded him of the French Revolution.

The situation was investigated by British and French observers and reported to the Entente.