But until now, experts haven't been able to confirm that armadillos could pass the disease to humans.

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His contemporary Jean-Luc Godard may have stolen the intellectual limelight, as Pablo Picasso did from Henri Matisse, but as the years pass Mr. Truffaut's unashamed passion and exuberant skill confirm him as the most lovable of all French New Wave directors.

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Standing silently but amiably to one side, he would unbolt the magic boxes, hold the ropes, demonstrate the emptiness of beakers and pots, confirm the thickness of a sheet of glass before a near-naked girl would climb into a magic box and pass straight through it!

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