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 Louis St. Laurent - Open Encyclopedia
Laurent's government was modestly progressive, taking taxation surplusses no longer needed by the wartime military and establishing the Canada Council to support the arts, gradually expanding social welfare programs such as family allowances and old age pensions and bringing in an early form of hospital insurance.
Laurent was an early supporter of British Prime Minister Clement Atlee's proposal to transform the British Commonwealth from a club of white dominions into a multi-racial partnership while the leaders of the other "white dominions" were less than enthusiastic.
Laurent's father, a Compton shopkeeper, was a staunch supporter of the Liberal Party of Canada and was particularly enamoured with Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
open-encyclopedia.com /Louis_Stephen_St._Laurent   (1268 words)

  
 LAURENT Family Obituaries
Laurent was born Jan. 5, 1892 in L'Erable to Nestor and Clementine Genotte Nakaerts.
Laurent farmed in the Clifton area all his life.Also surviving are a brother, Alfred of St. Anne; a sister, Nellie Brueggert of Kankakee, and several nieces and nephews.
Laurent was born on June 24, 1887, in Clifton, the daughter of Mr.
www.obitcentral.com /obitsearch/obits/misc/laurent.htm   (1421 words)

  
 BBC News AFRICA Profile: Laurent Kabila
Laurent Kabila seemed like a saviour when he and his supporters fought their way across what was then the devastated nation called Zaire in 1996 and 1997.
Laurent Kabila quickly alienated himself from aid donors and investors as he surrounded himself with friends and family members and became increasingly secretive.
Laurent Kabila joined a rebellion in 1965 which was put down by Mobutu Sese Seko.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/1121068.stm   (458 words)

  
 The Right Honourable Louis Stephen St. Laurent
Laurent finally retired from politics and resigned his party leadership in 1958 and spent the last 15 years of his life enjoying quiet time with his family and many grandchildren.
Laurent was very hesitant in the beginning, claiming his political inexperience was a handicap.
Laurent was 59 years old and he already had a very distinguished and lucrative law career behind him.
www3.sympatico.ca /goweezer/canada/stlaurent.htm   (616 words)

  
 Yves Saint-Laurent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
After 20 days the stress of being hazed by fellow soldiers led the fragile Saint Laurent to be institutionalized in a French mental hospital, where he underwent psychiatric treatment, including electroshock therapy, for a nervous breakdown.
In the wake of his nervous breakdown, Saint Laurent was released from Dior and started his own label together with Pierre Bergé with the now-famous initials of YSL.
Following the death of Dior in 1957, Saint-Laurent at the age of 21 was put in charge of effort of saving the Dior house from financial ruin.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yves_Saint-Laurent   (455 words)

  
 Laurent_Pierre
Laurent returned to France from Algeria around 1840 and spent six years directing operations for the enlargement of the port of Le Havre on the English Channel coast.
Laurent graduated from the École Polytechnique in 1832, being one of the best students in his year, and entered the engineering corps as second lieutenant.
Pierre Laurent entered the École Polytechnique in Paris in 1830, in the year of the July Revolution which forced King Charles X from the throne and led to the rule of Louis-Philippe.
www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Mathematicians/Laurent_Pierre.html   (745 words)

  
 Laurent_Hermann
In 1871 Laurent was appointed as an actuary for the Compagnie d'Assurance de l'Union.
When Hermann Laurent was born his father was the professor of chemistry at the University of Bordeaux, a position he had taken up in early 1839 having been appointed on 30 November 1838.
At this time the Laurent family were awarded a state pension, and Hermann was sent to study first at the École Polytechnique in Paris and then at the École d'Application at Metz.
www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk /history/Mathematicians/Laurent_Hermann.html   (807 words)

  
 Laurent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Laurent series in mathematics, named after the French mathematician Pierre Alphonse Laurent
Rimond Laurent (Rymont Lawrasz, Vaišvilkas, Vojszalak, Vojšalk, Vaišelga, Vaishyalga, Vaišalgas; +killed 9 December 1268 Vladimir), Prince of Black Ruthenia 1239- 1254, Grand Prince of Lithuania 1254, 1258– 1263
Augustin Laurent, (1896-1990) a French minister and resistant
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Laurent   (125 words)

  
 RA: Resident Advisor - Laurent Garnier's Biography / Profile
Laurent Garnier is respected by both the godfathers of techno in Detroit, with whom he has built close links, as well as by the younger generation of producers and DJs to whom he has given a taste for electronic music through his DJ sets and radio shows...
Since his debut at Manchester’s Hacienda in 1987, the beginning of the Acid House explosion, Laurent Garnier has played a key role in the development of the electronic music scene.
DJ PAGES › FRANCE › LAURENT GARNIER › PROFILE
www.residentadvisor.net /dj_profiles.asp?ID=164   (751 words)

  
 CNN.com - Yves Saint Laurent announces retirement - January 8, 2002
Laurent took Paris by storm at the beginning of his career with pantsuits for women.
Saint Laurent's business partner, Pierre Berge, said he believed Saint Laurent had decided to retire because he was uncomfortable with the direction the fashion world had taken.
Saint Laurent said that French actress Catherine Deneuve was his muse, and today she still wears only his designs.
archives.cnn.com /2002/SHOWBIZ/News/01/07/ysl.retires   (700 words)

  
 Yves Saint Laurent Biography and profiles of fashion designers
The Yves Saint Laurent SCA owned by the designer himself and by his partner Pierre Berge was sold in January 1993 to the French-government controlled Elf-Sanofi group (which belongs to the petrol and chemical giant Elf Acquitaine) for $650 million.
August 1, 1936 YSL Yves Mathieu Saint Laurent is born in Oran, Algeria.
Saint Laurent dresses Catherine Deneuve in Luis Bunuel's "Belle de Jour", the beginning of a long-lasting onscreen collaboration between actress and couturier.
www.infomat.com /whoswho/yvessaintlaurent.html   (1307 words)

  
 Saint Laurent, Yves on Encyclopedia.com
Yves Saint Laurent et Pierre Bergé en juillet 1992 Le couturier Yves Saint Laurent et l'ex-président de YSL Haute Couture.
Yves Saint Laurent et Pierre Bergé Yves Saint Laurent et Pierre Bergé proposent de racheter Yves Saint Laurent Haute Coutu.
Yves Saint Laurent, entouré par Laetitia Casta (G) et Catherine Deneuve Les ateliers de la maison Yves Saint Laurent Haute.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/SaintL1au.asp   (841 words)

  
 Laurent Kabila --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Laurent Kabila harassed investigators and then detained a Canadian member of the UN team, the UN on April 9 suspended its investigation into alleged massacres of Rwandan refugees in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire until May 29, 1997) during 1996-97.
He was the eldest son of the former president, Laurent Kabila, who had been shot by a bodyguard and apparently killed on January 16, although the death was not announced until two days later.
With the defeat of Zairean government forces and the departure of President Mobutu Sese Seko in the spring of 1997, the victorious rebel leader Laurent Kabila renamed Zaire the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9311939   (700 words)

  
 Welcome to Laurent, S.D.
Laurent, S.D. is not just for deaf or hard of hearing people — the town welcomes and embraces hearing people from all walks of life who want to be a part of the sign language community.
Today, Laurent exists only as a dream in the minds of its founders, and now, it is up to us to actually build this town that is accessible, friendly, economically and politically viable.
The Laurent Company is pleased to be working with wonderful professionals of Nederveld Associates, Inc.
www.laurentsd.com   (212 words)

  
 Markham Vineyards :: Napa Valley, California
Laurent's first winery was an insignificant wooden structure, which he replaced with a 6000 square foot stone winery in 1879 to meet the demands of his growing winery production.
Laurent was one of the top-ten wine producers in Napa County.
In 1890, Laurent died at the young age of 53 and over the next 87 years the Laurent winery changed ownership many times.
www.markhamvineyards.com   (327 words)

  
 PlanetMath: Laurent series
This is version 7 of Laurent series, born on 2001-12-28, modified 2005-07-09.
The coefficients of Laurent series for an analytic function can be determined using the Cauchy integral formula.
Every Laurent series has an associated function, given by
planetmath.org /encyclopedia/LaurentSeries.html   (126 words)

  
 Ir Laurent M. Duchateau
Laurent is a Belgian Civilian Electrical Engineer (Master of Science in Electrical Engineering), specialized in electronics and telecommunications, graduated from the Polytechnic School of Brussels in 2002.
If Laurent's profile interests you, contact him (+32/477.26.31.01) to see him during one of those opportunities.
This explains why Laurent looks for a technical or management job.
laurent.duchateau.org   (247 words)

  
 Who was Laurent Clerc-- the Gallaudet University Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
Louis Laurent Marie Clerc was born on December 26, 1785 in La Balme-les-Grottes, in southeastern France.
In 1797, when he was twelve years old, his uncle-godfather after whom he was named, Laurent Clerc, enrolled him in the Institut National des Jeune Sourds-Muets.
Louis Laurent Marie Clerc, from a painting by John Carlin, a noted deaf artist and Clerc's friend.
clerccenter.gallaudet.edu /Literacy/MSSDLRC/clerc   (2258 words)

  
 Yves Saint Laurent's view from Olympus csmonitor.com
When Yves Saint Laurent announced this month that he would no longer dress women all over the world, he was admitting he had died with the 20th century.
And in the '50s, '60s, and the '70s, she probably didn't even know what Saint Laurent was doing to and for her and her gender: He was dressing women to be multiwomen.
Rumor has it that Saint Laurent was uncomfortable with the lubricious image Tom Ford had added to his label since Gucci had bought his ready-made line.
www.csmonitor.com /2002/0118/p11s01-coop.html   (748 words)

  
 Laurent Chaumarat: a glass artist
Laurent is building tables, lights and objects from panels or fragments of cut glass, with strates bonding techniques.
Laurent would also be an interpret for specific orders.
Through a demanding material, Laurent gives a new interpretation of elements of furniture and house decoration.
www.glass-c.com   (101 words)

  
 Laurent Lefèvre Page Laurent Lefevre Web Page
Laurent Lefèvre, Éric Lemoine, CongDuc Pham, and Bernard Tourancheau.
Alessandro Bassi, Micah Beck, Jean-Patrick Gelas, and Laurent Lefèvre.
Marc Herbert, Pascale Primet, Bernard Tourancheau, and Laurent Lefevre.
perso.ens-lyon.fr /laurent.lefevre   (4461 words)

  
 Article - LAURENT GARNIER
Laurent Garnier was never a man to go in for DJ pseudonyms.
Paris, 30 October 2003 - Laurent Garnier is enjoying a bumper autumn season both on and off the record.
An integral part of France's electro scene from the very beginning, Laurent Garnier has become an international figurehead for the Gallic techno movement.
www.rfimusique.com /siteen/article/article_7173.asp   (889 words)

  
 Radio-Canada - Indicatif Présent -ENTREVUES
Laurent Laplante, Les enfants de Winston, Essai sur le jovialisme, Éditions Anne Sigier, 2003.
Le journaliste et essayiste Laurent Laplante est un libre penseur.
« Ma génération a connu autre chose que le déferlement actuel de la propagande, de la manipulation, de la publicité », explique Laurent Laplante.
www.radio-canada.ca /radio/indicatifpresent/chroniques/30702.shtml   (294 words)

  
 Professor GJ Laurent PhD
Harrison NK, McAnulty RJ, Kimpton WG, Fraser JRE, Laurent TC and Laurent GJ.
Laurent GJ, Bishop JE, Gray A, Peacock A, Harrison NK, Winlove CP, Lever MJ and Reeves JT.
Dawes KE, Peacock AJ, Gray AJ, Bishop JE and Laurent GJ.
www.ucl.ac.uk /medicine/respiratory-medicine/leaders/gjl.html   (2369 words)

  
 Laurent Tobel
"Laurent surely has many admirers throughout the world, but I will challenge anyone who claims to be his number-one fan.
The Official Page Of Laurent Tobel is designed, produced, and administered by Andrea.
Congratulations to Laurent and Silvia on the birth of their son Robin on December 25, 2002!!!
members.tripod.com /~tobel/Laurent.html   (268 words)

  
 Marvin’s Laurent, SD Blog
M.E. Barwacz, CEO of the Laurent Company, said rumors that her company might try to avoid a planned development district - a type of planning recently adopted by McCook County that allows for mixed use development - were prompted by the fact that Laurent has not submitted an application for a PDD.
We are truly excited about building Laurent, and we are hopeful that you will see a lot of activity in the next few weeks.
Note from Marvin: The Laurent Company is still proceeding with our plans to build the town, and we are reviewing everything right now.
www.laurentsd.com /blog   (470 words)

  
 Laurent Garnier - The Cloud Making Machine - Review
The cover of Laurent Garnier's new album The Cloud Making Machine looks like sort of an update of Fritz Lang's Metropolis, as a giant chugging factory rises out of the top of a mountain while hands cradle it and an oversized female robot walks alongside.
Laurent Garnier - The Cloud Making Machine - Review
Described as some as his cinematic album, it certainly is another step forward in terms of his sound output, and a far cry from his earlier works like 30, which mainly worked a techno theme (with occasionally brilliant results).
www.almostcool.org /mr/g/g45mu.html   (412 words)

  
 Edouard Manet & Mery Laurent Petroz Fine Art and Antiques Gallery Geneva
According to Jules she was Mery Laurent, a woman of great beauty and charm, one of Manet’s closest friends and the subject of a number of drawings by the artist.
Mery Laurent’s apartment, financed by royal fillings, became her stage on which she entertained her circle of artists and writers and developed a close and loving relationship with Mallarmé and Manet.
The stamp on the back of the painting frame is from a Paris street close to where both Mery Laurent and Manet lived.
www.petroz.com /edouard-manet.html   (1906 words)

  
 The Museum of Costume, Bath, 19th century fashion, mary quant, crinoline
It was the creation dress, costume of Doris Langley Moore, a designer, collector and 20th century, yves saint laurent historian, who 18th century fashion, crinoline gave her famous private collection of museum of costume, ottoline morrell costume to the city.
The collection focuses on 18th century fashion, crinoline fashionable 19th century fashion, mary quant dress for museum of costume, ottoline morrell men, women and children from the late 16th 20th century, yves saint laurent century to the present day.
The selectors have 18th century fashion, crinoline complete freedom of choice: it can be any kind of garment and more than one set of 20th century, yves saint laurent clothes can be 19th century fashion, mary quant chosen; they can be for men or museum of costume, ottoline morrell women.
www.museumofcostume.co.uk   (454 words)

  
 Laurent Kabila
Laurent Kabila, - Laurent Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, was shot in the presidential palace...
Congo Leader Laurent Kabila Had No Reason to Think He was in Danger, Official Says; No Evidence of Larger Coup Plot.
An African big man in trouble: six months on, Laurent Kabila's Congo is mired in graft - and he has double-crossed his neighbors.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0758529.html   (309 words)

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