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	Gaston Thorn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Gaston Egmond Thorn (born September 3 1928), Luxembourg politician, was President of the European Commission, the executive body of the European Community, from 1981 to 1985.
		Thorn was Foreign Minister and Foreign Trade Minister of Luxembourg from 1969 to 1980, Prime Minister from 1974 to 1979 and Minister of Economics from 1977 to 1980.
		Although Thorn was not considered a very forceful Commission President, during his term of office the Commission continued to expand its power, both at the expense of the national governments of EC members, and of the European Parliament, with which the Commission engaged in a constant power struggle.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/g/ga/gaston_thorn.html (350 words)

	Gaston Thorn - Wikipedia, déi fräi Enzyklopedie
		Januar 1981 gët de Gaston Thorn President vun der Europäescher Commissioun (bis Januar 1985).
		Dono ass de Gaston Thorn vierun allem an der Privatwirtschaft aktiv: tëscht 1985 an 1999 ass e President vum Verwaltungsrot vun der BIL, an tëscht 1987 an 1993 President vun der CLT.
		De Gaston Thorn ass bestued mat der Liliane Thorn-Petit, enger Journalistin.
	lb.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gaston_Thorn (256 words)

	GASTON THORN - 30th Session (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Gaston E. Thorn, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affaire and Foreign Trade of Luxembourg, was today elected President of the thirtieth session of the General Assembly.
		Thorn was arrested by the occupying forces during the Second World War and spent several months in a correction camp.
		Thorn was a member of the European Parliament from 1959 to 1969, holding the following positions during this period: Vice-Chairman of the Liberal Group Chairman of the Developing Countries Committee and Chairman of the Joint Committee of the European Economic Community and Associated African and Malagasy States.
	www.un.org /ga/55/president/bio30.htm (307 words)

	Gaston Thorn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Gaston Egmond Thorn (born September 3, 1928), Luxembourg politician, was President ofthe European Commission, the executive body of the European Community, from 1981 to 1985.
		Although Thorn was not considered a very forceful Commission President, during his term of office the Commission continued toexpand its power, both at the expense of the national governments of EC members, and of the European Parliament, with which theCommission engaged in a constant power struggle.
		Thorn has remained active in international and political affairs, as President of the International European Movement and as amember of the Trilateral Commission and of the Jean Monnet Committee.
	www.therfcc.org /gaston-thorn-198669.html (334 words)

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		Orl?s, Gaston, duc d' Orléans, Gaston, duc d'gästôN´ dük dôrlāäN´, 1608-60, son of King Henry IV and Marie de' Medici, younger brother of Louis XIII.
		Botanically, thorns are distinguished as modified stems (as in the honey locust and hawthorn) from spines, which are modified leaves (as in the barberry), and from prickles, which are epidermal outgrowths of the bark (as in the rose and bl...
		Doumergue, Gaston Doumergue, GastongästôN´ doomĕrg´, 1863-1937, president of the French republic (1924-31).
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		Foix, Gaston de Foix, Gaston degästôN´ de fwä, 1489-1512, duc de Nemours, French general in the Italian Wars; nephew of King Louis XII.
		Galliffet, Gaston Alexandre Auguste, marquis de Galliffet, Gaston Alexandre Auguste, marquis degästôN´ älĕksäN´dre ōgüst´ märkē´ de gälēfā´, 1830-1909, French general.
		Maspero, Gaston Camille Charles Maspero, Sir Gaston Camille CharlesgästôN´ kämē´ye shärl mäsperō´, 1846-1916, French Egyptologist.
	www.encyclopedia.com /search.asp?target=Gaston+Thorn&rc=10&fh=9&fr=11 (473 words)

	Gaston Thorn Biography / Biography of Gaston Thorn Biography Biography
		Gaston Thorn was born in Luxembourg on September 3, 1928.
		In 1943 the 15-year-old Thorn also spent some months in a Nazi "correction camp" for having organized a student protest at his school against compulsory antiaircraft drills and the enforced recruitment of Luxembourg citizens into the German army.
		At the end of the war he studied law at the universities of Montpellier, Lausanne, and Paris and was later admitted to the Luxembourg bar.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-gaston-thorn (239 words)

	Written biography of Gaston Thorn \| Life of Gaston Thorn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Gaston Thorn (born 1928) was prime minister of Luxembourg and president (1981-1985) of the former Commission of the European Communities.
		He was brought up in France where his father, Edouard Thorn, was a railway engineer, but the family returned to the Grand Duchy at the outbreak of World War II.
		Later in 1985 and back in the private sector, Thorn became president of Banque Internationale in Luxembourg; in 1987 he became president and Director General of RTL, Luxembourg.Thorn sought to achieve greater economic, monetary, and political union among the members of the Community during his tenure as president.
	www.newessay.com /biographies/Gaston_Thorn-29401.html (266 words)

	Gaston Thorn - Wikipédia
		Gaston Thorn est un homme politique luxembourgeois qui fut premier ministre et ministre des affaires étrangères et du commerce extérieur et président de la Commission européenne.
		Thorn est député du parti démocrate (libéral) à la Chambre depuis 1959 puis constamment réélu.
		Gaston Thorn a été maire adjoint de capitale du Grand-Duché de 1951 à 1963.
	fr.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gaston_Thorn (181 words)

	UTLink: Hainsworth, Susan. Coming of Age: The European Community and The Economic Summit
		In June 1976, the European Parliament pursued the issue of EC inclusion at the summit, directing two questions to Gaston Thorn, the presiding President-in-Office of the Council of Ministers.
		Thorn pointed out that no Community powers could be delegated to the four European powers present at the summit, as national governments lacked the legitimacy -- and the willingness -- to act as EC 'ambassadors'.
		24 Thus, Thorn supported the idea of a compromise formula for EC summit participation, proposed by the Commission President, that the Community be represented in areas of its competence by the Presidents of the Council and the Commission.
	www.g7.utoronto.ca /scholar/hainsworth1990/bisstr.htm (1901 words)

	1959, Feb. 1. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A Liberal-Socialist coalition government was formed under Gaston Thorn, chairman of the Democratic Party.
		Thorn's new government proposed the liberalization of abortion and divorce law, increased participation of workers in management, and the indexing of incomes to the cost of living.
		A slump in steelmaking led the government to encourage electronics and other industries.
	www.bartleby.com /67/2836.html (381 words)

	Gaston Thorn - Speakers Biography - Celebrity Speakers International Limited (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		With a varied background in politics and management, Gaston Thorn’s expertise in European developments, economics and finance, media and management is very sought after by the global business community.
		Gaston Thorn has known a distinguished political career in Luxembourg and Europe: He was Prime Minister of Luxembourg and Minister of State from 1974-1979, in parallel Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Foreign Trade from 1969-1980.
		Since 1985, Gaston Thorn is the President of the Banque Internationale … Luxembourg.
	www.speakers.co.uk /Retro/5024.htm (211 words)

	CNN Specials - Changing Face of Europe
		"It is a time when crucial decisions have to be taken," says Gaston Thorn, former prime minister of Luxembourg and president of the EU Commission (1981-85).
		The union's continued growth, often in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles, is in no small part due to the influence of its two most enthusiastic and economically powerful members: France and Germany.
		It seems clear, however, that France and Germany, who 50 years ago were locked in the bloodiest conflict in European history, now form a union within a union at the heart of Europe.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2000/eurounion/story/overview (1635 words)

	Encyclopedia: Gaston Thorn
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		ValÃ©ry Marie RenÃ© Georges Giscard dEstaing (born February 2, 1926 in Koblenz, Germany) is a French politician who was President of the Republic from 1974 until 1981.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Gaston-Thorn (1003 words)

	Thorn Commission Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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		The Thorn Commission was the European Commission that held office from 6 January 1981 until 5 January 1985.
		It consisted of its president, Gaston Thorn, and other commissioners.
	www.karr.net /encyclopedia/Thorn_Commission (294 words)

	Gaston
		1988 Gaston Eyskens, PM of Belgium (1949, 1958-61, 1968-72), dies at 82
		1909 Gaston AA marquis de Gallifet, Fren min of War (1899-1900), dies at 79
		1857 Frederick Opper, cartoonist, Maud, Alphonse and Gaston
	www.brainyhistory.com /topics/g/gaston.html (284 words)

	union institutions commission organisation operation entretien gaston thorn jours d'europe
		Entretien avec Gaston Thorn dans 30 jours d'Europe
		Entretien avec Gaston Thorn, réalisé par la publication mensuelle 30 jours d'Europe en janvier 1981, au moment de sa prise de fonctions en tant que président de la Commission européenne.
		Using the latest technologies, ENA allows on-line access to more than 5 000 documents available in both their original language and in translation (French and English).
	www.ena.lu /europe/european%20union/entretien%20gaston%20thorn%20jours%20europe.htm (268 words)

	NATO Review No. 4, Winter 1998, p. 29 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Three years later he was assigned to the Luxembourg Embassy in Paris where he also had responsibilities for UNESCO and served as Deputy Permanent Representative to the OECD.
		Gaston Thorn, first when the latter was Vice-Prime Minister in Luxembourg and then when he was President of the EC Commission.
		After spending three years in the General Secretariat of the EC Council as Director for Budget and Staff Regulations, Mr.
	www.nato.int /docu/review/1998/9804-c.htm (216 words)

	Variety.com - Thorn Mipcom Man of the Year
		Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
		Commenting on the award, Reed Midem Organization president Xavier Roy said, "In the space of seven years, Gaston Thorn has made CLT the largest truly European media group." Thorn was named CLT chairman in '88.
		Luxembourg-based CLT holds 47% of RTL 4, which currently has a 30% share of the Dutch TV audience, and a 25% stake in French webletweblet M6.
	www.variety.com /article/VR110229?categoryid=18&cs=1 (190 words)

	American Metal Market: Gov't heads urge US stay firm on trade
		"I did try to impress on President Reagan that he should not succumb to protectionist pressures in the U.S. as it gets closer to the election," Thorn said.
		Thorn and other foreign government officials said they generally are pleased with the way the REagan Administration has handled trade issues so far in 1984.
		There have been trade complaints by a number of American industries including steel, copper, machine tools, textiles and footwear.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3MKT/is_v92/ai_3306463 (678 words)

	Pitney Bowes' PostInsight - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		He originally joined the European Commission in 1981 from the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Luxembourg as a member of the Cabinet of Commission President Gaston Thorn.
		Après avoir travaillé au ministère des Affaires étrangères luxembourgeois, il a rejoint la Commission européenne en 1981 en qualité de membre du cabinet du Président de la Commission Gaston Thorn.
		Von 1987 bis 1991 war er als stellvertretender ständiger Vertreter Luxemburgs bei den Europäischen Gemeinschaften in Brüssel und von 1991 bis 1993 als Botschafter Luxemburgs in Belgien und ständiger Vertreter bei der NATO tätig.
	www.postinsight.pb.com /news.cfm?cat=2&page=77 (2288 words)

	south single european act plans union parliament's proposals speech given gaston thorn 1984
		On 14 February 1984, Gaston Thorn, President of the Commission reaffirms the institution's support for the setting up of a future European Union.
		"Speech given by Gaston Thorn (14 February 1984)", dans Bulletin of the European Communities.
		Address given by Gaston Thorn (13 September 1983)
	www.ena.lu /europe/enlargement%20single%20act/speech%20given%20gaston%20thorn%201984.htm (353 words)

	Thorn
		1994 Bernard Delfont, Rus/Brit impresario (Thorn EMI), dies at 84
		1959 Stan Thorn, born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, singer, Shenandoah-Sunday in the South
		1954 Harry van Thorn chosen chairman of Dutch KVP
	www.brainyhistory.com /topics/t/thorn.html (142 words)

	Histoire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It was to have a new Director to succeed Bernard Gérard and Jean-Jacques Schellens who had been so effective despite limited resources.
		The man running for the post, Paul Cerf, was an EC official and very experienced in public relations: he had been deputy spokesman for Commission President Gaston Thorn.
		Paul Cerf was duly appointed at the May 1990 AGM with the title of Secretary General.
	www.fep-fee.be /ehistfepborn.htm (153 words)

	Advanced-Television Archive 17th - 212004
		Following the decision by Gaston Thorn to retire from some of his non-executive roles, the Board of CLT-UFA, which is a subsidiary of RTL Group, has confirmed that Thorn is to resign as Chairman of the Board, with Jacques Santer becoming the new Chairman.
		Thorn became Chairman and CEO of CLT in 1987.
		After the merger of CLT and UFA in 1997, he was appointed Chairman of the Board of CLT-UFA, a post he has held until his resignation.
	www.advanced-television.com /2004/news_archive_2004/May17_21.htm (10310 words)

	The beginnings of the CET-21 licensing process (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		I do still remember this small dirty and crowded room (former restaurant room for private parties) where Mr.
		Gaston Thorn, the big boss of CLT, was brought directly from airport to defend the CLT project.
		In vain, because that time some of CBC members had already made up their minds as to their decisions.
	www.arts.gla.ac.uk /slavonic/staff/Smid_com.html (226 words)

	CNN - Almanac - January 6, 1998
		In 1969, President Charles de Gaulle imposed a total ban on French arms supplies to Israel.
		In 1981, Gaston Thorn succeeded Roy Jenkins as president of the European Commission.
		In 1990, Poland's Communist Party leaders gave the green light to its dissolution and replacement by a non-Marxist party.
	www.cnn.com /almanac/9801/06 (553 words)

	Espina De Gaston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		La espina de Gaston Egmond (llevada de septiembre el 3 de 1928), político de Luxemburgo, era el presidente de la Comisión de las Comunidades Europeas, el cuerpo ejecutivo de la Comunidad Europea, a partir la 1981 a 1985.
		Lo casan con la Espina-Petit de Liliane, periodista.
		English version: Gaston Thorn Next: Libra siria Up
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/es/Espina%20De%20Gaston.htm (429 words)

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