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  La Salle College High School
La Salle Theatre to Perform Neil Simon's Award Winning Comedy "The Odd Couple"
La Salle Band Performs At the Navy Day Luncheon
La Salle and Mount Alumni Enjoy Annual Mixer Down the Shore
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  La Salle
La Salle was a brave and gallant knight of Louis XIV.
It seems that La Salle intended to be present at the execution of this order; but the marquis of Sablonniere and others, who had gone out on the 18th, had been taken by the Indians as they were strolling along the shore, and he found it necessary to go and retake them.
La Salle had not yet lost hope that he was on one of the mouths of the Mississippi; and, though the loss of the Aimable, containing the greater portion of the articles provided for the use of the colony, was a serious misfortune, his ardor was the same, his resolution unconquerable.
www.sonofthesouth.net /texas/la-salle.htm   (3518 words)

  
 onderwijsaanbod de la Salle   (Site not responding. Last check: )
De la Salle in Baarle-Nassau is een school voor mavo, havo en vwo gehuisvest in een nieuw gebouw met alles erop en eraan.
De havo- en atheneumleerlingen blijven ook het derde jaar op De la Salle; daarna stromen zij in in de Tweede Fase - de bovenbouw van havo en vwo - op het Onze Lieve Vrouwelyceum of een andere school.
Klik hier voor een schema van het onderwijsaanbod op de la Salle.
www.delasalle.nl /onderwijs.html   (153 words)

  
 Texas Historical Commission
La Salle proved to be a good businessman but by 1677 he had grown bored with life at the fur-trading outpost.
La Salle finally reached the point where the Illinois River and the Mississippi joined, but instead of exploring the river, he returned to the fort, where his friend Tonty was in danger.
La Salle's opponents doubted the feasibility of his plan, but Louis XIV saw it as an opportunity to strike out against Spain, with whom France was at war.
www.thc.state.tx.us /lasalle/laslife.html   (1106 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Rene-Robert-Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
Whether he was the first white man to gaze upon Niagara, whether he explored the Allegheny valley or the Ohio river, he seems not to have reached the Mississippi, Joliet's undisputed claim to that distinction during La Salle's residence in Canada being regarded, at present, as finally established.
For a brief space in 1682 La Salle's fate seems more propitious, when, on 9 April, we catch a glimpse of him planting the fleurs-de-lis on the banks of the Mississippi, and claiming for France the wide territory that it drained.
La Salle's schemes of empire and of trade were far too vast for his own generation to accomplish, though it was along the lines that he projected that France pursued her colonial policy in the New World in the eighteenth century until finally overthrown by the English in the French and Indian Wars.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/09009b.htm   (602 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. John Baptist de la Salle
But young de la Salle insisted that he was called to serve the Church, and accordingly he received the tonsure 11 March, 1662, and wa solemnly installed as a canon of the metropolitan See of Reims, 7 January, 1667.
De la Salle was too prudent and too well inspired by God, not to give his institute a positive character in its twofold object: the Christian education of youth and the cultivation of that spirit of faith, piety, mortification, and obedience which should characterize its members.
It is true that de la Salle, in establishing his institute, had in mind principally the primary and elementary school, which was the real raison d'etre for the existence of the Brothers of the Christian Schools.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/08444a.htm   (6232 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: De La Salle Araneta University   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The De La Salle-Araneta University (DLS-AU) is the seventh campus of the De La Salle University.
The De La Salle-Health Sciences Campus (DLS-HSC) is an institution dedicated to health care education and research located along the Congressional Road in Dasmariñas, Cavite.
De La Salle Santiago Zobel School (DLSZ) is a Catholic institution for boys and girls located in Muntinlupa City, the Philippines.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/De-La-Salle_Araneta-University   (490 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online:
La Salle County (P-14), in South Texas, is bordered by Dimmit, Frio, Webb, and McMullen counties.
Temperatures in La Salle County range from an average high of 99° F in July to an average low of 42° in January; the average annual temperature is 71°.
In 1881 La Salle was granted a post office, and in 1882 Laxton seemed to have won an important victory when his town was designated the temporary county seat.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/LL/hcl4.html   (3623 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online:
René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, explorer, was born in St. Herbland parish, Rouen, France, on November 22, 1643, the son of Catherine Geeset and Jean Cavelier.
La Salle missed the mouth of the Mississippi and landed his colonists at Matagorda Bay on the Texas coast on February 20, 1685, believing the Mississippi near.
Because of La Salle the United States was able to register a claim to Texas as part of the Louisiana purchase; the boundary question between Spain and the United States was complicated until the Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/LL/fla4.html   (949 words)

  
 Robert La Salle   (Site not responding. Last check: )
La Salle built a fort in Kingston, Ontario along with a trading post to trade fur with the Indians.
La Salle traveled back to the fort in Kingston, Ontario while his partner Louis Hennepin and 2 other crew members reconnaissance down to the Mississippi.
Pierre la Moyne and Jean Baptist were the new leaders to try to rebuild the settlement La Salle left behind.
www.ih.k12.oh.us /eshonesty/honexpo2/robert_la_salle.htm   (284 words)

  
 La Salle to stay on outside looking in during playoffs -- Page 1 -- Times Union - Albany NY   (Site not responding. Last check: )
La Salle's protest of Sunday's seeding process was denied, meaning the Cadets remain out of the eight-team playoffs.
La Salle (4-3) first objected Sunday to seeing Queensbury (3-4) land the No. 8 seed based on a formula known as "net average points."
However, after Rapp, La Salle athletic director Pat Mulcahy and principal Bob Herzog looked over the criteria for division tiebreakers, the school decided to challenge the seeding procedures placing the Cadets third in the Division III standings behind Troy (5-2) and Christian Brothers Academy (4-3).
www.timesunion.com /AspStories/story.asp?storyID=526893   (446 words)

  
 La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de — FactMonster.com
After La Salle's departure Tonti was attacked by hostile Iroquois and was forced to flee the settlement.
La Salle was deprived of his authority by the new governor in 1683 and went to France, leaving Tonti in the Illinois country.
With three of his ships La Salle reached the Gulf of Mexico; but because of the sandy sameness of the coastline he was unable to find the Mississippi.
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 Variety.com - La Salle scrubs in at CBS
La Salle is also on board to co-create a project for CBS in which he would star.
La Salle described Tassler in particular as his "greatest champion in this town" and said Moonves' success at CBS made inking with the net an easy decision.
Most important to La Salle in the deal is the fact that he'll be able to participate in the creation of new programming, working with Humble Journey development chief Terri Lubaroff.
www.variety.com /article/VR1117930155?categoryid=1238&cs=1   (533 words)

  
 Marais - La Salle - La Salle
Nel cuore delle Alpi Occidentali, ai piedi del Monte Bianco, la montagna più alta d’Europa, un angolo di...
Non si conosce l'origine del nome La Salle, nome con cui è noto questo comune della...
Monumenti di interesse storico - La Salle - Si tratta di un piccolo museo che raccoglie gli oggetti...
www.takkapu.com /lasalle.aspx/maraislasalle.html   (0 words)

  
 Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle: Explorer - EnchantedLearning.com
La Salle named the entire Mississippi basin Louisiana, in honor of the King, and claimed it for France on April 9, 1682.
Leaving Montreal in July, 1669, La Salle crossed Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, and other places which are not documented (he did not return to Montreal until late 1670, and may have traveled down the Ohio or Mississippi River).
La Salle returned to France in 1677, getting permission form the King to explore the area between Florida, Mexico and New France (Canada).
www.enchantedlearning.com /explorers/page/l/lasalle.shtml   (693 words)

  
 La Salle University "Never stop exploring" Philadelphia, PA
La Salle University "Never stop exploring" Philadelphia, PA Directories
All evening classes on Main Campus and at the Bucks County Center will be held as regularly scheduled.
WWII Spy Transfixes La Salle Students with Her Improbable Story
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 Colegio de la Salle
De La Salle, con la participación de 50 docentes, quienes imparten las distintas disciplinas.
Esta imparte la educación diversificada con las distintas carreras de enseñanza, contando también con sus propias instalaciones.
En sus 36 años de existencia el Colegio De La Salle de Huehuetenango, ha aportado a dicho pueblo y al país muchos profesionales que hoy día algunos de ellos están ubicados en puestos administrativos, en empresas y en el campo profesional de la enseñanza.
www.angelfire.com /ga/JBweb/delasalle.html   (369 words)

  
 La Salle
La Salle dreamed of a French "empire" on the American continent stretching from Quebec to New Orleans, to the Appalachians east and to the Rockies west, encompassing the entire basin of the Mississippi, Ohio and Missouri rivers.
La Salle's ruin was his basic ignorance of the geography of the southwest.
La Salle gave the unfortunate order to land at the mouth of Matagorda Bay, nearly three weeks travel on foot away from the Mississippi.
www.car-nection.com /yann/Dbas_txt/Lasalle.htm   (2494 words)

  
 La Salle University - GameCareerGuide.com
La Salle University offers a unique Digital Arts and Multimedia Design (DArt) program that explores the computer's limitless possibilities and prepares tomorrow's professionals for future careers and encourages their creative potential.
La Salle's DArt program uses a liberal arts foundation to expand creative talents involving user interaction, global communications, and digital technologies.
They are also strongly urged to participate in a new program at La Salle - the E-Commerce Institute.
www.gamasutra.com /proto_edu/schools/206934/la_salle_university.php   (125 words)

  
 La Salle
A town and county in Illinois named after Rene Robert Chevalier de La Salle, one of the most celebrated explorers and builders of New France in the 17th century.
The second La Salle (LPD-3) was laid down by New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, N.Y., 2 April 1962; launched 3 August 1963; sponsored by Mrs.
La Salle entered the Norfolk Naval Shipyard on 9 January 1967 for repairs and remained there until 20 March.
www.history.navy.mil /danfs/l1/la_salle-ii.htm   (401 words)

  
 Texas Historical Commission
First was La Salle's ill-fated ship, the Belle, which the THC excavated inside a cofferdam at the bottom of Matagorda Bay off the Texas coast.
From 1999 to 2002, THC archeologists excavated Fort St. Louis, the settlement La Salle and his stranded colonists established on Garcitas Creek.
After the excavations, seven museums in six Texas coastal counties banded together to create the La Salle Odyssey, a series of exhibits that together tell the extraordinary story of La Salle's expedition and the THC excavations.
www.thc.state.tx.us /lasalle/lasdefault.html   (128 words)

  
 Rene-Robert de la Salle
On April 9, 1682 La Salle claimed all of the Mississippi River Basin for France.
That was an enormous amount of land because it included all the rivers and streams that feed into the Mississippi, and all of the land between.
On March 20, 1687 La Salle was assassinated in Texas by three of his own men.
library.thinkquest.org /4034/lasalle.html   (425 words)

  
 La Salle - philly.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The individual milestone that was within reach will have to wait, but La Salle's basketball team will take the trade-off.
Instead of celebrating the exploits of a 1,000-point scorer, La Salle had to settle for a 79-56 win over Richmond last night in an Atlantic Ten Conference game at Tom Gola Arena.
La Salle took a break from Atlantic Ten basketball last night to take on a Division I newcomer in the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
www.philly.com /mld/philly/sports/colleges/la_salle_university   (214 words)

  
 Welcome to La Salle College   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Inter-School Table Tennis Prize Giving Ceremony (Div I) was held in the Large Lecture Theatre of La Salle College on March 22, 2007.
La Salle Table Tennis Team captured the champion in A and B grade while the C grade came second.
Steve Leung) led 24 Recruit Cadets of 211 Squadron (La Salle College Squadron) marching in the Kowloon Wing Annual Parade 2007 of the Hong Kong Air Cadet Corps on 18th March, 2007 at the Police College, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong.
stu.lasalle.edu.hk /itb/0607   (434 words)

  
 Sacramento Bee -- High School Sports Q&A: Grant vs. De La Salle
It would be a big feather in this area's cap to land the Spartans because right now De La Salle is at a different level than any of our area schools, as good as some of them are.
De La Salle is the Manchester United of high school football.
I could be completely wrong about this, but I don't think De La Salle officials think they would have anything to gain by playing Grant.
www.sacbee.com /static/weblogs/preps/archives/004640.html   (237 words)

  
 La Salle Yellow Pages - Yellow Pages LTD
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 Jean-Baptiste de La Salle : fondateur
C'est dans ce contexte social, caractérisé par l'extrême pauvreté et la richesse arrogante, par le non-droit et par les privilèges, que vit Jean-Baptiste de La Salle.
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle sera conduit, peu à peu, par des choix successifs, vers la priorité pour
Car, comme naturellement, je mettais au-dessous de mon valet ceux que j'étais obligé d'employer aux écoles, la seule pensée qu'il aurait fallu vivre avec eux m'eût été insupportable..."
www.lasalle-fec.org /5institut/fond/fondateur.php   (319 words)

  
 De La Salle University : Manila : Home
De La Salle University : Manila : Home
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 La Salle Liens 59
>> Actualités > Publications > La Salle Lien International 59
la lecture est facile : c'est à découvrir !
Question de parents : la phovie scolaire, vraie souffrance ou faux prétexte
www.lasalle-fec.org /1actus/comm/lsli_59.php   (156 words)

  
 ABC 7 News - No. 11 George Washington Crushes La Salle   (Site not responding. Last check: )
ABC 7 News - No. 11 George Washington Crushes La Salle
Sarah-Jo Lawrence scored 20 points and Jessica Adair added 18 points and 12 rebounds to lead Number Eleven George Washington to a 71-47 victory over La Salle.
Kimberly Beck had 12 points for the Colonials, who have won eleven in a row.
www.wjla.com /news/stories/0107/392450.html   (285 words)

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