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	Encyclopedia: List of French people
		Michel Butor is a French novelist and essayist known for contributing to the literary genre of the nouveau roman.
		Albert Camus Albert Camus (November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960) was a French author and philosopher and one of the principal luminaries (with Jean-Paul Sartre) of existentialism.
		French Congo was the original French colony established in the present-day area of the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and the Central African Republic.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-French-people (228 words)

	French Gite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		1) " French" -- In the context of French Gite
		French Creek, a creek in the town of French Creek,New York.
		The term french fries is a furthersimplification from this meaning applied specifically to potatoes.
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	List of French people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Francis Garnier - French Indo-China (Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos)
		Asterix, Obelix and Dogmatix (French: Idéfix) (René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo) -- Gaul warriors
		List of people by nationality: Belgians, Catalans, Monegasque people, Quebecois, Swiss
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Famous_French_People (1359 words)

	French (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		French Creek, a creek in the town of French Creek, New York.
		The term french fries is a further simplification from this meaning applied specifically to potatoes.
		The word also appears in many short phrases such as french doors, french horn, french toast, french letter, french leave, french kiss, etc., coined to imply origination in or association with France, not necessarily accurately.
	www.free-download-soft.com /info/french.html (297 words)

	FranceKeys.com ®
		The culture of France is built from fine cuisine, the trauma of two world wars, the architecture of Corbusier, never-ending waves of tourists, cheeses and wines with protected names, the occupation by Caesar's armies, Provençal lavender, the absorption of Algerians, Vietnamese, and West Africans, the philosophy of Descartes, the impact of modern telecommunications.
		French breads are often named by their shape: baguette (stick), ficelle (string), flûte (flute), boule (ball), épi (spike), and longuet (long).
		Among the jewels of French haute couture are the houses of Yves Saint-Laurent, Chanel, Dior, Lacroix, and Givenchy.
	www.francekeys.com /english/general/culture.shtml (666 words)

	Text / The Complete Military History of France
		Thousands of French women find out what it's like to not only sleep with a winner, but one who doesn't call her "Fraulein." Sadly, widespread use of condoms by American forces forestalls any improvement in the French bloodline.
		After having their way with the French for 70 years, the Norse are bribed by a French King named Charles the Simple (really!) who gave them Normandy in return for peace.
		The French consider the departure of the French from Algeria in 1962-63, after 130 years on colonialism, as a French victory and especially consider C. de Gaulle as a hero for 'leading' said victory over the unwilling French public who were very much against the departure.
	www.albinoblacksheep.com /text/france.html (1136 words)

	Famous French people
		Camille (Charles) Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) was a French composer who is well known for "The Carnival of the Animals" a composition for orchestra, piano, xylophone and harmonica.
		Joan persuaded Charles and the generals of the French army to let her take on this task and raised the siege of the town of Orleans.
		Napoléon Bonaparte (1769-1821) was a famous French general who became Emperor of France in the aftermath of the French Revolution.
	www.earlystart.co.uk /esfrench1/04people.htm (1823 words)

	The 900 Club
		Here, then, is a list of every known individual who has staked a claim to a weight of 900 pounds or more, in descending order of magnitude.
		She was refused further hospitalization on the grounds that her condition was not critical, despite massive water retention and signs of incipient kidney failure, and these problems led to her death a few weeks later.
		Minnoch, like many of the heaviest people, suffered from massive edema: his weight was augmented by at least 900 lbs of fluid at its peak.
	www.dimensionsmagazine.com /dimtext/kjn/people/heaviest.htm (4313 words)

	List of French language poets - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		List of French language poets - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about List of French language poets contains research on
		List of French language poets, See also, Lists of poets and French poetry.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/French_poets (73 words)

	LIVE 8 – LIVE 8 List
		People from all round the world added their names to the call for world leaders to take action during their summit to end extreme poverty.
		What is true is that never before have so many people forced a change of policy onto the global agenda.
		The leaders took steps to increase aid and cancel debt for some of the poorest countries in the world, they also agreed to look at damaging trade policies when they meet later in the year.
	www.live8live.com /list (221 words)

	Inquiry and Analysis Series - No. 164
		He stressed that the United Nations system was so stringent that it would not have allowed anyone to play with oil contracts and that the publication of the list was intended "to slander those who were defending the Iraqi people." [26] Ironically, he served as the chairman of the anti-corruption committee of the Jordanian parliament.
		He said the list "has no basis in truth and we do not know its reasons." He added that the accusation "is an attempt to slander those who stand against the American occupation of Iraq and stand with the Iraqi resistance and the Iraqi brethren and cooperate and support them." [29]
		Because releasing the list shows Saddam Hussein's bribery of hundreds of politicians and journalists from 50 Arab and foreign countries, the Arab media have neither pursued the issue nor investigated the matter.
	www.memri.org /bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=ia&ID=IA16404 (3908 words)

	CBC Arts: 'Greatest French Person' goes to air
		French soccer player Zinedine Zidane ranked higher on the list than writer Emile Zola, architect Gustave Eiffel, painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir and even French President Jacques Chirac.
		Other prominent figures on the list included playwright Marcel Pagnol (11), architect Gustave Eiffel (25), chansonnier Charles Aznavour (29), Joan of Arc (31), bombshell actress Brigitte Bardot (66), French President Jacques Chirac (42), The "Sun King" Louis XIV (50) and impressionist master Pierre-Auguste Renoir (77).
		Though de Gaulle, Piaf and Hugo are seen as predictable favourites, the selection of Coluche and Bourvil baffled many, as the two were popular in their day but not typically even considered among the country's greatest comedians or widely known outside of France.
	www.cbc.ca /story/arts/national/2005/03/17/Arts/greatfrench050317.html (611 words)

	Amazon.com: The Essence of Style : How the French Invented High Fashion, Fine Food, Chic Cafes, Style, Sophistication, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		French historian DeJean's premise is simple yet wonderfully effective: largely because of one obsessive spendthrift, Louis XIV, France, in the late 17th century, became the arbiter of chic, a position from which it has never since faltered.
		This is a wonderful quirky book, it certainly offers some convincing explanations for the French role in all things good, and deJean dates it back to the reign of seventeenth century Louis XIV who lived long and glamourously.
		This list is amazingly varied: Champagne as the ne plus ultra for celebrations; folding umbrellas (yes!); full-length mirrors; the diamond as symbol of wealth and power; street lights making a city open at night; the coffee house where one could socialize and get great pastry; haute cuisine cookbooks--and more.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743264134?v=glance (1752 words)

	Fatal Terrorist Attacks in Israel Since the Declaration of Principles
		Mar 2, 2002 - Ten people were killed and over 50 were injured, 4 critically, in a suicide bombing at 19:15 on Saturday evening near a yeshiva in the ultra-Orthodox Beit Yisrael neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem where people had gathered for a bar-mitzva celebration.
		Mar 27, 2002 - 22 people were killed (6 more died later) and 140 injured - 20 seriously - in a suicide bombing in the Park Hotel in the coastal city of Netanya, in the midst of the Passover holiday seder with 250 guests.
		June 18, 2002 - 19 people were killed and 74 were injured - six seriously - in a suicide bombing at the Patt junction in Egged bus no. 32A traveling from Gilo to the center of Jerusalem.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Terrorism/victims.html (12464 words)

	French people (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The French people are the ethnic group or nation native to the country of France, in Western Europe.
		Other important influences were also the Romans (the French language derives mainly from Latin, with also a considerable amount of Germanic words) who colonized Southern France and the Norsemen/Vikings, who settled in Normandy.
		There is a notable French diaspora in former French colonies as well.
	french-people.clonewars.ipupdater.com (188 words)

	French Speaking Countries
		You have joined a French club and the club has deceided to go on a two week vacation to a French speaking country.
		A list of the French speaking countries in Africa and the Indian Ocean.
		French is the official language of more than 25 countries.
	www.ezwebsite.org /Page.asp?PID=910 (232 words)

	Expos' move marks end of baseball era in French (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Doucet's special talent lay in depicting baseball in French that "seemed so natural" that "it just worked," says Marc Robitaille, the author of "Un ete sans point ni coup sur," ("No-hit, No-run Summer"), a 2004 novel about a youngster captivated by baseball during the Expos' early days.
		"For some people, summer is a Carlos Jobim song, the singing of birds or the murmur of streams; for me, summer is the voice of Jacques Doucet," mused Stephane Laporte in a column for Montreal's La Presse newspaper, as the Expos' demise began to look inevitable three years ago.
		Montreal's French cable sports channel is picking up one or two major-league games a week, using studio-based commentators.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05154/515468.stm (958 words)

	A Hotlist on French Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		List of French People - Locate biographies of some of France's most famous citizens.
		French Food and Cooking - This site will help you set up a kitchen and pantry for cooking French recipes.
		French Embassy in the United States - This site will provide you with information for traveling and living and France.
	www.kn.sbc.com /wired/fil/pages/listfrenchch.html (824 words)

	Cover story -- Theological Disputes: The List
		Editor's note: Following is a list of Catholic theologians and others disciplined by the Vatican during the papacy of John Paul II.
		Though not an exhaustive list, it is a substantial representation of the range of people subject to papal discipline during the past 26 years.
		In 2001 Gutiérrez joined the French province of the Dominicans in a move that was seen as an attempt to distance himself from the conservative Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, the conservative archbishop of Lima.
	www.natcath.com /NCR_Online/archives2/2005a/022505/022505h.php (1610 words)

	Vanagon & EuroVan lists
		The list machine is currently down, and repairs are expected to be completed by the 13th.
		The SyncroSafari mailing list is fairly tightly affiliated with the Vanagon mailing list, since most of the folks drive a Vanagon or want to drive a Vanagon.
		Cette liste discute autant des camions volkswagen équipés westfalia que ceux non équipés (les bus, transporter, ambulance, single-cab et double-cab), et également de ceux qui ont subi des conversions maison.
	www.vanagon.com /links/lists.html (937 words)

	[A-List] NYT: French Voters Soundly Reject European Union Constitution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Previous message: [A-List] A noisy protest against the disruptive, leveling forceof economic globalization
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		Birsinger, adding, "We know that the destiny of France is not threatened." For him, this was a moment to say no to authority, just as the French did in the 1789 revolution.
	lists.econ.utah.edu /pipermail/a-list/2005-May/034074.html (377 words)

	NationMaster.com - Where Stats Come Alive!
		The French farming ministry has said that cases of bird flu were suspected after a high rate of death among turkeys at a farm in Versailleux.
		In particular, up-to-date information on annual rate of growth listed in percentages (with Afghanistan leading the way at an astonishing 4.8%) and births per 1,000 people (Niger is #1 at 51 births), may start more than one debate about the world's overpopulation.
		Those with an interest in people movements might want to have a look at our new stats on refugees, including refugee outflow from the major nations and US approval rates for refugee status applications.
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	An Interview with Sabine Herold on Politics, France, and Freedom - Ayn Rand Admirers at The Atlasphere
		Some people, especially the unions, are simply opposed to that; they think that when you're in public service, your level of productivity shouldn't be considered.
		TA: I know some people accuse the United States of so-called "cultural imperialism," which basically means that France imports American movies and television shows and other products, and there's a worry that the French culture will change and be diluted and corrupted and so forth.
		Namely, José Bové, the French unionist who is leading the anti-globalization movement, along with the association Attac, which is also an anti-globalization group that's popular in France, decided they had to jointly issue a press release saying that they are not obscurantists, since we had said they were anti-science and thus obscurantists.
	www.theatlasphere.com /columns/040112_schwartz_herold.php (3679 words)

	French
		After high school, I attended a French college where I studied Philosophy and European languages: in addition to French, Latin was mandatory, I also studied Italian, and Spanish.
		I have taught French and Spanish extensively in the schools and college of New Jersey and California.
		Almost whatever your career goals or your interests are, French speakers have contributed to that field, and knowing the language and the culture will help you.
	www.smccd.net /accounts/csmla/french.html (1983 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| 'Over 11,000' dead in French heat
		An estimated 11,435 people died in France's heatwave in the first half of August, according to the country's Health Ministry.
		Pompes Funebres Generales, which represents 25% of the French funerals market, said on Thursday it was standing by its latest estimate of 13,000 dead.
		The head of a union of hospital emergency doctors, Patrick Pelloux, told AFP news agency on Thursday that people were still dying from the effects of the heatwave in some regions.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/3190585.stm (359 words)

	French Culture \| people : Kenneth Koch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The French children you taught certainly developed a love for literature, as you explain in Les couleurs des voyelles, published in 1978.
		You compete with John Ashberry for the title of the most French of American Poets: the tradition underlying your poems is indeed deeply French.
		The way you weave the French language into English is fascinating: you appropriate the French idiom.
	frenchculture.org /people/honorees/koch.html (876 words)

	Quia - VA people from the French and Indian War and Am. Revolution
		Quia - VA people from the French and Indian War and Am.
		VA people from the French and Indian War and Am.
		Learn the important people from Virginia during the French and Indian war and the American Revolution.
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	yourDictionary.com • 100 Most Often Mispronounced Words
		We have been told that masons are most likely to insert a spare vowel into this word describing their occupation but we know others do, too.
		This word has not moved far enough away from French to assume an English pronunciation, [mawv], and should still be pronounced [mowv].
		Some of the same people who do not like two [r]s in their words can't help repeating the one in this word.
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