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  Raymond Barre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Raymond Barre was born on April 12, 1924 in Saint Denis, the capital of the French island of La Réunion in the Indian Ocean.
Raymond Barre was initially professor of economics at Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po).
Raymond Barre is probably the only French politician to have reached such high levels of responsibilities without having ever been a member of any political party.
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 Raymond Barre Biography / Biography of Raymond Barre Biography
Raymond Barre (born 1924) served as prime minister of France from 1976 until 1981, heading the last of the Gaullist-Giscardian governments that dominated the first quarter-century of the Fifth Republic.
Raymond Barre was born in 1924 on the French island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean.
Barre was reelected to the Assembly and became one of the leading opponents of President Mitterrand and his Socialist government's economic policies.
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 Barre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Barre is the name or part of the name of several places in the United States of America:
Raymond Barre (born 1924) is a French center-right politician and economist.
A barre, or barre chord, is a type of guitar chord played with a finger across all six strings on a single fret.
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 Raymond Barre - Leading Authorities Speakers Bureau
Raymond Barre has had a long and distinguished career in government and academic and political life in France and in Europe.
Raymond Barre was Vice-President of the Commission of the European Communities from 1967 to 1972, with responsibility for Economic and financial Affairs.
Raymond Barre was elected Deputy for the Rhône department in 1978, and was re-elected in 1981, 1986, 1988, 1993 and 1997.
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 Gene@Star - Famous Genealogy
Raymond Barre was born the son of a merchant in 1924.
Raymond Barre was Vice-President of the Commission of the European Communities from 1967-1973.
Professor Raymond Barre is an excellent speaker participating at prestigious conferences concerned with gaining an insight into global economy as well as financial and political issues.
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 Barre Raymond - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Barre, Raymond (1924- ), French politician and economist, Prime Minister of France (1976-1981).
Barre was born on April 12, 1924, on the island of...
In August 1976 Giscard appointed a new Prime Minister, Raymond Barre, an economist without party affiliation, and charged him with ending industrial...
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 Raymond Barre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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 Lyon Capitale - Barre bounces back but Lyon is bored to tears   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Raymond Barre is not a typical French political animal.
Raymond Barre began believing in his destiny for greatness and ran for President in 1988 against François Mitterrand and Chirac.
Raymond is also chairman of a host of other international organizations and has shares in several major companies such as Shell Oil.
www.lyoncapitale.fr /anciens/47abarr.html   (1366 words)

  
 The Mitterrand-Chirac-Barre Show
Although Raymond Barre has spent nearly half his 64 years in active politics, he is still being described, curiously, as a decent professor fallen among politicians.
Barre, who was born on the remote French island of Reunion, in the Indian Ocean, may indeed have felt quite fulfilled as a professor of economics.
Barre spent the next five years in Brussels as vice president of the European Commission and strengthened his international ties further by joining that International of the haves, the Trilateral Commission.
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 Search Results for "Barre"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
His advocacy of their cause is commemorated in the names of Barre, Mass., and Wilkes-Barre, Pa....
Barre des Ecrins, (bar dazakraN´) (KEY), peak, 13,461 ft (4,103 m) high, in the Pelvoux group, SE France, tallest of the Dauphine Alps....
They took their name from a phrase used by Isaac Barre in a speech against the Stamp Act in Parliament, and were organized...
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 Raymond Barre
Raymond Barre en novembre 2001 à l'Assemblée nationale Raymond Barre, député sortant de Lyon mais non candidat à un nouvea.
Raymond Barre salué par Jacques Chirac le 25 avril à Lyon L'ancien Premier ministre Raymond Barre a invité mercredi le gou.
Raymond Barre lundi sur France 2 L'ancien Premier ministre Raymond Barre a estimé lundi soir sur France 2 qu'un homme poli.
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 AEGiS-AP: France Defends AIDS Testing Policy
PARIS (AP) - France was not slow to test donated blood for the virus that causes AIDS, a former prime minister told a court Tuesday as he defended other top officials on trial for the HIV infection of seven people.
Raymond Barre testified at the start of the third and final week of the trial of former Prime Minister Laurent Fabius and his health and social affairs ministers.
Barre, a conservative prime minister from 1976 to 1981, gave brief testimony in defense of Fabius, who served under socialist President Francois Mitterrand.
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 Barre, Raymond. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
In 1976, he became minister of foreign trade and then succeeded Jacques Chirac as premier, serving from 1976 to 1981.
Although he was a right-wing politician who pursued an austere economic program, Barre was a popular leader.
In 1988 Barre placed third in the presidential election, behind François Mitterrand and Chirac.
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 Raymond Barre: biography and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Raymond Barre was initially professor (professor: Someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university) of economics.
Raymond Barre is probably the only French politician to have reached such high levels of responsibilities without having ever been a member of any political party (political party: An organization to gain political power).
Raymond Barre - Prime Minister (Prime Minister: The person who holds the position of head of state in England)
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 The World
She attended Barre Town Elementary School, graduated from Spaulding High School in Barre in the Class of 1931, and graduated from Plymouth Normal School in Plymouth, NH in 1934 with her Teaching Degree.
She was born Dec. 18, 1917, in Barre City, daughter of Angelo and Maria (Gargan-tini) Ambrosini.
She was a past Matron of Ruth Chapter #33 OES of Barre and had been an advisor to the Barre Rainbow Girls Assembly and was State Mother Advisor.
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 Barre articles on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Barre, Raymond BARRE, RAYMOND [Barre, Raymond], 1924-, French politician.
Barre des Ecrins BARRE DES ECRINS [Barre des Ecrins], peak, 13,461 ft (4,103 m) high, in the Pelvoux group, SE France, tallest of the Dauphiné Alps.
Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet DES BARRES, JOSEPH FREDERICK WALLET [Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet], 1721?-1824, British army officer, surveyor, and artist.
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 The World
She began attending the East Barre Congregational Church with her granddaughter and her husband and became a member of the church in 1996.
Survivors include his wife of Barre; three daughters, Linda Hebert of Barre, Pamela Craig of Ashland, N.H., and Tonya Craig of Enfield, N.H; a son, Jeffrey Craig of Barre; 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Survivors include two daughters, Dolores Frascoia of Barre Town and Claire Daggett of Derby; two sisters, Esperanza Warnke of Hartford, Conn., and Ana Cumming of Barre; two brothers, Abilio "Bill" Amor of Barre and Raymond Amor of Frederick, Md.; five grandchildren and two great-grandsons.
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Born in Wilkes Barre, 13 May 1903, she was the daughter of the late Dominic and Mary Peranto Moran.
She was born in Wikes Barre, daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Giordano Altavilla, early settlers of Wilkes Barre.
A lifelong resident of Wilkes Barre, she was the daughter of the late Timothy and Mary Kelly Cannon.
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Qichen Qian told the French guest that France is the first big western country to establish diplomatic relations with China, and that over the past 30 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France, the development of bilateral relations has been satisfactory overall despite some complications.
Barre hoped that Franco-Chinese relations would achieve further development and strengthening, and also expressed that France, using its dominant position, was willing to more actively participate in the economic build-up of China.
Barre and his entourage arrived in Beijing on the 30th at the invitation of the Foreign Affairs Institute.
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 Barre, USA Famous Location - 1000s of Famous Locations of movies, film stars, sites, actors & events from our Database
* Jacques-Jean Barre (1793-1855) is a French engraver.
* Raymond Barre (born 1924) is a French center-right politician and economist.
* A barre, or barre chord, is a type of guitar chord played with a finger across all six strings on a single fret.
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 Nine Trustees Elected to Aspen Institute Board - Aspen Institute
Longtime Institute trustee Raymond Barre, the former French Prime Minister, was elected as an honorary trustee.
He added: Each has made estimable contributions to society, and we are especially fortunate to benefit from their vision and experience.
We extend our sincere thanks to Roy Roberts and Jonathan Rodgers for their valuable contributions to the Institute over the last few years, and hope to continue to draw the counsel of Raymond Barre in his new honorary capacity.
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 ToyHauler Magazine - Outfit Your Rig with RB Components
We decided to talk to the guys at RB Components to see what they had available.
Raymond and Brian Barre' are owner/operators of this trailer and garage accessory company.
RB is always looking for new dealers, so if you think your shop could use some new products to sell, contact Raymond Barre'.
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In 2002, RB Components was established by Raymond Barre' with the mission to provide quality products and services to all it's customers.
These products were developed and patented while Raymond personally used them to compete in the pro jet ski circuit.
Raymond continues to be a recreational enthusiast and utilizes his hands-on experience to innovate many of the revolutionary products offered by RB Components.
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 Main Page - Summit
It will open the way to the closer involvement of civil society and business in the work of the United Nations and will generate new human, technological and financial resources to serve the cause of development.
The first meeting will be held in Lyon, France, from 9 to 12 November 1998, at the invitation of its Mayor, Mr Raymond Barre, former Prime Minister of France.
During four days of intensive discussions, state-of-the art interactive presentations and lively debates, you will share the vision of leading players at the cutting edge of electronic commerce, investment, micro-finance, commodity risk management and biotrade.
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 Can France Stop Its Decline By Following America's Lead?
In France too, the liberal solution was considered; at the end of the 1970s, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing and Raymond Barre turned us toward this new track to bring us up to speed with the rest of the world.
Alas, Mitterand was elected in 1981 in a time when he himself said the ideas he incarnated were no longer up to date.
French liberalism contributed greatly to France’s intellectual influence and prosperity, from Turgot to Raymond Aron.
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 Infoplease Search: raymond james stadium
(Encyclopedia) Raymond VII, 1197–1249, count of Toulouse; son of Count Raymond VI.
(Almanac - People) Raymond Lewis Age: 48 Los Angeles basketball legend, who left college early for the NBA but never...
(Almanac - People) Gene Raymond (Raymond Guion) Age: 89 Raymond acted on Broadway and starred in more than 40 films,...
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 Foreign Affairs - Book Review - L?Europe des Crises - Robert Triffin, Raymond Aron, Raymond Barre and René Ewalenko   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A daily guide to the most influential analysis from the Council on Foreign Relations, publisher of Foreign Affairs.
Robert Triffin, Raymond Aron, Raymond Barre and René Ewalenko.
The editing is haphazard, but Raymond Aron's reflections on the state of Europe are enlightening, and Raymond Barre's brief comments on "Europe confronts inflation and recession" gain in importance by his subsequent appointment as French Premier.
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 International Herald Tribune: Real reform in France requires 'lot of courage' Q & A / Raymond Barre@ HighBeam ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
International Herald Tribune: Real reform in France requires 'lot of courage' Q and A / Raymond Barre@ HighBeam Research
Real reform in France requires 'lot of courage' Q and A / Raymond Barre
As campaigning picks up for France's presidential elections, Raymond Barre, former presidential candidate and prime minister of France from 1978 to 1981, believes key economic issues are being ignored.
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 Metropole Paris 'Au Bistro' News Column   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Other character witnesses paraded through the court during the week.
Former Prime Minister Raymond Barre was content with Papon's services as Minister of the Budget in 1978; when asked he said he had not known of Papon's past history in Bordeaux.
At the weekend, Maurice Papon was allowed to leave the Bordeaux area, to return to his family property in Seine-et-Marne.
www.wfi.fr /metropole/backissues/71020242/bistr242.html   (971 words)

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