Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron Polignac, duchesse de
Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron Polignac, duchesse de , c.1749-1793, favorite of Queen Marie Antoinette of France. Her husband, Jules, comte de Polignac, was created duke and acquired a huge fortune through her favor with the queen. Fearing the hatred of the revolutionaries, she emigrated in 1789 and died in Vienna. She was the mother of Jules Armand de Polignac .
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ASSOCIATE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY GENERAL FARHAN HAQ ASSOCIATE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY GENERAL FARHAN HAQ HOLDS OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL REGULAR NEWS
Transcript from: Washington Transcript Service; 11/17/2009; 700+ words
; ...SECRETARY GENERAL FARHAN HAQ [*] HAQ: Good afternoon, everyone. Our guests at the...afterwards. He noted that the leaders held "good andfriendly discussions" and that talks...The Cypriot leaders will meet again this Friday to take up organizationalmatters, and...
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Debating Benefits, Risks Of Routine Mammograms
Transcript from: NPR Talk of the Nation Science Friday; 11/20/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Talk of the Nation Science Friday 11-20-2009 Debating Benefits...Ira Flatow. This is SCIENCE FRIDAY from NPR News. Even with recommendations...perhaps understand a little better the rationale, the thinking...York. Welcome back to SCIENCE FRIDAY. Dr. DAVID DERSHAW: (Director...Let me ask Karla, is ...
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Talking Turkey About Holiday Stress
Transcript from: NPR Talk of the Nation Science Friday; 11/20/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Talk of the Nation Science Friday 11-20-2009 Talking Turkey...the streets of New York is a good place to search for these things...community, it sounds like you do better with stress. And then the...skating, and I would do no better. But it was a very stressful...I think maybe that's the ...
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Rethinking The Human Future In Space
Transcript from: NPR Talk of the Nation Science Friday; 11/20/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...IRA FLATOW NPR Talk of the Nation Science Friday 11-20-2009 Rethinking The Human Future...PM Play Audio IRA FLATOW, host: Last Friday, you may remember, NASA official announced...Planetary Science Institute): Hi, Ira, good to be back. FLATOW: What did you make...
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Brushing Up On Tropical Diseases
Transcript from: NPR Talk of the Nation Science Friday; 11/20/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...FLATOW NPR Talk of the Nation Science Friday 11-20-2009 Brushing Up On Tropical...Audio IRA FLATOW, host: This is SCIENCE FRIDAY from NPR News. I'm Ira Flatow. A little...this case, the news is not particularly good. There have been signs of malaria in Southeast Asia becoming resistant to the ...
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Nightly Business Report
Transcript from: Nightly Business Report; 11/20/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...gamble.KANGAS: I`m Paul Kangas.GHARIB: And I`m Susie Gharib. This is NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT for Friday, November 20.Good evening everyone. The clock is ticking toward an important vote tomorrow on health care reform. At 8:00...
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Matthew Continetti On The 'Persecution' Of Palin
Transcript from: NPR Talk of the Nation; 11/18/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...a 5,000-vote lead on November 3. He was sworn in that Friday because House Speaker Nancy Pelosi desperately needed more...conservative party candidate, Doug Hoffman, has a chance to pickup a good - a lion's share of that. So Hoffman, realizing that there...legality to concession. It doesn't all it says was you ...
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Inappropriate Touch Offends European Sports Fans
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Saturday; 11/21/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...quickly. They issued a terse statement Friday saying, as is clearly mentioned in the...the pitch. And there's apparently a good chance that that could be voted on next...Johnson in NASCAR, if he finishes 25th or better in tomorrow's final race of the season...at 200 miles per hour. SIMON: Nobody ...
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Elevator Or The Stairs? In Israel, Rabbis Weigh In
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 10/2/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...us these thoughts from Jerusalem. PETER KENYON: On my first Friday evening in Jerusalem, back in 2001, I left my fourth-floor...Shabbat elevators are now in use all over Israel, and in a good deal of the Jewish world. But now, a group of well-known...
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Cheese: Chemistry Rolled Into Every Wheel
Transcript from: NPR Talk of the Nation Science Friday; 11/27/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...NPR Talk of the Nation Science Friday 11-27-2009 Cheese: Chemistry...that mixture. It might sound better if I call it by another name...I actually I did not bring a good representative cheese plate...because I thought it would be good to taste and talk through how...Ms. THORPE: Yeah. That's ...
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Ulysses Simpson Grant
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Northern general. Grant also was notably wise in supporting good commanders, especially Sheridan , William T. Sherman , and...when they tried to corner the gold market in 1869 (see Black Friday ). In foreign affairs, however, much was accomplished by...
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earthquake
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...1999); central Taiwan (1999); Oaxaca state, Mexico (1999); Bam, Iran (2003); NW Sumatra, Indonesia (2004); and Sichuan, China (2008). The Lisbon, Chilean, and Sumatran earthquakes were accompanied by tsunamis . On Good Friday
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Brian Boru
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...coalition of the Norse of Ireland, the Hebrides, the Orkneys, and Iceland as well as Brian's Irish enemies. On Good Friday (Apr. 23), 1014, Brian's forces met and annihilated the allies at Clontarf, near Dublin. Soon afterward he...
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SIC 2281 Yarn Spinning Mills
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...remained as to the legality of some of the restrictions and how best to provide safer factory conditions. An average two-piece...ready, easy care qualities, and stretchable wear. "Casual Fridays" in the United States, a move toward casual business dress, supports a trend that has been particularly good ...
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Penitentes
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the annual ceremony involved the carrying of heavy wooden crosses by penitents, who were beaten by heavy cord. On Good Friday the rites culminated with a crucifixion. Penitente rites have been observed by very few outsiders, and the secrecy...
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