Valmy
Valmy , village (1993 est. pop. 293), Marne dept., NE France, in the Argonne region. The "cannonade of Valmy," a Franco-Prussian artillery skirmish, was fought near there on Sept. 20, 1792. This was the first important engagement in the French Revolutionary Wars . Although heavy rain brought an inconclusive halt, the encounter revealed the superiority of French artillery.
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NRG Energy Successful in Bid for North Valmy Generating Station in Nevada.
Business Wire; 10/19/2000; 700+ words
; ...its 50 percent interest in the 522-megawatt (MW) coal-fired North Valmy Generating Station and 100 percent interest in 25 MW of peaking units near Valmy Station. The Valmy assets are currently owned by Sierra Pacific Resources' subsidiary...
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Sierra Pacific Resources Agrees to Sell Interest In Valmy Power Station to NRG Energy.
PR Newswire; 10/20/2000; 700+ words
; ...to sell its 50 percent interest in the Valmy Power Station to NRG Energy of Minneapolis...energy and ancillary services from the Valmy Power Station for agreed upon prices subject...subject to taxes and other adjustments. The Valmy Power Station, which is primarily coal...
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Drilling Results Reviewed: Valmy Hill Focus.
M2 Presswire; 1/31/2007; 700+ words
; ...Digest: Drilling Results Reviewed: Valmy Hill Focus(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...including 1,441 feet of coring in the Valmy Hill focus area approximately two miles north of Hot Springs North. The Valmy Hill area exhibits surface mineralization...
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Cemtrex Successfully Completes Testing of SM4 Mercury Monitor at Valmy Station.
PR Newswire; 2/25/2008; 680 words
; ...an advanced multi- pollutant removal technology for flue gas emissions at Sierra Pacific's North Valmy coal-fired power station in Valmy, Nevada. The Cemtrex SM-4 mercury monitor was in operation for several months and had over 95% data...
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Cemtrex Successfully Completes Testing of SM4 Mercury Monitor at Valmy Station
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 2/25/2008; 616 words
; ...an advanced multi- pollutant removal technology for flue gas emissions at Sierra Pacific's North Valmy coal-fired power station in Valmy, Nevada. The Cemtrex SM-4 mercury monitor was in operation for several months and had over 95% data...
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The French Revolutionary Wars 1787-1802.(Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 9/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; The French Revolutionary Wars 1787-1802. By T. C. W. Blanning. (London and New York...Detailed descriptions of Rossbach (1757), Belgrade (1789), Valmy (1792), Fleurus (1794), Lodi (1796), Aboukir Bay (1797...
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Revolutionary `Wars'.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune; 5/11/2007; 700+ words
; Byline: Eric Goodwin On May 25, 1977, "Star Wars," an $11 million science-fiction movie, opened in about 40 theaters across the United States. As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of this classic tale of good versus evil, it's hard to ignore the impact the movie made on pop culture. The film and
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Revolutionary `Wars': What the critics said.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune; 5/11/2007; 700+ words
; Sci-fi fans weren't the only ones raving about "Star Wars." Here are some excerpts from reviews of the movie: "A grand and glorious film that may well be the smash hit of 1977, and certainly is the best movie of the year so far. It has no message, no sex and only the merest dollop of blood shed
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The French Revolutionary Wars 1787-1802. (book reviews)
Magazine article from: History Today; 1/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; One of the exciting things about the study of history is that no debate is ever absolutely concluded. New materials come to light, new questions are asked of familiar evidence, new interpretations enliven what once seemed moribund controversies. The history of warfare is now a lively area of
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Bloody diamonds. (Updates).(precious stones finance revolutionary wars in Africa)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: E; 3/1/2002; ; 566 words
; Would you buy glittering diamonds if you knew he profits from them fueled terror wars in Sierra Leone, Angola or the Congo? (see "Diamonds Aren't Forever," Consumer News, September/October 2001). Diamond shops like Tiffany's, Cartier and Harry Winston claim they don't buy "conflict diamonds."
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Valmy
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Valmy , village (1993 est. pop. 293), Marne dept., NE France, in the Argonne region. The "cannonade of Valmy," a Franco-Prussian artillery skirmish, was fought near there on Sept. 20, 1792. This was the first important engagement...
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Valmy, Battle of
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Valmy, Battle of (1792) The first important engagement of the French Revolutionary wars. Near a small village on the road between...
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Buero Vallejo, Antonio
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
...hallucinatory interpretation of Goya. He also wrote such overtly political plays as La doble historia del Dr Valmy ( The Double Story of Dr Valmy , 1968), first performed in England because it attacked the secret police, and Jueces en la noche ( Judges...
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François Christophe Kellermann
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Wars when he and General Dumouriez stopped the Prussians at Valmy (1792). In the Reign of Terror, he was accused of treason...not convicted. Napoleon made him senator (1799) and duke of Valmy (1808). Rallying (1814) to Louis XVIII, Kellermann was...
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Louis XVI
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...his family were imprisoned in the Temple (Aug 10, 1792). In September, simultaneously with the defeat of the Prussians at Valmy, the Convention declared a Republic. Incriminating evidence against Louis was later found, and he was tried (Dec.-Jan...
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