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Even as the world's volume car makers struggle to deal with a serious slump in sales as a result of the global economic recession, the market for supercars in the Middle East is booming. Stephen Williams explains why and offers his thoughts on some of the finest cars money can buy.(DETAILS: Supercars)(Buyers guide)
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Detroit's car makers are facing the dismal prospect of bankruptcy or takeover, while even the ultra-efficient Japanese manufacturers like Toyota are, for the first time, posting operating losses and cutting back on production. The situation in Europe, and indeed around the world, is just as bad, with job losses and assembly line closures the order of the day. Yet there is one segment of the automotive industry that continues to defy the financial crisis and post record sales and profits.
The demand for ultra-luxury and ultimate ...
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In Tournai, The Notre-Dame Cathedral-an Architectural Rarity
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Mgr Fr.-J. Hirn (1751-1819), Premier Évêque Concordataire du Diocèse de Tournai (1802-1819): Un Épiscopat difficile
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Sons, couleurs, odeurs dans la Cathédrale de Tournai au 15^sup e^ siècle, Vol. I: Édition du cérémonial et des ordinaires, suivie du commentaire (I): Les acteurs, les lieux et le mobilier liturgique
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The Restoration of the Monastery of Saint Martin of Tournai
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; ...Restoration of the Monastery of Saint Martin of Tournai. By Herman of Tournai.Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Lynn...95 clothbound; $19.95 paperback.) Herman of Tournai was a mediocre historian, but Lynn Nelson is a...
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Odo of Tournai and the dehumanization of Medieval Jews: a reexamination.(debate with Leo the Jew)(Critical essay)
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; OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES, Odo of Tournai (d. 1113) has become better appreciated...prominent teacher of philosophy and science at Tournai's Notre-Dame cathedral school, Odo...abbot of the monastery of St. Martin of Tournai and ended his life as bishop of Cambrai...
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Les brefs d'indulgences pour les confréries des diocèses de Cambrai et de Tournai aux XVII^sup e^ et XVIII^sup e^ siècles (A.S. V., Sec. Brev. Indulg. Perpetuae, 2-9)
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Andrea Valentini, Le Remaniement du Roman de la Rose de Gui de Mori: Etude et edition des interpolations d'apres le manuscrit Tournai, Bibliotheque de la Ville, 101.(EDITIONS OF TEXTS)(Book review)
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Belgian police looking for stolen 1,000-year-old Byzantine Cross of Tournai Cathedral
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Les suppliques de la Pénitencerie Apostolique pour les Diocèses de Cambrai, Liège, Thérouanne et Tournai (1410-1411)
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BEL CALLS FOR IRISH LEAGUE XI; Jeffrey backs young stars to make sweet music in Tournai Belgium U23 v N Ireland U23, 7pm Belgium U23 v N Ireland U23, 7pm.(Sport)
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