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booms, the space in larger sailing vessels usually between the foremast and the mainmast. It was where the
skid booms, supported by
gallows, were stowed on board in the
waist of the ship, and which helped secure the ship's larger boats when the ship was at sea.
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Analysis: French president announces Dominique de Villepin as new prime minister
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 5/31/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...French president announces Dominique de Villepin as new prime minister Host...prime minister today. He is Dominique de Villepin, a former foreign minister...Raffarin, would be replaced by Dominique de Villepin. President JACQUES CHIRAC...
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Dominique de Villepin
Magazine article from: International Journal; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...WORD--or was it the deed? Dominique de Villepin hesitates between Saint John...Nothing of the sort from Dominique de Villepin: before being an enarque...parties. The incident reveals a Dominique de Villepin who never finds himself at...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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The surprising Dominique de Villepin; French politics.(Two months under France's new prime minister)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 7/30/2005; 700+ words
; ...better than many had expected WHEN Dominique de Villepin was appointed France's prime...unemployment and globalisation. Mr de Villepin, a poet, has never held an...random passage from one of Mr de Villepin's (many) recent books...
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Interview: Dominique de Villepin discusses US-French relations and his new book, "Toward a New World"
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 9/28/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...09-28-2004 Interview: Dominique de Villepin discusses US-French relations...Robert Siegel. Last year, Dominique de Villepin was the French foreign minister...the program, Monsieur de Villepin. Mr. DOMINIQUE DE VILLEPIN (Author...
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M. DOMINIQUE DE VILLEPIN FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER M. DOMINIQUE DE VILLEPIN HOLDS MEDIA AVAILABILITY FOLLOWING BLIX AND ELBARADEI'S PRESENTATION TO THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL
Transcript from: Washington Transcript Service; 2/14/2003; 686 words
; 00-00-0000 FRENCH FOREIGN M. DOMINIQUE DE VILLEPIN HOLDS MEDIA AVAILABILITY FOLLOWING BLIX AND ELBARADEI...00, Eastern Time 13:09 *** SPEAKER: M. DOMINIQUE DE VILLEPIN FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER [*] DE VILLEPIN: We...
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Victim or villain? France's Clearstream trial.(Dominique de Villepin)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 9/26/2009; 700+ words
; The meaning of the trial of Dominique de Villepin, once President Jacques Chirac's prime minister...Paris courtroom before he appeared in the dock, Dominique de Villepin, a former prime minister, doubtless hoped to...
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Big Dominique and his struggle against the Islamists; France.(Dominique de Villepin battles Muslim extremists)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 12/18/2004; 700+ words
; ...extremists IN AMERICAN minds, Dominique de Villepin once embodied French pacifist...s interior minister, Mr de Villepin (in the middle of the picture...in the rest of Europe, Mr de Villepin is unapologetic about France...
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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CRAZY FROGS; With the Presidential elections looming, the French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, a debonair intellectual, should be focusing on his political ambitions. Instead he and the French public have become distracted by the antics of his unruly, fashionmad children. Charlotte Eagar on the trail of Paris' premier brats.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 2/24/2006; 700+ words
; ...the French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, a debonair intellectual...most flamboyant politician, Dominique de Villepin, Prime Minister and the old...was kicked off his throne. Dominique de Villepin may be considered one of the...
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The law above: French political scandals.(French judges hassle a former president, Jacques Chirac and prime minister Dominique de Villepin for Clearstream investigation)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 7/14/2007; 700+ words
; ...Both Jacques Chirac and Dominique de Villepin face legal scrutiny IS THE...s last prime minister, Dominique de Villepin, confirmed that he had been...received instructions from Dominique de Villepin, themselves formulated by...
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Villepin v Sarkozy; France's Clearstream affair.(Dominique de Villepin prepares for trial)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 12/6/2008; 700+ words
; ...France. One of its protagonists, Dominique de Villepin, a former prime minister, has...President Jacques Chirac. (Mr de Villepin was interior minister.) But...The general said it was Mr de Villepin who, at Mr Chirac's request...
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De Villepin, Dominique
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Dominique De Villepin Dominique de Villepin (born 1953) became prime minister of France during a cabinet reshuffle by French president Jacques Chirac in the spring of 2005. Villepin was a somewhat surprising choice for the job, partly because...
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Dominique de Villepin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Dominique de Villepin (Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin) , 1953-, French diplomat and government official, b. Rabat, Morocco. Of aristocratic descent, he graduated (1980) from the prestigious...
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Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...s pension laws (2003) that were designed to preserve the financial health of the French pension system. When voters rejected a new EU constitution in 2005, however, he resigned as premier and was succeeded by Dominique de Villepin .
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