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Medieval Lines of Demarcation; At the National Gallery, 90 Years That Changed the Shape of Drawing
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My father, who was born before the Wright Brothers flew their
airplane, lived long enough to watch the landing on the moon. He used
to say he felt a hinge in history had swung. In "From Schongauer to
Holbein: Master Drawings From Basel and Berlin" at the National
Gallery of Art, we are privileged to witness a turning as evocative,
and almost as abrupt.
The exhibition takes place half a millennium ago, north of the
Alps. It starts out in the Gothic and then, suddenly, is practically
modern. The span of time surveyed by these Grunewalds and Durers,
Altdorfers and Cranachs, is not quite 90 ...
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Commercial logging and HIV epidemic, rural Equatorial Africa.(Dispatches)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases
; ...infected in sub-Saharan Africa, accounting for 70...leading cause of death in Africa (2.2-2.4 million...commercial logging in Equatorial Africa could potentially facilitate...standard questionnaire in French or a local language...
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French president discusses ties with Equatorial Guinea counterpart
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency
; ...decision to adopt French as Equatorial Guinea's second official language," French presidential office...leaders. The oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, the only sub-Saharan Africa country colonized by Spain, adopted French as the second official...
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World's fastest growing economy: Africa's Kuwait.(Equatorial Guinea)
Magazine article from: African Business
; ...schools and in 1998, French became Equatorial Guinea's second official...Chirac who has encouraged French investment in the central...post apartheid South Africa. Since the discovery...1999, US interest in Equatorial Guinea has risen many...
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The end of French Africa
Magazine article from: The Spectator
; ...Mobutu and there were accounts of a French company, Geolink, giving money...However, there are considerable French interests in Brazzaville, once the capital of the former French Equatorial Africa. Geographically it is strategically...
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Decolonization and African Society: The Labor Question in French and British Africa.(Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Historian
; ...prominence in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, they were being destroyed in many African-ruled...some limitations. The author's exclusion of French Equatorial Africa and French and British North African colonies, along with...
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French judge wants to investigate 3 Africa leaders
News Wire article from: AP Online
; A French judge has decided to...and Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea. Association...in charge since 1967. French media have reported his...other foreign leader. Equatorial Guinea is Africa's No. 3 oil producer...
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The Spanish of Equatorial Guinea(1): Research on la hispanidad's best-kept secret
Magazine article from: Afro - Hispanic Review
; ...different in Equatorial Guinea than...English, French and Portuguese-speaking Africa, and the...situation of Equatorial Guinea has...into the French sphere of influence in Africa, underlined...entry of Equatorial Guinea into...
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The Spanish of equatorial Guinea: Research on la hispanidad's best-kept secret
Magazine article from: Afro - Hispanic Review
; ...different in Equatorial Guinea than...English, French and Portuguese-speaking Africa, and the...situation of Equatorial Guinea has...into the French sphere of influence in Africa, underlined...entry of Equatorial Guinea into...
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The transfer of Fernando Poo. (Equatorial Guinea's relations with Spain)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US)
; ...began broadcasting in French as well as Spanish...declared this week that French could ultimately become...their assemblies of "French-speaking Africa". Officials in Madrid...France helps itself to Equatorial Guinea's admittedly...
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The world comes calling.(Equatorial Guinea)
Magazine article from: The Middle East
; ...government of Equatorial Guinea is...infrastructure; a French one is building...fishing. Equatorial Guinea was...colony in Africa. Traditionally...resolved. South Africa and Zimbabwe...working in Equatorial Guinea, notably French-speaking...
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