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Day of Atonement
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Lammas Day
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day of the Lord
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Station Days
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field day
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holiday
holiday [altered from holy day], day set aside for the commemoration of an important event. Holidays are often accompanied by public ceremonies, such as parades and carnivals, and by religious observances; they may also be simply a time for relaxation. Days of commemoration are observed throughout... Read more |
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Paris
...political centre of Europe. The French Revolution began in Paris when the Bastille was stormed by crowds in 1789. Under Emperor Napoleon I the city began to assume its present-day form. The work of modernization was continued during the reign of Napoleon... |
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Voltaire
...first play was a tragedy, Œdipe (1718), written in the Bastille, where he had been imprisoned as the author of a political...treatment and force of description hardly surpassed in his own day. If his plays are never revived now the fault lies in his facility... |
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notable National Days
notable National Days CountryDateNameAnniversaryAustraliaJan 26Australia DayBirth of the Commonwealth...People's Republic (1949)FranceJul 14National DayStorming of the Bastille prison (1789)GermanyOct 3Unity DayUnification of West and East Germany... |
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Bastille
Bastille A fortified prison built on the city wall of Paris, France...remembered in the name of a huge square, the Place de la Bastille, and a national holiday (Bastille Day) held annually on 14 July. |
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Necker, Jacques
...time (1788–89), he recommended summoning the States General, resulting in his dismissal on 11 July 1789. News of this angered the people and was one of the factors which resulted in the storming of the Bastille three days later. |
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storm
...plane early today | [as n.] (storming) the storming of the Bastille. 3. [intr.] (of the weather) be violent, with strong...rain, thunder, lightning, or snow: when it stormed in the day, I shoveled the drive before Harry came home. PHRASES: the... |
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iron
...ruthlessness disguised by courtesy; recorded in Carlyle's Latter-day Pamphlets (1850) as defined by Napoleon.Iron Lady the nickname...was made to wear a mask supposedly of iron; he died in the Bastille in 1703, and his identity is still disputed.iron triangle... |
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French
...equinox of 22 September 1792, the day of the proclamation of the Republic...had twelve months of thirty days each (divided into three weeks of ten days), Vendemiaire, Brumaire...and Fructidor, and with five days of festivals at the year's end...was already ... |
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Bastille prison had 5-star comforts, exhibit shows
...When they stormed the Bastille, there were only seven prisoners inside. The next day, Parisians began destroying...Today nothing remains of the Bastille except a few carved stones...free exhibit, called "La Bastille, or a Living Hell," is... |
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Maine's best Bastille Day yet.(The Home Forum)
...report that the 1999 observance of Bastille Day was pleasantly held belatedly...gave every year just before our Bastille Day supper of knockwurst, sweet cabbage...where nobody knew why. This past Bastille Day was uneventful ... |
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Surfing the Net With Kids: Bastille Day
Celebrated as a national French holiday, Bastille Day commemorates the storming of the Bastille fortress-prison on July 14, 1789 by an...the establishment of the French Republic. Bastille Daywww.bastille-day.com Dedicated ... |
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LIBERTE, EGALITE, DINNER, DANCING BASTILLE DAY BASHES OFFER A TASTE OF LA...
...for the French. This weekend, Bastille Day hits Seattle with a lively festival...lynsiburton@seattlepi.com. BASTILLE DAY EVENTS Bal des Pompiers When...person Reservations: seattle-bastille.org Bastille Festival When... |
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Bastille Day events storm Chicago area
...our city will host a number of Bastille Day celebrations. The holiday...2322. Pump Room's Bastille Day Fete. Entertainment includes...227-6221. Pre-Bastille Day Concert. French music performed...Hotel Sofitel hosts a ... |
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Bastille broadcast brings insight to Chinese events; highlights U.S....
...participants and witnesses, 'Bastille' traces a story more dramatic...much-publicized bicentennial of Bastille Day provides a unique opportunity to...to the events, Freedman says "Bastille" "benefits from the fact that... |
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Bastille broadcast brings insight to Chinese events; highlights United States...
...participants and witnesses, 'Bastille' traces a story more dramatic...much-publicized bicentennial of Bastille Day provides a unique opportunity to...the events, Freedman says "'Bastille' benefits from the fact that the... |
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Spilling the beans on France's Bastille Day.
...useful notes on France and as it is Bastille Day tomorrow I thought it appropriate...she's a bit sun-dried these days). Its 56 million people persist...tomorrow the French are celebrating Bastille Day. The day arises from an ... |
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Short Breaks: 48 hours in the Bastille Forget the 2008 Olympics - today,...
...coinciding with the final day of the Tour de France - three...in a two-star hotel in the Bastille costs pounds 214 through Paris...YOUR BEARINGS The Place de la Bastille itself (1) is a huge roundabout...in the Iron Mask. When the Bastille was liberated on ... |
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Bastille Day festivities celebrate solidarity
...They are there in celebration of Bastille Day, the French holiday commemorating...event that's actually less about Bastille Day and more about protesting the Bush Administration. Wednesday's Bastille Day celebration was a ... |
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