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Dominique de Villepin
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 École nationale d'administration and served in the foreign... Read more |
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Alain Juppe
Alain Juppé , 1945-, French politician, b. Les Landes. A member of the Gaullist Rally for the Republic (RPR), he entered the Inspection des Finances in 1972. A protegé of Jacques Chirac , he was in charge of the Paris city budget during Chirac's mayoralty and later followed his mentor... Read more |
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Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes 1900-1993, American actress, b. Washington, D.C., as Helen Hayes Brown. She made her New York stage debut at the age of nine. Performances in Caesar and Cleopatra (1925), and Mary of Scotland (1933) brought her fame; her portrayal (1935-39) of the title role in Laurence Housman's ... Read more |
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Emin Pasha
Emin Pasha , 1840-92, German explorer, whose original name was Eduard Schnitzer. A physician, he served (1876-78) under Gen. Charles Gordon in Sudan as a district medical officer. In 1878 he succeeded Gordon as governor of Equatoria, the southernmost province of the Egyptian Sudan. In 1885 he was... Read more |
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Connie Chung
Chung, Connie 1946-PERSONALFull name, Constance Yu-Hwa Chung; born August 20, 1946, in Washington, DC; daughter of William Ling (a financial manager and former diplomat) and Margaret (maiden name, Ma) Chung; married Maurice Richard "Maury" Povich (a talk show host, news broadcaster, and producer),... Read more |
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Barack Obama
Barack ObamaAugust 4, 1961 • Honolulu, HawaiiPoliticianIllinois voters sent a Democratic newcomer, Barack Obama, to one of the state's two seats in the U.S. Senate in 2004. Obama's landslide victory in Illinois was significant on several fronts. Firstly, he became the Senate's only African American... Read more |
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Vauxhall gardens
Vauxhall gardens (London), just south of the Thames, opened soon after the Restoration as New Spring gardens, and were visited by Pepys, who complained of high prices. In 1732 Jonathan Tyers arranged a grand reopening, attended by Frederick, prince of Wales. The central features were the Rotunda... Read more |
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