... car les cigarettes tranquille les nerves. Mais je crois il y a autres m thodes pour faire relachement, par exemple couter la musique tranquille. Methodes que ne cause pas de nombreux cancer, par example le cancer des poumons ou la cancer de la gorge! Les cigarettes coutent cheret laisse un odeur tr s mauvaise sur le fumeur. Il y a beaucoup de raisson contre le tabagisme, alors pourquoi est ... il y a beaucoup de fumeurs? La plupart d'eux savent les risques de fumer mais quand meme encore fumer car ils sont accro. C'est la nicotine dans la cigarette que rend accro. Mais c'est possible ar...

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... case in which several upper-middle class people were arrested for the crime of conspiracy against the government of France. This case was known as the "La Rouerie Plot." The case that was put before the French government stated that these individuals had organized a plot to invade the nation of France through ... truth really was. Recently several letters were recovered in France. These letters were written by ten of the thirteen people who were convicted in the La Rouerie Plot, to their loved ones after they had been handed down their sentences. After reading these letters, one might b...

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... small lace cap with ribbons at the back. The use of false hair was introduced to refine the hairstyle. According to Boucher (1996) the sack gown was converted into robe a la francaise, which was pleated from the center of the neckline to which hung to the back. The pleats were stiff, flat and controlled. The front of the dress was a fitted ... decorated. The petticoat worn under the gown was modified into a bell shaped silhouette. The hairstyle became bigger (Steele, 2010) with all sorts of different styles Robe a la Polonaise (1770) was a variation of the robe a la francaise. In this t...

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... Affair was a scandal in which Marie Antoinette played no part in. The Cardinal de Rohan wished to improve his social status at Versailles and a woman calling herself the Comtesse de La Motte offered to help him. This lady was actually a con artist and she hired a woman to dress like Marie Antoinette and go and meet the Cardinal in the gardens of ... Versailles. Madame de La Motte told the Cardinal the queen wanted him to purchase a diamond necklace. Madame de La Motte then gave the diamonds to her husband who sold the necklace to get money. This became a public affair and Madame de ... ...

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... , and radical clubs advocating for republican ideas. The women of France were enacting the vision of liberal citizenship that Condorcet so enthusiastically supported. They joined the Confederation des amis de la verite, which, along with the Cordeliers, was the leading club in the movement to establish a democratic republic. It drew leading feminists such as Etta Palm d'Aelders. The Confederation was ... . Etta seized the Revolution and established herself as a public speaker in the revolutionary club movements who strongly advocated for women's rights. Mme d'Aelders published a pamphlet...

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Marie-Rose Tascher de la Pagerie started life as an innocent girl living on the Island of Martinico. Rose went from being a plantation owners poor daughter to being one of the most sophisticated and powerful ... Rose. Rose's mother did not want to let her youngest to go so in the end Rose was sent to France to marry Alexander de Beauharnais. Marie-Rose Tascher de la Pagerie married Alexander de Beauharnais on 13 December 1779. Rose only wanted to please her husband, as any woman would do. As Vicomtesse Rose wanted to be the picturesque wife ... . On 2 December 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte crowned...

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... . Her tone is not very confident and she seems to be getting used to the proper form of addressing other. Her mother Mme de Volanges who with the help of La Marquis de Merteuil are affably guiding her through her introduction into society. The introduction of Lord Valmont into the room is a cause of contention for Mme de Volanges as he ... is the embodiment of what she wants to protect her daughter from, and she soon exits the scene with her daughter. This leaves La Marquis de Merteuil' and Lord Valmont alone. The role of the Marquis' changes as she shows her true colours as she and Valm...

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... at the train station around 8.15pm. We took a taxi to Bedford Hotel which was located on a quiet street in the heart of Paris near the Madeleine, opera and Place De La Concorde. The hotel is in the immediate vicinity of the shopping area of Fauchon, Elegant Faubourg St. Honore and Le Printemps and Galeries Lafayette Department Stores. On our way to ... until his funeral procession in 1840. The Arch is a site both of memories and current events and celebrations. Standing in a direct line between the Louvre and the Grande Arche de la Défense, I could tell that the monument linked the pas...

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... , flight stability and control, as well as propulsion. Controlled mechanical flight came on August 9, 1884. Charles Renard and A.C. Krebs flew the airship "La France- on a closed circuit from Chalais-Meudon to Villacoublay and back in 23 minutes. The airship "La France- was powered by a 9 horsepower electric motor that drove a 23ft diameter propeller and reached a speed of 14.5 mph. This flight was the ... ...

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... court became known as the center of European culture. The first "traditional ballet- was first performed at Catherine's palace on a Sunday evening dated October 15, 1581. Named "Ballet Comique de la Reine- (The Queen's Dramatic Ballet), it was performed in honor of Catherine's sister, Margaret of Lorraine, who was marrying the duke of Joyeuse. It was a form of Ballet de cour ... such as squares, circles and triangles. Such combinations included two triangles within a circle, which portrayed a monarch's supreme power. Unlike any other production before this point in history, Ballet Comiq...

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... occupied himself with meteorological observation and research and for some years published an annual "Atlas Météorologique."" In 1907 he published his "Recherchés experimentales sur la Résistance de l'air, executées à la Tour Eiffel."" When aeroplanes became practicable, he began to apply these researches for the benefit of the new art of flying. In 1910 he published a book ... ...

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... 's ideals differed from the optimistic ideals of Diderot. Many works followed. In 1755 Rousseau produced his Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, in 1761-1762 he turned out Julie, ou La Nouvelle Heloise and Emile. In these two novels Rousseau sought to counter the popular thought of the period by proposing a balance that existed between reason and feeling, rather that focusing ... in a precarious position with his writings. Voltaire produced a number of significant works. In 1718 he wrote his first play called Oedipus, then in 1724 he wrote an epic poem called La Henridad, which was a ...

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... French cuisine into a highly refined art. The French are responsible for the classic tradition of serving dishes in separate courses. The tradition is historical and called by the French service a la ruses. The root of the extraordinary cooking of the French finds its base in the very culture of the French. Eating well is of prime importance to most French people ... became noted for requiring that food be served in multiple courses. Another culinary explosion for the French occurred in 1652, a book entitled "Le Cuisine Franzois", written by France's premier chef, La Varenne. Detailed i...

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... museum itself so you have to take a three to five minute tram ride to the entrance of the museum. The museum is located on a hill that looks down on the LA basin and so it is almost completely isolated from any roads or freeways. The tram takes you right to the entrance and the first place you walk into is the ... clothing was different and the cars were different. Some of the buildings looked similar to the buildings you would see in downtown Los Angeles, which showed that some buildings in LA today are more than 40 years old. Other pictures showed the protest movements of the Vietnam ...

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... same message, as IKEA did in this translation: ' 'där large dag börjar'' (where each day begins) (IKEA Katalogen., 2015) For the French version we have: "commencer la journée en douceur" (start the day gently) (IKEA Catalogue., 2015) IKEA Sweden writes its catalogue both in English and Swedish, whereas IKEA France writes its version only in ... ...

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... sending of 357 ships to cultivate slaves to be used in plantations across the Americas10. The Transatlantic slave trade also funded the growth of many port towns such as Bordeaux, La Rochelle, and Marseilles but none succeeded more than Nantes, on the west coast of France which saw over 1,400 slaving voyages during the 18th century alone11. The centrality of the ... ...

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... committed suicide by shooting himself. Moderate republicans drew support from the Catholic right against socialist parties. Panama Canal Scandal under Ferdinand de Lesseps. In 1892 Edward Drumont publishes in the La-Libre Parole concerning the scandal. However, Jewish financiers were planning to dominate France as they saw an opportunity to gain more wealth and at the same time trying to gain ... ...

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... order to bounce back up, and maybe that is what's going to happen. For the culture immersing part of this project, I decided to eat a meal at the restaurant named "La Madeleine". This restaurant considers itself a country French café. Together with my parents, I tried Quiche Lorraine, Croque Monsieur, Beef Bourguignon, and a Croissant. Quiche Lorraine is similar to a pie, it ... ...

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... 1755, in France Voltaire was known as the greatest living dramatist. In his notebook, Voltaire was viewed as artistic with his writings; "L'art de 1a guerre eS.t comme ce1ui de la medecine, meurtrier et conjectural " ( Voltaire's Notebook, 18). Statements by Voltaire in Candide has statements of war on religion, with Louis XLV controlling the land and no one wanting to challenge ... ...

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... their homes, authorized to bring a single suitcase, and "sorted- at mustering centers. Municipal Police Director Emile Hennequin had already set up 1,372 teams of officials composed of two "gardiens de la paix- or Peace Officers. These teams were reinforced by 1,916 other officers. Each group of officers contained index cards with addresses, occupation, age, and nationality of Jews, of both men ... ...

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... Art Nouveau with his exotic imagery in black & white work. In the 1880's, Grasset met with Georges Auriol, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and fellow Swiss artist Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen Laurtrec's La Goulue au Moulin Rouge broke new ground in 1891for poster design. He was the son of the Count of Troulouse and at the age of thirteen, had turned obsessively to ... ...

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... , 1596, in the heart of France; Descartes was the second of two sons and one daughter. At the age of eight, he began to study at the Jesuit School at La Fleche. After studying there for eight years, he left school and moved to Paris. While in Paris, he reconnected with an old friend named Mersenne. Together, they devoted the next ... ...

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... museum. Paris has built new museum in the past years, including the National Museum of Modern Arts, the Orsay Museum of the 19th century and the new Science Museum at La Villette. Major annual Paris Festivals emphasizing music and drama are the Marais Festival held in June and July, and the Autumn Festival held from mid-September through December. Paris is ... ...

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... Marlowe each enacted the oppositions of the kings, conquerors, and also the brainiacs of their time. The later creations of the Spainards such as Lope de Vega and Calderon de la Barca followed in the footsteps of their past writters by writting of tragic heroism. Lope and Caldron were not the only one who carried on with this traditional writting. Pierre ... ...

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... makings of a revolt, especially should the Huguenots gain foreign support. Revolt would eventually occur as the Huguenots, aided by the British, rebelled against the French crown in the city of La Rochelle . Richelieu quickly crushed the rebellion and stripped the Huguenots of all political and military power through the signing of the Edict of Alais in 1629 . It is important to ... ...

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