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    of their cultural heritage and the long line of historical principles that play out in French society. Through research it was found that the French approach business in a style of-their-own with true class and flare. They set the stage with an extravagant business lunch‚ in order to get acquainted and then proceed into intellectual negotiations to iron out the details. In each area‚ it was found that the French are proud and hold true to protocols by exchanging formal greetings. Lunch plays an important

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    The influence of French in Middle English Syntax In contrast to Scandinavian‚ French did not change the OE phonology or syntax but its vocabulary: French became the “most substantial source of new words in written Middle English.” (Blake: 423) Why did French have this kind of impact on English and its lexis? - The number of the conquerors was relatively small: only around 7000 men and the French-born population only represented 2 to 10 per cent - Norman language was adopted because the French-speaking

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    provided a powerful impetus to westward expansion‚ and confirmed the doctrine of implied powers of the federal Constitution.”(Britannica). A treaty was signed by the French as a way to send land to the Americans‚ which was originally for Spain for a good bargain. “Out of this empire were carved in their entirety the states of Louisiana‚ Missouri‚ Arkansas‚ Iowa‚ North Dakota‚ South Dakota‚ Nebraska‚ and Oklahoma”. Thanks to the purchase by the United States‚ they have gained a huge portion of the country

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    Louisiana Sheriff Elections

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    Louisiana Sheriff Elections By Norman Clark‚ M.P.A. PhD Student‚ Political Science Department Louisiana State University 307 Stubbs Hall‚ Baton Rouge‚ Louisiana 70803-5433 225.287.6547 Nclar11@LSU.edu Paper was presented at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Southwester Social Science Association‚ March 27- 30‚ 2013‚ New Orleans‚ Louisiana. This paper is a section of a dissertation in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctorate of Philosophy in the Department

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    FRENCH NEW WAVE - Late 1950s and 1960s - The socio-economic forces at play shortly after World War II strongly influenced the movement. Politically and financially drained‚ France tended to fall back on the old popular pre-war traditions. One such tradition was straight narrative cinema‚ specifically classical French film. - The New Wave stimulated discussion about the cinema and helped demonstrate that films could achieve both commercial and artistic success. - Influenced by Italian Neorealism

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    On April 30‚ 1812 the great state Louisiana was founded‚ also known as “The Gumbo Pot”. Tourists visit Louisiana a lot based off of many thigs including; its cultures‚ food‚ and traditions. However ‚ a little known fact is that the state is being washed away by 30 football fields of land each day and soon the state is predicted to be gone‚ actions and precautions are taken we can stop the disaster from happening. Coastal erosion in Louisiana is the process of steady depletion of wetlands‚ along

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    The Louisiana Territory is the land stretching west of the Mississippi river to present day Colorado. This land was originally the property of France‚ until they gave it to Spain who realized they couldn’t handle that amount of land‚ and gave it right back to France. Once America heard of this‚ they sent two men to buy the city of New Orleans and however much land they could get for ten million dollars. However‚ France said that they would give them the entire territory for only five million more

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    Louisiana is the home of America’s wetlands. Louisiana’s coast can be defined in multiple ways. Gay Gomez‚ a resident of Louisiana‚ describes its coast as a place of interaction among land‚ people‚ and ideas rather than “just a place on the map” (Gomez x). While some view it as a twisting line of the shore‚ others view it as a large triangular coastal zone (Gomez x). The foundation of the wetlands was formed by the Mississippi River Basin sediments clay‚ silt‚ and sand which were carried and accumulated

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    The Louisiana Purchase was an arrangement between the United States and France‚ in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827 thousand square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. In 1801‚ Spain and France signed a secret treaty surrendering Louisiana to France. Thomas Jefferson realized that with this treaty‚ France suddenly posed a potential threat to America. If America did not purchase New Orleans from France‚ and with the change of ownership from Spain to France it could

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    Brown v. Louisiana During the 1960’s‚ many African-Americans believed that civil rights should become a national priority. Young civil rights activists brought their cause to the national stage and demanded the federal government assist them and help resolve the issues that plagued them. Many of them challenged segregation in the South by protesting at stores and schools that practiced segregation. Despite the efforts of these groups and Supreme Court rulings that ordered the desegregation

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