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    Marie Antoinette‚ was she the careless women that said to the citizens of her country “Let them eat cake?” While they were starving to death in the streets‚ or was she a woman trying her best to keep her life in order during a great crisis? Marie Antoinette was the Queen of France during the French Revolution‚ and her entire life was being changed in front of her eyes. She had an extremely posh lifestyle‚ one full of the amenities that you would expect a Queen to have‚ and she was desperate to

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    Queen Marie Antoinette A young girl‚ whose love was used to mend two countries together‚ stripped of her true self and molded into the ideal‚ pristine French Woman. Marie Antoinette was by far the most hated queen of France that ever lived. During her reign she was unmercifully associated with scandal‚ and very often blamed for the revolution. Although she was despised‚ she held herself on a high pedestal by dressing extravagantly and in ways‚ used her clothing to make statements about her wealth

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    1. the Le Tour de France‚ what jersey does the “King of the Mountains” wear? 2. Who wrote these words on her official website in 2011‚ about a controversial photograph taken years earlier? "It happened on my last day in Hanoi. I was exhausted and an emotional wreck after the 2-week visit ... The translator told me that the soldiers wanted to sing me a song. He translated as they sung. It was a song about the day ’Uncle Ho’ declared their country’s independence in Hanoi’s Ba Dinh Square.... I memorized

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    Marie-Laure had always been curious and questioned what ordinary people did. “‘Why not‚’ she asks‚ ‘just take the diamond and throw it into the sea?’” (pg. 23). When she went blind however‚ even small tasks seemed daunting‚ and her father had to help her regain her courage. The Nazi’s invasion of France forces her to use that courage and not lose her mind in a seemingly difficult situation. “‘You did well‚ Marie-Laure. I’m proud.’” (pg. 117) says her father as they evacuate the city. Upon reaching

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    Marie Ziegler of John Deere The characteristics of effective sustainable business leadership consist of having a vision of what the business is aiming to attain‚ seeing the value in the process and providing the leadership to attain the goal. The leadership starts with believing in yourself knowing that your capable of making your dreams come true. John Deere was born on February 7‚1804 in Rutland‚ Vermont. In 1836 John Deere moved to Grand Detour‚ Illinois to escape from depressing business

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    Marie Antoinette‚ the 2006 film‚ is a great example of popular history and its techniques to provoke interest. Popular history is the genre of history with its main motive to entertain rather than inform. The director‚ Sofia Coppola has lost the historical integrity of the film‚ replacing it with what would make Marie Antoinette most engaging for entertainment rather than portraying the real events. In order to entertain the audience‚ Sofia Coppola decided to over exaggerate‚ a technique that popular

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    In 1793‚ France was at war with it’s surrounding countries; Austria‚ Prussia‚ Sardinia‚ Great Britain‚ and the United Netherlands. France turned to America for support because in America’s time of need‚ during The American Revolution‚ France aided America. France thought it was time for America to repay them. In response‚ the US drafted the Proclamation of Neutrality which said that they would not be taking any side in the war. Although some may say that America was obligated to aid France‚ America

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    our names known years from now. In the case of Marie Antoinette‚ her legacy has lived well beyond her time. Though‚ some believe she was a horrendous person‚ others seem to think she was a respectible queen‚ and overall a good person. She is famously known for the ignorant comment said to be made when she was informed that the peasants had no bread‚ "Let them eat cake". By many she is perceived in a negative manner‚ just as she was when she lived. Marie has been the subject of much historical debate

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    7 The company Air France has been found in 1933 by the merger of several airlines which had already built extensive networks across Europe. By the end of the Second World War‚ Air France owned a fleet of 85 aircraft operating over 4 networks. After the war‚ on June‚ 26th‚ 1945‚ all of France’s air transport companies were nationalized; acquiring rights to all French airlines routes. Air France was set up on the 1st of January 1946. The merger of the two airlines Air France and Netherlands-based

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    Marie Curie How were the elements of the periodic table discovered? Who discovered them? These are questions that some people may ask. Marie Curie and her husband‚ Pierre Curie‚ were two scientists that discovered two elements of the periodic table‚ polonium and radium. She and her husband worked all of their lives to understand radium and radioactivity. When something is radioactive‚ it produces radiation‚ which is moving subatomic particles.The interesting thing is‚ that radium‚ what Marie Curie

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