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Law and Justice - Party Chairmen. Lech Kaczyński 2001-2003 (resigned after taking office as President of Warsaw). Formally resigned from party after taking office as president of Poland on December 23, 2005. Jarosław Kaczyński 2003-present Law and Justice - Members of the PolishCabinet. (Since October 31, 2005, unless otherwise specified) Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz Prime minister Ludwik Dorn Minister of internal affairs ...

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Law and Justice, Law and Justice - Political program, Law and Justice - Vocal criticism, Law and Justice - History, Law and Justice - Prominent members, Law and Justice - Party Chairmen, Law and Justice - Members of the PolishCabinet, Law and Justice - Other prominent positions, Law and Justice - Members of Polish Parliament Sejm 2001-2005, Law and Justice - Members of Polish Senate 2001-2005, Law and Justice - Members of the European Parliament, Law and Justice - Trivia

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By 2005 he has sold an estimated 72 million albums and singles over his career. An asteroid, 4422 Jarre, has been named in honor of him. [1] ...

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Jean-Michel Jarre, Jean-Michel Jarre - Musical career, Jean-Michel Jarre - Personal life, Jean-Michel Jarre - Awards and recognitions, Jean-Michel Jarre - Selected discography, Jean-Michel Jarre - Studio albums, Jean-Michel Jarre - Live albums, Jean-Michel Jarre - Film soundtracks, Jean-Michel Jarre - Remixes, Jean-Michel Jarre - Compilations, Jean-Michel Jarre - Video, Jean-Michel Jarre - Concerts, Jean-Michel Jarre - Main concerts, Jean-Michel Jarre - Other performances, Jean-Michel Jarre - Instruments

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Jarre was married to British actress and photographer Charlotte Rampling from October 7, 1978 until circa 1998. In 2002 he became engaged to French actress Isabelle Adjani, but later she ended this relationship. Jarre married French actress Anne Parillaud on May 12, 2005. Jarre has three children: Emilie (from his first marriage to Flore Guillard, whom he married on January 20, 1975), Barnaby Southcombe (Charlotte Rampling's son from a previous mar ...

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Jean-Michel Jarre, Jean-Michel Jarre - Musical career, Jean-Michel Jarre - Personal life, Jean-Michel Jarre - Awards and recognitions, Jean-Michel Jarre - Selected discography, Jean-Michel Jarre - Studio albums, Jean-Michel Jarre - Live albums, Jean-Michel Jarre - Film soundtracks, Jean-Michel Jarre - Remixes, Jean-Michel Jarre - Compilations, Jean-Michel Jarre - Video, Jean-Michel Jarre - Concerts, Jean-Michel Jarre - Main concerts, Jean-Michel Jarre - Other performances, Jean-Michel Jarre - Instruments

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The interpretation that Germany was seriously weakened and humiliated by the Versailles Treaty has been disputed by some historians. Some of the facts cited include: The commissions to supervise disarmament were withdrawn and the reparations payments were reduced and eventually cancelled, to mention just some of the changes made in Germany's favour. It is worth mentioning that the financial burden of reconstruction was shifted from Germany to those countries that were actually occupied and devastated by the war. ...

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Treaty of Versailles, Treaty of Versailles - Conditions, Treaty of Versailles - Military, Treaty of Versailles - Reparations and the War Guilt Clause, Treaty of Versailles - An unsatisfactory compromise between the victors, Treaty of Versailles - Alternative viewpoints

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List of rail accidents - 1990. January 4, 1990 – An overcrowded passenger train collides with a standing freight train in the Sindh province, Pakistan. Over 210 killed. April 16, 1990 – Two local passenger trains collide at Lysaker, Oslo, Norway. 5 killed. June 6, 1990 – Cowan rail crash, Cowan, New South Wales, Australia: a special passenger train failed while attempting to climb the steep gra ...

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List of rail accidents, List of rail accidents - 1830s, List of rail accidents - 1840s, List of rail accidents - 1850s, List of rail accidents - 1860s, List of rail accidents - 1870s, List of rail accidents - 1880s, List of rail accidents - 1890s, List of rail accidents - 1900s, List of rail accidents - 1910s, List of rail accidents - 1920s, List of rail accidents - 1930s, List of rail accidents - 1940s, List of rail accidents - 1950s, List of rail accidents - 1960s, List of rail accidents - 1970s, List of rail accidents - 1980s, List of rail accidents - 1980, List of rail accidents - 1981, List of rail accidents - 1985, List of rail accidents - 1986, List of rail accidents - 1987, List of rail accidents - 1988, List of rail accidents - 1989, List of rail accidents - 1990s, List of rail accidents - 1990, List of rail accidents - 1991, List of rail accidents - 1992, List of rail accidents - 1993, List of rail accidents - 1994, List of rail accidents - 1995, List of rail accidents - 1996, List of rail accidents - 1997, List of rail accidents - 1998, List of rail accidents - 1999, List of rail accidents - 2000s, List of rail accidents - 2000, List of rail accidents - 2001, List of rail accidents - 2002, List of rail accidents - 2003, List of rail accidents - 2004, List of rail accidents - 2005, List of rail accidents - 2006

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Recovered Territories - Border question during WW2. In 1945 the population of the regions assigned to Poland after the Second World War consisted of ethnic-Germans and a small Polish minority. Initially Poland was promised East Prussia, Upper Silesia and the eastern part of Western Pomerania up to Kolberg. At the Potsdam conference, Poland's exact western borders were drawn on the Oder-Neisse line. The German inhabitants of these areas either fled westwards or were expelled, often violently, by Soviet forces and th ...

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Recovered Territories, Recovered Territories - Brief history of Recovered Territories, Recovered Territories - Prehistory, Recovered Territories - Beginning of Polish state, Recovered Territories - Poland fragmented and re-united, Recovered Territories - Expansion of Prussia-Brandenburg, Recovered Territories - Poland restored and shifted, Recovered Territories - Potsdam conference aftermath, Recovered Territories - Border question during WW2, Recovered Territories - Arguments over rights to Recovered Territories, Recovered Territories - Theory of Polish historical rights

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Poland's unlikely partnership with the adjoining Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Europe's last heathen state, provided an immediate remedy to the political and military dilemma caused by the end of the Piast Dynasty. At the end of the fourteenth century, Lithuania was a warlike political unit with dominion over enormous stretches of present-day Belarus and Ukraine. Putting aside their previous hostility, Poland and Lithuania saw that they shared common enemies, most notably the Teutonic Knights; this situation was the direct incentive for the Unio ...

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History of Poland 1385–1569, History of Poland 1385–1569 - The Polish-Lithuanian Union, History of Poland 1385–1569 - The Golden Age of the Sixteenth Century, History of Poland 1385–1569 - Poland-Lithuania as a European Power, History of Poland 1385–1569 - The Government of Poland-Lithuania, History of Poland 1385–1569 - Poland-Lithuania in the Reformation Era, History of Poland 1385–1569 - The Polish Renaissance, History of Poland 1385–1569 - The Eastern Regions of the Realm, History of Poland 1385–1569 - Reference

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The "Big Three" consisted of Prime Minister Lloyd George of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau of France, and President Woodrow Wilson of the United States of America. This would later be mirrored with the "Big Three" of WWII being Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Sir Winston Churchill. Giorgio Sonnino also served as an advisor from Italy (being the fourth in the alternate moniker "the Big Four") and Count Makino was also sent from Japan. But Germany was not invited to France,to discuss the treaty. At the Treaty o ...

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Treaty of Versailles, Treaty of Versailles - Conditions, Treaty of Versailles - Military, Treaty of Versailles - Reparations and the War Guilt Clause, Treaty of Versailles - An unsatisfactory compromise between the victors, Treaty of Versailles - Alternative viewpoints

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In July 1655 De Ruyter took command of a squadron of eight of which the Tijdverdrijf was his flagship and set out for the Mediterranean with 55 merchantmen in convoy. Meeting an English fleet under Robert Blake along the way, he managed to avoid creating a new incident. His orders were to protect Dutch trade. After destroying many a privateer and negotiating a peace agreement with Salé, De Ruyter returned home May 1656. He did not stay home for very long as the same month the Estates-General, becoming ever more wary of Swedish ...

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Michiel de Ruyter, Michiel de Ruyter - Early Life, Michiel de Ruyter - First Anglo-Dutch War, Michiel de Ruyter - 1655-1663, Michiel de Ruyter - Second Anglo-Dutch War, Michiel de Ruyter - Third Anglo-Dutch War and death

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In 1664, a year before the Second Anglo-Dutch War officially began, he clashed with the English off the West African coast, where both the English and Dutch had significant slave stations, retaking the Dutch possessions occupied by Robert Holmes and then crossing the Atlantic to raid the British colonies in America. Arriving off Barbados in the Caribbean at the end of April, 1665 aboard his flagship Spiegel, he led his fleet of thirteen vessels into Carlisle Bay, exchanging fire with the English batteries and destroying many of ...

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Michiel de Ruyter, Michiel de Ruyter - Early Life, Michiel de Ruyter - First Anglo-Dutch War, Michiel de Ruyter - 1655-1663, Michiel de Ruyter - Second Anglo-Dutch War, Michiel de Ruyter - Third Anglo-Dutch War and death

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The economy of the Commonwealth was dominated by feudal agriculture. Typically a nobleman's landholding comprised a folwark, a large farm worked by serfs to produce surpluses for internal and external trade. The peasantry's situation worsened from the late 17th century on, when the landed szlachta sought to compensate for falling grain prices by increasing the peasants' workload, thus leading to the creation of second serfdom, ...

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Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - History, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - State organization and politics, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Commonwealth military, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Golden Liberty, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - The political players, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Shortcomings of the Commonwealth, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Late reforms, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Economy, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Culture, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Szlachta and Sarmatism, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Demographics and religion, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Provinces and geography, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Voivodships of the Commonwealth

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The designations of styles in French Gothic architecture are as follows: Early Gothic High Gothic Rayonnant Late Gothic or Flamboyant style These divisions are effective, but debatable. Because Gothic cathedrals were built over several successive periods, each period not necessarily following the wishes of previous periods, the dominant architectural style changes throughout a particular building. Consequently, it is often difficult to declare one buildi ...

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Gothic architecture, Gothic architecture - Origins, Gothic architecture - The Term Gothic, Gothic architecture - Characteristics, Gothic architecture - Brick Gothic, Gothic architecture - Gothic Architecture in England, Gothic architecture - Sequence of Gothic Styles: France, Gothic architecture - Sequence of Gothic styles: England, Gothic architecture - Gothic revival, Gothic architecture - Gothic in the 20th Century, Gothic architecture - List of notable Gothic structures, Gothic architecture - Some famous Neo-Gothic structures

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Main article: Brick Gothic. In Northern Germany, Scandinavia and northern Poland, in areas where native stone was unavailable, simplified provincial gothic churches were built of brick. The resultant style is called Backsteingotik in Germany and Poland. The biggest brick gothic building is the Teutonic Knights Castle of Malbork in Poland and the biggest brick gothic church is the St. Mary's Church, Gdańsk in Gdansk. The most famous example in Denmark is Roskilde Cathedral. Brick gothic buildings were associated with the Hanseatic League and the Teutonic Knights. There are over one hundred brick gothic castl ...

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Gothic architecture, Gothic architecture - Origins, Gothic architecture - The Term Gothic, Gothic architecture - Characteristics, Gothic architecture - Brick Gothic, Gothic architecture - Gothic Architecture in England, Gothic architecture - Sequence of Gothic Styles: France, Gothic architecture - Sequence of Gothic styles: England, Gothic architecture - Gothic revival, Gothic architecture - Gothic in the 20th Century, Gothic architecture - List of notable Gothic structures, Gothic architecture - Some famous Neo-Gothic structures

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Contrary to frequent rumours, Mathews and Linehan did not originally pitch the series to the Irish network RTÉ, but rather offered it directly to Hat Trick Productions and Channel 4 in the UK. Nevertheless, it is a rich irony that what went on to be one of the most popular TV shows in Ireland, performed largely by an Irish cast, and containing so many accurate (albeit comically exaggerated) depictions of national Irish eccentricities, was paid for and shot by a British broadcaster. Somewhat controversially, RTÉ initially did not buy the ri ...

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Father Ted, Father Ted - Synopsis, Father Ted - Major Characters, Father Ted - Recurring Minor Characters, Father Ted - Other Minor Characters, Father Ted - Production details, Father Ted - List of episodes, Father Ted - Series 1, Father Ted - Series 2, Father Ted - Christmas special, Father Ted - Series 3

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Father Ted Crilly (Dermot Morgan) is the most normal of the priests on the island. He is a bon vivant, exiled to Craggy Island for something referred to only as "That Lourdes Thing." This apparently involved him misappropriating church funds which were intended to be used to send a poor child to Lourdes to go on a gambling trip to Las Vegas. Ted has frequently claimed that the money was "just resting in my account", although Dougal points out "it was there for a very long time Ted... A good long rest". Ted was previously in We ...

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Father Ted, Father Ted - Synopsis, Father Ted - Major Characters, Father Ted - Recurring Minor Characters, Father Ted - Other Minor Characters, Father Ted - Production details, Father Ted - List of episodes, Father Ted - Series 1, Father Ted - Series 2, Father Ted - Christmas special, Father Ted - Series 3

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The designations of styles in English architecture still follows conventions of labels given them by antiquaries in the 18th century: Early English (ca 1180 - 1275) Decorated (ca 1275 - 1380 ) Perpendicular (ca 1380 - 1520 ). Early English: Salisbury Cathedral Wells Cathedral Westminster Abbey Decorated or "Flamboyant": Exeter Cathedral See also:

Gothic architecture, Gothic architecture - Origins, Gothic architecture - The Term Gothic, Gothic architecture - Characteristics, Gothic architecture - Brick Gothic, Gothic architecture - Gothic Architecture in England, Gothic architecture - Sequence of Gothic Styles: France, Gothic architecture - Sequence of Gothic styles: England, Gothic architecture - Gothic revival, Gothic architecture - Gothic in the 20th Century, Gothic architecture - List of notable Gothic structures, Gothic architecture - Some famous Neo-Gothic structures

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Main article: Gothic revival architecture In England, some discrete Gothic details appeared on new construction at Oxford and Cambridge in the late 17th century, and at the archbishop of Canterbury's residence Lambeth Palace, a Gothic hammerbeam roof was built in 1663 to replace a building that had been sacked during the English Civil War. It is not easy to decide whether these instances were Gothic surviv ...

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Gothic architecture, Gothic architecture - Origins, Gothic architecture - The Term Gothic, Gothic architecture - Characteristics, Gothic architecture - Brick Gothic, Gothic architecture - Gothic Architecture in England, Gothic architecture - Sequence of Gothic Styles: France, Gothic architecture - Sequence of Gothic styles: England, Gothic architecture - Gothic revival, Gothic architecture - Gothic in the 20th Century, Gothic architecture - List of notable Gothic structures, Gothic architecture - Some famous Neo-Gothic structures

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The news media in the non-German speaking world have continued to use the term "(former) East Germany" to describe the five states that make up the old GDR region of the reunited Germany. They have done this because of the need to have a short label which their viewers and readers understand when describing the economic and social problem which have beset the region since 1990. Some Germans, often from families expelled from eastern territories of Germany, use the term "eastern Germany" or "east Germany" to refer the area east of Berl ...

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Historical Eastern Germany, Historical Eastern Germany - History, Historical Eastern Germany - Post World War II politics, Historical Eastern Germany - Usage, Historical Eastern Germany - External link

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Since 1945, referring to lands over which there was a transfer of jurisdiction as "east Germany" has had political connotations, which means that any article which discusses this issue is likely to be contentious. The contention has been somewhat dissipated over the last twenty years by three related phenomena: The passage of time means that there are fewer and fewer people alive who have firsthand experience of these regions under German jurisdiction. Until the Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany, th ...

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Historical Eastern Germany, Historical Eastern Germany - History, Historical Eastern Germany - Post World War II politics, Historical Eastern Germany - Usage, Historical Eastern Germany - External link

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France Chartres Cathedral Bourges Cathedral Bourges Cathedral Amiens Cathedral Notre-Dame de Laon Our Lady's Cathedral in Paris (the Notre-Dame for many) Reims Cathedral (where all the kings of France were crowned) Abbey Church of Saint-Denis Sainte-Chapelle in Paris (famous for its colorful stained glass windows) For a list of all Early Gothic buildings in the Paris Basin, see [1] ...

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Gothic architecture, Gothic architecture - Origins, Gothic architecture - The Term Gothic, Gothic architecture - Characteristics, Gothic architecture - Brick Gothic, Gothic architecture - Gothic Architecture in England, Gothic architecture - Sequence of Gothic Styles: France, Gothic architecture - Sequence of Gothic styles: England, Gothic architecture - Gothic revival, Gothic architecture - Gothic in the 20th Century, Gothic architecture - List of notable Gothic structures, Gothic architecture - Some famous Neo-Gothic structures

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Neo-Gothic continued to be considered appropriate for churches and college buildings well into the 20th century. Charles Donagh Maginnis's early buildings at Boston College helped establish the prevalence of Collegiate Gothic architecture on American university campuses, such as at Chicago, Princeton and Yale. It was also used, perhaps less appropriately, for early steel skyscrapers. Cass Gilbert produced his 1907 90 West Street building and the 1914 Woolworth Building, both in Manhattan, in a neo-Gothic idiom. It was Raymond Hood's n ...

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Gothic architecture, Gothic architecture - Origins, Gothic architecture - The Term Gothic, Gothic architecture - Characteristics, Gothic architecture - Brick Gothic, Gothic architecture - Gothic Architecture in England, Gothic architecture - Sequence of Gothic Styles: France, Gothic architecture - Sequence of Gothic styles: England, Gothic architecture - Gothic revival, Gothic architecture - Gothic in the 20th Century, Gothic architecture - List of notable Gothic structures, Gothic architecture - Some famous Neo-Gothic structures

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