In summary, Grand Cross - wears the badge on a sash on the right shoulder, plus the star on the left chest; Grand Officer - wears the badge on a ribbon with rosette on the left chest, plus the star on the right chest; Commander - wears the badge on a necklet; Officer - wears the badge on a ribbon with rosette on the left chest; Chevalier - wears the badge on a ribbon on the left chest. The badge or star is not worn usually, except at the time of the decoration ceremony or on a dr ...

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Légion d'honneur, Légion d'honneur - History, Légion d'honneur - Composition, Légion d'honneur - Insignia, Légion d'honneur - Palace and Museum of the Legion of Honour, Légion d'honneur - Officers of the Order, Légion d'honneur - External link

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Édouard Manet (January 23, 1832 – April 30, 1883) was a French painter. One of the first 19th century artists to approach modern-life subjects, his art bridged the gap between realism and impressionism. Édouard Manet - Early life. Édouard Manet was born in Paris. His mother, Eugénie-Desirée Fournier, was the goddaughter of the Swedish crown prince, Charles Bernadotte from whom the current Swedish monarchs are descended, and his father, Auguste Manet, was a French judge. His father wante ...

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• Édouard Manet - Music in the Tuileries
• Édouard Manet - Luncheon on the Grass Le déjeuner sur l'herbe
• Édouard Manet - Olympia
• Édouard Manet - Life and times
• Édouard Manet - Cafe scenes
• Édouard Manet - Paintings of social activities
• Édouard Manet - Paris
• Édouard Manet - Outside Paris
• Édouard Manet - A Bar at the Folies-Bergère
• Édouard Manet - Death

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Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-American-Canadian scientist and inventor. He was, until recently, widely considered to be the inventor of the telephone, although this matter has become controversial, with a number of people claiming that Antonio Meucci was the 'real' inventor and others holding out for Elisha Gray, the founder of the Western Electric Manufacturing Company. In addition to his work in telecommunications technology, he was responsible for important advances in aviation and hydrofoi ...

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• Alexander Graham Bell - Biography
• Alexander Graham Bell - The photophone
• Alexander Graham Bell - Metal detector
• Alexander Graham Bell - Experimental aircraft
• Alexander Graham Bell - The hydrofoil
• Alexander Graham Bell - Eugenics

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Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville (1835-1885) was a French Academic painter who studied under Eugène Delacroix. His subjects included the Franco-Prussian War, the Crimean War, the Zulu War and portraits of soldiers. Some of his works have been collected by the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg and by the Metropolitan Museum. He was born to wealthy parents at Saint-Omer, France, on the 31st of May 1836. From school he went to college, where he took his degree of bacheliers lettres. In spite of the opposition of his family he entered the naval school at Lorient, and it ...

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Adolfo Bioy Casares (September 15, 1914 - March 18, 1999) was an Argentine fiction writer. Bioy Casares was born in Buenos Aires. He wrote his first story ("Iris y Margarita") at the age of 11. He was a friend and frequent collaborator of Jorge Luis Borges and wrote many stories with him under the pseudonym of H. Bustos Domecq. Bioy Casares and Borges were introduced in 1932 by Victoria Ocampo, whose sister, writer Silvina Ocampo, Bioy Casares was to ...

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• Adolfo Bioy Casares - Works
• Adolfo Bioy Casares - Novels
• Adolfo Bioy Casares - Books of Stories
• Adolfo Bioy Casares - Letters
• Adolfo Bioy Casares - Works in collaboration
• Adolfo Bioy Casares - Screenplays

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Henri-Louis Bergson (October 18, 1859 – January 4, 1941) was a French philosopher, influential in France, but out of the main currents of his time. Henri Bergson - Four principal works. He was born in Paris in the Rue Lamartine, not far from the Paris Opera. He was descended from a Polish Jewish family (originally Berekson) on his father's side, while his mother was from an English and Irish Jewish background. His family lived in London for a few years after his birth, and he obtained an early fami ...

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• Henri Bergson - Four principal works
• Henri Bergson - Education and career
• Henri Bergson - Relationship with James and pragmatism
• Henri Bergson - The lectures on change and Bergson's later life
• Henri Bergson - Monty Python reference
• Henri Bergson - Bibliography

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Alan Greenspan, KBE, PhD (born March 6, 1926) is an American economist and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve of the United States. He was first appointed Fed chairman by President Ronald Reagan in 1987, has been reappointed at successive four-year intervals since, and is scheduled to retire on January 31, 2006, relinquishing the chairmanship to Ben Bernanke at that time. Greenspan was lauded for his handling of the Black Monday stock market crash that occurred very shortly after he first became chairman, as wel ...

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• Alan Greenspan - Early life
• Alan Greenspan - Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve
• Alan Greenspan - Recent Charges of Partisanship Alliance with President Bush
• Alan Greenspan - Criticism from Objectivist Philosophers

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* Professional club caps and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of . ** National team caps and goals correct as of . Zinédine Yazid Zidane (born June 23, 1972, in Marseille, France), nicknamed Zizou, is a French football player for Real Madrid and France, widely regarded as one the greatest players in the world. He is a secular Muslim of Algerian Kabyle Berber ethnic origin. Through his status as a prominent Frenchman of Maghrebi descent, he promotes raci ...

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• Zinédine Zidane - Career
• Zinédine Zidane - Legacy
• Zinédine Zidane - Honours
• Zinédine Zidane - Other facts
• Zinédine Zidane - Merchandising
• Zinédine Zidane - External link

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The Vendée Globe is a round-the-world single-handed yacht race, sailed non-stop and without assistance.[1] The race was founded by Philippe Jeantot in 1989, and since 1992 has taken place every four years. As the only single-handed non-stop round-the-world race (in contrast to the VELUX 5 Oceans Race, which is sailed in stages), the race is a serious test of individual endurance, and is regarded by many as the ultimate in ocean racing. ...

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• Vendée Globe - History
• Vendée Globe - The boats
• Vendée Globe - The race
• Vendée Globe - Previous results
• Vendée Globe - 1989-1990
• Vendée Globe - 1992-1993
• Vendée Globe - 1996-1997
• Vendée Globe - 2000-2001
• Vendée Globe - 2004-2005

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Constantine Andreou (Constantine Andréou, Κωνσταντίνος Ανδρέου), (b. March 14, 1917), is recognized as one of the most eminent figures in the international art scene. Constantine Andreou - Biographical Overview. Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 14, 1917 of Greek parents, he moved to Greece in 1925 with his family. In 1935, he received a degree in technical design. This same year he began the study of sculpture. In 1940, he joined the Greek Army to fight in World Wa ...

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• Constantine Andreou - Monographies
• Constantine Andreou - Filmography
• Constantine Andreou - Individual Exhibitions

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Colette was the pen name of the French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (January 28, 1873 – August 3, 1954). She was born in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, Yonne, in the Burgundy Region of France, the daughter of Jules-Joseph Colette and Adele Eugenie Sidonie Landoy ('Sido'). In 1893 she married Henri Gauthier-Villars, who was 15 years her senior. Her first books, the Claudine series, were published under the pen name of her husband, 'Willy', writer, music critic, "literary charlatan and degenerate",[1] who locked ...

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Sir William Randal Cremer, (March 18, 1828 – July 22, 1908) usually known by his middle name "Randal", was an English MP and pacifist. Cremer won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1903 mainly for his work in international arbitration, and particularly the 1897 Anglo-American arbitration treaty. He co-founded the Inter-Parliament Union and the International Arbitration League. He also won the French Légion d'honneur, the Norwegian Knig ...

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Honour (CwE) or honor (AmE) comprises the reputation, self-perception or moral identity of an individual or of a group. Honour - Honour sex and violence. Previously, honour figured largely as a guiding principle of society, functioning as part of a code of honour for a gentleman and often coming to expression in the practice of duelling. One's honour, that of one's wife, of one's (blood-)family or of one's beloved formed an all-important issue: the archetypal "man of honour" remained ever alert for a ...

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• Honour - Honour sex and violence
• Honour - Cultures of honour and cultures of law
• Honour - Related concepts
• Honour - Quotations
• Honour - Honours and awards
• Honour - Feudal honours

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Rosettes are small, circular devices that are presented with a medal. The rosettes are primarily for situations where wearing the medal is deemed inapropriate. Rosettes are issued mainly in nations, such as France, Italy and Japan. Rosettes are also sometimes called bowknots, due to their shape. Rosette decoration - United States. In the United States, only one medal is currently issued with a rosette, the Medal of Honor. The rosette is authorized for civilian wear. The rosette is presented with the ...

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• Rosette decoration - United States
• Rosette decoration - Appearance
• Rosette decoration - France
• Rosette decoration - Appearance

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Alexis Carrel (June 28, 1873 – November 5, 1944) was a French surgeon and biologist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1912. Born and educated in Lyon, France. He practiced in France and the United States (University of Chicago and the Rockefeller Institute). He developed new techniques in vascular sutures and was a pioneer in transplantology and thoracic surgery. He was a member of learned societies in the United States of America, Spain, Russia, Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Vatican City, Germany, Italy and Greece and received honorary doctorates from the Universities of Belfast, ...

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• Alexis Carrel - External link

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Born Edith Newbold Jones, to a wealthy New York family often associated with the phrase Keeping up with the Joneses, Edith combined her insights into the privileged classes with her natural wit to write novels and short fiction which are notable for their humor and incisiveness. In 1885, at 23 years of age, she married Edward (Teddy) Robbins Wharton, who was twelve years her senior. They were divorced in 1913 on the grounds of Teddy's repeated, public infidelities and declining mental and physical health. For several years at t ...

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Edith Wharton, Edith Wharton - Biography, Edith Wharton - Characteristics of her Writing

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Le Chatelier was born on October 8, 1850, the son of engineer Louis Le Chatelier and Louise Durand.His best friend was Josh Perez who influenced him to persue his dream. His father was an influential figure in French industry, who played important roles in the birth of the French aluminium industry, the introduction of the Martin-Siemens processes into the iron and steel industries, and the rise of rail transportation. Le Chatelier's father had a great influence on his son's future career. He had one sister (Marie) and four bro ...

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Henri Louis Le Chatelier, Henri Louis Le Chatelier - Early Life, Henri Louis Le Chatelier - Career, Henri Louis Le Chatelier - Scientific Work, Henri Louis Le Chatelier - Le Chatelier's principle, Henri Louis Le Chatelier - His Time and Politics

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Well-known recipients of the award, grouped by the aspect of life in which they are/were renowned. Presidential Medal of Freedom - --- Academia ---. Buckminster Fuller I.M. Pei Vinton G. Cerf Robert E. Kahn Antonia Pantojas Robert Conquest Vartan Gregorian Jacques Barzun T.S. Eliot Ralph Ellison Eric Hoffer James Michener Carl Sandburg John Steinbeck See also:

Presidential Medal of Freedom, Presidential Medal of Freedom - Insignia, Presidential Medal of Freedom - Notable recipients, Presidential Medal of Freedom - --- Academia ---, Presidential Medal of Freedom - --- Arts ---, Presidential Medal of Freedom - --- Business and economics ---, Presidential Medal of Freedom - --- Environmentalism ---, Presidential Medal of Freedom - --- Law ---, Presidential Medal of Freedom - --- Media ---, Presidential Medal of Freedom - --- Philanthropy ---, Presidential Medal of Freedom - --- Politics and government ---, Presidential Medal of Freedom - --- Religion ---, Presidential Medal of Freedom - --- Sport ---, Presidential Medal of Freedom - --- Humanitarian ---, Presidential Medal of Freedom - --- People who don't seem to fit in any other category ---

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Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy medal of valor, was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on December 21, 1861. One year later, a similar resolution for the Army was created. The medal was first awarded to six Union soldiers who hijacked the General, a Confederate locomotive. Raid leader James J. Andrews, a civilian hanged as a Union spy, did not get the medal because it was originally given only to enlisted men. Army officers first received them in 1891 and Naval officers in 1915. Many Medals of Honor a ...

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Medal of Honor, Medal of Honor - Versions of the medal, Medal of Honor - History, Medal of Honor - Awarding the medal, Medal of Honor - Medal of Honor Flag, Medal of Honor - Congressional Medal of Honor, Medal of Honor - Authority and privileges, Medal of Honor - Evolution of awarding criteria, Medal of Honor - Appearance, Medal of Honor - Legal protection, Medal of Honor - Medal of Honor Imposters, Medal of Honor - Medal of Honor controversies, Medal of Honor - Medals of Honor statistics, Medal of Honor - By conflict, Medal of Honor - By branch of service, Medal of Honor - Names of Medal of Honor Recipients, Medal of Honor - Similar decorations, Medal of Honor - United States, Medal of Honor - Foreign awards, Medal of Honor - Obsolete awards, Medal of Honor - Notes

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Michel Platini - Decorations. Michel Platini was appointed as "Chevalier" (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur in 1985 and became "Officier" (Officer) in 1988. Michel Platini - Club honours. 1978 French Cup (AS Nancy-Lorraine) 1981 French league title (AS Saint-Etienne) 1981 French Cup finalist (AS Saint-Etienne) 1982 French Cup finalist (AS Saint-Etienne) 1983 Italian Cup winner (Juventus) 1983 European Cup winner (Juventu ...

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Michel Platini, Michel Platini - Teams, Michel Platini - Honours, Michel Platini - Decorations, Michel Platini - Club honours, Michel Platini - International honours, Michel Platini - Managerial career

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