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In Persia, since the 16th century, the coffeehouse (qahveh-khaneh) has served as a social gathering place where men assemble to drink coffee or tea, listen to music, play chess and backgammon, perhaps hear a recitation from the Shahnameh. In modern Iran, coffeehouses may attract a male crowd to watch the public TV. The traditional tale of the origins of Viennese coffeehouses begins from the mysterious sacks of green beans left behind when the Turks were defeated in the Battle of Vienna in 1683. All the sacks full of coffee were ...

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Coffeehouse, Coffeehouse - History, Coffeehouse - Contemporary coffeehouses, Coffeehouse - Contemporary cafés, Coffeehouse - Cannabis coffee shops

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Metternich's accession to power, however, had only meant personal concessions from Charles X, not any concession of principle: he supported his ministry but was no real stand-by. The Liberals, on the other hand, made bargains for supporting the moderate royalists, and Charles X profited by this to form a fighting ministry in conjunction with the prince de Polignac, one of the émigrés, an ignorant and visionary person, and the comte de Bourmont, the traitor of Waterloo. Despite all kinds of warnings, de Polignac tried by a coup d' ...

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July Revolution, July Revolution - Background, July Revolution - Charles X's reign, July Revolution - The Revolt, July Revolution - Effects

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The term restaurant (from the French restaurer, to restore) first appeared in the 16th century, meaning "a food which restores", and referred specifically to a rich, highly flavoured soup. According to The Guinness Book of Records, the Sobrino de Botin in Madrid, Spain is the oldest restaurant in existence today. It opened in 1725. The modern sense of the word was born around 1765 when a Parisian soup-seller named Boulanger opened his establishment. The first restaurant in the form that became standard (customers ...

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Restaurant, Restaurant - History, Restaurant - Types of restaurants, Restaurant - Specific types of restaurant, Restaurant - Brasserie bistro, Restaurant - Dining car, Restaurant - Fast food restaurants, Restaurant - Restaurant guides, Restaurant - Economics

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Jacques Derrida - Early works. Derrida's earliest work was in phenomenology. His earliest academic manuscript for a degree was a work on Edmund Husserl and "genesis", submitted in 1954 and much later published as The Problem of Genesis in Husserl's Phenomenology. In 1962 he published a translation of Husserl's Foundations of Geometry, for which he wrote a lengthy introdu ...

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Jacques Derrida, Jacques Derrida - Life, Jacques Derrida - Work, Jacques Derrida - Early works, Jacques Derrida - 1967-1972, Jacques Derrida - Of Spirit, Jacques Derrida - Other Works, Jacques Derrida - Deconstruction, Jacques Derrida - Aporia, Jacques Derrida - Criticism of Derrida, Jacques Derrida - Politics, Jacques Derrida - Derrida and his peers, Jacques Derrida - Paul de Man, Jacques Derrida - Derrida's Translators, Jacques Derrida - Controversies and mourning, Jacques Derrida - Online texts, Jacques Derrida - Essays excerpts, Jacques Derrida - Interviews, Jacques Derrida - Bibliography, Jacques Derrida - Selected works by Derrida, Jacques Derrida - Works on Derrida, Jacques Derrida - Works by others referenced above

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As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 62,742 people, 25,191 households, and 17,406 families residing in the city. The population density is 561.7/km² (1,454.6/mi²). There are 27,150 housing units at an average density of 243.0/km² (629.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 87.66% White, 6.77% Black or African American, 0.16% Native American, 2.89% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.40% from other races, and 1.09% from two or more races. 3.79% of the ...

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Hoover Alabama, Hoover Alabama - History, Hoover Alabama - Geography, Hoover Alabama - Government, Hoover Alabama - Economy, Hoover Alabama - Demographics, Hoover Alabama - Points of interest

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By category Medieval 16th Century - 17th Century 18th Century -19th Century 20th Century - Contemporary Chronological list Writers by category Novelists - Playwrights Poets - Essayists Short Story Writers Despite his own preference for tragedy, Molière became famous for his farces, which were generally in one act and performed after the tragedy. Some of these farces were only partly written, and were played in the style of Commedia dell'arte with improvisation over a canovaccio. He also wrote two comedies in verse, but these were less successful and are generally cons ...

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Molière, Molière - Life, Molière - Works, Molière - Impact on French culture, Molière - List of major works

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In addition to wormwood, absinthe contains anise (often partially substituted with star anise), Florence fennel, hyssop, melissa, and Roman wormwood (Artemisia pontica). Various recipes also include angelica root, sweet flag, dittany leaves, coriander, veronica, juniper, nutmeg, and various mountain herbs. A simple maceration of wormwood without distillation produces an extremely bitter drink, due to the presence of the water-soluble absinthine, one of the most bitter substances known. Authentic recipes call for distillation af ...

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Absinthe, Absinthe - Constituents, Absinthe - Preparation, Absinthe - History, Absinthe - Etymology, Absinthe - Controversy, Absinthe - Cultural impact, Absinthe - Arts, Absinthe - Movies, Absinthe - Music, Absinthe - Legal status, Absinthe - EU regulations, Absinthe - France, Absinthe - Switzerland, Absinthe - Netherlands, Absinthe - Canada, Absinthe - United States, Absinthe - Countries without bans

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The earliest known forebears of the bicycle were called velocipedes, and included many types of human-powered vehicles. One of these, the scooter-like dandy horse or celerifere of the French Comte de Sivrac, dating to 1790, was long cited as the earliest bicycle. Most bicycle historians now believe that these unsteerable hobby-horses probably never existed, but were made up by Louis Baudry de Saunier, a 19th century French bicycle historian.

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French bicycle industry, French bicycle industry - Origins, French bicycle industry - The 19th century, French bicycle industry - French Bicycle Manufacturers, French bicycle industry - French Bicycle Component Manufacturers

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Born as Jacques d'Adelsward, he is related on his paternal side to Axel von Fersen, a Swedish Count who had a relationship with Marie Antoinette. D'Adelsward took on the name Fersen later in his life out of admiration for the distant relative. Later in Capri he dropped the "d'Adelsward" from his name and called himself simply Count Fersen. D'Adelsward-Fersen's grandfather had founded the steel industry in Longwy-Briey, which was profitable enough that it made d'Adelsward-Fersen exceedingly wealthy when he inherited at age 22. Consequently, he was much sought-after in the higher circles, ...

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Jacques d'Adelsward-Fersen, Jacques d'Adelsward-Fersen - Early life, Jacques d'Adelsward-Fersen - The trial, Jacques d'Adelsward-Fersen - On Capri, Jacques d'Adelsward-Fersen - Lord Lyllian, Jacques d'Adelsward-Fersen - Akadémos, Jacques d'Adelsward-Fersen - Works about d'Adelsward-Fersen

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As a child, Ronaldinho played both futsal and beach football. He made his first newspaper appearance at 13, after scoring 23 goals in a football match.[1] He made a name for himself as the top scorer at the under-17 world championship in Egypt, then began his professional career at Grêmio, where he played from 1998 to 2001. He made his first appearance for the Brazilian national team on June 26, 1999, scoring against Venezuela to help the team win the C ...

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Ronaldinho, Ronaldinho - Biography, Ronaldinho - Quotes, Ronaldinho - Notes

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Saks Incorporated began as Proffitt’s, Incorporated with just five Proffitt’s stores in metropolitan Knoxville, Tennessee. From 1994 to 1998, the company added McRae’s, Younkers, Parisian, Herberger’s, Carson Pirie Scott, Boston Store, and Bergner’s chains, as well as 32 additional stores from Lovemans, Hess, Parks-Belk, and Brody’s, which were converted into existing store nameplates. In September of 1998, Proffitt’s, Inc. and Saks Holdings, Inc. completed a merger transaction where Saks Fifth Avenue and OFF 5TH outlet stores became a division of Proffitt’s, Inc. As a result, the corporate name of Proffit ...

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Saks Incorporated, Saks Incorporated - History, Saks Incorporated - Saks divests Mid Level Department Store Group, Saks Incorporated - Recent News

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The story revolves around Desailly's character, Pierre Lachenay, a university lecturer who specialises on Balzac who travels to Lisbon for a conference. Despite being married, he becomes involved with an air hostess and what was a one night stand becomes a long-term relationship. Torn between his wife and child and his younger lover, his life rapidly becomes unbearable. Finally, he takes the decision to leave his wife but she takes reveng ...

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La Peau douce, La Peau douce - Plot, La Peau douce - Analysis

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The written records from the conquest onwards display certain striking features. In the first place, they are early: the first medieval French literature appears in England, and some of the first non-literary documents in Old French (charters, etc.) are in Anglo-Norman. The most likely explanation for this is that there was a long-standing insular tradition of vernacular writing of religious, literary a ...

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Anglo-Norman language, Anglo-Norman language - Use and development, Anglo-Norman language - Characteristics

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Born to middle-class Jewish parents in London, Lewis graduated from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, performed post-graduate studies at the University of Paris, returned in 1938 to the University of London as an assistant lecturer in Islamic History, once again at the School of Oriental and African Studies. Lewis taught there until 1974, when he accepted a position at Princeton University, becoming an emeritus prof ...

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While the influence of rumba became stronger in some orchestras, including Lipua-Lipua, Veve, TP OK Jazz and Bella Bella, younger Congolese musicians looked for ways to reduce the rumba influence and play a faster paced soukous, inspired by rock n roll. A band of students calling themselves Zaiko Langa Langa came together in 1969. The high energy of their music, and the high-fashion sense of the singers and dancers, inspired by founding vocalist Papa Wemba, made them very popular. Pepe Kalle, Grand Kalle's protégé, created the band Empire Bakuba together with Papy Tex, and they soon became Kinshasa's most popular yo ...

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Soukous, Soukous - Origins, Soukous - The big bands, Soukous - Zaiko generation, Soukous - The Paris scene, Soukous - Ndombolo, Soukous - Footnotes

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While it was still a wilderness, New York's colonial governor Thomas Dongan designated the area now known as Bryant Park as a public space in 1686. George Washington's troops crossed the area while retreating from the Battle of Long Island in 1776. From 1823 to 1840 it was a potter's field. The first park at this site opened in 1847 as Reservoir Square. It was named after its neighbor, the Croton Distributing Reservoir. In 1853, the Crystal Palace Exhibition took place in ...

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Bryant Park, Bryant Park - History, Bryant Park - Bryant Park today

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On a popular level, Saint-Sulpice has gained a peculiar mystique because the church is somehow associated with the supposed mysteries surrounding the "Priory of Sion", said to be a powerful, centuries-old covert order guarding some incredible secret (usually taken to be that the line of Merovingian kings survives into modern times; further embellishment would make the Merovingians descendants of Jesus and Mary Magdalene). However, serious researchers have dismissed the "Priory" as a twentieth-century hoax originating ...

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Saint-Sulpice Paris, Saint-Sulpice Paris - History, Saint-Sulpice Paris - The Gnomon, Saint-Sulpice Paris - Esoteric fame, Saint-Sulpice Paris - External link

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The circle-A and the black flag are the primary symbols applicable to anarchism as a whole. However, various anarchist groups throughout history have developed their own symbols. Anarchist symbolism - Red and black flag. The red-and-black flag is the symbol of the anarcho-syndicalism and libertarian communism movement. Anarcho-syndicalism, which is part of the labor union movement, draws its principles from both anarchism and more heavily from socialism than many other anti-capitalist anarchist movements. As discussed in the black flag section, black is the traditional col ...

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Anarchist symbolism, Anarchist symbolism - Circle-A, Anarchist symbolism - Description, Anarchist symbolism - History, Anarchist symbolism - Anarcho-punk, Anarchist symbolism - Black flag, Anarchist symbolism - Description, Anarchist symbolism - History, Anarchist symbolism - Other anarchist symbols, Anarchist symbolism - Red and black flag, Anarchist symbolism - Black cat, Anarchist symbolism - Black Cross, Anarchist symbolism - Wooden shoe, Anarchist symbolism - Monkey wrench, Anarchist symbolism - Black and purple flag, Anarchist symbolism - Black and green flag, Anarchist symbolism - Black and pink flag, Anarchist symbolism - Stars, Anarchist symbolism - Jolly Roger/Pirate flag, Anarchist symbolism - Eat the rich, Anarchist symbolism - African Anarchism

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On 2 June, Paris sections — encouraged by the enragés ("enraged ones") Jacques Roux and Jacques Hébert — took over the Convention, calling for administrative and political purges, a low fixed price for bread, and a limitation of the electoral franchise to sans-culottes alone. With the backing of the National Guard, they managed to convince the Convention to arrest 31 Girondin leaders, including Jacques Pierre Brissot. Following these arrests, the Jacobins gained control of the Committee of Public Safety on 10 June, instal ...

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Reign of Terror, Reign of Terror - Background, Reign of Terror - The Terror, Reign of Terror - The End, Reign of Terror - Treatment in fiction, Reign of Terror - Treatment in film, Reign of Terror - Treatment in television

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An unnamed narrator is meeting with the famous Parisian amateur detective Auguste Dupin, and discussing some of his most celebrated cases, when they are joined by the Prefect of the Police, a man known only as G-. G- has a case he would like to discuss with M. Dupin. A letter, the contents of which - if revealed - would be highly compromising, has been stolen from the boudoir of the Duchess S-. The culprit is the unscrupulous Minister D-. He was in the Duchess’ room, saw the letter, and switched it for a letter of no importance. He has been arrogantly blackmailing ...

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The Purloined Letter, The Purloined Letter - Plot, The Purloined Letter - Synopsis, The Purloined Letter - Discussion

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A con-woman called Jeanne de St Remy de Valois conceived of a plan to gain wealth and possibly power and royal patronage through the necklace. A descendant of a bastard of Henry II of France, Jeanne de Valois, after many adventures, had married a soi-disant comte de Lamotte, and lived on a small pension which the king granted her. In March 1784 she entered into relations with the Cardinal Louis de Rohan, formerly ambassador to Vienna. The Cardinal was regarded with displeasure by Marie Antoinette, having revealed some of her se ...

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Affair of the diamond necklace, Affair of the diamond necklace - The necklace, Affair of the diamond necklace - The story, Affair of the diamond necklace - The scandal, Affair of the diamond necklace - Significance, Affair of the diamond necklace - The affair in fiction, Affair of the diamond necklace - Reference

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The word soup originates from the Teutonic word suppa, which refers to a Medieval dish consisting of a thick stew poured on slices of bread, called sop, used to soak up the liquid. Often described as potages, French onion soup is an example of a modern soup that retains this bread sop. Thin soups became popular in Europe during the 17th century, when the spoon was invented. The spoon was designed to accommodate the new fashion of wearing ...

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Soup, Soup - Potage or pottage, Soup - Early history, Soup - Commercial soup, Soup - Dessert soups, Soup - Fruit soups, Soup - Asian soups, Soup - Traditional regional soups, Soup - Soup as a figure of speech, Soup - Soup in popular culture, Soup - Soup in other languages, Soup - Literary references

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