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    A French passport (French: passeport français) is an identity document issued to French citizens. Besides enabling the bearer to travel internationally...
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  • The German term Herrschaft (plural: Herrschaften) covers a broad semantic field and only the context will tell whether it means, "rule", "power", "dominion"...
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    A robber baron or robber knight (German: Raubritter) was an unscrupulous feudal landowner who, protected by his fief's legal status, imposed high taxes...
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    The short straight punch is an offensive hand technique used in some fighting sports. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Boxing technique. Short straight-punch...
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    The Meierij van 's-Hertogenbosch (Dutch pronunciation: [mɛiəˈrɛi vɑn ˌsɛrtoːɣə(m)ˈbɔs]; Dutch for "Bailiwick of 's-Hertogenbosch") was one of the four...
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    During the pontificate of Pope Pius XI (1922–1939), the Weimar Republic transitioned into Nazi Germany. In 1933, the ailing President von Hindenburg appointed...
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  • Thumbnail for Missions Héliographiques
    Missions Héliographiques was a 19th-century project to photograph landmarks and monuments around France so that they could be restored. The project was...
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    Sonja Maria Barend (born 29 February 1940) is a Dutch television personality and former talk show host. Her talk show Sonja, which she presented since...
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  • Thumbnail for Werner Muff
    Werner Muff (born 25 February 1974) is a Swiss equestrian. His discipline is show jumping, either individually or as part of a team. He currently ranks...
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    Petroplus Holdings AG was Europe's largest independent oil refiner by capacity. When the now defunct company was first formed in 1993, it was known as...
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  • The surname of Eifert, Eiffert, Eyfert, is German in origin. It has in its modern context in the translation of zealot, (of the Greek: zelotes = the Eiferer...
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  • Peter Szendy (born 1966 in Paris) is a French philosopher and musicologist. He is the David Herlihy Professor of Humanities and Comparative Literature...
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  • The Central Council of Dada for the World Revolution was the name of the political party set up by the Berlin Dada movement following World War I. The...
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  • August Heinrich Sieberg (born 23 December 1875 in Aachen; died 18 November 1945 in Jena) was a German geophysicist. He researched mainly in the field of...
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  • Thumbnail for Aeroscout Scout B1-100
    The Aeroscout Scout B1-100 is a small Swiss unmanned helicopter drone developed for aerial mapping, surveillance, law enforcement and other roles. Data...
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  • Paal (Limburgish: Poël) is a town and borough in the municipality of Beringen, in the Belgian Limburg Campine. Once known as Pael, the town has a long...
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  • Geoffrey II (died 1043) was a Frankish archbishop of Bordeaux. He was selected by William V of Aquitaine and Sancho VI of Gascony at Blaye in 1027. As...
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    Arnold Oberschelp (born 5 February 1932 in Recklinghausen) is a German mathematician and logician. He was for many years professor of logic and science...
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  • Marquess of Saint-Floris (Markies van Sint-Floris / Marquis de Saint-Floris) was a French noble title, belonging to the Picardian nobility. Saint-Floris...
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  • The House-Grey Memorandum was a memorandum prepared by President of the United States Woodrow Wilson's diplomatic emissary to Europe, "Colonel" Edward...
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