The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 24Americana Corporation, 1976 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... FRENCH GOVERNMENT TOURIST OFFICE SAINT PETERSBURG , Russian city renamed Leningrad in 1924. See LENINGRAD . SAINT - PIERRE , Bernardin de . See BERNARDIN DE SAINT - PIERRE , JACQUES HENRI . SAINT - PIERRE , saN - pyar ' , a small port ...
... FRENCH GOVERNMENT TOURIST OFFICE SAINT PETERSBURG , Russian city renamed Leningrad in 1924. See LENINGRAD . SAINT - PIERRE , Bernardin de . See BERNARDIN DE SAINT - PIERRE , JACQUES HENRI . SAINT - PIERRE , saN - pyar ' , a small port ...
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... French form of boxing in which the contestants used their feet rather than their fists . Its name is taken from the French word savate ( " old shoe " ) . The sport was pop- ular in France , particularly among the lower classes in the ...
... French form of boxing in which the contestants used their feet rather than their fists . Its name is taken from the French word savate ( " old shoe " ) . The sport was pop- ular in France , particularly among the lower classes in the ...
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... French crown in 1642. Jean Baptiste Colbert , finance minister under Louis XIV , established a lace factory in Sedan , and textiles are still a mainstay of the economy . Sedan was the scene of the disastrous French defeat on Sept. 1 ...
... French crown in 1642. Jean Baptiste Colbert , finance minister under Louis XIV , established a lace factory in Sedan , and textiles are still a mainstay of the economy . Sedan was the scene of the disastrous French defeat on Sept. 1 ...
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