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    Valéry René Marie Georges Giscard d'Estaing (UK: /ˌʒiːskɑːr dɛˈstæ̃/, US: /ʒɪˌskɑːr -/; French: [valeʁi ʁəne maʁi ʒɔʁʒ ʒiskaʁ dɛstɛ̃] ; 2 February 1926 –...
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  • Cestrède gave d'Estaubé gave du Lavedan gave de Gaube gave de Gavarnie gave de Héas gave d'Ilhéou gave de Jéret gave de Labat de Bun or gave d'Estaing gave de...
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    d’Estaing made part of the Pontifical Court at Avignon. He was pontifical legate for Gregory XI to the pontifical states in Italy; Richarde d'Estaing...
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    Following France's entry into the American War of Independence in 1778, d'Estaing led a fleet to aid the American rebels. He participated in a failed Franco-American...
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  • Lucie-Madeleine d’Estaing (1743–1826), was a French noblewoman, mistress to Louis XV of France from 1760 to 1763. She was the king's Petite maîtresse...
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    Lac d'Estaing is a lake in Hautes-Pyrénées, France. At an elevation of 1163 m, its surface area is 0.086 km². v t e...
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    word 'federal' is itself the cause of some disagreement. Valéry Giscard d'Estaing found opposition from the United Kingdom towards including the word "federal"...
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    French commander Saint-Pierre, but the French refused to leave. Saint-Pierre gave Washington his official answer after a few days' delay, as well as food and...
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    Laurens wrote that the action "gave much umbrage to the French officers". Sullivan was en route to a meeting with d'Estaing when the latter learned that...
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    2008. Kelly, Mary Louise; Lonsdorf, Kat (21 February 2022). "Why Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons – and what that means in an invasion by Russia". NPR...
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    Hamilton's solemn assurance that he repented for his part in the duel, Moore gave him communion. After final visits from his family, friends, and considerable...
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    support of the Independent Republicans and their leader Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, who had voted "no" in the referendum. The left-wing French Communist...
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    Presidency. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2022. "Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926)". Official website of the French Presidency. 15 November 2018....
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    Bokassa. France also lent support; in 1975, French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing declared himself a "friend and family member" of Bokassa. By that time...
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    Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, former French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, former Polish President Lech Wałęsa, former Finnish President Mauno Koivisto...
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    owned by the Hobkirk Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution who gave their portion over to the current owners. The American Battlefield Trust...
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    elsewhere in Europe — would come to an end." On later trips to Poland, he gave tacit support to the Solidarity organisation. These visits reinforced this...
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  • accepting honorary membership in the party to give them legitimacy. Italy also gave more aid to Albania than any other country. In late 2019, media outlets around...
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  • censorship authorities, but permission was given after Valéry Giscard d'Estaing had won the Presidential elections in May 1974. Emmanuelle was released...
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    orthodoxy, Debré was marginalised after the election of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing as President of France in 1974, whose foreign policy Debré criticised...
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    Bursa in 1964. Nearly a year later, he moved to Najaf, where speeches he gave outlining his religiopolitical theory of Guardianship of the Jurist were...
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    ("Haha's cow") "فاليري جيسكار ديستان" valari giscār destān ("Valéry Giscard d'Estaing") "سجن القلعة" sign el-'al‘a ("the citadel prison") "طهران" tahrān ("Tehran")...
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    general election, to 22.2% of the vote and 14 seats. This political upset gave it the opportunity to enter into coalition negotiations with the second-placed...
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    message of indignation addressed to the President of France Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, who had just sold the ocean liner SS France. The controversial song was...
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    repertoire of the French Army. It was sung during World War I. Valéry Giscard d'Estaing used it as his campaign song for the presidential election of 1974; as...
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    Agnès Louise de Montreuil Anne Louise de La Réale By Lucie Madeleine d'Estaing Agnès Lucie Auguste Aphrodite Lucie Auguste By Anne Coppier de Romans...
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    Georges Pompidou started the Centre Georges Pompidou (1977), Valéry Giscard d'Estaing began the Musée d'Orsay (1986); President François Mitterrand had the...
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    prescient debates of morals, government, and the mechanisms of democracy. That gave Common Sense a "second life" in the very public call-and-response nature...
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    Bayonne. In 2015, Spirited Brands, founded and directed by Roland Giscard d'Estaing, acquired the brand. In 2018, Vedrenne took over distribution of the Izarra...
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    energy and thus on production. Economic instability marked the Giscard d'Estaing government (1974-1981). Giscard turned to Prime Minister Raymond Barre...
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