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- Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
- Julia Child (8199 bytes)
14: ...ike [[Max Bugnard]]. She noted that she was the only female in most of the classes that she attended ... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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59: At the outbreak of World War II, de Gaulle was only a [[colonel]], having encountered hostility from...
61: ...n armour to retreat at [[Caumont]]. This was the only significant tactical success the French gained a...
69: ...ure the spirit of de Gaulle's position. Although only few people actually heard the speech that night ...
75: ...his partners in the war. "France has no friends, only interests" is one of his best-remembered stateme... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
10: ... use of local [[militia]]. Militiamen served for only a few weeks or months at a time, were generally ...
23: ...er shortages, Washington lifted the ban on black enlistment in the Continental Army in January 1777. A...
59: ... and [[Manhattan]], thus allowing Howe to engage only one half of the American army at a time.
71: ...it for duty, and would be reduced to 1,400 after enlistments expired at the end of the year. Spirits w...
97: ...-the-scenes maneuvering, laid the whole matter openly before Congress. His supporters rallied behind h... - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
15: ...the twenty-five people who stayed for the winter only 8 survived, most having died of [[scurvy]] and s...
19: ...y of the men headed back, leaving Champlain with only 2 Frenchmen and 60 natives.
27: ...he [[Lachine Rapids]] with them, a feat that had only been done once before by a European.
59: ...ting that he had rebuilt on the ruins of Quebec, enlarged its fortifications, constructed another habi...
65: ...[[Michel Particelli d’Émery]]. The only surviving picture we have is an engraving of a b... - Ondes Martenot (2090 bytes)
- Voltaire (48640 bytes)
4: ...s a [[France|French]] [[The Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] [[writer]], [[deism|deist]] and [[phi...
84: ...ion of ''Akakia'' confiscated in Prussia was the only one. Alas! Voltaire had sent copies away; others...
106: ...Calas affair]], and we can but refer here to the only less famous cases of [[Pierre-Paul Sirven|Sirven...
131: ...cally, despite Voltaire's comic talent, he wrote only one good comedy, ''Nanine'', but many good trage...
159: ...called philosophy. The book ranks perhaps second only to the novels as showing the character, literary...
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