Category Archives: independence

THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY

Posted on March 27, 2020 by beaugrand

THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY (synopsis) by: Henry James LIST OF CHARACTERS MR. TOUCHETT, an American who has lived in England for many years, head of a banking house in London. MRS. TOUCHETT, his wife. RALPH TOUCHETT, his son. ISABEL … Continue reading →

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Admiral Pierre-Louis-Charles Rigault de Genouilly

Posted on November 7, 2019 by beaugrand

Admiral Pierre-Louis-Charles Rigault de Genouilly 1807, Rochefort, France Died: 1873, Barcelona, Spain age 66 He was a French naval officer. He fought with distinction in the Crimean War and the Second Opium War but is chiefly remembered today for the … Continue reading →

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Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil El-Sisi

Posted on November 6, 2019 by beaugrand

Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil El-Sisi 1954 age 64 He is an Egyptian politician who is the sixth and current President of Egypt, in office since 201.4. Sisi also began serving a one-year term as Chairperson of the African Union, … Continue reading →

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Abdelkader Bensalah

Posted on November 6, 2019 by beaugrand

Abdelkader Bensalah 1941 age 78 born-Tlemcen (French Algeria) or in Morocco and became an Algerian citizen after the Algerian War of Independence. He regularly denies, suggests he was born After working in Beirut to direct the Algerian Center for Information … Continue reading →

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Gandhi

Posted on November 6, 2019 by beaugrand

Perhaps Gandhi was right when he said ‘The world has enough for everyone’s need, but not enough for everyone’s greed’. Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of all animal products, particularly in diet. Vegetarianism is the practice … Continue reading →

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One of our Founding Fathers

Posted on November 1, 2019 by beaugrand

One of our Founding Fathers Not long after the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the man who would become the United States’ third president, Thomas Jefferson began a sexual relationship with his slave Sally Hemings. Jefferson owned a large plantation in … Continue reading →

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French Indochina

Posted on November 1, 2019 by beaugrand

French Indochina, Officially known as the Indochinese Union after 1887 and the Indochinese Federation after 1947, was a grouping of French colonial territories in Southeast Asia. A grouping of the three Vietnamese regions of Tonkin, Annam, and Cochin china with … Continue reading →