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Bad economic policy, on the other hand, repeats itself forever - but the results are rarely funny. They are, in economic terms at least, akin to the Versailles Treaty of 1919. Germany (whose politicians have lobbied hardest for this type of deal) is...
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Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme speaks during the press conference to announce the Paris-Nice cycling race route on February 2, 2012 in Versailles, near Paris. The Paris-Nice cycling race will start on Mars 4, 2012 in Dampierre-les-Yvelines... View Photo »
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Duke, who once peddled Nazi propaganda from his legislative office, was detained Friday not far from where Adolf Hitler was greeted by adoring crowds 75 years ago after he violated the Treaty of Versailles by allowing the German military machine to reoccupy the Rhineland
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Economics editor, Ed Conway As John Maynard Keynes, who worked for the Britain delegation to Versailles, prophesied in his breakthrough work, The Economic Consequences of The Peace, the upshot was economic chaos, social unrest and, ultimately the rise...
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I saw the arch, and the Eiffel tower that were absolutely unreal! There are no real words to describe what it’s like to see such incredible sights and by no means to my pictures do justice! I also saw Notre Dame and the Versailles Palace. We were...
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Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme delivers a speech during the presentation of the Paris-Nice 2012 cycling race, in Versailles, outside Paris, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. The race will start in Dampierre-en-Yvelines, near Paris, on March 4 to end... View Photo »
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We've only seen him once and nothing was signed ... He was not at Citroen Racing's premises in Versailles-Satory on Wednesday.
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"The story relates to a time when the reality of the chrysotile industry and chrysotile products were entirely different from what they are today," wrote Balcorp Ltd. spokesperson Guy Versailles. A briefing document accompanying the letter notes that...
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The Treaty of Versailles (1919) was the peace treaty which officially ended World War I between the Allied and Central Powers and the German Empire. After six months of negotiations, which took place at the Paris Peace Conference, the treaty was signed as a follow-up to the armistice signed in November 11, 1918 in the Compiègne Forest (which had... Full Article
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PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 28: Director Lauren Greenfield accepts the Directing Award: Documentary for 'The Queen of Versailles' onstage at the Awards Night Ceremony during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival at the Basin Recreation Field House on January 28, 2012 in Park City, Utah.
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Director Lauren Greenfield, right, hugs presenter Fenton Bailey as she accepts the U.S. Directing Award: Documentary for the film "The Queen of Versailles" during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival Awards Ceremony in Park City, Utah on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012.
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Raphaël Mayet, lawyer of Adriano Araujo Da Silva leaves Versailles' courthouse, on January 6, 2012 in Versailles, outside Paris, at the end of the trial of his client for the murder of Jeanette O'Keeffe, an Australian student who was bashed, strangled and dumped on a Paris street in 2001.
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NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 14: Actor Vladimir Versailles and Arialle Kennedy attend the 'Burning' off-broadway opening night on November 14, 2011 in New York City.
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Robert Redford, founder of the Sundance Institute, welcomes the audience before the opening night premiere of the documentary "The Queen Of Versailles" to begin the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah January 19, 2012.
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The president of the Château de Versailles (Etablissement public du musée et du domaine national de Versailles), Catherine Pégard, poses at the palace in Versailles on January 25, 2012.
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