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  2. Gardes de la Marine - Wikipedia

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    Gardes de la Marine. In France, under the Ancien Régime, the Gardes de la Marine (Guards of the Navy), or Gardes-Marine were young gentlemen undergoing training to be naval officers. The training program was established by Cardinal Richelieu in 1670 and lasted until Admiral de Castries abolished it in 1786. The Gardes-Marine received a brevet ...

  3. Parc de la Villette - Wikipedia

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    The Parc de la Villette is the third-largest park in Paris, 55.5 hectares (137 acres) in area, located at the northeastern edge of the city in the 19th arrondissement. The park houses one of the largest concentrations of cultural venues in Paris, including the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie (City of Science and Industry, Europe's largest ...

  4. .la - Wikipedia

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    Marketed as a domain for Los Angeles; popular in Latin America and Laos; sometimes used for domain hacks. .la is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Laos. [1] [2] Although the .la domain is officially assigned to the country of Laos, subdomains have been delegated to some organizations outside Laos.

  5. Plan Espiritual de Aztlán - Wikipedia

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    The Plan Espiritual de Aztlán (English: "Spiritual Plan of Aztlán ") was a pro- indigenist manifesto advocating Chicano nationalism and self-determination for Mexican Americans. It was adopted by the First National Chicano Youth Liberation Conference, a March 1969 convention hosted by Rodolfo Gonzales 's Crusade for Justice in Denver, Colorado.

  6. Nadar (caste) - Wikipedia

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    Nadar (caste) Nadar (also referred to as Nadan, Shanar and Shanan) is a Tamil caste of India. Nadars are predominant in the districts of Kanyakumari, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli and Virudhunagar. The Nadar community was not a single caste, but developed from an assortment of related subcastes, which in course of time came under the single banner ...

  7. Walter de la Mare - Wikipedia

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    Walter John de la Mare OM CH (/ ˈ d ɛ l ə ˌ m ɛər /; 25 April 1873 – 22 June 1956) was an English poet, short story writer and novelist. He is probably best remembered for his works for children , for his poem "The Listeners", [2] and for his psychological horror short fiction, including "Seaton's Aunt" and "All Hallows".

  8. Ranks in the French Air and Space Force - Wikipedia

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    The aspirant must have been previously élève officier (Officer Cadet). They can afterwards be commissioned as a sous-lieutenant . Élève officier. Officer cadet. A rank held during the first years at the officer academies. Student. Aspirant élève de l'École de l'air (EA) (officer candidate, air force academy)

  9. Police ranks of France - Wikipedia

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    Major de police. ( Major of police ) Brigadier-chef de police. ( Chief brigadier of police ) Gardien de la paix. ( Constable ) responsable d’unité locale de police (RULP) ( responsible of a local police unit ) à l’échelon exceptionnel.