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  2. Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres - Wikipedia

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    The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres ( French pronunciation: [akademi dez‿ɛ̃skʁipsjɔ̃ e bɛl lɛtʁ]) is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France. The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions ( epigraphy) and historical literature ...

  3. 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)

  4. Ranks in the French Navy - Wikipedia

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    e. The rank insignia of the French Navy ( French: Marine Nationale) are worn on shoulder straps of shirts and white jackets, and on sleeves for navy jackets and mantels. Until 2005, only commissioned officers had an anchor on their insignia, but enlisted personnel are now receiving them as well. Although the names of the ranks for superior ...

  5. Compagnons du Devoir - Wikipedia

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    The Compagnons du Devoir, full name Compagnons du Devoir et du Tour de France, is a French organization of craftsmen and artisans dating from the Middle Ages. Their traditional, technical education includes taking a tour, the Tour de France, around France and doing apprenticeships with masters. For a young man or young woman today, the ...

  6. Les Lettres Françaises - Wikipedia

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    France. Language. French. ISSN. 0024-1393. Les Lettres Françaises ( French for "The French Letters") is a French literary publication, founded in 1941 by writers Jacques Decour and Jean Paulhan. Originally a clandestine magazine of the French Resistance in German-occupied territory, it was one of the many publications of the National Front ...

  7. Letter on the Blind - Wikipedia

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    France. Language. French. Publication date. 1749. In Letter on the Blind for the Use of those who can see (French: Lettre sur les aveugles à l'usage de ceux qui voient, 1749), Denis Diderot takes on the question of visual perception, a subject that, at the time, experienced a resurgence of interest due to the success of medical procedures that ...

  8. Académie de Marseille - Wikipedia

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    Conférence nationale des académies des sciences, lettres et arts. The Académie de Marseille, officially the Académie des sciences, lettres et arts de Marseille, is a French learned society based in Marseille. It was founded in 1726 and includes those in the city involved in the arts, letters, and sciences .

  9. ‘Spectateurs! ’ Debuts Trailer Ahead of Cannes Special ...

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    Arnaud Desplechin’s hybrid documentary “Spectateurs!” (“Filmlovers”) debuted a first trailer ahead of the film’s world premiere at Cannes on May 22. The 88-minute docu is a love letter ...