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  • Note 105: An advertisement in Clef du Cabinet, for example, noted that the National Porcelain Works at Sèvres had placed on sale busts of General Bonaparte.

    The Genesis of Napoleonic Propaganda, 1796-1799 2002

  • According to a later report in Clef du Cabinet, Evmar-Laforêt gave two medals, engraved with the figure of Bonaparte, to the Council of Five Hundred.

    The Genesis of Napoleonic Propaganda, 1796-1799 2002

  • Mr. Jean, who is often called Clef … piece Chris Faraone wrote for CJR back in 2008 about about how the

    CJR 2010

  • Norman developed the JATP into a record label, first called Clef, then Norgran, finally becoming Verve--also Norman started the American Recording Society and they put out several LPs--one I remember especially was of Count Basie playing the organ.

    Now That the Hoopla Is Over The Daily Growler 2006

  • Seine, and anchored at a place called Clef de Caus, [115] between

    Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth James Endell Tyler 1820

  • Another view: Tim Smith of the Baltimore Sun (whose blog name has been altered to "Clef Notes & Drama Queens," presumably to indicate the expansion of his beat to include theater).

    Dvorak, again? Alsop, BSO at Strathmore Anne Midgette 2010

  • It's extraordinary in retrospect how many of the albums he released on Clef, Norgran, Pablo and Verve, the four jazz labels he ran at various times between 1947 and 1987, have proved to be of permanent interest.

    The Forgotten Man of Jazz Terry Teachout 2011

  • Have you seen his performances with the Clef Hangers on youtube?

    'The X Factor' in the U.S.?: Five reasons that makes me fear for 'American Idol' | EW.com 2009

  • The Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts (736-38 S Broad Street, clefclubofjazz.org) is a venue that we found highly recommendable, and the Philadelphia Record Exchange (618 South 5th Street, +1 215 925 7892, philarecx.com) is perhaps one of the greatest vinyl shops I've ever been to.

    Insider's guide to musical pilgrimages: Country, soul, blues, folk, world music 2011

  • In 1952, the place to be was the Roman à Clef, a piano bar not far from all the Broadway theaters, a place where famous names and famous faces blended with the bourgeoisie.

    Midnight, Manhattan, 1952 James Lloyd Davis 2011

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