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  • The great basin of water known as the Eaux des Suisses was excavated by the Swiss Guard of Louis XIV to serve the useful purpose of irrigating the Potager du Roy, and as a decorative effect of great value to that part of the garden upon which faces the fourteen-hundred-foot front of the palace.

    Royal Palaces and Parks of France Blanche McManus

  • Founded in 1928 as National Aluminate Corp., Nalco was publicly traded until 1999, when French utilities giant GDF Suez SA, then known as Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux, bought it for $4.1 billion.

    Ecolab to Acquire Nalco for $5.38 Billion Gina Chon 2011

  • The companies whose activities are under examination are SAUR, Veolia, Suez and its subsidiary Lyonnaise des Eaux, the commission said.

    Veolia, Suez Confirm EU Antitrust Probe Geraldine Amiel 2012

  • I include Anger's Eaux d'Artifice for equally personal reasons: in 1970 a friend who was working at a film distribution house stole a copy of this soulful work, so moved was she by its beauty.

    G. Roger Denson: MoMA and AA Bronson Present "Queer Cinema: Today and Yesterday" G. Roger Denson 2011

  • I include Anger's Eaux d'Artifice for equally personal reasons: in 1970 a friend who was working at a film distribution house stole a copy of this soulful work, so moved was she by its beauty.

    G. Roger Denson: MoMA and AA Bronson Present "Queer Cinema: Today and Yesterday" G. Roger Denson 2011

  • Founded in 1928 as National Aluminate Corp., Nalco was publicly traded until 1999, when French utilities giant GDF Suez SA then known as Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux bought it for $4.1 billion.

    Ecolab Expected to Acquire Nalco for $5 Billion Gina Chon 2011

  • Proposals have been made by the Ministère des Eaux et Forêts to include the Reserve de faune du N'Zo, intact primary forest to the south and a stretch of intact forest between the Meno River and current buffer, within the national park.

    Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire 2008

  • Among his clients was Compagnie Générale des Eaux CGE, the giant, privately owned water and sewer utility.

    Fortune’s Fool Fred Goodman 2010

  • Among his clients was Compagnie Générale des Eaux CGE, the giant, privately owned water and sewer utility.

    Fortune’s Fool Fred Goodman 2010

  • From 9 to 11: 30, the Royal Gardens come ablaze with "Les Grandes Eaux Nocturnes," a light-and-sound spectacular.

    How to Be a Gourmet in the Paris Stores Peter Hellman 2010

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