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  • In the past, scientific study has been limited by lack of facilities but in the north block, ZSM has now set up a research station in an old poachers 'camp, called Etaté.

    Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo 2008

  • "Here's a very remarkable thing," pursued Corentin, replying to his own thought; "the French language, more just than public opinion, has given us our right place, for it has made the word police the synonym of civilization and the antipodes of savage life, when it said and wrote: 'l'Etat police,' from the Greek words state and city.

    The Lesser Bourgeoisie Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • "La notion de l'Etat" -- no one understood it better than Ronald Reagan and no one could more eloquently summon his nation to high purpose or bring forth the majesty of the Presidency and made it glow better than the man who referred to his own nation as a "[shining] city on a hill"

    Remarks at the Memorial Service for Ronald Reagan 2004

  • Yet various unqualified references to Jean as "Canada's head of state" on the Governor General's website, in a tourist brochure at the viceregal estate in Ottawa, and on the main information panel at the Rideau Hall visitor centre - titled "Head of State-Chef d'Etat" - have monarchy advocates continuing to call for official corrections.

    canada.com Top Stories 2009

  • "In France they have made an 'affaire d'Etat' with football, but football remains in the hands of the federation," Blatter said.

    World Cup 2010: Sepp Blatter performs U-turn over goalline technology 2010

  • Financial Coup d'Etat yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Financial Coup d\'Etat'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Goldman Sachs is being discussed ALL over Wall Street and it is said that they caused the collapse of Bear Sterns.

    Financial Coup d'Etat 2008

  • Sorbonne, and remained there until the 'Coup d'Etat' of Louis Napoleon.

    History of the University of Virginia, 1819-1919 1922

  • "In France they have made an 'affaire d'Etat' with football," he said, adding that France's national and club teams could be banned from international competition if the government did not stay out of soccer affairs.

    Mail & Guardian Online 2010

  • "We are always concerned when there is threat of a coup or reports on an ongoing 'coup d'Etat' in Africa," the AU's security commissioner Ramtane Lamamra said in Addis Ababa.

    iac world news feed 2010

  • "We are always concerned when there is threat of a coup or reports on an ongoing 'coup d'Etat' in Africa," the AU's security commissioner Ramtane Lamamra said in Addis Ababa.

    Raw Story 2010

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