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Duplessis is suing for monetary damages for the tattoo he alleges he received from Jade Dragon Tattoo and Body Piercing.
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His book on Premier Maurice Duplessis is considered by many to be the definitive work on that extraordinary politician, published in 1977 and for which he was, two years later, conferred Honorary degrees by St. Francis Xavier, McMaster and the University of Windsor.
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The initiative, of course, may have come either from Joan or from Captain Duplessis himself, out of hatred for the family who would have nothing to do with him and his favourite younger daughter.
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My father, Captain Duplessis, had in early youth, and before he met my mother, contracted a secret union with a half-caste woman, who was Roonah's own sister.
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It appears that Captain Duplessis had recently died in Pondicherry, and that the young girl then wrote to her aunt, Lady d'Alboukirk, claiming her help and protection, which the old lady naturally considered it her duty to extend to her.
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He certainly had seen the marriage certificate of Captain Duplessis's wife, and a copy of this, as he very properly stated, could easily be obtained.
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As opposition mounted to the lack of democracy in Duplessis’ government, the Premier had a journalist from Le Devoir ousted from a press conference after the newspaper had printed a particularly stinging story about corruption in his government.
Archive 2007-01-01 uncorrectedproofs 2007
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The so-called Duplessis Orphans were often deliberately misdiagnosed by church-run institutions trying to benefit from the higher subsidy paid out to hospitals than orphanages.
Ottawa Sun 2010
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The so-called Duplessis Orphans were often deliberately misdiagnosed by church-run institutions trying to benefit from the higher subsidy paid out to hospitals than orphanages.
Ottawa Sun 2010
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Wyclef Jean began Yéle Haiti in 2005 with help from his cousin Jerry Duplessis, humanitarian experts and his wife.
Wyclef Jean aims to keep Haiti earthquake relief at forefront 2010
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