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  2. Chargé d'affaires - Wikipedia

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    Chargés d'affaires ad interim ("a.i.") are those who temporarily head a diplomatic mission in the absence of the accredited head of that mission. It is usual to appoint a minister-counsellor, counsellor, or embassy secretary as chargé d'affaires ad interim, and that person is presented to the foreign minister of the receiving state. [3]

  3. Sir George Rumbold, 2nd Baronet - Wikipedia

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    George Rumbold's father was made a baronet in the 1770s. George was the second son, but his elder brother died before his father, so George inherited the baronetcy on his father's death in 1791.

  4. Société Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer - Wikipedia

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    The Société Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer (SNSM) is a French voluntary organisation founded in 1967 by merging the Société Centrale de Sauvetage des Naufragés (founded in 1865) and the Hospitaliers Sauveteurs Bretons (1873). Its task is saving lives at sea around the French coast, including the overseas départments and territories.

  5. Ici, on brûle des sorcières… - The Huffington Post

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    En fait, tout ce qui pouvait être considéré comme un “développement” était récent. Par conséquent, Moresby (qui se prononce "Mosbi" dans le dialecte tok pisin, mélange d’anglais, de malais et de quelques autres langues) n’avait ni l’animation d’un bidonville indien, ni l’ingéniosité d’une favela brésilienne.

  6. List of English words of French origin - Wikipedia

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    The percentage of modern English words derived from each language group: Anglo-Norman French, then French: ~29% Latin, including words used only in scientific, medical or legal contexts: ~29%

  7. Charge (warfare) - Wikipedia

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    Greek infantry charge with the bayonet during the Greco-Turkish War of 1897. The development of the bayonet in the late 17th century led to the bayonet charge becoming the main infantry charge tactic through the 18th and 19th centuries and well into the first half of the 20th century. As early as the 19th century, tactical scholars were already ...

  8. French National Centre for Scientific Research - Wikipedia

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    The French National Centre for Scientific Research (French: Centre national de la recherche scientifique, pronounced [sɑ̃tʁ nɑsjɔnal də la ʁəʃɛʁʃ sjɑ̃tifik]; CNRS) is the French state research organisation [2] and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe.

  9. Compagnies franches de la marine - Wikipedia

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    The Compagnies franches de la marine (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃paɲi fʁɑ̃ʃ də la maʁin]; previously known as Troupes de la marine, later renamed and reorganized as Troupes coloniales and then Troupes de Marine) were an ensemble of autonomous infantry units attached to the French Royal Navy (French: marine royale) bound to serve both on land and sea.