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    townships and all occupations of trade rest on the venerable day of the sun." The coins issued under Elagabalus do not use INVICTUS for Roman Sol, nor for the...
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    its independence in January 1943, after Operation Torch and the German occupation of the South Zone, until then dubbed "Free Zone" and controlled by Vichy...
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    37+1⁄2 sols Tournois). The écu au soleil of 3.2754 g fine gold was raised in value from 25 to 37+1⁄2 sols Parisis (or 31+1⁄4 to approximately 47 sols Tournois)...
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    Philippe Sollers (French: [sɔˈlɛʁs]; born Philippe Joyaux; 28 November 1936 – 5 May 2023) was a French writer and critic. In 1960 he founded the avant...
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    Tung-Sol Lamp Works was licensed to produce lamps in tungsten-filament from General Electric through royalty-free rights for their patent. Tung-Sols' license...
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    Hrádek Castle in Jirkov, Czech Republic) where he tried to prevent the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Hitler in 1938 through diplomatic negotiations with...
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    two years in the army in September 1919. After a stint in the army of occupation in Germany, he participated in the campaign against the forces of Kemal...
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    under the Occupation", Sartre wrote that the "correct" behaviour of the Germans had entrapped too many Parisians into complicity with the occupation, accepting...
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    Menges. ISBN 9783930698967. Denis Hayot (September–October 2015). "Les sous-sols du Louvre et l'identification de la " chapelle basse "". Dossiers de l'archéologie...
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    and clashes with Palestinian militant groups. Israel's practices in its occupation of the Palestinian territories have drawn sustained international criticism...
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