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French unions have staged a day of strikes and estimate 2.5 million people took to the streets to protest government plans to reform the pension system. The government says there were 1.12 million protesters across France.

Product DescriptionAndrew Dickson White (1832-1918) was a U. S. diplomat, author, and educator, best known as the co-founder of Cornell University. In 1865 he became Cornell's first president and also served as a professor in the Department of...

Transport, schools and hospitals across France are facing severe disruptions in services as unions stage a day of strikes and demonstrations in protest at government plans to reform the pension system and raise the retirement age from 60 to 62.

Product DescriptionThis is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were...

Product DescriptionFrance's most beautiful public and private gardens open their gates to us in every season of the year: from the classical French palace gardens at Vaux-le-Vicomte down to humble domestic gardens in Normandy, from stylized Zen...

Product DescriptionThis is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or...

Product DescriptionThe author and narrator of the PBS program "The Western Tradition" presents a scintillating introduction to a troubled French decade. Caught between the memory of a brutal war won at frightful cost and fear of another cataclysm,...

Product DescriptionThe author and narrator of the PBS program "The Western Tradition" presents a scintillating introduction to a troubled French decade. Caught between the memory of a brutal war won at frightful cost and fear of another cataclysm,...

Product DescriptionThe author and narrator of the PBS program "The Western Tradition" presents a scintillating introduction to a troubled French decade. Caught between the memory of a brutal war won at frightful cost and fear of another cataclysm,...

Product DescriptionThe author and narrator of the PBS program "The Western Tradition" presents a scintillating introduction to a troubled French decade. Caught between the memory of a brutal war won at frightful cost and fear of another cataclysm,...