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  • 41Lapoujade, Robert — (Joseph Robert Lapoujade / January 3, 1921, Montauban, Tarn et Garonne, France May 17, 1993, Saincy sur Bellot, Seine et Marne, France)    The son of a baker and pastry cook, he had to work after the death of his father. At age fourteen, he… …

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  • 42Kitcat — Kit cat , a. 1. Designating a club in London, to which Addison and Steele belonged; so called from Christopher Cat, a pastry cook, who served the club with mutton pies. [1913 Webster] 2. Designating a canvas used for portraits of a peculiar size …

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  • 43madeleine — noun Etymology: French, perhaps from Madeleine Paumier, 19th century French pastry cook Date: 1845 1. a small rich shell shaped cake 2. one that evokes a memory …

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  • 44Claudette Colbert — at her home in Paris, France in 1954 Born Emilie Claudette Chauchoin September 13, 1903(1903 09 13) Paris, France …

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  • 45Chaim Soutine — Chaïm Soutine Amedeo Modigliani, Portrait of Soutine, 1916. Born 13 January 1893 (1893 01 13) …

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  • 46Cotton candy — Candyfloss redirects here. For the novel, see Candyfloss (novel). Spinning cotton candy at a funfair. Cotton candy (U.S., Canada), candy floss or candyfloss (UK, Ireland …

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  • 47Charles Simon Favart — (13 November 1710 – 12 May 1792) was a French dramatist. Born in Paris, the son of a pastry cook, he was educated at the college of Louis le Grand, and after his father s death he carried on the business for a time. His first success in… …

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  • 48Panait Istrati — Panait (sometimes rendered as Panaït) Istrati (August 10 1884 mdash;April 18 1935) was a Romanian writer of French and Romanian expression, nicknamed The Maxim Gorky of the Balkans . Istrati was first noted for the depiction of one homosexual… …

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  • 49Storming of the Bastille — Infobox Military Conflict conflict = The Storming of the Bastille partof = French Revolution caption = Prise de la Bastille , by Jean Pierre Louis Laurent Houel date = 14 July 1789 place = Paris, France casus = territory = result = Bastille… …

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  • 50Kalev (company) — Note: For other uses, see Kalev. AS Kalev is a minor confectionery company in Estonia. The company can trace its origins back two hundred years,it was founded in 1806, and it is now a publicly quoted Group with various other interests. Since 2003 …

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