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...Camille Grand, a former Nato assistant secretary-general for defence investment now with the European Council on Foreign Relations, believes that Europe has the capacity to take its share of the burden....
...The third was July 27 1794, known under the new republic’s calendar as 9 Thermidor of Year II....
...“John Rose, the King’s Gardener, presenting Charles II with a Pineapple” depicts the moment the king was given what was said to be the first homegrown pineapple....
...Two works are available by Willem van de Velde II, one with the highest estimate of €120,000 to €180,000. The others are by artists such as Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and David Teniers II....
...Sûreté II”, 1984, hiding a safe in its chest) to new creations such as “La Femme du Crocodile” (2012, €850,000), a spiny reptile that opens to show shelving....
...He cites Adriana Varejão, whose painting “Parede com incisões a la Fontana II” (“Wall with incisions à la Fontana II”, 2001), estimated at £200,000-£300,000, made a startling £1.1m in London in February....
...“We will be selling about 80 lots of 18th-century French furniture, worth about €10m,” says Camille Bürgi, a specialist of the period and advisor to the firm, who is organising the sale....
...has a certain style but his tenor derails seriously at the top. At least the chorus is on form. The burst of organ in Act II came via a wonky tape, making it sound like a wobbly Wurlitzer....
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