Trudeau, Pierre Elliott

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A Canadian statesman and prime minister of the twentieth century. Faced with secessionist sentiment from the French-speaking majority in Quebec, Trudeau as prime minister oversaw the passage of the Official Languages Act in the 1970s, which made French and English the official languages of Canada.

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Castro actually flew up to Montreal to be a pallbearer at the 2000 funeral of a beloved Canadian Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau.
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As a boy, by the way, Pierre had set out from Florida in an unsuccessful canoe trip to Cuba!
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They opened for acts like Elliott Smith, Sloan, and Promise Ring.
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New York medical examiner Dr. Elliott Gross instead ruled that he died of heart failure.
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Jolly and Creten, who are both married to Monster Jam drivers (Neil Elliott and Jimmy Creten, respectively), have kids.
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Pierre Van Cortlandt, a distinguished revolutionary patriot, died at his seat at Croton river, aged 94.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Fancy silk buttons, with worked figured tops, were patented by Wm. Elliott, in 1837.
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Cette pierre possède la propriété de se reduire en fibres perpendiculairement à sa longueur sous un effort très faible.
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From his earliest youth Pierre Franois, handsome and long-limbed, hot-blooded and vain, thirsted after adventure.
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His mother was soon able to report to Fanny that Pierre is behaving better and learns willingly with his new teacher.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky