poitiers
- n the battle in 1356 in which the English under the Black Prince defeated the French
- n United States film actor and director (born in 1927)
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- Change picks up pace, restructuring too! | By Georges Panayotis
Father, watch out on the left! Father, beware on the right!called out Philip the Bold to his father, at the Battle of Poitiers. History's teachings remind us that threats can come from anywhere and we must look wide and far to not be caught by surprise. Today, danger lurks in the increasingly rapid market change and among its actors, whether they are customers or producers. But the right know ...
Feb. 11, 2014 - Hospitality Net
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- Didier Gailhaguet in AFP
I was surprised when I saw videos of him at Skate Canada because he was physically under par and making some inhabitual errors,said Gailhaguet. "When he returned to Poitiers his daily training sessions were getting more and more difficult.... - Geert Wilders in Newsweek
The first Islamic invasion of Europe was stopped at [the battle of] Poitiers in 732. The second was halted at the gates of Vienna in 1683. Now we have to stop the current stealth invasion,argues Geert Wilders, the leader of the Dutch Party... - David Levering Lewis in Washington Post
Poitiers and Roncevaux nurtured an ideology of Holy War and in time,Lewis writes, "of national arrogance to counter the advance of Islam."