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"A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens, is part of a computerised reading program devised by journalist/author Dave McKay. The program, which paraphrases classic novels, primarily targets people who are learning English as a second language. It enables older students to quickly read classic novels despite having a very limited reading vocabulary. Each book has a number on the cover, showing how many different English words were used in McKay's translation of teh book. When reading them in the proper order, readers will find that no book includes more than 100 new words (i.e. word not already learned from reading the previous titles). "A Tale of two Cities: uses 1700 different easy English words, and should follow on after completing "Huckleberry Finn", which uses an English vocabulary list of 1600 words. Other titles include: The King's New Clothes (400 words), Jungle Book (500 words), Robinson Crusoe (700 words), The Invisible Man (900 words), Uncle Tom's Cabin (1050 words) Julius Caesar (1200 words), Merchant of Venice (1300 words). This reading program has been used extensively in Kenya and India....

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It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.

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Complete version of two plays on French Renaissance French chronicles of the 1590s, based on Pierre de L'Estoile's Journal in the reign of King Henry IV of France Francis de Sales, based on biographies by Etienne-Marie Lajeunie and Michael de la Bedoyere ...

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French chronicles of the 1590s, acts 1 to 5 Francis de Sales, acts 1 to 5

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An independent report on UFOs written by the French association COMETA. This report details the results of a study by the institute of Higher Studies for National Defense. In this report, COMETA studies several unexplained French and foreign UFO cases. Part 2 of the complete French report on UFOs published in 1999, entitled "UFOs and Defense: What must we be prepared for?". This ninety-page report is the result of an in-depth study of UFOs, covering many aspects of the subject, especially questions of national defense....

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The Cometa report is a private initiative, though its style and contents give it an official look, and several members of Cometa have held (and some still hold) important posts in defense, science, and industry. At any rate, one effect of this document has been to renew interest in the official government research on UFOs in France....

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This report presents the results of a comprehensive review of 600 cases over a period of 64 years during which pilots reported the presence of one or more aerial phenomena Unidentified (PAN) during their flight. In 443 cases (74%), the PAN has been described as "Objects" (circular in 42% of cases) rather than as light sources. In 162 cases (27%), visual observation is confirmed by radar detection (ground or embedded). This report specifically analyzes the 290 cases (48%) in which the PAN had (or could have) an impact on flight safety. In 108 cases (37%), the pilots felt that possibility of an impact on the safety of the flight was such that they have completed a report or Airprox of Airmiss. It was highlighted that the events with a potential impact on safety Air is the most reported: "The PAN approach on a collision course" (78 cases) and "PAN circled around and / or maneuver close to the plane" (59 cases). He also was found in 81 cases (14% of 600 cases), the pilots reported effects electromagnetic (EM) assumed, on one or more aircraft systems. And the radio systems compass systems are primarily affected. Private aircraft (passeng...

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This report presents the results of a comprehensive review of 600 cases over a period of 64 years during which pilots reported the presence of one or more aerial phenomena Unidentified (PAN) during their flight. In 443 cases (74%), the PAN has been described as "Objects" (circular in 42% of cases) rather than as light sources. In 162 cases (27%), visual observation is confirmed by radar detection (ground or embedded). This report specifically analyzes the 290 cases (48%) in which the PAN had (or could have) an impact on flight safety. In 108 cases (37%), the pilots felt that possibility of an impact on the safety of the flight was such that they have completed a report or Airprox of Airmiss. It was highlighted that the events with a potential impact on safety Air is the most reported: "The PAN approach on a collision course" (78 cases) and "PAN circled around and / or maneuver close to the plane" (59 cases). He also was found in 81 cases (14% of 600 cases), the pilots reported effects electromagnetic (EM) assumed, on one or more aircraft systems. And the radio systems compass systems are primarily affected. Private aircraft (passeng...