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Obama marks Paris milestone: statue in wax museum
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AP Worldstream; Jun 29, 2009; 700+ Words
...After visiting France's most famous monument, the statue traveled to Paris' Musee Grevin wax museum, where it will...melt the fake president's face, prompting helpers...presenting Barack Obama at the Musee Grevin as part of a gathering of...
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New glow to City of Lights; Restoring aging Parisian sites.(TRAVEL)
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The Washington Times; Apr 13, 2002; 700+ Words
...Foremost among the rejuvenated is the venerable Musee Guimet, Paris' national museum of Oriental...outside Cambodia. In cultural contrast to the Musee Guimet, the Musee Grevin, Paris' answer to London's Madame Tussaud (originally a Parisian who...
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Traveler appreciates undies as well as art.(General News)
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The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); Jul 7, 2003; 700+ Words
...gritty of traveling with one's parents. Being teens yourselves...And don't think that's all I was subjected to. There was Musee D'Orsay, Musee Grevin, Saint Chapel ... you name...to the art world. There's the Blue period, the Rose...
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Kathryn J. Oberdeck, The Evangelist and the Impresario: Religion, Entertainment, and Cultural Politics in America, 1884-1914.(Book review)
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Nineteenth-Century Prose; Sep 22, 2001; ; 700+ Words
...Bijou. Professor Oberdeck's interest in these two obscure...created wax sculptures for the Musee Grevin in Paris. There, as in Madame Tussaud's London exhibits, class tensions...subjects" (86). At the Eden Musee in New York City, Poli depicted...
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He `Belongs to Bridgeport' - But Wife Has Final Say
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Chicago Sun-Times; Apr 4, 1993; ; 608 Words
...breath: Du Page County's "sick" courthouse is reopening...all over: On April Fool's Day in Beijing, the official...to protect the country's chocolate bunny industry...truth (trust us): The Musee Grevin in Paris will include a model...
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The artist outlines, the viewer fills in
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The Boston Globe; Oct 14, 2009; ; 700+ Words
...fine pairing with Reed's paintings. The two share an interest in birds. "Booth's Bird Museum, Brighton...comic, mildly unnerving "Musee Grevin, Wax Museum, Paris, France...flames still glow. Ross's photos are close to 2 feet...
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World datelines
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Deseret News (Salt Lake City); Jun 30, 2009; ; 700+ Words
...Prime Minister Sali Berisha's Democratic Party had won...After visiting France's most famous monument, the statue traveled to Paris' Musee Grevin wax museum, where it will...protests following Iran's election will be at the top...
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Mattel gets all dolled up; buying Fisher-Price will make the toy giant less reliant on Barbie.
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U.S. News & World Report; Dec 13, 1993; ; 700+ Words
...of the toy manufacturer's storied Barbie Doll, begowned...sharing the stage at the Musee Grevin with waxen impressions of...Yeltsin and Madonna, Barbie's role as an American cultural...parents feel about Barbie's provocative breasts and cascading...
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Mark B. Sandberg. Living Pictures, Missing Persons: Mannequins, Museums, and Modernity.(Book Review)
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Scandinavian Studies; Sep 22, 2004; ; 700+ Words
...the first level, Mark Sandberg's book is an impressive overview and...folk museums have to modernism's development in Europe and especially...museums were based on the model of the Musee Grevin and Madame Tussand's with their grisly representations...
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'I give my fans hugs and kisses. I love them all'.(Features)
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The Mirror (London, England); Jun 29, 2009; 658 Words
...placards that read Michael's Innocent, Leave Him Alone...love them all." CAPTION(S): WIZARD IN OZ On his tour...These followers outside the Musee Grevin waxwork museum in Paris in...Waving to crowds at New York's Time Square, to publicise...
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07 et autres recits.(Brief Article)
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World Literature Today; Mar 22, 1994; ; 628 Words
...each rendering a young boy's fascination with aspects...Reminiscences of the child's world and their effects upon...conveyed by the author's use of metaphor and frequent...become "notre Louvre, notre musee Grevin nos Thermes de Caracalla...
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Waxworks that never wane The great, good and not so good have ceded pride of place to pop and television stars at Madame Tussaud's, says John Gross
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The Sunday Telegraph London; Jan 12, 2003; ; 700+ Words
...begins her study of Tussaud's and the waxwork tradition with...a brief account of Tussaud's most celebrated foreign equivalent, the Musee Grevin in Paris. But most of the time her focus is firmly on Tussaud's itself. Marie Tussaud was the...
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WHAT GAUL! ASTERIX PLANS INVASION OF EUROPE'S THEME PARKS
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The Independent - London; Apr 29, 2001; ; 490 Words
...undertake a series of acquisitions that hedge against the rain. It has bought an aquarium in St Malo and the famous Musee Grevin wax works in Paris. But the financial strength delivered by these indoor attractions has given Parc Asterix the momentum...
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FAMILY DATEBOOK
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The Boston Globe; Jul 1, 2000; ; 700+ Words
...production incorporating the nation's beloved icon "Old Ironsides...Harborfest 2000 celebration. It's free and open to the public...several masterpieces from France's belle epoque as well as the "Musee Grevin" (1900), a timeless poster...
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In a robust industry, the titans of Bollywood reign supreme
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International Herald Tribune; Aug 22, 2008; ; 700+ Words
...the query himself. "It's the last mile, the audience...Tussauds in London and the Musee Grevin in Paris - that India Today, one of the country's leading newsmagazines, placed...helped to reduce Hollywood's dependence on big- name...
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Cattelan changing the rules: Redefining artist as one who sees work for first time when it is being installed.
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Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); Mar 30, 2006; 700+ Words
...has been shirked, so it's up to viewers to establish...clothing. Hanson and DeAndrea's sculptures differed from...of the wax statues for the Musee Grevin in Paris. The chief difference...in its twist of an adult's head on a child's body...
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World BRIEFINGS
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Chicago Sun-Times; Dec 2, 1993; 659 Words
...ELECTION SKIRMISH: Russia's communists won a small victory...government bloc, Russia's Choice, the front-runner...12 elections. BARBIE'S PLACE: A wax effigy of a...sold around the world. The Musee Grevin called the Barbie doll...
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Entertainer-in-chief 'King Khan' ; With two successive blockbusters, a new television show, the highest number of celebrity brand endorsements and a Rs 300-crore IPL team, Shah Rukh Khan is Indias entertainment badshah. Archives: A Googly for Shah Rukh Archives: Bachchan vs Khan a>Archives:...
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India Today; May 12, 2008; ; 700+ Words
...day but you wouldn't know it. He's just got in from London in the afternoon...unveiling his wax statue at Paris's Musee Grevin. The airlines has lost his luggage...Stopping at Mumbai for an hour, he's hopped on to his friend and Videocon...
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Park goes to horrifying lengths for many a night of fright.
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The Boston Herald; Sep 30, 1997; ; 700+ Words
...Black Hole and Dracula's Diner. Bertolini had been...found them in Paris at the Musee Grevin. Visitors stroll past an...similar to Madame Toussaud's Wax Museum. Twelve wax images...screaming, stop at Dracula's Diner for a bite to eat...
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Patricia Kaas. (profile of a French chanteuse)
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Europe; Apr 1, 1996; ; 700+ Words
...rendition of Marilyn Monroe's "I Wanna Be Loved By You...Show during Johnny Carson's final week as host, was asked...wax statue of herself in the Musee Grevin, the French equivalent of Madame Tussaud's. In short, little Patricia...
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