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  2. British Security Co-ordination - Wikipedia

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    BSC operated from the 35th and 36th floors of the International Building, Rockefeller Center, New York during World War II. British Security Co-ordination (BSC) was a covert organisation set up in New York City by the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in May 1940 upon the authorisation of the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill.

  3. At sign - Wikipedia

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    The at sign, @, is an accounting and invoice abbreviation meaning "at a rate of" (e.g. 7 widgets @ £2 per widget = £14), [1] now seen more widely in email addresses and social media platform handles. It is normally read aloud as "at" and is also commonly called the at symbol, commercial at, or address sign.

  4. French law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in ...

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    The French law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools bans wearing conspicuous religious symbols in French public (e.g., government-operated) primary and secondary schools. The law is an amendment to the French Code of Education that expands principles founded in existing French law, especially the constitutional requirement ...

  5. Dismissal (employment) in France - Wikipedia

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    Employees who have held a position for more than 12 months are entitled to compensation for redundancy & dismissal (except if they have been dismissed for Gross Misconduct). [ 2 ] The amount of compensation is one-fifth of the monthly salary (4.5 days), excluding one-time bonuses, per year of employment up to 10 years, 2 ⁄ 15 per year thereafter.

  6. -ing - Wikipedia

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    Sign showing a French ending -ing in one word dressing. Note: this is non-English. Sign of a singular form of French ending -ing. Sign of a plural form of French ending -ing. English words constructed from verbs with the ending -ing are sometimes borrowed into other languages.

  7. French Sign Language - Wikipedia

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    French Sign Language is frequently, though mistakenly, attributed to the work of Charles Michel de l'Épée (l'abbé de l'Épée). In fact, he is said to have discovered the already existing language by total accident; having ducked into a nearby house to escape the rain, he fell upon a pair of deaf twin sisters and was struck by the richness and complexity of the language that they used to ...

  8. SWILE - Wikipedia

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    Swile operates in two countries (France and Brazil) and has a total of 1000 employees, 5.5 million users and 85,000 corporate customers, including Carrefour, Le Monde, JCDECAUX, PSG, Airbnb, Spotify, Red Bull, and TikTok in the private sector, as well as numerous local authorities and ministerial references in the public sector.

  9. Cobden–Chevalier Treaty - Wikipedia

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    The Cobden–Chevalier Treaty was an Anglo-French free trade agreement signed between the United Kingdom and France on 23 January 1860. [1] After Britain began free trade policies in 1846, there remained tariffs with France. The 1860 treaty ended tariffs on the main items of trade—wine, brandy and silk goods from France, and coal, iron and ...