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Dampierre Nuclear Power Plant

The Dampierre nuclear power plant is located in the town of Dampierre-en-Burly (Loiret), 55 km upstream of Orleans and 110 km downstream of Nevers, it uses water from the Loire for cooling.


Abraham ben Nathan

In Lunel, Abraham may have studied under RABaD III (Abraham ben David of Posquières), but his regular rabbinical studies, were pursued at Dampierre, in northern France, at the academy of R. Isaac ben Samuel, called R. Isaac ha-Zaḳen.

Eliezer ben Samuel of Verona

He was a disciple of Rabbi Isaac the elder, of Dampierre, Aube, and grandfather of the philosopher and physician Hillel of Forli.

Floris de Voogd

He defeated the army of Flanders that had invaded Walcheren in 1253, where he captured Guy and John of Dampierre, both sons of Margaret II, Countess of Flanders and commanders for Flanders.

House of Bourbon-Dampierre

Through the marriage of the last female of that line, Agnès of Bourbon-Dampierre († 1287), with John of Burgundy, her House merged with the House of Burgundy, and to their daughter Beatrix of Burgundy (1257-1310), Lady of Bourbon.

House of Dampierre

In 1263, the count of Namur, Baldwin II of Courtenay, sold his county to Guy I of Dampierre.

John Edward Thompson

In a picturesque French village of Gargilesse-Dampierre, Thompson found himself surrounded by natural light painting landscapes in the style of Paul Cézanne.

John I of Brienne, Count of Eu

# Isabelle (d. 1302/07), married John II of Dampierre, Viscount of Troyes (d. c.1307)

Larry Lloyd

Laurence Valentine Lloyd (born 6 October 1948 in Bristol, England) was a footballer, a burly and tough central defender who won honours for both Bill Shankly's Liverpool and Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest, both highly successful sides of the 1970s.

Miss Polly Rae

Miss Polly Rae and her Hurly Burly Girlys have collectively worked alongside Dusty Limits, Frisky and Mannish, Ivy Paige, Lady Carol, Stewart Pemberton, Frank Sanazi and James Devine.

MTV Movie Awards Reloaded

In place of the "Burly Brawl" music during the fight scene with the clones, this parody uses the song "Rock Your Body".

Patrick Bohan

Patrick "Burly" Bohan (1860-?) was an American saloonkeeper and owner of The Doctor's, a popular Park Row dive bar and hangout for panhandlers and professional beggars known as the "Bowery Bums".

Paul Spicer

The producers of the movie needed a burly security guard who could toss Fallon out of an airplane for a scene at Jacksonville International Airport.

Poitou donkey

This preceded the creation of the Asinerie Nationale Experimentale, which opened in Charente-Maritime in Dampierre-sur-Boutonne in 1982, as an experimental breeding farm for Poitous.

Richard Cramer

Burly, menacing and gravel-voiced, Cramer specialized in villainous roles in many low-budget westerns, but is today best remembered for his several appearances with Laurel and Hardy.

Samson ben Abraham of Sens

He studied under Rabbeinu Tam at Troyes and David ben Kalonymus of Münzenberg, and for ten years attended the Yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac ben Samuel ha-Zaken (the Ri) of Dampierre, after whose death he took charge of the yeshiva of Sens. The Rosh said of him that only Rabbeinu Tam and Rabbi Isaac ben Samuel exercised greater influence upon Talmudical studies in France and in Germany during the 13th century.

The Helsinki School

Examples of this abound, from the expressive naturalism and inventive compositions of the 15th century Netherlandish Schools to the Manhattan motifs and burly colors of the Ashcan School 500 years later.

The Shrimp on the Barbie

An Australian heiress, Alexandra (Emma Samms), hires Carlos (Cheech Marin), a down on his luck tourist, after her father vetoes her burly, life-of-the-party boyfriend, Bruce (Vernon Wells).

The Willing Muse

Before leaving for Paris, his friend Philip warns Bertha that Kenneth may not like the hurly-burly that she is trying to impose on him.

Vernouillet Airport

A completely new NATO airfield was eventually built near the village of Dampierre, about 10 miles to the west, to accommodate the United States Air Force as a tactical airlift base.

William II of Dampierre

William II (1196 – 3 September 1231) was the lord of Dampierre from 1216 until his death.

William II, Count of Flanders

William III (1224 – 6 June 1251) was the lord of Dampierre from 1231 and count of Flanders from 1247 until his death.


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