accouchement

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In 1910 he was in Paris assisting, with Picasso and Braque, at the accouchement of cubism.

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All such details of accouchement can be arranged in homely midwife fashion by the Director of the Bank of Scotland.

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Long before Nicholas Jacques Charrier entered Paris, the French press, excited beyond endurance�and reason�turned his mother's accouchement into the biggest story since the ascendancy of Charles de Gaulle.

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In an immensely exciting political accouchement last week India was preparing for Provincial elections in which the number of voters will be enlarged beyond all comparison with Indian polls hitherto.

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Besides, in each of his succeeding letters, while affectionately recommending the greatest prudence, he had added that he would not fail to come to Paris for her accouchement.

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