It led the sculptor Felix de Weldon to create one of the largest free-standing bronze statues in the world.

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For example,the father of Mexican-American musician Zack de la Rocha spent time working as an art director for Mister Chavez.

VOA: special.2009.09.06

In cycling,American Lance Armstrong announced he will return to the Tour de France next year with a new American-based team.

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Georges de la Tour painted the emotionally expressive "The Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds" in sixteen thirty-five.

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(JIMMY BUFFETT - "VOLCANO") The first European to see the Florida Keys was Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon in the year fifteen-thirteen.

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Lake Champlain is named for the French explorer Samuel de Champlain who first saw it in sixteen-oh-nine.

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In the eighteen eighties, Ferdinand de Lesseps -- builder of the Suez Canal -- formed a French company to build a waterway across Panama.

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Manuel de la Pena y Pena -- president of the supreme court -- became acting president.

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A French historian and political leader, Edouard-Rene Lefebvre de Laboulaye, had the idea for the statue.

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In Rio de Janeiro, a famous hip-hop artist called Marcelo D2 also lived in a favela.

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All two hundred twenty-eight people on the flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris were killed.

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The queen of France,Marie de Medici, hired him to create a series of twenty-four paintings.

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Catherine de Medici of Italy married the French King Henri the Second in fifteen thirty-three.

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Seventy-two hours later, Felix de Weldon had made a small statue of Joe Rosenthal's picture.

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