Mostly, his women work on pointe in ways that give their stances and locomotion added sharpness and elongation, but little in the way of intricate changes of direction, position or rhythm.

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It weds the oral culture of his unlettered mother (the dedicatee of all his books) to an omnivorous bibliophilia encouraged by his stepfather, a hotel receptionist in Pointe-Noire on the Atlantic coast.

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On Wednesday, protesters blocked cargo transport at Quebec's Pointe-a-la-Croix, but allowed passenger trains through.

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At Quebec's Pointe-a-la-Croix, protesters on Wednesday blocked cargo transport but allowed passenger trains through.

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Everybody has eyes on Cabinda, the oil-rich Angolan enclave west of Pointe Noire.

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And since concluding her post-Paris stay in Britain's Royal Ballet in 2006, she has concentrated on "contemporary dance, " which eschews ballet's pointe work but keeps some of its positions and physical accents.

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During World War II, on D-Day, it was the Rangers of D Company who famously scaled the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc.

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