This was a silent comedy about three bickering godfathers, a German, a Jew, and an Irishman, starring a budding actress, Claudette Colbert.

His vigorous internal policy mixed the economic reforms of Colbert for Louis XIV with some conservative Spanish aspects: a regular mail service to the Americas was instituted, yet the school of navigation he founded was reserved for the sons of the nobility.

But, the recently appointed French Secretary of State, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, was trying to promote farming in the colony and was opposed to exploration and trapping.

Ashcroft composed a paean called " Let the Eagle Soar " which he sang at the Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in February 2002, which was satirically featured in Michael Moore's 2004 movie Fahrenheit 9 / 11 and has been frequently mocked by comedians such as David Letterman, Stephen Colbert and David Cross, to name a few.

In September 2000, the Louvre Museum dedicated the Gilbert Chagoury and Rose-Marie Chagoury Gallery to display tapestries donated by the Chagourys, including a 16th-century six-part tapestry suite, sewn with gold and silver threads representing sea divinities, which was commissioned in Paris for Colbert de Seignelay, Secretary of State for the Navy.

The law, originally conceived by French Finance Minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert prior to his death in 1683, was finalized by his son the Marquis de Seignelay and presented to the King for his signature in 1685.

This French mercantilism was best articulated by Jean-Baptiste Colbert ( in office, 1665 – 1683 ), though policy liberalised greatly under Napoleon.

Rush was interviewed by Stephen Colbert and they performed " Tom Sawyer " on The Colbert Report on July 16, 2008.

It was dissolved in 1658 and its assets were acquired by the Company of Cape Vert and Senegal, itself expropriated following the creation by Colbert in 1664 of the French West India Company.

The Company of Senegal was in turn founded by Colbert in 1673.

One of the few bright spots on the team during the early years was first baseman and slugger Nate Colbert, an expansion draftee from the Houston Astros and still the Padres ' career leader in home runs.

The New Yorker Obama cover was later parodied by Stewart and Stephen Colbert on the October 3, 2008 cover of Entertainment Weekly magazine, with Stewart as Obama and Colbert as Michelle, photographed for the magazine in New York City on September 18.

Upon seeing the chorus girl who was brought in as her body double, an outraged Colbert told the director, " Get her out of here.

" Through the filming, Capra claimed, Colbert " had many little tantrums, motivated by her antipathy toward me ," however " she was wonderful in the part.

After filming was completed, Colbert complained to her friend, " I just finished the worst picture in the world.

Boom Town was the third and final Gable-Tracy picture, also featuring Claudette Colbert, making it one of the most anticipated films of the year.

The base was greatly enlarged by Jean-Baptiste Colbert, the minister of Louis XIV, who also commissioned his chief military engineer Vauban to strengthen the fortifications around the city.

On November 18, 2008, Simon was a guest on The Colbert Report promoting his book Lyrics 1964 – 2008.

In 1683 the Society of Suriname was set up, modelled on the ideas of Jean-Baptiste Colbert to profit from the management and defence of the Dutch Republic's colony.

According to the theory, during that period Colbert, the king's Finance Minister, regularly sold offices and noble titles for cash, and an outright patent of nobility, according to Wise, was worth approximately 500, 000 livres making a total of 720, 000 livres, a price much closer to the true value of the gem.

Claudette Colbert (; September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996 ) was a French-born American actress of stage and film.

Since You Went Away won the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture ( Max Steiner ) and was nominated for Best Picture, Best Actress in a Leading Role ( Claudette Colbert ), Best Actress in a Supporting Role ( Jennifer Jones ), Best Actor in a Supporting Role ( Monty Woolley ), Best Cinematography, Black-and-White ( Lee Garmes ), Best Film Editing, Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White ( Mark-Lee Kirk, Victor A. Gangelin ), and Best Effects, Special Effects.

It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress ( Claudette Colbert ).

") and closing (" If I Had Time ") songs for the 66th Tony Awards ; the score of the adaptation of John Waters ' Cry-Baby, which opened on Broadway on April 24, 2008 and was nominated for a 2008 Tony Award for Best Original Score ; and eight original Christmas songs for Stephen Colbert's 2008 television special, A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All !, which won him his first Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.

is a 1943 film directed and produced by Mark Sandrich, and starring Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard – who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance – and Veronica Lake.

The Colbert Report has been nominated for seven Primetime Emmy Awards each in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012, two Television Critics Association Awards Awards, and two Satellite Awards.

In 2006, The Colbert Report was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards, one more than its parent, The Daily Show.

Colbert also lost Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program to Barry Manilow, who was nominated for a one-time PBS special, as Colbert jokingly noted while presenting a Primetime Emmy Award later that night.

Additionally, the show was nominated for two Television Critics Association Awards: Outstanding Individual Achievement in Comedy ( Stephen Colbert ), and Outstanding New Program of the Year.

The Colbert Report was also nominated for Satellite Awards in two categories in 2005 and 2006: Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical ( Stephen Colbert ), and Television Series, Comedy or Musical.

In 2007, The Colbert Report was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards for the second consecutive year, in the same categories as in 2006.

In 2008, The Colbert Report was again nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards for the third consecutive year, and for the same four categories as listed above and won for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Program.

His military architect, Vauban, became famous for his pentagonal fortresses, and Jean-Baptiste Colbert supported the royal spending as much as possible.

She continued to produce films for others, including Sleep, My Love ( 1948 ) with Claudette Colbert and Love Happy ( 1949 ) with the Marx Brothers.

French finance minister and mercantilist Jean-Baptiste Colbert served for over 20 years.

The height of French mercantilism is closely associated with Jean-Baptiste Colbert, finance minister for 22 years in the 17th century, to the extent that French mercantilism is sometimes called Colbertism.

Gable and Colbert receive their only Oscars for this film.

Colbert arrived wearing a two-piece traveling suit which she had the Paramount Pictures costume designer, Travis Banton, make for her trip.

Famous cases include Pluma Noisom ( stand-in for Claudette Colbert ) and Adam Bryant ( Robin Williams ).

Louis XIV's minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert's oak Forest of Tronçais, planted for the future use of the French Navy, matured as expected in the mid-19th century: " Colbert had thought of everything except the steamship ," Fernand Braudel observed.

Colbert studied at Washington Irving High School where her speech teacher, Alice Rossetter, encouraged her to audition for a play she had written.

She had been using the name Claudette instead of nickname Lily since high school, and for her stage name she added her maternal grandmother's maiden name, Colbert.

Colbert was noticed by the theatrical producer Leland Hayward, who suggested her for a role in Frank Capra's film For the Love of Mike ( 1927 ), now believed to be lost.

In 1933, Colbert renegotiated her contract with Paramount to allow her to appear in films for other studios.

Colbert arrived wearing a two-piece traveling suit which she had the Paramount Pictures costume designer, Travis Banton, make for her trip.

Colbert was a stickler for regarding the way she appeared on screen.

Colbert received her third Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.

Producer Joseph L. Mankiewicz was enthusiastic about Colbert, feeling that she best represented the style of the older actress he envisioned for the part.

Before production started, Colbert severely injured her back, while filming a scene for Three Came Home.