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French politician Simone Veil (C), dressed in the French Academician's uniform of a black jacket embroidered in green laurel leaves, delivers a speech during a ceremony at the Institut de France in Paris March 18, 2010. Veil was inducted into the French Academy (Academie Francaise) as an 'Immortels'. Top : Yves Pouliquen (L), Jean d'Ormesson (C), Dean of the French Academy, and Academician Helene Carrere d'Encausse (R).

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