Muckrakers. 1906-12. US reporters expose corruption. Sinclair. Collier. McClure.

NAAFI. Navy Army, Air Force Institute. WWI-II canteen.

Norway. 872 United by Harald Fairhair. 1130- Civil wars. 1397 Danish. 1814 Swedish. 1905 Independent. 1940-45 Germans occupy.

Oberon. King of the Fairies, from Huon de Bordeaux poem.

Orsini Affair. 1858. Unsuccessful plot on Napoleon III led to his interest in Italian unity.

Parnassians. 1867-99. French detached anti-Romantic poetry school. Leconte de Lisle. Sully-Prudhomme. Verlaine. Gautier. Baudelaire.

Pei, I.M. 1917-. Chinese/US architect. Kennedy Airport 1960. Place Ville-Marie. Louvre Pyramid.

Philip IV. The Fair. 1268-1314. French Capetian king 1285-. Taxed Roman Catholic Church. Ended Templars.

Physiocrats. 18C. Agricultural based philosophy. Land is source of all wealth. Elimination of controls over economy. Laissez-Faire. Quesnay. Turgot.

Pitt, William, the Younger. 1759-1806. English foe of Napoleon. Tory Prime Minister 1783~. Laissez-faire. Repressive measures 1793-1800.

Poisons Affair. 1679. French scandal. Nobles using love potions and poisons from fortune tellers. Mme de Montespan implicated. La Voisin. Brinvilliers.

Pompadour, Mme de. 1721-64. Louis XV’s intelligent, beautiful mistress. Built École Militaire. Sponsored Petit Trianon, Place de la Concorde.

Prairial, Law of 22. 1794. France allowed only acquital or death penalty in trials. Terror.

Profumo Affair. 1963. British War Minister Profumo and Christine Keeler, who also associated with Soviet attaché. Embarassed government.

Puck. Medieval English mischievous fairy.

Purcell, Henry. 1658-1695. English chorale composer. First English opera. Dido and Aeneas 1689. King Arthur 1691. Fairy Queen 1692.

Pyramids, Battle. 1798. Napoleon wins access to Cairo.

Quesnay, François. 1694-1774. French economist, Physiocrat. “Laissez-faire” is a natural divinely appointed law. Tableau Économique 1758 -systematic study of political economy. Can maximize social satisfaction under free competition.

Richthofen, Manfred von. 1892-1918. WWI German air ace. Downed 80 Allied planes.

Rockefeller, John. 1839-1937. US oil millionaire, philanthropist.

Rohan, Prince de. 1734-1803. French cardinal duped in Diamond Necklace Affair.

R101. 1930. British airship, world’s largest, crashed in France.

Rosamund, Fair. c1140-1176. English Henry II’s mistress.

Samson. Old Testament Israelite judge, prophet. Lost sight and strength when Delilah cut off his hair.

Sidoine Apollinaire. 430-472. Roman poet, Bishop of Clermont-Ferrand.

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