He was hired to find a shorter route to Asia<span> from Europe through the Arctic Ocean. </span>
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they offered new flavor sensations which made them exotic and expensive
<span>The Farmers' Alliances agitated for railroad regulation, tax reform, and unlimited coinage of silver and attempted to influence the established political parties. Growth was so rapid, however, that interest in a third party began to increase; in 1891 delegates from farm and labor organizations met in Cincinnati. No decision was made to form a political party, but when the Republican and Democratic parties both straddled the currency question at the 1892 presidential conventions, a convention was held at Omaha, and the Populist party was formed (1892).</span>
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The theme would be French culture, and more specifically, Parisian culture from 100 years ago. In culture, the historian would include not only music, but also paiting, theater, cinema, and so on.
The region would obviously be Paris, but also other regions of France, and even other countries, where Parisian music from the time might have had an influence.
And the period would be the first two or three decades of the XX century, which is the period that led to the development of Parisian music from 100 years ago.