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 I glimpsed Tiffany Trump at the British State dinner for President Trump. Help me find a photo; I would like to see her dress!

                                                                                        

She definitely made a statement! I found several photos of Tiffany Trump from the British State Banquet, and her gown was a showstopper—designed by Lebanese couturier Zuhair Murad, no less. The image card below includes shots from the event so you can admire the full look.

Let me know if you’d like details on the designer or the other guests’ fashion moments too.

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2615765/lifestyle

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Powered through another chunk of Peter the Great, last night. It was

actually very enlightening to me. I remember, as a teen-ager, learning about the 

wars of the early Modern Period. i could never image what the battle ground

might have been like, or how men endured long marches in horrible weather or

sieges that could last months. Had more recently read that Napoleon kept his boots

on for 72 days and soaked in a hot tub for a very long time when that engagement ended...

So here's the thing, and it is dramatic in the case of Russia, with a steep learning curve. 

War had become a Science, and involved educated men and more educated officers to

carry out. Engagements were planned, arms and munitions needed long practice and skill to 

use properly. And most central to the whole, the men had to be disciplined and carry

out orders that might look like suicide missions. The penalty for failiure to comply was

death, often most painful. From land tenure for the military, to units with uniforms and ranks,

Russia went through it all during Peter the Great's tenure...

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