125 résultats pour "silver"

• Bettelheim (Bruno) Psychanalyste américain, d'origine autrichienne (Vienne, 1903 - Silver Spring, Maryland, 1990).

• Vieira da Silva Maria-Elena, 1908-1992, née à Lisbonne, peintre français d'origine portugaise.

• Metropolitan Museum of Art.

  B Ancient Near Eastern Art The objects in this department range from a vast geographical area in southwest Asia and northeast Africa from around 5000 BC to around AD 600. Notable works include Assyrian reliefs from the palace of King Ashurnasirpal II at Calah (now Nimrud, Iraq), Sumerian sculpture, Anatolian ivories, Iranian bronzes, and Achaemenidand Sassanian works in silver and gold. C Arms and Armor This department is renowned for its collection of European armor from the Middle Ages (5t...

• 1996 Summer Olympics.

  jump, the first African woman ever to win an Olympic field event. In the first Olympic women's soccer competition, the United States returned to world prominence with a 2-1 gold medal victory over China before more than 76,000spectators—believed to be the largest crowd in history for a women's sporting event. The U.S. team won the first women's World Cup in 1991, defeating Norway inthe final match, but had failed to defend the title in 1995 when they lost to the Norwegians in the semifinals...

• Prince Edward Island - Geography.

  hectares (109 acres) each. In 2006 there were 1,700 farms, of which the average size was 148 hectares (366 acres). In 2005 the total farm cash receipts were C$510million. The most important agricultural products in terms of value include potatoes, milk and cream, cattle and calves, hogs, tobacco, vegetables, eggs, hens andchickens, and furs. For the most part the island’s agriculture is diversified, rather than specialized, because of the lack of a large urban industrial population within easy r...

• Prince Edward Island - Canadian History.

  hectares (109 acres) each. In 2006 there were 1,700 farms, of which the average size was 148 hectares (366 acres). In 2005 the total farm cash receipts were C$510million. The most important agricultural products in terms of value include potatoes, milk and cream, cattle and calves, hogs, tobacco, vegetables, eggs, hens andchickens, and furs. For the most part the island’s agriculture is diversified, rather than specialized, because of the lack of a large urban industrial population within easy r...

• Vélasquez Diego, en espagnol Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, 1599-1660, né à Séville, peintre espagnol.

• Soccer: Olympic Medalists C ountry Year Gold Silver Bronze 1900 United Kingdom France Belgium 1904 Canada United States United States 1906 Denmark Greece Greece 1908 United Kingdom Denmark The Netherlands 1912 United Kingdom Denmark The

• Neil Young - Musik.

  1996 Dead Man (Soundtrack) Guitar Solo 1Guitar Solo 6 2000 Silver & Gold Silver & GoldDaddy Went Walkin'Razor Love 2002 Are You Passionate? Let's RollGoin' Home 2003 Greendale Falling from AboveLeave the DrivingBandit 2005 Prairie Wind The PainterThis Old GuitarWhen God Made Me Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

• Portugal (2005-2006): Aníbal Cavaco Silva élu pour un mandat « économique » Le 22 janvier 2006 les Portugais ont été...

  Portugal (2005-2006): Aníbal Cavaco Silva élu pour un mandat « économique » Le 22 janvier 2006 les Portugais ont été appelés aux urnes pour la troisième fois en un an, pour élire un nouveau président de la République, après les élections législatives (février 2005) et municipales (octobre 2005). Seul candidat représentant de la droite, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, 66 ans, a été élu dès le premier tour avec 50,59 % des suffrages, devançant cinq adversaires de gauche, parmi lesquels l’ancien président so...

• Nevada - geography.

  The Truckee, Carson, and Walker rivers flow out of the Sierra Nevada, thread their way around several of the desert ranges, and also end in closed basins. The Walkerflows into Walker Lake, the Carson into Lahontan Reservoir. The major part of the Truckee’s flow is now diverted to Lahontan Reservoir, although as required by lawsome of it empties into Pyramid Lake. Because these three streams flow constantly, the lakes into which they empty never dry up. Winnemucca Lake formerly receivedoverflow w...

• Nevada - USA History.

  The Truckee, Carson, and Walker rivers flow out of the Sierra Nevada, thread their way around several of the desert ranges, and also end in closed basins. The Walkerflows into Walker Lake, the Carson into Lahontan Reservoir. The major part of the Truckee’s flow is now diverted to Lahontan Reservoir, although as required by lawsome of it empties into Pyramid Lake. Because these three streams flow constantly, the lakes into which they empty never dry up. Winnemucca Lake formerly receivedoverflow w...

• Finland - country.

  Productive forestland is the most valuable natural resource of Finland. Spruce, pine, and silver birch are the principal trees used to manufacture wood and pulp andpaper products. Finland lacks coal and petroleum resources and is a net importer of energy resources. However, Finland does have significant deposits of peat, which is cut from thenumerous peat bogs that cover much of the north. Peat is an important heat source for homes, and it provides about 7 percent of Finland’s electricity needs....

• Olympic Games.

  the next decade nearly all the ISFs abolished the distinction between amateurs and professionals, accepting so-called open Games. One of the most visible examples of the policy change came in 1992, when professional players from the National Basketball Association (NBA) were permitted to play inthe Summer Games in Barcelona, Spain. Professionals from the National Hockey League (NHL) became eligible to participate beginning with the 1998 Winter Olympics inNagano, Japan. V CEREMONIES The Olymp...

• Scène 6 de l'acte III. Hernani de Victor Hugo.

  Chapitre 2 Le théâtre : texte et représentation conquis Leon, et «affranchit» La province «du tribut des cent vierges» [v. 7); quant à Christobal, il n'hésita pas à se faire passer pour Le roi[« prit la plume», v. 13) pour sauver ce dernier d'une bataille dangereuse. Ruy Gomez de Silva de même fut un guerrier d'exception : c'est ce que soulignent Les hyperboles* [«armures géantes», v. 18; «trois cents drapeaux», v. 19; «trente b...

• Roman Empire .

  A Government Augustus did not derive his power from any single office, but from the authority of his name and his victory. In fact, he carefully pieced together a patchwork of powersthat allowed him to be an absolute ruler and yet avoid the hatred Caesar aroused as dictator. In Latin, the name Augustus implies both political authority and religiousrespect. The Romans had for some time called Octavian imperator , a title once awarded to victorious generals that soon became associated with the r...

• Roman Empire - History.

  A Government Augustus did not derive his power from any single office, but from the authority of his name and his victory. In fact, he carefully pieced together a patchwork of powersthat allowed him to be an absolute ruler and yet avoid the hatred Caesar aroused as dictator. In Latin, the name Augustus implies both political authority and religiousrespect. The Romans had for some time called Octavian imperator , a title once awarded to victorious generals that soon became associated with the r...

• Colonialism and Colonies.

  by plundering the riches of existing civilizations in the Americas and by seizing the area’s mineral wealth through mining. These practices were promoted by the policy of mercantilism that many European colonial powers adopted. Those who advocated mercantilism believed that exports toforeign countries were preferable both to trade within a country and to imports because exports brought more money into the country. They also believed that thewealth of a nation depended primarily on the possession...

• Colonialism and Colonies .

  by plundering the riches of existing civilizations in the Americas and by seizing the area’s mineral wealth through mining. These practices were promoted by the policy of mercantilism that many European colonial powers adopted. Those who advocated mercantilism believed that exports toforeign countries were preferable both to trade within a country and to imports because exports brought more money into the country. They also believed that thewealth of a nation depended primarily on the possession...

• Bolivia - country.

  E Plants and Animals Because of the wide variations in elevation, plant and animal species of nearly every climatic zone are found in Bolivia. A coarse grass, called ichu, grows on the largelybarren high plateau in the west. Para rubber trees, more than 2,000 species of hardwood trees, and vanilla, sarsaparilla, and saffron plants are common in the tropicalforests of the east. The llama, found chiefly on the Altiplano, is an efficient beast of burden. Alpacas and vicuñas also inhabit the platea...

• Colombia - country.

  In Bogotá the average high temperature in January is 20°C (68°F), and in July the average high is 19°C (65°F). The highs for the same months in Barranquilla are 32°C(89°F) and 33°C (91°F). Throughout the year, three-month periods of rain and dry weather alternate. Along the Pacific coast precipitation is heavy. At Bogotá the annual rainfall averages about1,060 mm (about 42 in), and in Barranquilla it averages about 800 mm (about 32 in). Dry weather prevails on the slopes of the Cordillera Orient...

• Roman Empire - history.

  the master of Rome. Three years later the Senate proclaimed him Augustus, the supreme ruler. III THE EMPIRE UNDER AUGUSTUS Roman Emperor AugustusAugustus, the first Roman emperor, brought peace, order, and prosperity to Rome after the civil wars that followed the assassinationof Roman leader Julius Caesar. Caesar had adopted the young Octavian, later known as Augustus, as his heir. After a victory overMark Antony and Cleopatra at Actium, Augustus had absolute power over the entire Roman Empire....

• Portugal de 1990 à 1994 : Histoire

  plus que sur les façons de réaliser des objectifs communs, tels que la construction européenne, la diversification industrielle et la modernisation de l'agriculture. Cette situation profite à Cavaco Silva, dont le parti, le PSD, remporte à nouveau la majorité absolue avec 50.4 % des voix. Le Parti socialiste progresse, sans toutefois atteindre 30% (29,2% ), le Parti communiste, défendant des positions très orthodoxes et allié aux Verts, passe pour la pr...

• Keino Outdistances American Runner Jim Ryun.

  Jipcho, who later apologized to Ryun, echoed the American's sentiments in an interview for the Olympic Series. “It was unfair to people like Jim Ryun, to Tümmler, and probably to me. I feel Jim Ryun would have won the gold medal. But because of the whole thing, it destroyed almost everybody,” Jipcho said in a documentary. Immediately following the race, Keino denied that such a strategy existed. “[We] had no plan at all,” he told the New York Times. “I knew Jim Ryun to have a fast kick i...

• The Summer Games of 1992 - sport.

  In the most ambitious undertaking of all, a stretch of rundown warehouses and abandoned factories beside the long-neglected Mediterranean waterfront wastransformed into a sparkling new district of apartments, shopping areas, and palmetto-lined promenades. During the games, the area served as the Olympic athletes'village, where, for the first time at any games, organizers offered accommodations to competitors and their coaches free of charge. After the games the apartmentswere to be sold to help...

• The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare

  The Duke decides to spare Shylock's life, but he does give half of Shylock's money to Antonio, and he gives the rest of it to the state. Antonio says that he will not accept the money if Shylock will agree to become a Christian and if, in his will, he will agree to leave his money to his daughter, Jessica, and her new husband, Lorenzo. Shylock, broken and defeated, agrees to all these conditions and leaves the court. Overjoyed, Antonio and his friends offer to pay the young lawyer whatev...

• Ancient Greece.

  The first culture of Aegean civilization on the Greek mainland is named Mycenaean for the palace at Mycenae on the Pelopónnisos. Scholars call the Mycenaeans the“earliest Greeks” because they are the first people known to have spoken Greek. Mycenaean culture developed later than Minoan. The ancestors of the Mycenaean people wandered onto the mainland from the north and the east from about 4000 to2000 BC, mixing with the people already there, and by about 1400 BC the Mycenaeans had become very...

• Ancient Greece .

  The first culture of Aegean civilization on the Greek mainland is named Mycenaean for the palace at Mycenae on the Pelopónnisos. Scholars call the Mycenaeans the“earliest Greeks” because they are the first people known to have spoken Greek. Mycenaean culture developed later than Minoan. The ancestors of the Mycenaean people wandered onto the mainland from the north and the east from about 4000 to2000 BC, mixing with the people already there, and by about 1400 BC the Mycenaeans had become very...

• Ancient Greece - USA History.

  The first culture of Aegean civilization on the Greek mainland is named Mycenaean for the palace at Mycenae on the Pelopónnisos. Scholars call the Mycenaeans the“earliest Greeks” because they are the first people known to have spoken Greek. Mycenaean culture developed later than Minoan. The ancestors of the Mycenaean people wandered onto the mainland from the north and the east from about 4000 to2000 BC, mixing with the people already there, and by about 1400 BC the Mycenaeans had become very...

• USSR Defeats USA in Basketball.

  Tom McMillen, the 7-ft (2.1 m) center for the U.S. team, guarded the inbounds passer, waving his arms to disrupt the throw-in. But the referee ordered McMillen toback off. When McMillen did so, the Soviet player drew back and threw the ball the length of the court. Under the USSR basket, Aleksander Belov was guarded by two smaller American players, Kevin Joyce and Robert Forbes. All three went up for the ball, but Belovmuscled the U.S. players aside and caught the ball in front of the basket...

• Millard Fillmore.

  B Vice President of the United States During the first half of 1850, Fillmore as vice president presided over the United States Senate (the upper chamber of Congress) as angry debates raged betweenNorthern and Southern sectionalists over the status of slavery in the recently acquired lands. His fairness and sense of humor in the chair were not enough to restorepeace among the contending senators. The antislavery faction, led by Senator Seward (the former governor of New York) and Senator Salmon...

• Millard Fillmore

  B Vice President of the United States During the first half of 1850, Fillmore as vice president presided over the United States Senate (the upper chamber of Congress) as angry debates raged betweenNorthern and Southern sectionalists over the status of slavery in the recently acquired lands. His fairness and sense of humor in the chair were not enough to restorepeace among the contending senators. The antislavery faction, led by Senator Seward (the former governor of New York) and Senator Salmon...

• Kolumbien - geographie.

  Zu den Feiertagen Kolumbiens gehören Neujahr (1. Januar), der Dreikönigstag (6. Januar), der Josephstag (19. März), Ostern, der Tag der Arbeit (1. Mai), der Festtag derHeiligen Peter und Paul (29. Juni), der Unabhängigkeitstag (20. Juli), der Gedenktag der Schlacht bei Boyacá (7. August), Mariä Himmelfahrt (15. August), Día de la Raza (12. Oktober), Allerheiligen (1. November), der Gedenktag der Unabhängigkeit von Cartagena (11. November) und Weihnachten (25. Dezember). 3.3 Soziales Die staatl...

• Electricity I INTRODUCTION Electricity, one of the basic forms of energy.

  electrons in the neutral object are attracted to the positive object. Some of these electrons flow to the side of the neutral object that is nearest to the positive object.This side of the neutral object accumulates electrons and becomes negatively charged. Because electrons leave the far side of the neutral object while its protonsremain stationary, that side becomes positively charged. Since the negatively charged side of the neutral object is closest to the positive object, the attraction bet...

• Qing Dynasty - History.

  The Manchus also dealt with the problem of Russian expansion into northeastern Asia. In 1689 the Treaty of Nerchinsk was signed by an envoy from the Manchu courtand a Russian representing Peter the Great. The treaty, the first between China and a Western country, established territorial boundaries and defined rules ofcommerce for the two powers. Through the mid-18th century, the Manchus continued to consolidate their power. In 1720 the Qing ruler sent forces to fight the Mongols in Tibet and the...

• Chile - country.

  D Plant and Animal Life The indigenous plant life of Chile varies according to climatic zone. Plant life in the northern region includes brambles and cactus and has little variety. Here, theAtacama provides one of the best examples on Earth of an absolute desert. The more humid Central Valley supports several species of cacti, espino (a thorny shrub),grasses, and the Chilean pine, which bears edible nuts. Dense rain forests are located south of Valdivia with laurel, magnolia, false beech, and v...

• Florida - USA History.

  accidentally introduced into the region in the 1880s, and it spread with alarming rapidity throughout the upper reaches of the river. The plant is very difficult toeradicate, and it has also clogged the channels of other Florida rivers. To increase drainage of the Everglades, which drain naturally to Florida Bay and the Gulf ofMexico, a number of drainage channels and canals have been built across southern Florida. Among the rivers flowing from the peninsula to the Gulf of Mexico are the Suwanne...

• Ancient Rome .

  attributed to Numa, including the selection of virgins to be priestesses of the goddess Vesta. He also established a calendar to differentiate between normal workingdays and those festival days sacred to the gods on which no state business was allowed. His peaceful reign lasted from 715 to 673 BC. Under Tullus Hostilius (672–641 BC) the Romans waged an aggressive foreign policy and began to expand their lands by the conquest of nearby cities like Alba Longa. When the warlike King Hostilius co...

• Ancient Rome - USA History.

  attributed to Numa, including the selection of virgins to be priestesses of the goddess Vesta. He also established a calendar to differentiate between normal workingdays and those festival days sacred to the gods on which no state business was allowed. His peaceful reign lasted from 715 to 673 BC. Under Tullus Hostilius (672–641 BC) the Romans waged an aggressive foreign policy and began to expand their lands by the conquest of nearby cities like Alba Longa. When the warlike King Hostilius co...

• VÉLASQUEZ (Diego Rodriguez da Silva y Velazquez, en français) : Les Ménines

  VÉLASQUEZ (Diego Rodriguez da Silva y Velazquez, en français) Les Ménines Né à Séville, 1599 Mort à Madrid. 1660 Vélasquez s'est représenté en train de peindre le portrait du roi Philippe IV et de sa deuxième épouse- et nièce-, Marie-Anne d'Autriche. Le couple royal, dont la présence n'est révélée que par le miroir au fond de la pièce, est à la fois modèle et spectateur. Leur fille, l'infante Marguerite, a fait irruptio...

• Brésil 2004-2005 Embellie économique Le président Luis Inacio « Lula » da Silva a entamé en 2005 la troisième année...

  Brésil 2004-2005 Embellie économique Le président Luis Inacio « Lula » da Silva a entamé en 2005 la troisième année de son mandat dans un tout autre climat que celui qui avait marqué son entrée en fonction. Élu dans une conjoncture économique désastreuse, il avait alors choisi de poursuivre la politique d’austérité de son prédécesseur, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, sous le contrôle étroit du FMI. Il aura fallu plus de dix-huit mois pour que l’embellie économique continuellement annoncée se dessine...

• Portugal (1992-1993) Un discours du Premier ministre, Anibal Cavaco Silva a sonné le tocsin le 6 avril 1993: l'économie portugaise...

  Portugal (1992-1993) Un discours du Premier ministre, Anibal Cavaco Silva a sonné le tocsin le 6 avril 1993: l'économie portugaise entrait en crise. Finies les années dorées 1986-1990, avec leurs taux de croissance de 4,5%. Le ralentissement du PIB amorcé en 1991 s'est confirmé en 1992, avec une hausse de seulement 1,9%. En outre, ce dernier a connu une évolution négative fin 1992 et début 1993, laissant planer la menace d'une croissance moyenne annuelle inférieure à 1% en 1993. Finis aussi les...

• Brésil 2003-2004 Quête de crédibilité internationale Le 27 octobre 2002, Luis Inácio «Lula» da Silva était triomphalement élu à la...

  Brésil 2003-2004 Quête de crédibilité internationale Le 27 octobre 2002, Luis Inácio «Lula» da Silva était triomphalement élu à la présidence de la République avec 61,3 % des suffrages exprimés. Le 1er janvier 2003, près de 150 000 personnes envahissaient les avenues de Brasilia pour saluer sa prise de fonction. Selon les sondages, 76 % des Brésiliens estimaient alors que l’action du gouvernement Lula serait bonne ou très bonne ; 71 % jugeaient que le chômage allait baisser ; 64 % que la corrup...

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• Rolls-Royce (entreprise).

  3.3 L’entreprise aujourd’hui En 2002, Rolls-Royce plc emploie 37 000 salariés et présente le bilan suivant : un chiffre d’affaires de 5,8 milliards de livres (soit environ 8,3 milliards d’euros), en baisse de9 p. 100 par rapport à l’exercice précédent et reposant à 46 p. 100 sur ses activités d’aéronautique civile ; des bénéfices de 53 millions de livres (76 millions d’euros),également en baisse significative par rapport aux 106 millions de livres (152 millions d’euros) de l’année 2001. Voir i...

• Hernani analyse

  refuse le duel avec un «chef de bohémiens». Hernani protège sa retraite. Les deux amants renouvellent leurs voeux, le tocsin les sépare (Acte II. «Le Bandit»). Le château de Silva dans les montagnes d'Aragon. Le jour des noces de doña Sol et de Ruy Gomez, un pèlerin mendiant se présente et Ruy Gomez lui offre l'hospitalité. À la vue de la jeune fille en robe de mariée, le pèlerin se découvre: c'est Hernani, dont la tête est mise à prix. Son hôte refuse de le livrer. Alors que les amants s'abando...

• Colorado - geography.

  Although the rivers of Colorado are navigable only by small boats, they are important as a source of irrigation water for use in Colorado and adjoining states. However,the water level of the rivers fluctuates seasonally and from year to year. The level is generally low in winter and high in spring and summer, during the runoff of meltedsnow from the mountains. Colorado has no large lakes of natural origin, but there are numerous small lakes in the mountains. The largest bodies of water in Colora...

• Colorado - USA History.

  Although the rivers of Colorado are navigable only by small boats, they are important as a source of irrigation water for use in Colorado and adjoining states. However,the water level of the rivers fluctuates seasonally and from year to year. The level is generally low in winter and high in spring and summer, during the runoff of meltedsnow from the mountains. Colorado has no large lakes of natural origin, but there are numerous small lakes in the mountains. The largest bodies of water in Colora...

• Montana - geography.

  (191 sq mi), is Montana’s largest lake, and the largest natural freshwater lake in the contiguous states west of the Mississippi River. C Climate Climatic regions in Montana coincide roughly with the two major physiographic regions. In western Montana, as compared with the eastern plains area, winters tend tobe milder while summers are cooler. Precipitation is more evenly distributed throughout the year in the west, and it is cloudier and somewhat more humid in all seasons.In addition, the grow...

• Montana - USA History.

  (191 sq mi), is Montana’s largest lake, and the largest natural freshwater lake in the contiguous states west of the Mississippi River. C Climate Climatic regions in Montana coincide roughly with the two major physiographic regions. In western Montana, as compared with the eastern plains area, winters tend tobe milder while summers are cooler. Precipitation is more evenly distributed throughout the year in the west, and it is cloudier and somewhat more humid in all seasons.In addition, the grow...