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• 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...

• Jamaica - country.

  majority, the Church of God, Baptists, Anglicans, Seventh-day Adventists, Pentecostalists, and Roman Catholics predominate. Several well-established Jewish, Muslim,and Hindu communities exist. A number of popular sects, such as Pocomania and Rastafarianism, are a significant and famous feature of the national religious life. C Education School attendance by children between the ages of 6 and 11 is nearly universal, and 84 percent of all 12- to 18-year-olds attend secondary institutions. In 2000...

• Endangered Species - biology.

  Red List database assesses the status of, and threats to, animal species worldwide. To add to this and other biodiversity databases, nongovernmental organizationssuch as Conservation International and World Wildlife Fund conduct periodic rapid assessments (focused, intensive evaluations) of biodiversity in varioushotspots— regions like Madagascar that are both rich in endemic species and environmentally threatened. This information is used in the administration of international agreements such...

• Barbados - country.

  Barbados is served by a public library system centered in Bridgetown. B Culture The culture of Barbados combines English institutions, which evolved through more than three centuries of English rule, with a folk culture of African origin. Because ofits English traditions, Barbados is sometimes called “Little England.” Cricket has traditionally been the national game, and the island has produced some of the sport’sgreatest players. Water sports including surfing, swimming, snorkeling, and sailin...

• Bowling.

  In each of the first nine frames the bowler rolls one or two balls. If the bowler knocks down all ten pins with the first ball, he or she has rolled a strike, the best roll possible. An X is recorded on the scoresheet or screen, and the bowler receives ten points (the number of pins knocked down) plus a bonus of the number of pins thebowler knocks down in his or her next two bowls. The maximum possible score in a strike frame, therefore, is 30: the strike followed by two more strikes on subseq...

• Discrimination.

  Throughout United States history many other groups have suffered racial or religious discrimination. Since Europeans first came to America, Native Americans havebeen forcibly deprived of their lands and denied civil rights. Congress enacted the Indian Civil Rights Act in 1968, and the federal courts have entertained a number ofsuits designed to restore to Native American tribes ancestral lands and hunting and fishing rights. Many religious groups, including Roman Catholics, Jews, and others,have...

• Igneous Rock.

  As a magma cools, the first crystals to form will be of minerals that become solid at relatively high temperatures (usually olivine and a type of feldspar known asanorthite). The composition of these early-formed mineral crystals will be different from the initial composition of the magma. Consequently, as these growing crystalstake certain elements out of the magma in certain proportions, the composition of the remaining liquid changes. This process is known as magmatic differentiation.Sometime...

• Water Pollution.

  Cryptosporidium in the water supply of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, sickened more than 400,000 people and killed more than 100. H Thermal Pollution Water is often drawn from rivers, lakes, or the ocean for use as a coolant in factories and power plants. The water is usually returned to the source warmer than when itwas taken. Even small temperature changes in a body of water can drive away the fish and other species that were originally present, and attract other species in placeof them. Thermal pol...

• Golf. I INTRODUCTION Golf, outdoor game in which individual players use specially designed

  caddie or caddy. (Caddies, once an integral feature of the game, have now been replaced on many courses by motorized carts and pull carts.) In England the game was made popular by the attention given it by James VI of Scotland, later James I of England, and his son Charles I. In the 18th century the first golf associations were established. They included the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers (founded 1744) in Edinburgh, Scotland;the Saint Andrews Society of Golfers (1754) in Saint Andrew...

• Coins and Coin Collecting.

  U.S. coins dates from 1909, when the first Lincoln Cents appeared during the centennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. George Washington’s profile was used on thequarter-dollar of 1932, a coin originally intended as a one-year commemorative to honor the 200th anniversary of his birth. The design quickly became so popular thatit was retained for regular-issue quarters and is still being used today. Thomas Jefferson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Dwight D. Eisenhower are theother Americ...

• Astronaut - astronomy.

  Every operation during a flight is important and interesting, but many might be boring to an observer. Much of an astronaut’s job is entering computer instructions,preparing samples, making measurements, recording data, fixing what breaks, and adjusting the checklist when something unexpected happens. Sometimes astronautsretrieve or repair satellites, rendezvous or dock with other spacecraft, and do important emergency repairs. The adaptability of the human crew is crucial to the successof missi...

• George Herbert Walker Bush.

  Lebanon. More troubling was the disclosure that agents operating under direct White House supervision used profits from the arms sales to buy weapons for thecontras, a group of anti-government Nicaraguan rebels, despite an explicit congressional ban on such aid. Bush later claimed that he opposed the arms-for-hostagesdeal, but offered little evidence to back his claims ( see Iran-Contra Affair). C 1988 Presidential Election While the Reagan-Bush program helped produce prosperity for the wealth...

• George Herbert Walker Bush - USA History.

  Lebanon. More troubling was the disclosure that agents operating under direct White House supervision used profits from the arms sales to buy weapons for thecontras, a group of anti-government Nicaraguan rebels, despite an explicit congressional ban on such aid. Bush later claimed that he opposed the arms-for-hostagesdeal, but offered little evidence to back his claims ( see Iran-Contra Affair). C 1988 Presidential Election While the Reagan-Bush program helped produce prosperity for the wealth...

• Animation I INTRODUCTION Finding Nemo A clown fish named Marlin, left, and his friend Dory search for Marlin's son in the computer-animated feature film Finding Nemo (2003).

  Animator at WorkAnimators use computers for every part of the animation process, from creating a storyboard (a scene-by-sceneillustration of the plot) to imitating camera movement. This animator is creating a scene for the motion picture Antz(1998).C. Lepetit/Liaison Agency If an animator is basing the animation project on drawings, one of the most common animation techniques, he or she will first create a series of rough sketches thatoften will be filmed in a pencil test (simple line drawings...

• Wisconsin (state) - geography.

  -6° C (22° F) in the southeast, along the Lake Michigan shore. During winter extremely cold weather persists for several weeks at a time. C2 Precipitation Average annual precipitation ranges from 700 to 800 mm (28 to 32 in). Rainfall is generally heaviest during the spring and summer, and snowfall is generally moderatein the south, but can be quite heavy in the north. Thunderstorms, sometimes accompanied by devastating tornadoes, are common in spring and summer, particularly inthe southern part...

• Wisconsin (state) - USA History.

  -6° C (22° F) in the southeast, along the Lake Michigan shore. During winter extremely cold weather persists for several weeks at a time. C2 Precipitation Average annual precipitation ranges from 700 to 800 mm (28 to 32 in). Rainfall is generally heaviest during the spring and summer, and snowfall is generally moderatein the south, but can be quite heavy in the north. Thunderstorms, sometimes accompanied by devastating tornadoes, are common in spring and summer, particularly inthe southern part...

• Track and Field.

  VI RUNNING EVENTS Running events are competitions that test athletes’ quickness, speed, and endurance. Athletes win running races by completing the distance or course in the leastamount of time. A Sprints The shortest running events, called sprints or dashes, are the premier events at a track-and-field meet. The outdoor sprints consist of the 100-meter, 200-meter, and400-meter events. Sprints contested at indoor meets include the 50-meter, 60-meter, 200-meter, and 400-meter events. Past champ...

• Communism.

  In Britain, Robert Owen, a philanthropic Welsh manufacturer, strove against the social problems brought about by the Industrial Revolution and sought to improve thewelfare of workers. As manager of a cotton mill, he enhanced the environment of his workers by improving their housing, modernizing mill equipment for greater safetyand sanitation, and establishing low-priced stores for the workers and schools for their children. Owen believed that workers, rather than governments, should createthe in...

• Communism .

  In Britain, Robert Owen, a philanthropic Welsh manufacturer, strove against the social problems brought about by the Industrial Revolution and sought to improve thewelfare of workers. As manager of a cotton mill, he enhanced the environment of his workers by improving their housing, modernizing mill equipment for greater safetyand sanitation, and establishing low-priced stores for the workers and schools for their children. Owen believed that workers, rather than governments, should createthe in...

• Conscription au Canada

• BERNACHE DU CANADA

• Les Indiens au Canada

  Indiens 101 trie. Mais l'assimilation des Indiens qui abandonnent leurs réserves pour des raisons économiques est particuliè­ rement difficile. 4 L'avenir des Indiens dépend largement de l'éducation donnée à leurs enfants. Dans les réserves, c'est les auto­ rités fédérales qui s'en chargent. La Fraternité demande que les Indiens eux-mêmes établissent leurs programmes d'enseignement et elle a publié en 1973 un document (aLea Indiens, martres de l...

• Ice Hockey: Olympic Medalists.

• Ice Hockey: Olympic Medalists This event was first held at the 1920 Summer Games.

• Définition: BABICHE2, substantif féminin.

• Hockey sur glace : palmarès JO - sport.

• Cartier, Georges Étienne

• Sainte-Lucie (1989-1990) En 1989-1990, les autorités ont fait de la promotion touristique aux États-Unis, au Royaume-Uni, et au Canada pour...

  Sainte-Lucie (1989-1990) En 1989-1990, les autorités ont fait de la promotion touristique aux États-Unis, au Royaume-Uni, et au Canada pour arrêter la chute des flux de touristes due au cyclone Hugo et à la banqueroute d'Eastern Airlines. Sur le plan économique, en 1989, l'industrie bananière a accusé une baisse de 28 millions de dollars...

• SUJET N° 20 : LES VILLES AUX ÉTATS-UNIS CANADA 0 5km '------' 129 Doc. 2 · L'ÉVOLUTION DES VILLES DANS...

  SUJET N° 20 : LES VILLES AUX ÉTATS-UNIS CANADA 0 5km '------' 129 Doc. 2 · L'ÉVOLUTION DES VILLES DANS LA RÉGION DES GRANDS LACS. Dans la région industrielle des Grands Lacs, où l'on enregistre au niveau des États une stagnation de la population totale et un déclin de leur population blanche, les agglomérations importantes voient leur centre continuer à se vider, en particulier de leur population blanche, quoiqu'à un rythme moins rapide que dans la décennie précédente. Detroit est un c...

• LA PUISSANCE DES ÉTATS-UNIS : Entre le Canada et /es États-Unis, la partie n'est pas égale : l'Amérique anglo-saxonne, c;e...

  LA PUISSANCE DES ÉTATS-UNIS : Entre le Canada et /es États-Unis, la partie n'est pas égale : l'Amérique anglo-saxonne, c;e sont .esse.ntiellement /es États-Unis. Introduction t Puissance économique et financière. - Les É.-U; sont la première puissance économique du globe, de l'aveu même des Soviétiques (revoir le manuel de Géographie). - Le dollar est la monnaie de. compte internationale : précieux avantage pour la balane!:!. des comptes des É..-U.. Il. Puissance militaire. - Les É.-U., grâce...

• Durham, John George Lambton

• Définition du terme: DALOT, substantif masculin.

• ligne de temps histoire

  1930 ­ Loi sur l'assurance­chômage canadienne. 1931 ­ Le  statut de Westminster  ouvre la voie  à l'ind épendance du  Canada . 1932 ­  Joseph­Alphonse Ouimet  met au point le premier t éléviseur au Canada. +   Fondation de la CCF ( Co­operative Commonwealth Federation) 1933 ­ Un quart de la population active du  Canada  est au ch ômage.   1934 ­ 1935 ­ Cr éation de la  Banque du Canada / Ouverture + Victoire du cr édit social en   Alberta 1936 ­  É douard VIII  devient roi du Canada. + Adopt...

• Histoire

  1930 ­ Loi sur l'assurance­chômage canadienne. 1931 ­ Le  statut de Westminster  ouvre la voie  à l'ind épendance du  Canada . 1932 ­  Joseph­Alphonse Ouimet  met au point le premier t éléviseur au Canada. +   Fondation de la CCF ( Co­operative Commonwealth Federation) 1933 ­ Un quart de la population active du  Canada  est au ch ômage.   1934 ­ 1935 ­ Cr éation de la  Banque du Canada / Ouverture + Victoire du cr édit social en   Alberta 1936 ­  É douard VIII  devient roi du Canada. + Adopt...

• Saint-Laurent.

• Sir Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine - Canadian History.

• patriotes, rébellion des

• Hockey: U.

• musée canadien des Civilisations

• Acte de l'Amérique du Nord britannique

• La souveraineté du Québec : une nouvelle tentative

• Sir John Alexander Macdonald - biography.

• Le cannabisme, bon ou mauvais?

• Définition: AVEINDRE, verbe transitif.

  Le Survenant, 1945, page 260). Aveindre quelqu'un. Le rejoindre (confer Soci?t? du Parler fran?ais au Canada, 1930). S'aveindre de quelque chose. Se tirer de quelque chose (Ibidem).

• Sciences Économiques et Sociales: L 'Alena

  1. Histoire ALENA résulte de l'extension d'un accord antérieur, qui ne concernait que le Canada et l'UE:. ALE (accord de libre-échange entre le Canada et les États-Unis »), qui comprend un certain nombre de principes Les négociations ontété lancées par le gouvernement des États-Unis sous la présidence de George Herbert Walker Bush, Représentantdu gouvernement du Canada, Brian Mulroney et son homologue mexicain, le président Carlos Salinas de Gortari.L'accord a été signé le 17 Décembre 1992 et...

• Macdonald, sir John Alexander

• Ontario.

• Mackenzie, Alexander

• 1960 - Amérique du Nord (Chronologie)

  17 juin 1960 - Etats-Unis - URSS:Premières livraisons de pétrole soviétique et refus des entreprises nord-américaines et britanniques de le raffiner. Un créditsoviétique de 100 millions de dollars sera affecté à l'achat de biens d'équipement et Che Guevara annonce un pland'industrialisation. 22 juin 1960 - Canada:Elections provinciales : après seize ans d'opposition, le Parti libéral revient au pouvoir, remportant la majorité absolue des sièges,et Jean Lesage devient premier ministre du Québec....

• Mackenzie, William Lyon