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• sur le plan de la connaissance, celle dont Colomb avait

  VII LE COUCHER DUSOLEILVoilà desconsidérations bienlongues etbien inutiles, pouramener àcette matinée defévrier 1935oùj’arrivai à Marseille prêtàembarquer àdestination deSantos. Parlasuite, j’aiconnu d’autres départsettous seconfondent dans mon souvenir oùquelques imagesseulement sontpréservées : d’abordcettegaieté particulière del’hiver dansleMidi de la France ; sousunciel bleu trèsclair, plusimmatériel encorequedecoutume, unair mordant offraitleplaisir àpeine supportable quedonne àl’assoiffé u...

• estampe - peinture.

  2.2. 4 La pointe sèche Avec cette technique, apparentée à la taille-douce, le graveur trace son dessin à l’aide d’une pointe très dure sur une plaque de cuivre ou de zinc non traitée. Sur les bords du sillon qu’il compose sur la plaque, l’outil repousse de petites crêtes de métal moins dur, appelées « barbes ». L’artiste s’efforce de conserver ces fragiles barbes tout au long de l’opération, car elles retiennent l’encre et permettent une impression aux lignes denses et veloutées. Leur délicates...

• temple - architecture.

  5 MONDE ROMAIN Les premiers temples empruntent directement à la tradition étrusque dont l'élément essentiel, qui perdure durant toute la civilisation romaine, est la surélévation de l'édifice au-dessus d'un puissant podium qui nécessite l'adjonction d'un escalier monumental, le plus fréquemment frontal. Érigé en 509 av. J.-C. sur la colline du Capitole à Rome, le temple dédié à Jupiter, Junon et Minerve, avec sa triple façade hexastyle et sa cella tripartite, est le symbole politique de la Rom...

• Comenius, John Amos

  enlightenment, peace, international co-operation and prosperity. This should be helped by the spread of education into all layers of society, and to each individual. The outbreak of the Civil War curtailed Comenius' activities in England. He left for Sweden to reform its educational system, hoping at the same time that Sweden's policy and participation in the Thirty Years' War might result in the liberation of the Kingdom of Bohemia from the rule of the Habsburgs and facilitate the repat...

• Dictionnaire en ligne: DESSINÉ, -ÉE, participe passé, adjectif et substantif masculin.

  dessinée comme vous la faites (AURORE DUPIN, BARONNE DUDEVANT, DITE GEORGE SAND, Le Meunier d'Angibault, 1845, page 216 ). Il y avait place dans le monde pour une ou plusieurs grandes politiques bien dessinées et bien suivies (PAUL VALÉRY, Regards sur le monde actuel, 1931, page 26 ). c) [En parlant d'une expression de la physionomie] Qui pourrait être traduit par un dessin. Un sourire à peine dessiné que Maigret commençait à connaître (GEORGES SIMENON, Les Vacances de Maigret, 1948, page 55 )....

• Kangaroo - biology.

  ungulates, they have evolved multi-chambered stomachs containing bacteria that can break down plant cell walls and release the nutritious cell contents. V SOCIAL ORGANIZATION Kangaroo social life is poorly understood, as few species have been studied in detail. Small species, such as potoroos, bettongs, and musky rat-kangaroos, tend to besolitary and widely dispersed, with a male's territory encompassing those of several females. The animals come together briefly for mating, and mother and offs...

• Grammaire LA PHRASE

  Il. LA PHRASE SIMPLE 1° Une phrase simple est une phrase constituée d'éléments essentiels et obligatoires qui permettent d'obtenir une signification. Ces éléments obli­ gatoires sont : a) le sujet ou le thème ; b) le verbe ou le prédicat. Uenfant joue. sujet verbe Remarque. Les notions de « sujet » et de « verbe » ne permettent pas toujours de rendre parfaitement compte de la réalité. Aussi préférons­ nous ici la terminologie des« grammaires moderne...

• pont (structure).

  toiture, et cette idée sera reprise et déclinée au XIXe siècle aux États-Unis. En 1502, Léonard de Vinci conçoit le projet d’un pont qui doit être construit à Istanbul : un pont en arc en maçonnerie d’une seule travée de 240 m. Des projets moins ambitieux sont menés à terme au cours de ce siècle, tels que le pont Notre-Dame (1512) — qui sera détruit et remplacé en 1853 — et le Pont-Neuf (1578-1604) à Paris, le Rialto (1588-1591) à Venise, le pont Santa Trinità (1566-1569) à Florence, œuvre de...

• pont (structure) - architecture.

  toiture, et cette idée sera reprise et déclinée au XIXe siècle aux États-Unis. En 1502, Léonard de Vinci conçoit le projet d’un pont qui doit être construit à Istanbul : un pont en arc en maçonnerie d’une seule travée de 240 m. Des projets moins ambitieux sont menés à terme au cours de ce siècle, tels que le pont Notre-Dame (1512) — qui sera détruit et remplacé en 1853 — et le Pont-Neuf (1578-1604) à Paris, le Rialto (1588-1591) à Venise, le pont Santa Trinità (1566-1569) à Florence, œuvre de...

• Italy - country.

  C Natural Resources Italy is poor in natural resources. Much of the land is unsuitable for agriculture because of mountainous terrain or unfavorable climate. Italy, moreover, lacks substantialdeposits of basic natural resources such as coal, iron, and petroleum. Natural gas is the country’s most important mineral resource. Other deposits include feldspar andpumice. Many of Italy’s mineral deposits on the islands of Sicily and Sardinia had been heavily depleted by the early 1990s. Italy is rich...

• Colorado (river, North America) - Geography.

  sometime between AD 1300 and 1400, but their descendants, the Hopi and Pueblo people, continue to farm and irrigate using the river's waters. The first European to visit the river was probably Spanish soldier and explorer Francisco de Ulloa, who explored the mouth of the Colorado in 1539. In 1540 and 1541another Spaniard, Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, traveled through much of the region around the Colorado River. An exploring party from the Coronado expedition,led by Garcia López de Cárdenas,...

• American Revolution.

  C1 The South Southern agriculture was founded on the cultivation of tobacco, wheat, and corn in Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina, and of rice and indigo (a blue dye) in SouthCarolina and Georgia. There was a large demand for these crops in Europe. These crops were cultivated with the help of black slaves imported from Africa. The whiteplanter class in the South was the most powerful, both politically and economically. C2 The North Wheat was the main cash crop of the mid-Atlantic colonies...

• American Revolution - U.

  C1 The South Southern agriculture was founded on the cultivation of tobacco, wheat, and corn in Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina, and of rice and indigo (a blue dye) in SouthCarolina and Georgia. There was a large demand for these crops in Europe. These crops were cultivated with the help of black slaves imported from Africa. The whiteplanter class in the South was the most powerful, both politically and economically. C2 The North Wheat was the main cash crop of the mid-Atlantic colonies...

• Sir John Thompson.

  over when the Jesuits were suppressed by the British in the 18th century. This action enraged Protestants in Ontario, who objected to public funds being given to areligious organization. In 1889 they tried to have the Jesuits' Estates Act disallowed. Thompson, however, refused to declare the act unconstitutional, and all but 13members of Parliament went along with his decision. F Abbott Government In the 1891 election, the Liberals campaigned mainly on the issue of free trade with the United St...

• Sir John Thompson - Canadian History.

  over when the Jesuits were suppressed by the British in the 18th century. This action enraged Protestants in Ontario, who objected to public funds being given to areligious organization. In 1889 they tried to have the Jesuits' Estates Act disallowed. Thompson, however, refused to declare the act unconstitutional, and all but 13members of Parliament went along with his decision. F Abbott Government In the 1891 election, the Liberals campaigned mainly on the issue of free trade with the United St...

• Woodrow Wilson.

  daughters. In 1885 Wilson also accepted a position with the newly opened Bryn Mawr College, a school for women near Philadelphia. Wilson was not particularly patient with womenas intellectual associates and did not enjoy his teaching duties. He was, however, able to pursue his writing. A University Professor In 1888 Wilson left Bryn Mawr for a professorship in history and political economy at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. There, in 1889, he published The State, a lengthy textbook analyz...

• Woodrow Wilson

  daughters. In 1885 Wilson also accepted a position with the newly opened Bryn Mawr College, a school for women near Philadelphia. Wilson was not particularly patient with womenas intellectual associates and did not enjoy his teaching duties. He was, however, able to pursue his writing. A University Professor In 1888 Wilson left Bryn Mawr for a professorship in history and political economy at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. There, in 1889, he published The State, a lengthy textbook analyz...

• USA - Iraq War - History.

  B Making the Case for War B1 “Neoconservatives” and the Bush Doctrine Long before President George W. Bush took office in 2001, elements in or close to the Republican Party had called repeatedly for firmer U.S. steps against Iraq,including a war if necessary to force a regime change. One such group authored a white paper in 1996 called A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm , which was later sent to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of Israel’s Likud Party. It advocated...

• U.S.-Iraq War - U.S. History. I INTRODUCTION U.S.-Iraq War, military action begun in

  B Making the Case for War B1 “Neoconservatives” and the Bush Doctrine Long before President George W. Bush took office in 2001, elements in or close to the Republican Party had called repeatedly for firmer U.S. steps against Iraq,including a war if necessary to force a regime change. One such group authored a white paper in 1996 called A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm , which was later sent to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of Israel’s Likud Party. It advocated...

• HISTOIRE ET LITTÉRATURE

  merveilleux pour réconcilier la cohérence du témoignage avec celle de l'ordre admis. L'objectivité s'en trouve paradoxalement renforcée, puisque la fonction du récit est alors d'intégrer l'extraordinaire au champ du normal, et la subjectivité y trouve accréditation, en ce qu'elle atteste l'exceptionnel. Mais ce type de synthèse entre les cadres de la représenta tion du monde fondés sur le dogme et les surprises de 1' expérience ne conserve guère crédit au-de...

• Theodore Roosevelt.

  in Oyster Bay, Long Island. The couple had five children, Theodore Jr., Kermit, Ethel Carow, Archibald Bullock, and Quentin. They also raised Alice, Roosevelt’s daughterfrom his first marriage. Discouraged with politics, Roosevelt enjoyed family life and literary pursuits. He wrote Essays on Practical Politics in 1888. The same year he also wrote an opinionated biography of Gouverneur Morris, an American statesman who helped draft the Constitution of the United States. The book revealed far mo...

• Theodore Roosevelt

  in Oyster Bay, Long Island. The couple had five children, Theodore Jr., Kermit, Ethel Carow, Archibald Bullock, and Quentin. They also raised Alice, Roosevelt’s daughterfrom his first marriage. Discouraged with politics, Roosevelt enjoyed family life and literary pursuits. He wrote Essays on Practical Politics in 1888. The same year he also wrote an opinionated biography of Gouverneur Morris, an American statesman who helped draft the Constitution of the United States. The book revealed far mo...

• Arthur Meighen.

  Liberal Party. The election was disastrous for the Conservatives, who returned only 50 members. The Liberals won 117 seats and the Progressives 65. Meighen himselfwas defeated in Portage la Prairie. He resigned as prime minister on December 29, 1921. V OPPOSITION Meighen soon regained a seat and returned to lead the opposition, since the Progressive Party had refused to be the official opposition. His first major clash with Kingcame in September 1922, when Britain asked for Canada's help in the...

• Arthur Meighen - Canadian History.

  Liberal Party. The election was disastrous for the Conservatives, who returned only 50 members. The Liberals won 117 seats and the Progressives 65. Meighen himselfwas defeated in Portage la Prairie. He resigned as prime minister on December 29, 1921. V OPPOSITION Meighen soon regained a seat and returned to lead the opposition, since the Progressive Party had refused to be the official opposition. His first major clash with Kingcame in September 1922, when Britain asked for Canada's help in the...

• African American History - U.

  In their day-to-day lives, slaves and servants shared similar grievances and frequently formed alliances. Advertisements seeking the return of slaves and servants whohad run away together filled colonial newspapers. When a slave named Charles escaped in 1740, the Pennsylvania Gazette reported that two white servants, a 'Scotch man' and an Englishman, escaped with him. Sometimes interracial alliances involved violence. During Bacon's Rebellion in 1676, slaves and servants took up armsagainst Na...

• Canada.

  Six general landform regions are distinguishable in Canada: the Appalachian Region, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands, the Canadian Shield, the Great Plains,the Canadian Cordillera, and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. B1 Appalachian Region and Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands Eastern Canada consists of the Appalachian Region and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands. The Appalachian Region embraces Newfoundland Island, NovaScotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and the G...

• Canada - country.

  Six general landform regions are distinguishable in Canada: the Appalachian Region, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands, the Canadian Shield, the Great Plains,the Canadian Cordillera, and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. B1 Appalachian Region and Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands Eastern Canada consists of the Appalachian Region and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands. The Appalachian Region embraces Newfoundland Island, NovaScotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and the G...

• Canada - Canadian History.

  Six general landform regions are distinguishable in Canada: the Appalachian Region, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands, the Canadian Shield, the Great Plains,the Canadian Cordillera, and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. B1 Appalachian Region and Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands Eastern Canada consists of the Appalachian Region and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands. The Appalachian Region embraces Newfoundland Island, NovaScotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and the G...

• Dark Matter - astronomy.

  observed, and the measured frequency of such events has placed limits on how much dark matter can take the form of MACHOs. From the observations that have beenmade by astronomers, it is now known that MACHOs cannot be the dominant constituent of dark matter. There are simply not enough such gravitational lenses. Physicists suspect that a more exotic form of cold dark matter must exist. This form is not baryonic. Like neutrinos, this form barely interacts with ordinary matter, butis some type of...

• Argentina - country.

  Patagonia lies in the rain shadow of the Andes and so receives little moisture. As a result it is used primarily for grazing sheep, although some crops are grown on smallfarms in irrigated valleys. Several major oil fields also are in Patagonia. At the southern tip of Patagonia is Tierra del Fuego, a large mountainous island shared byArgentina and Chile. B Rivers and Lakes Most of Argentina’s rivers empty into the Atlantic Ocean. Three rivers—the Paraná, Paraguay, and Uruguay—flow generally sou...

• navette spatiale - astronomie.

  utilisé lors de nombreuses missions pour positionner ou récupérer différents satellites scientifiques ou de communication. Des carreaux de céramique et des feuilles souples de matériau isolant constituant un système de protection thermique ( thermal protection system, TPS) tapissent le ventre, le dessous des ailes et d’autres surfaces de l’orbiteur soumises à une forte chaleur, et le protègent ainsi lors de sa rentrée dans l’atmosphère. Contrairement au matériau utilisé pour les précédents va...

• Israel (country) - country.

  harbor in the northern part of the country, and Ashdod, an artificial deepwater port to the south, serve as the main seaports on the Mediterranean. The port of Elat onthe Gulf of Aqaba provides Israel’s only access to the Red Sea, making it extremely important to the country’s shipping interests. D Natural Resources Although much of Israel’s desert regions contain poor soils, the northern Negev, the coastal plains, and the interior valleys provide patches of productive soils. Anestimated 18 per...

• Spain - country.

  B Natural Resources Spain has a number of mineral resources. The largest known deposits are of iron ore, zinc, and lead. Spain also produces significant quantities of copper and mercury.These deposits are mined mainly in Huelva province in southwestern Spain, around Cartagena on the Mediterranean, and at various points along the Bay of Biscay inthe north. Additionally, uranium is mined in the region of Extremadura, near the Portuguese frontier, where pyrites, fluorspar, gypsum, tungsten, and po...

• Aksum.

  doctrine that Christ was both divine and human. The Council of Chalcedon condemned Monophysitism in 451, and since that time the Coptic Church has beenindependent of other Christian churches. After the Council of Chalcedon, priests who continued to teach Monophysitism were persecuted in the eastern Roman Empire, and many migrated to Aksum. The influxof priests, along with the support of the royal family, strengthened missionary efforts in Aksum. Many churches and monasteries were founded after 4...

• Vocabulaire: CHÂSSIS, substantif masculin.

  plastique, abritant une couche pour h?ter et prot?ger la v?g?tation. Ch?ssis couche, vitr?; ch?ssis ? melons, ? semis?: ? 2. Puis, elle courut jeter [Nana] un coup d'oeil au fond du puits, souleva un ch?ssis pour regarder ce qu'il y avait dessous, s'absorba dans la contemplation d'une ?norme citrouille. ?MILE ZOLA, Nana, 1880, page 1235. ? 3. Hubert arrivait en courant, les cheveux coll?s de pluie. Il dit?: ? Je suis all? mettre les ch?ssis sur les couches. ? GEORGES DUHAMEL, Chronique des...

• Belize - country.

  Education is compulsory for children between the ages of 5 and 14. Attendance at primary schools was nearly universal in 2002–2003, but only 78 percent of children ofsecondary school age were enrolled in school. Higher education is available at colleges in Belize City and Corozal. The literacy rate of 93 percent is one of the highest inLatin America. C Government Belize is governed under a constitution that became effective at independence in 1981. Belize recognizes the British monarch as its o...

• Brazil - country.

  occasional droughts. Brazil contains a wealth of mineral and plant resources that have not yet been fully explored. It possesses some of the world’s largest deposits of iron ore and containsrich deposits of many other minerals, including gold and copper. Brazil’s fossil fuel resources are modest, but this limitation is offset by the considerable hydroelectricpotential of the nation’s many rivers. Although Brazil is an important producer of tropical crops, areas of highly fertile land are limited...

• 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...

• Texas - geography.

  D Climate Eastern Texas has a humid subtropical climate, while a semiarid low latitude climate prevails in central areas, and an arid low latitude climate in the extreme west. Alongthe coast the climate is much milder, with fewer extremes in temperatures. Hurricanes sometimes hit the coastal areas of Texas from late July through September, andtornadoes are common in north-central Texas in April and May. D1 Temperature Summers are hot throughout the state, and temperatures exceeding 35°C (95°F)...

• Texas - USA History.

  D Climate Eastern Texas has a humid subtropical climate, while a semiarid low latitude climate prevails in central areas, and an arid low latitude climate in the extreme west. Alongthe coast the climate is much milder, with fewer extremes in temperatures. Hurricanes sometimes hit the coastal areas of Texas from late July through September, andtornadoes are common in north-central Texas in April and May. D1 Temperature Summers are hot throughout the state, and temperatures exceeding 35°C (95°F)...

• 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...

• Federal Republic of Germany - country.

  B Rivers and Lakes Rivers have played a major role in Germany’s economic development. The Rhine River flows in a northwesterly direction from Switzerland through much of westernGermany and The Netherlands into the North Sea. It is a major European waterway and a pillar of commerce and trade. Its primary German tributaries include theMain, Mosel, Neckar, and Ruhr rivers. The Oder (Odra) River, along the border between Poland and Germany, runs northward and empties into the Baltic; it provides an...

• Dentistry.

  Together with dentists, dental hygienists and dental assistants make up the team that provides dental care to patients. Hygienists record patient medical histories, suchas blood pressure and pulse. They clean teeth, apply sealants and fluoride treatments, teach patients sound oral hygiene practices, and often assist with X rays. Manyhygienists receive a two-year associate degree, while others may choose to enroll in a four-year program at a university or in a master’s degree program. There are25...

• South Africa - country.

  The major soil zones are conditioned largely by climatic factors. In the semiarid north and west, soils are alkaline and poorly developed. In the southern part of WesternCape Province, rain falls mostly in the winter months, and soils there form slowly and are generally thin and immature. The moderate temperatures and summer rainfallof the High Veld and eastern coastal areas create conditions for more productive organic decomposition, leading to dark, fertile soils, or chernozems, similar to tho...

• mémoire

  2 Résumé : Les programmes de l’école primaire de 2002 accordent une place importante à la littérature de jeunesse dont l’un objectif dès à la fin de la Grande Section de maternelle est d’arriver à s’approprier une histoire. La question est donc de savoir comment les enfants arrivent à s’approprier une histoire avant la fin de la Grande Section ? Resumen: Los programas de la escuela primaria de 2002 conce...

• Le désir de comprendre de quoi est fait le monde qui les entoure a toujours excité la curiosité des hommes.

  La lumière La lumière fut l'un des sujets les plus sensibles dans le développement de la physique, d'une part comme support de la vision, qui est le principal canal de notre connaissance du monde, et comme vecteur d'informations venant d'endroits inaccessibles (les étoiles), d'autre part comme champ d'expérience privilégié pour les diverses théories du rayonnement. Le premier des quatre textes qui suivent relate l'étape cruciale où l'on a pris conscience du rôle que joue la lumière dans la vi...

• Calvin Coolidge.

  By 1923 President Harding was faced with a number of difficulties. A business depression, which had begun in 1922, continued. In addition, the Republican majorities inboth houses of Congress were reduced in the election of 1922, and a discontented farm bloc of Western Republican senators threatened to destroy the Senate majorityby allying with the Democrats. Finally, it was rumored that major scandals involving Harding's friends were about to break. The rumors were soon proved accurate. The dire...

• Calvin Coolidge

  By 1923 President Harding was faced with a number of difficulties. A business depression, which had begun in 1922, continued. In addition, the Republican majorities inboth houses of Congress were reduced in the election of 1922, and a discontented farm bloc of Western Republican senators threatened to destroy the Senate majorityby allying with the Democrats. Finally, it was rumored that major scandals involving Harding's friends were about to break. The rumors were soon proved accurate. The dire...

• Feudalism I INTRODUCTION Feudalism, contractual system of political and military relationships existing among members of the nobility in Western Europe during the High Middle Ages.

  lord”; thus, it was not rebellion for a subvassal to fight against his lord’s lord. In England, however, William the Conqueror and his successors required their vassals’vassals to take oaths of fealty to them. B Duties of a Vassal Military service in the field was basic to feudalism, but it was far from all that the vassal owed to his lord. When the lord had a castle, he might require his vassals togarrison it, a service called castle-guard. The lord also expected his vassals to attend his cour...