2034 résultats pour "thema"

• Banking.

  loans, and some commercial loans in addition to checking accounts and time deposits. Credit unions, SLAs, and savings banks help encourage thriftiness by paying interest to consumers who put their money in savings deposits. Consequently, creditunions, SLAs, and savings banks are often referred to as thrift institutions. Of the various types of banks in the United States, commercial banks account for the greatest single source of the financial industry’s assets. In 2000 the 8,528commercial banks...

• European Union .

  safeguard the interests of the member states, a common assembly with advisory authority only, and a court of justice to settle disputes. D European Economic Community (EEC) In 1957 the participants in the ECSC signed two more treaties, known as the Treaties of Rome. These treaties created the European Atomic Energy Community(Euratom) for the development of peaceful uses of atomic energy and, most important, the European Economic Community (EEC, often referred to as the CommonMarket). The EEC tr...

• Iowa - geography.

  Okoboji, Lost Island, Silver, and West Swan lakes. In addition, reservoirs have been created by damming several smaller Iowa rivers. There are a number of largereservoirs behind dams on the Mississippi River along the Iowa state line. C Climate Iowa’s climate is characterized by warm, generally moist summers and cold winters. Temperatures vary considerably from season to season and, at times, from day today. However, monthly averages are relatively uniform throughout the state and usually vary...

• Iowa - USA History.

  Okoboji, Lost Island, Silver, and West Swan lakes. In addition, reservoirs have been created by damming several smaller Iowa rivers. There are a number of largereservoirs behind dams on the Mississippi River along the Iowa state line. C Climate Iowa’s climate is characterized by warm, generally moist summers and cold winters. Temperatures vary considerably from season to season and, at times, from day today. However, monthly averages are relatively uniform throughout the state and usually vary...

• Missouri - geography.

  Saint Francois Mountains, at the eastern end of the crest of the dome. Only in these mountains have the sedimentary rocks been sufficiently eroded away so that theunderlying igneous rocks are exposed. They form the rounded, knoblike peaks of an old mountain range. The peaks project, in isolation or in clusters, between 230 and300 m (750 and 1,000 ft) above the surrounding sedimentary basins. One of these knobs, Taum Sauk Mountain, reaches 540 m (1,772 ft) above sea level and is thehighest point...

• Missouri - USA History.

  Saint Francois Mountains, at the eastern end of the crest of the dome. Only in these mountains have the sedimentary rocks been sufficiently eroded away so that theunderlying igneous rocks are exposed. They form the rounded, knoblike peaks of an old mountain range. The peaks project, in isolation or in clusters, between 230 and300 m (750 and 1,000 ft) above the surrounding sedimentary basins. One of these knobs, Taum Sauk Mountain, reaches 540 m (1,772 ft) above sea level and is thehighest point...

• North Carolina - geography.

  The drainage divide in North Carolina follows the Blue Ridge range on the eastern margin of the mountain region. This is called the “Eastern Continental Divide.” West ofthis divide, rivers drain into the Mississippi River through the Tennessee River and other tributaries of the Ohio River. The French Broad, the largest, and the LittleTennessee flow into the Tennessee River. The New River flows into the Kanawha River of West Virginia which in turn flows into the Ohio River. Most of the state’s ri...

• North Carolina - USA History.

  The drainage divide in North Carolina follows the Blue Ridge range on the eastern margin of the mountain region. This is called the “Eastern Continental Divide.” West ofthis divide, rivers drain into the Mississippi River through the Tennessee River and other tributaries of the Ohio River. The French Broad, the largest, and the LittleTennessee flow into the Tennessee River. The New River flows into the Kanawha River of West Virginia which in turn flows into the Ohio River. Most of the state’s ri...

• Prévert : Paroles

  Elle trouve ça tout naturel la mèreEt le père qu'est-ce qu'il fait le père ?Il fait des affairesSa femme fait du tricotSon fils la guerreLui des affairesIl trouve ça tout naturel le pèreEt le fils et le filsQu'est-ce qu'il trouve le fils ?Il ne trouve absolument rien le filsLe fils sa mère fait du tricot son père des affaires lui la guerreQuand il aura fini la guerreIl fera des affaires avec son pèreLa guerre continue la mère continue elle tricoteLe père continue il fait des affairesLe fils est...

• Commentaire Composé Sur La Nouvelle "Monseigneur" D'Anton Tchékhov

  début du récit nous apprend que l'action se déroule au « début d'avril », et le narrateur mentionne à plusieurs reprises le « soleilprintanier » ou « l'air printanier ». Par ailleurs, le texte est semé d'indications temporelles précises. Le lecteur apprend ainsi qu'ilest « près d'onze heures » lorsque les vigiles s'achèvent, que l'évêque dîne « à une heure passée », que le service se termine à« minuit moins le quart » et que Monseigneur entre en agonie « vers huit heures ». A ce propos, il est r...

• MALRAUX André : sa vie et son oeuvre

  dans le logement surplombant l'épicerie familiale de Bondy. Il fréq uente le collège, puis, à dix-sept ans, décide de prendre en main sa propre éducation. Pas­ sionné d'art, élève au musée Guimet et à l'école du Louvre, ce lecteur insatiable apprend le sanskrit. Il gagne sa vie dans le commerce des livres d'occasion, et cette activité l'introduit auprès d'intellectuels chevronnés (Gide, Max Jacob, Reverdy) qui l'encouragent à écrire : la revue...

• The Other Side of Truth

  o If he goes to London he’ll be able to go on writing articles and inform people and defend the truth. o He’ll be safe and his children would have his father. Grief is the only thing at that moment. The references to Uncle Tune’s job are very important; the conversation between him and Folarin is quite aggressive and look like a trial. L.90, l.92. As a lawyer he knows how to make people react and how to convince them to be careful. L.6, l.11. It shows importance of justice while t...

• Le symbolisme : poésie et théâre (Exposé – Art & Littérature – Collège/Lycée)

  Saint-P o l R o u x, fait ses d ébuts littéraires e n 1 886 d a ns le groupe des écrivains de la "Pléiade» en publi ant une petit e plaquette de vers, Lazare. Il entr e e nsuite dans l e mouv ement symbolist e e t c ollabor e à toutes les revues d e l'école, en p a rticuli er à L'Ermitag e et au M erc u re de France . Sa doctrine , l'" idé oréa lis m e », est d éfinie dans les Reposoir s : recherc he de l'Idé e à trave rs la N ature. Pour lui, l'imagination seule p...

• locke-montesquieu

  I shall leave the question of Montesquieu's influence for another day. My purpose here is to give an account of the argument for religious toleration in the Persian Letters . But before I celebrate the virtues of Montesquieu, I’m afraid I have a few unpleasant things to say about Locke, whose treatment of the subject seems to me to be generally overrated. It’s a common observation that Locke's treatment of toleration is unhappily limited. His subject is "mutual toleration among Christ...

• Armenian Massacres .

  Some of the Armenian revolutionaries and others hoped that the massacres would provoke the intervention of the European powers (Britain, France, Austria-Hungary,and Germany). Although the leaders of the European powers publicly condemned the actions of the sultan, they failed to intervene. Mutual rivalries and suspicions, aswell as the imprecise terms of Article 61 of the Treaty of Berlin, helped produce this inaction. But these bloody episodes soon paved the way for the rise of a newnationalist...

• Excerpt from The Old Curiosity Shop - anthology.

  'Well!' muttered Quilp, as he marked her earnest look. 'I believe you. Humph! Gone already? Gone in four-and-twenty hours I What the devil has he done with it,that's the mystery!' This reflection set him scratching his head and biting his nails once more. While he was thus employed his features gradually relaxed into what was with him acheerful smile, but which in any other man would have been a ghastly grin of pain, and when the child looked up again she found that he was regarding her with...

• Rutherford B.

  Governor Hayes gave Ohio an honest administration. During his two separate terms (from 1868 to 1872 and then from 1876 to 1877) were conspicuous, in that age ofpolitical corruption, for freedom from scandal and irregularities. Even newspapers that supported the opposition Democratic Party praised his administration. Although a Democratic legislature in Hayes's first term obstructed many of his liberal measures, he was able to reform the prison system. During his second term aRepublican majority...

• religieuse, peinture 1 PRÉSENTATION religieuse, peinture, en peinture, terme désignant les oeuvres qui illustrent des épisodes relatifs à la vie des divinités et des figures saintes.

  trônant dans une attitude hiératique, la figure de la Madone ( Maestà de Santa Trinita de Cimabue, v. 1280-1290, galerie des Offices, Florence). 3.1. 4 L’art du retable La peinture de retables d’autel se développe dès le XIIe siècle. En Italie, les compositions s’inscrivent à l’origine dans des cadres très ornementés inspirés de l’architecture gothique contemporaine ( l’Annonciation de Simone Martini, 1333, galerie des Offices). Progressivement les arrière-plans se peuplent d’un nombre cro...

• Baudelaire - L'ALBATROS

  voyaguerailé devient le poète, les hommes d'équipage, la foule et les planches, le théâtre social.2) Les thèmes du poèteLa verticalité, l'aspect aérien: L'albatros est évoqué dans toute sa grandeur comme le confirmel'enjambement des vers 1 et 2 qui suggère l'immensité des espaces que l'albatros à parcourir. Cettenotino de grands espaces est renforcée par l'hypallage du vers 2 (“vaste oiseau des mers” = oiseaudes vastes mers). L'aspect sublime: Au-dessus de l'horizontalité mediocr...

• Animal Behavior - biology.

  The first motor program analyzed in much detail was the egg-rolling response of geese. When a goose sees an egg outside its nest, it stares at the egg, stretches itsneck until its bill is just on the other side of the egg, and then gently rolls the egg back into the nest. At first glance this seems a thoughtful and intelligent piece ofbehavior, but it is a mechanical motor program; almost any smooth, rounded object (the sign stimulus) will release the response. Furthermore, removal of the egg on...

• Internet.

  usually pays a fixed monthly fee for a dedicated connection. In exchange, the company providing the connection agrees to relay data between the user’s computer andthe Internet. Dial-up is the least expensive access technology, but it is also the least convenient. To use dial-up access, a subscriber must have a telephone modem, a device thatconnects a computer to the telephone system and is capable of converting data into sounds and sounds back into data. The user’s ISP provides software that con...

• Roman Art and Architecture - History.

  Racecourses or circuses were also built in many cities for holding chariot races and horse races. Rome’s circus-shaped Piazza Navona occupies the site of one that wasbuilt during the reign ( AD 81-96) of the emperor Domitian. The largest circus in Rome, the Circus Maximus, held about 200,000 spectators. E Public Baths Large cities and small towns alike also had public baths ( thermae ); under the Republic they were generally made up of a suite of dressing rooms and bathing chambers with hot- ,...

• Bear - biology.

  programs sponsored by zoos or other breeding centers have attempted to breed giant pandas in captivity, although most of these programs have proved unsuccessful.Among the difficulties faced by captive breeders has been the problem of encouraging a female giant panda to mate with a selected male during the two to three daysof the year when she is most fertile, a period known as estrus. B Spectacled Bear Creamy-white rings surrounding the eyes give the spectacled bear its name. Its shaggy coat of...

• John F.

  by the United States, was unable to withstand the advance of Communist forces under Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung). By the end of 1949 government troops had beenoverwhelmingly defeated, and Chiang led his forces into exile on Taiwan. The triumphant Mao formed the People’s Republic of China. Truman’s critics, includingKennedy, charged that the administration had failed to support Chiang Kai-shek against the Communists. Kennedy easily won reelection to Congress in 1948 and 1950. In 1952 he decided to r...

• John F.

  by the United States, was unable to withstand the advance of Communist forces under Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung). By the end of 1949 government troops had beenoverwhelmingly defeated, and Chiang led his forces into exile on Taiwan. The triumphant Mao formed the People’s Republic of China. Truman’s critics, includingKennedy, charged that the administration had failed to support Chiang Kai-shek against the Communists. Kennedy easily won reelection to Congress in 1948 and 1950. In 1952 he decided to r...

• Dwight D.

  maneuvers in Louisiana in 1941, he played a leading role as a staff officer, adding to his reputation and securing him a promotion to brigadier general. On December 7,1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and the next day the United States entered World War II against the Axis Powers (Japan, Germany, and Italy). A weeklater, the army’s new chief of staff, General George C. Marshall, called Eisenhower to Washington, D.C., and put him in charge of the War Plans Division. Opinions differed on...

• Johann Sebastian Bach.

  from his duties, and even tossed him into jail for “too obstinately requesting his dismissal.” But after several weeks the duke saw it was of no use and let him go. E Köthen: 1717-1723 Bach’s new employer, Leopold, loved and understood music and could play the violin, viola da gamba, and harpsichord as well as sing bass. The prince held Bach in highregard and stood as godfather for his seventh child. Bach, in turn, named the child Leopold August in his employer’s honor. Bach later said that the...

• Christianity.

  history of architecture. See Basilica; Church; Early Christian Art and Architecture;Prayer. C Christian Life The instruction and exhortation of Christian preaching and teaching concern all the themes of doctrine and morals: the love of God and the love of neighbor, the twochief commandments in the ethical message of Jesus (see Matthew 22: 34-40). Application of these commandments to the concrete situations of human life, bothpersonal and social, does not produce a uniformity of moral or polit...

• San Francisco - geography.

  recognized symbol of the city, opened in 1937. It connects San Francisco to Marin County to the north, one of the wealthiest suburban areas in the nation. With the construction of the Bay and Golden Gate bridges and other links from the city to its suburbs, the San Francisco Bay area has become one large metropolitanregion. San Francisco itself is only 122 sq km (47 sq mi) of land area, but the city’s Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area (defined by the Census Bureau as SanFrancisco, San Mateo,...

• Spanish Empire.

  Spain’s royal government quickly imposed its own officials, first to collect taxes and then to administer the colony. Its goal was to assert royal control over both settlersand indigenous peoples. In Spain the government established a House of Trade to supervise colonial affairs and to oversee, license, and tax all trade and commerce. Asthe royal government asserted more authority over colonial activities, Columbus lost effective power, and was eventually replaced by other colonial governors. Wi...

• Spanish Empire .

  Spain’s royal government quickly imposed its own officials, first to collect taxes and then to administer the colony. Its goal was to assert royal control over both settlersand indigenous peoples. In Spain the government established a House of Trade to supervise colonial affairs and to oversee, license, and tax all trade and commerce. Asthe royal government asserted more authority over colonial activities, Columbus lost effective power, and was eventually replaced by other colonial governors. Wi...

• Heart.

  situation. A Cardiac Cycle Although the right and left halves of the heart are separate, they both contract in unison, producing a single heartbeat. The sequence of events from the beginning ofone heartbeat to the beginning of the next is called the cardiac cycle. The cardiac cycle has two phases: diastole, when the heart’s chambers are relaxed, and systole,when the chambers contract to move blood. During the systolic phase, the atria contract first, followed by contraction of the ventricles. T...

• 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...

• Railroads.

  III GAUGES The gauge of track is the distance between the inner edges of the rails at points 1.59 cm (0.626 in) below the top of the heads. In the United States, Canada, theUnited Kingdom, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, and much of continental Europe, the standard gauge is 143.51 cm (56.5 in). Why this measurement became the standard isa matter of speculation. Probably the tradition is inherited from early tramroads built to accommodate wagons with axles 1.5 m (5 ft) long; some of the early edge rail...

• Rhode Island - geography.

  C (73° F). Along the northern state line, the January mean temperature is about 1° C (about 2° F) colder than in Warwick in January. Along the ocean coast, theJanuary mean temperature is -1° C (30° F). Warm season temperatures are also influenced by the ocean and bay, so temperatures are usually cooler along the coastthan in the interior. The difference tends to be greatest in spring and early summer. Winter temperatures in Rhode Island are usually above -7° C (20° F), buttemperatures colder by...

• Rhode Island - USA History.

  C (73° F). Along the northern state line, the January mean temperature is about 1° C (about 2° F) colder than in Warwick in January. Along the ocean coast, theJanuary mean temperature is -1° C (30° F). Warm season temperatures are also influenced by the ocean and bay, so temperatures are usually cooler along the coastthan in the interior. The difference tends to be greatest in spring and early summer. Winter temperatures in Rhode Island are usually above -7° C (20° F), buttemperatures colder by...

• Ancient Egypt.

  around 4500 BC. The style and decoration of the pottery found at these sites differ from those of pottery found in Upper Egypt. The northern type eventually fell out of use. Other differences between the peoples in Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt include the nature of their architecture and the arrangements for burial of the dead, thelatter perhaps signifying differing religious beliefs. B Unification and Early Dynastic Period By 3500 BC, the settlement of Hierakonpolis, located on the west bank...

• Ancient Egypt - USA History.

  around 4500 BC. The style and decoration of the pottery found at these sites differ from those of pottery found in Upper Egypt. The northern type eventually fell out of use. Other differences between the peoples in Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt include the nature of their architecture and the arrangements for burial of the dead, thelatter perhaps signifying differing religious beliefs. B Unification and Early Dynastic Period By 3500 BC, the settlement of Hierakonpolis, located on the west bank...

• New Mexico - geography.

  New Mexico’s major river is the Río Grande, originating in southern Colorado, and flowing southward for 760 km (470 mi) through the state. Between the San LuisValley and Española Valley the river flows in a deep canyon known as the Río Grande Gorge; then, below White Rock Canyon, it flows through several valleys containingagricultural land. Most of the water of the Río Grande is used to irrigate these valleys. The Río Grande’s waterflow in New Mexico is extremely low. One of the major tributarie...

• New Mexico - USA History.

  New Mexico’s major river is the Río Grande, originating in southern Colorado, and flowing southward for 760 km (470 mi) through the state. Between the San LuisValley and Española Valley the river flows in a deep canyon known as the Río Grande Gorge; then, below White Rock Canyon, it flows through several valleys containingagricultural land. Most of the water of the Río Grande is used to irrigate these valleys. The Río Grande’s waterflow in New Mexico is extremely low. One of the major tributarie...

• Egypt - country.

  Egypt has a wide variety of mineral deposits, some of which, such as gold and red granite, have been exploited since ancient times. The chief mineral resource ofcontemporary value is petroleum, found mainly in the Red Sea coastal region, at Al ‘Alamayn (El ‘Alamein) on the Mediterranean, and on the Sinai Peninsula. Otherminerals include phosphates, manganese, iron ore, and uranium. Natural gas is also extracted. D Plants and Animals The vegetation of Egypt is confined largely to the Nile Delta,...

• Maupassant (Exposé – Art & Littérature – Collège/Lycée)

  UNE NOUVELLE VIE LE Mtnn D'tcRIVAIN • Les principaux quotidiens- Gif BltJs, mr.~• -=~r ~ Le Gaulois , Le Figaro­s'arrachent les services de Maupassant auquel ils commandent des récits -qui seront plus tard réunis ._;......:;;o..;.;._...,. en volume-, des feuilletons ou des chroniques d'actualité, qui sont publiés au jour le jour dans leurs pages . • Maupassant partage dès lors sa vie entre la littérature , le journalisme et les voyages, des voyages d...

• APRÈS TROIS ANS - Commentaire complet

  28 LA POÉSIE Même j'ai retrouvé debout la Velléda Dont le plâtre s'écaille au bout de l'avenue, - Grêle, parmi l'odeur fade du réséda. VERLAINE, Poèmes Saturniens, « Après trois ans », Messein. Que vous apprend ce poème sur les circonstances qui l'ont inspiré ? Quel thème lyrique y est développé ? Par quels traits essentiels se manifeste ici le talent original de Verlaine ? COMMENTAIRE PROPOSÉ INTRODUCTION Ce texte figure dans les Po...

• LA DÉCOUVERTE DU LAOCOON

  La beauté de l'œuvre suscite l'enthousiasme. Le réalisme des visages crispés de douleur, la finesse avec laquelle le grain de la peau est rendu, l'expression du mouvement, tout cela porte la signature d'un maître talentueux et non d'un simple imitateur. Les Romains d'alors - et tous les historiens de 11 art jusqu'à aujourd'hui - s'accordent pour penser que le Laocoon est une pièce originale et digne du plus grand intérêt. Re...

• Excerpt from Macbeth - anthology.

  As they had seen me with these hangman’s hands.Listening their fear I could not say “Amen”When they did say “God bless us.” LADY. Consider it not so deeply. MACBETH. But wherefore could not I pronounce “Amen”?I had most need of blessing, and “Amen”Stuck in my throat. LADY. These deeds must not be thoughtAfter these ways; so, it will make us mad. MACBETH. Methought I heard a voice cry, “Sleep no more!Macbeth does murder sleep—the innocent sleep,Sleep that knits up the ravelled sleave of care,The...

• Epicure, explication de texte, Lettre à Ménécée

  Explication 1 Le rôle de la philosophie Attention : il faut lire ces analyses en ayant sous les yeux le texte auxquelles les explications se rapportent. « Que nul, étant jeune, ne tarde à philosopher, ni, vieux, ne se lasse de la philosophie. Car il n’est, pour personne, ni trop tôt ni trop tard, pour assurer la santé de l'âme (...) Il faut donc méditer sur ce qui procure le bonheur, puisque, lui présent, nous avons tout, et, lui absent, nous faisons tout pour l'avoir. » Memento ra...

• Rhapsody in blue 1924 George Gershwin (1898-1937)

  Rhapsody in blue 1 335 et les mélodies, Gershwin réalise très vite la place privilégiée qu'il occupe en tant que témoin de la naissance d'une musique noire, le jazz. Très sensible au changement de sensibilité que suppose cette propagation d'une musique basée avant tout sur le rythme, il en intégrera les recettes de base dans un contexte symphoni­ que: prédominance des cassures de rythme, don pour les raccour­ cis, élagage impitoyable des redondances, ide...

• Soudain l'été dernier - Théâtre

  4.2. La folie. (Récit de Catherine) (Récit de Venable).C'est un thème récurrent dans les pièces de Tennessee Williams : à savoir la folie et encore plus la peur d'être foualors qu'on ne l'est point. Que s'est-il réellement passé là-bas à Cabeza de Lobo pour bouleverser à ce pointCatherine? Qui était réellement Sébastien? Que souhaite donc cacher aux yeux de tous Miss Venable?Il y a une sorte d'ambiance malsaine; par moment même étouffante à l'image du jardin fantastique dans lequel sed...

• Impossib le d'afficher l'image liée. Le fichier Premier commentaire (informé) 1) Un manifeste anti-romantique Thème du retour sur les lieux...

  Impossib le d'afficher l'image liée. Le fichier Premier commentaire (informé) 1) Un manifeste anti-romantique Thème du retour sur les lieux d'un bonheur (?), d'un amour (?). La nature n'a pas changé. On regarde les choses les unes après les autres, à la recherche de quoi? Que reste-t-il de l'amour? Rien, réponse probable, et le symbole en est alors la Velléda de plâtre, qui s'écaille au bout de l'avenue, figure peut-être de la vie, du chemin de la vie. Velléda, héroïne de Chateaubriand (les Ma...