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• Zachary Taylor

  army fled back across the Río Grande into Mexico. When Polk got word of the victories, he promoted Taylor to major general. Congress awarded him two gold medals. B1 Battle of Monterrey In September 1846, Taylor began an invasion of northern Mexico. His army of 6000 consisted of regulars and volunteers. On September 21 he attacked the fortifiedcity of Monterrey, which was defended by more than 7000 Mexicans under General Pedro de Ampudia. Taylor divided his army, giving Brigadier General William...

• Parkinson Disease.

  III SYMPTOMS Parkinson disease most notably affects motor control (muscle activity). The disease progresses differently for each individual—symptoms develop swiftly in some peopleand slowly in others. Some Parkinson patients may develop problems that affect their intellect or ability to reason, or they may suffer from depression or anxiety. A Motor Control Problems Doctors look for the presence of four principal symptoms in patients they suspect may have Parkinson disease. Tremor (the involun...

• aviation militaire.

  3 L’AVIATION DE GUERRE DE 1918 À 1939 À la fin de la Première Guerre mondiale, 17 700 avions ont été produits au total par les belligérants. Des dizaines de milliers d’hommes ont été formés à leur construction et à leur utilisation. La France à elle seule a produit 92 400 moteurs, autant que ses alliés et l’Allemagne réunis ; elle a fourni notamment tous les avions sur lesquels ont combattu les pilotes américains. Ce potentiel nouveau en matériels, en spécialistes et en capacité industrielle es...

• aviation militaire.

  3 L’AVIATION DE GUERRE DE 1918 À 1939 À la fin de la Première Guerre mondiale, 17 700 avions ont été produits au total par les belligérants. Des dizaines de milliers d’hommes ont été formés à leur construction et à leur utilisation. La France à elle seule a produit 92 400 moteurs, autant que ses alliés et l’Allemagne réunis ; elle a fourni notamment tous les avions sur lesquels ont combattu les pilotes américains. Ce potentiel nouveau en matériels, en spécialistes et en capacité industrielle es...

• Lester Pearson.

  a vacant seat. The by-election followed a major Liberal victory in September, and as a Liberal Party candidate, Pearson won by a comfortable margin in Algoma East,Ontario. He was reelected to the House of Commons in elections between 1949 and 1965. He was immediately made secretary of state for external affairs in the cabinetof Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent. In this post, Pearson set a new standard of frank exchange and cooperation that brought him respect and esteem. However, manyCanadians w...

• Lester Pearson - Canadian History.

  a vacant seat. The by-election followed a major Liberal victory in September, and as a Liberal Party candidate, Pearson won by a comfortable margin in Algoma East,Ontario. He was reelected to the House of Commons in elections between 1949 and 1965. He was immediately made secretary of state for external affairs in the cabinetof Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent. In this post, Pearson set a new standard of frank exchange and cooperation that brought him respect and esteem. However, manyCanadians w...

• Persian Gulf War.

  to “use all necessary means” to force Iraq from Kuwait if Iraq remained in the country after January 15, 1991. The Iraqis rejected the ultimatum. Soon after the vote,the United States agreed to a direct meeting between Secretary of State James Baker and Iraq’s foreign minister. The two sides met on January 9. Neither offered tocompromise. The United States underscored the ultimatum, and the Iraqis refused to comply with it, even threatening to attack Israel. For the United States, themeeting was...

• Persian Gulf War - History.

  to “use all necessary means” to force Iraq from Kuwait if Iraq remained in the country after January 15, 1991. The Iraqis rejected the ultimatum. Soon after the vote,the United States agreed to a direct meeting between Secretary of State James Baker and Iraq’s foreign minister. The two sides met on January 9. Neither offered tocompromise. The United States underscored the ultimatum, and the Iraqis refused to comply with it, even threatening to attack Israel. For the United States, themeeting was...

• Persian Gulf War - U.

  to “use all necessary means” to force Iraq from Kuwait if Iraq remained in the country after January 15, 1991. The Iraqis rejected the ultimatum. Soon after the vote,the United States agreed to a direct meeting between Secretary of State James Baker and Iraq’s foreign minister. The two sides met on January 9. Neither offered tocompromise. The United States underscored the ultimatum, and the Iraqis refused to comply with it, even threatening to attack Israel. For the United States, themeeting was...

• Military Religious Orders .

  Hospitalers’ charitable functions were playing a secondary role to their military duties. Successes in war defending the Holy Land enriched the order with vast gifts ofproperty in Europe and Palestine. In the 12th century the Hospitalers acquired three impressive fortresses in Palestine at Krak des Chevaliers, Belvoir, and Margat. Atthe height of their power in the 13th century, the Hospitalers regularly supplied 500 knights to defend the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem against the Empire. The Crusad...

• Abortion.

  Intact dilation and extraction, also referred to as a partial birth abortion, consists of partially removing the fetus from the uterus through the vaginal canal, feet first,and using suction to remove the brain and spinal fluid from the skull. The skull is then collapsed to allow complete removal of the fetus from the uterus. III SOCIAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES Abortion has become one of the most widely debated ethical issues of our time. On one side are pro-choice supporters—individuals who favor a...

• Amphibian (animal) - biology.

  strong enough to kill potential predators. C Hearing, Vision, and Vocalizations Amphibians rely on their senses to find food and evade predators. Amphibians lack external ears but have well-developed internal ears. Hearing is most acute in frogs,which typically have a middle ear cavity for transferring sound vibrations from the eardrum, or tympanum, to the inner ear. Frogs and toads also use their keen hearingin communicating with one another. Using a true voice box, or larynx, and a large, exp...

• Glacier.

  covered. In spring the snow cover begins to melt in the lower reaches, exposing the ice surface. As temperatures increase, the melting moves up the glacier. Thesnowline is the highest position the melting reaches during the year. Firn is old granular snow. The firn limit may not exactly coincide with the annual snowline since insome years rapid melting leaves behind firn patches below the snowline. Some glaciers exhibit features called ice streams and icefalls. Ice streams are valley glaciers th...

• Arab-Israeli Conflict.

  the Suez Canal and in 1951 blockaded the Strait of Tiran (Israel’s access to the Red Sea), which Israel regarded as an act of war. In June 1956 Egypt nationalized theSuez Canal, which had been jointly owned by Britain and France. In late October, Israel invaded the Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula, defeating Egyptian forces there.Britain and France attacked Egypt a few days later. Although the fighting was brief and Israel eventually withdrew from the Sinai and Gaza, the conflict furtherexacerbate...

• Arab-Israeli Conflict - History.

  the Suez Canal and in 1951 blockaded the Strait of Tiran (Israel’s access to the Red Sea), which Israel regarded as an act of war. In June 1956 Egypt nationalized theSuez Canal, which had been jointly owned by Britain and France. In late October, Israel invaded the Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula, defeating Egyptian forces there.Britain and France attacked Egypt a few days later. Although the fighting was brief and Israel eventually withdrew from the Sinai and Gaza, the conflict furtherexacerbate...

• Economics.

  Malthus, nature's check was “positive”: “The power of population is so superior to the power of the earth to produce subsistence for man, that premature death must insome shape or other visit the human race.” The shapes it took included war, epidemics, pestilence and plague, human vices, and famine, all combining to level theworld's population with the world's food supply. The only escape from population pressure and the horrors of the positive check was in voluntary limitation of population, no...

• Labor Unions in the United States - U.

  National Guard troops were used against the strikers, with the result that the strike was lost and the union that conducted it virtually destroyed. In 1894 a strike by theAmerican Railway Union against the Pullman Palace Car Company was defeated by an injunction issued under the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, which made acombination or contract in restraint of trade illegal. Thereafter employers used injunctions with increasing frequency and effectiveness as an antistrike weapon. See also Hours...

• St. Louis (city) - geography. I INTRODUCTION St. Louis (city) or Saint Louis,

  Between 1940 and 1990 the black population in metropolitan St. Louis nearly tripled. Blacks are most heavily concentrated in three areas in the St. Louis metropolitanregion: East Saint Louis, the North Side close to downtown, and an east-west belt extending from the waterfront to beyond Forest Park. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, areas to the north and south of the central business district were settled by immigrant working families from Germany, Ireland,and many Eastern European countrie...

• German Literature I INTRODUCTION German Literature, literature written in the German language from the 8th century to the present, and including the works of German, Austrian, and Swiss authors.

  Till EulenspiegelThe medieval peasant Till Eulenspiegel appears in many German folktales as a trickster who outwits people in positions ofauthority. In this image his first name is spelled Tyll.Keystone Pressedienst GmbH The rise of the middle class in the 14th and 15th centuries and the struggles of the peasants against the nobility culminated in the great 16th-century religiousrevolution known as the Reformation. This movement was reflected in literature, especially by Martin Luther, whose tra...

• Cosmology - astronomy.

  In 1917 American scientist Harlow Shapley measured the distance to several groups of stars known as globular clusters. He measured these distances by using amethod developed in 1912 by American astronomer Henrietta Leavitt. Leavitt’s method relates distance to variations in brightness of Cepheid variables, a class of starsthat vary periodically in brightness. Shapley’s distance measurements showed that the clusters were centered around a point far from the Sun. The arrangement of theclusters was...

• 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...

• Georgia (country) - country.

  1917. During the subsequent Soviet period, religious practice was strongly discouraged because the Soviet state was officially atheistic; however, the GeorgianOrthodox Church was allowed to function openly. Orthodox Christianity is the religion of about 58 percent of the Georgian population. Muslims represent about 19 percent of the country’s population, with ethnicAzerbaijanis, Kurds, and Ajars comprising the principal Muslim groups. Ajars are ethnic Georgians who converted to Islam in the 17th...

• Civil Rights Movement in the United States - U.

  The Great Depression of the 1930s increased black protests against discrimination, especially in Northern cities. Blacks protested the refusal of white-owned businessesin all-black neighborhoods to hire black salespersons. Using the slogan “Don't Buy Where You Can't Work,” these campaigns persuaded blacks to boycott thosebusinesses and revealed a new militancy. During the same years, blacks organized school boycotts in Northern cities to protest discriminatory treatment of blackchildren. The bla...

• United States House of Representatives.

  Because of the high cost of elections and the short two-year term of office, members of the House campaign almost constantly. They spend much of their time raisingcampaign funds, and they frequently return to their districts to keep in touch with voters. Because the elections are so frequent, House members tend to pay closeattention to how their votes in Congress will be seen in the short term. House members tend to come from wealthier family backgrounds than average Americans. Few working class...

• War of 1812 - History.

  the thorough training they received in handling guns was far ahead of contemporary British standards. As hostilities loomed, Congress authorized a regular army of 35,000 men, but when the United States officially declared war in June 1812, the actual land force was lessthan 10,000 and nearly half of these soldiers were raw recruits. The existing troops were also widely scattered in small garrisons. The government planned tosupplement this regular force with 50,000 volunteers and 100,000 militiam...

• War of 1812 - U.

  the thorough training they received in handling guns was far ahead of contemporary British standards. As hostilities loomed, Congress authorized a regular army of 35,000 men, but when the United States officially declared war in June 1812, the actual land force was lessthan 10,000 and nearly half of these soldiers were raw recruits. The existing troops were also widely scattered in small garrisons. The government planned tosupplement this regular force with 50,000 volunteers and 100,000 militiam...

• Holy Roman Empire I INTRODUCTION Holy Roman Empire, political entity of lands in western and central Europe, founded by Charlemagne in AD 800 and dissolved by Emperor Francis II in 1806.

  acquired the imperial title and an area running from the North Sea through Lotharingia (Lorraine) and Burgundy to northern Italy; Louis II received East Francia (theGerman duchies of Saxony, Swabia, and Bavaria). In 870 Lothair’s middle kingdom was divided by the Treaty of Mersen, which gave Lotharingia to East Francia and therest to West Francia. This division created the foundation for today’s states of Germany and France, respectively; however, in the 9th century these were highly fractured d...

• Holy Roman Empire .

  acquired the imperial title and an area running from the North Sea through Lotharingia (Lorraine) and Burgundy to northern Italy; Louis II received East Francia (theGerman duchies of Saxony, Swabia, and Bavaria). In 870 Lothair’s middle kingdom was divided by the Treaty of Mersen, which gave Lotharingia to East Francia and therest to West Francia. This division created the foundation for today’s states of Germany and France, respectively; however, in the 9th century these were highly fractured d...

• Ship. I INTRODUCTION Ship, vessel that is buoyant in the water and used

  B1 Biremes Experience soon proved that longer ships posed a new set of problems: They were weaker structurally, more difficult to maneuver, and presented a larger target to anyenemy ship with a ram. In the 8th century BC Mediterranean shipbuilders eliminated these problems with the bireme , a war galley built to accommodate two levels, or banks , of oarsmen. Oarsmen on the lower level rowed oars from ports cut into the side of the vessel, while those above rowed from the deck. This arrangemen...

• American Literature: Poetry I INTRODUCTION Phyllis McGinley American poet and author Phyllis McGinley composed light, witty verse, much of which deals with family life.

  Taylor, a poet of great technical skill, wrote powerful meditative poems in which he tested himself morally and sought to identify and root out sinful tendencies. In“God's Determinations Touching His Elect” (written 1680?), one of Taylor’s most important works, he celebrates God's power in the triumph of good over evil in thehuman soul. All of Taylor’s poetry and much of Bradstreet’s served generally personal ends, and their audience often consisted of themselves and their family andclosest frie...

• Le désir est-elle une force positive ?

  tout vouloir et peu obtenir, a reçu du ciel une force consolante qui rapproche de lui tout ce qu'il désire, qui lesoumet à son imagination, qui le lui rend présent et sensible, qui le lui livre en quelque sorte, et pour lui rendre cetteimaginaire propriété plus douce, le modifie au gré de sa passion. Mais tout ce prestige disparaît devant l'objet même;rien n'embellit plus cet objet aux yeux du possesseur ; on ne se figure point ce qu'on voit; l'imagination ne pare plusrien de ce qu'on possède,...

• Y a-t-il du positif dans le malheur ?

• La discrimination doit elle être positive ?

• Réponse positive

• Position et portée du sujet : Un conseil de Voltaire sur la lecture considérée comme un moyen de culture :...

  Position et portée du sujet : Un conseil de Voltaire sur la lecture considérée comme un moyen de culture : il y insiste sur la nécessité de ne s'adresser qu'aux grands auteurs du passé, dont la solide valeur est établie depuis longtemps, et de négliger « les mauvais petits livres » qui nous inondent chaque jour. I. Les circonstances » du conseil. 1. Le correspondant : une adolescente, qui se pique d'écrire des vers et dont il s'agit de former le goût, ce qui suppose le choix de certains modèle...

• Les poches de l'Atlantique Du débarquement allié à la reddition des dernières positions allemandes

  • À ses yeux , il convient de porter Conformément aux vœux de Hitler , le Mais s11s ont abandonné Bordeaux, Au moment de son investissement au bord de la famine , va se révéler plutôt les efforts sur le port d'Anvers, rôle de la marine , dont le commandement les Allemands s'accrochent furieusement par les FFI, la poche conserve extrêmement délicat dans la mesure intact, qui n 'attend que le déblocage est assuré par l'amiral Mirow , se révèle dans la régi...

• Les poches de l'Atlantique: Du débarquement allié à la reddition des dernières positions allemandes

  • À ses yeux , il convient de porter Conformément aux vœux de Hitler , le Mais s11s ont abandonné Bordeaux, Au moment de son investissement au bord de la famine , va se révéler plutôt les efforts sur le port d'Anvers, rôle de la marine , dont le commandement les Allemands s'accrochent furieusement par les FFI, la poche conserve extrêmement délicat dans la mesure intact, qui n 'attend que le déblocage est assuré par l'amiral Mirow , se révèle dans la régi...

• Définition des termes du sujet Le sujet demande que l’on prenne position sur une affirmation suivante: la modernité des romantiques...

  Définition des termes du sujet Le sujet demande que l’on prenne position sur une affirmation suivante: la modernité des romantiques consiste à représenter sur la scène non plus des héros, mais des hommes. Cette formulation du sujet est particulièrement lapidaire. Il va d’abord falloir en mettre en évidence les éventuels présupposés ; ici, on peut repérer le présupposé suivant : sur la scène préromantique (classique, notamment, tant l’esthétique romantique se définit contre le classicisme), c’éta...

• LES BERMUDES AU XXe SIÈCLE La position des Bermudes dans l’océan Atlantique leur a fait jouer un rôle clé dans...

  LES BERMUDES AU XXe SIÈCLE La position des Bermudes dans l’océan Atlantique leur a fait jouer un rôle clé dans le réapprovisionnement des flottes alliées jusqu’au milieu du siècle. Depuis lors, cet archipel britannique est devenu un pôle touristique et un paradis fiscal. Sa population est formée en majorité de Noirs issus de...

• LA FONDATION DE LA SOCIÉTÉ DES NATIONS Introduction : décidée par la Conférence de Paris, sur pro­ position de Wilson....

  LA FONDATION DE LA SOCIÉTÉ DES NATIONS Introduction : décidée par la Conférence de Paris, sur pro­ position de Wilson. Acte constitutif du 28 avril 1919, incorporé au traité de Versailles. 1. L'organisation. Installée à Genève, elle comporte 1. une Assemblée générale de tous les États membres, siégeant une fois par an, 2. un Directoire ou Conseil de 9, puis 13 membres (5 permanents France, Grande-Bretagne, Italie, Japc;in, U.S.A.; 4, puis 8 élus pour trois ans), qui tient trois sessions par a...

• En dépit de l'évolution de la position vietnamienne, la solution du problème cambodgien n'est pas facile, car des trois mouvements...

  En dépit de l'évolution de la position vietnamienne, la solution du problème cambodgien n'est pas facile, car des trois mouvements qui s'opposent aux Vietnamiens, celui que dirige Norodom Sihanouk, comme celui de Son San sont de faible importance en regard de celui des Khmers rouges. Ces derniers comptent environ 30 000 hommes armés installés, au milieu des camps de réfugiés, en bordure de la frontière thaïlandaise, où ils bénéficient de la bienveillance, sinon de la complicité fort intéressée d...

• Bhoutan 1983-1984 Le Bhoutan, est un petit État féodal qui a dû à sa position stratégique entre l'Inde et la...

  Bhoutan 1983-1984 Le Bhoutan, est un petit État féodal qui a dû à sa position stratégique entre l'Inde et la Chine le maintien de son autonomie. Il est actuellement un protectorat de fait de l'Inde, mais la prudence de ses dirigeants leur a permis d'éviter de connaître l'annexion, comme le Sikkim voisin. Le clergé bouddhiste exerce une très forte influence, et la monarchie n'est...

• Riche de quelques gisements pétroliers, cet État occupe une position particulièrement stratégique: il se trouve à la pointe montagneuse qui...

  Riche de quelques gisements pétroliers, cet État occupe une position particulièrement stratégique: il se trouve à la pointe montagneuse qui s'avance dans le détroit d'Ormuz et qui réduit à quelque 50 km le passage emprunté par les grands pétroliers qui sortent du golfe Arabo-Persique. D'où l'intérêt des États-Unis, qui ont obtenu le...

• Cambodge (1988-1989) En dépit de l'évolution de la position vietnamienne, la solution du problème cambodgien n'est pas facile, car des...

  Cambodge (1988-1989) En dépit de l'évolution de la position vietnamienne, la solution du problème cambodgien n'est pas facile, car des trois mouvements qui s'opposent aux Vietnamiens, celui que dirige Norodom Sihanouk, comme celui de Son San sont de faible importance en regard de celui des Khmers rouges. Ces derniers comptent environ 30 000 hommes armés installés, au milieu des camps de réfugiés, en bordure de la frontière thaïlandaise, où ils bénéficient de la bienveillance, sinon de la compli...

• L'idée de progrès sa signification et sa valeur. - Le progrès est-il une donnée positive des sciences humaines ou bien une valeur philosophique et morale ?

  la transportant à jamais du champ de l'idéalité dans celui de la réalité... Il serait facile, à mon gré, de traiter la physique sociale tout entière sans employer une seule fois le mot de perfectionnement, en le remplaçant toujours par l'expression simplement scientifique de développement qui désigne, sans aucune appréciation morale, un fait général incontestable» (Cours de Philos. positive, 4ge leçon, éd. Schleicher, IV, p. 1...

• Argumenter, c’est définir la stratégie la plus efficace, la plus habile pour : - faire connaître sa position, sa thèse,...

  Argumenter, c’est définir la stratégie la plus efficace, la plus habile pour : - faire connaître sa position, sa thèse, - faire adhérer son lectorat ou son auditoire à sa thèse. => Argumenter, c’est adresser à un interlocuteur un argument, c’est-à-dire une bonne raison, pour lui faire admettre une conclusion, et, bien sûr, les comportements adéquats. Pourquoi recourir à un regard extérieur ? Comment argumenter ? I- La vertu du regard étranger Valéry a nettement formulé dans Variété II ce procédé...

• Comte, la Science sociale (extrait) - anthologie.

• Les remaniements ministériels des 19 juillet et 2 août 1995 ont consolidé la position du People Progress Party (PPP) du...

  Les remaniements ministériels des 19 juillet et 2 août 1995 ont consolidé la position du People Progress Party (PPP) du Premier ministre Sir Julius Chan. Le processus engagé en 1994 pour tenter de ramener la paix sur l'île sécessionniste de Bougainville s'est enlisé. Deux conférences...

• Swaziland (1985-1986) Comme le Lésotho, le Swaziland est dans une position intenable vis-à-vis de l'Afrique du Sud. Il dispose d'une...

  Swaziland (1985-1986) Comme le Lésotho, le Swaziland est dans une position intenable vis-à-vis de l'Afrique du Sud. Il dispose d'une frontière commune avec le Mozambique - ce qui lui pose d'ailleurs le problème des réfugiés de ce pays qui fuient les zones de combat -, mais il n'a aucun débouché sur la mer. A bien des égards, sa situation le rapproche de celle des bantoustans sud-africains. Il dépend, pour près de 90% de ses ressources, de l'Union douanière sud-africaine (SACU) et sa principale...