945 résultats pour "américaniste"

• Elizabeth Taylor Elizabeth Taylor, born in 1932, American actor, an internationally celebrated and award-winning performer.

• Jack Nicholson Jack Nicholson, born in 1937, American motion-picture actor, writer, director, and producer, known for his enigmatic, faintly menacing grin and his skill in portraying nonconformist loners.

• American Chemical Society

• Castas americanas - historia.

• Robert Frost I INTRODUCTION Robert Frost Usually set amid the natural beauty of rural New England, the concise, direct poetry of American poet Robert Frost conveys a wide range of emotions.

  Frost's Collected Poems (1930) won him his second Pulitzer Prize. And his next two collections— A Further Range (1936) and A Witness Tree (1942)—also won Pulitzers. He then wrote two plays in blank verse. The first, A Masque of Reason (1945), received lukewarm praise from critics. The second, A Masque of Mercy (1947), which is a modern treatment of Christian biblical figures, was more successful. Frost's final volumes of poetry were Steeple Bush (1947) and In the Clearing (1962). Th...

• American electoral system

  • The President can not have more than two mandates • two-party system: democratic and republican other parties - independents candidates can stand as president – indirect polls Les grands électeurs répercutent le vote du public : ils ne peuvent pas se permettre de perdre leurs voix pour un candidat qui n'a aucune chance. • le système électoral américain est un système de vote indirect. La population élit les grands électeurs et se sont eux qui éliront le président . Chacun des 50...

• Exposé The different aspect of the American Dream

• James WatsonIINTRODUCTIONJames Watson, born in 1928, American molecular biologist and cowinner of the 1962 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.

• Encomienda americana - historia.

  protagonizaron una oleada de protestas generalizada y una rebelión abierta en el Perú que obligaron a revocar los artículos más rigurosos de las Leyes Nuevas. Losencomenderos siguieron pugnando para establecer su derecho a perpetuidad, pero lo máximo que consiguieron fue que la encomienda se concediera en 1629 por variasgeneraciones (tres en el virreinato del Perú y cinco en el de Nueva España). A partir de estas fechas, las condiciones sociales y económicas motivaron el inicio de un procesode a...

• Orson Welles Orson Welles (1915-1985), American actor, producer, director, and writer, most noted for directing and starring in the landmark motion picture Citizen Kane (1941).

• Nathaniel Hawthorne I INTRODUCTION Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), American novelist, whose works are deeply concerned with the ethical problems of sin, punishment, and atonement.

• American Civil War

  Virginia, Richmond became the Confederacy capitol. However, in June, inhabitants of the West of Virginia created a new state called Western Virginia because they didn’t want to secede so they joined the Union. Moreover, Delaware, Maryland, Missouri and Kentucky, decided to join the Union e ven if they were slave states. The second important battle of this war took place in July 1861 and is the battle of Bull Run. It was a complete success for the Union before the reinforcement of the Conf...

• Billy Wilder Billy Wilder (1906-2002), American motion-picture director, writer, and producer, whose best films--usually comedies--employ his distinctive dialogue to elucidate a darkly satirical view of human nature.

• Carl Lewis Carl Lewis, born in 1961, American track-and-field athlete, who won a total of nine gold medals at the Olympic Games in 1984, 1988, 1992, and 1996, including four straight gold medal performances in the long jump.

• Duke Ellington Duke Ellington (1899-1974), American jazz composer, orchestrator, bandleader, and pianist, considered the greatest composer in the history of jazz music and one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century.

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902), American social reformer, who, along with Susan B.

• Clint Eastwood I INTRODUCTION Clint Eastwood, born in 1930, American motion-picture actor, director, and producer.

• Gene Kelly Gene Kelly (1912-1996), American tap and ballet dancer, choreographer, actor, and director, known for his work in motion-picture musicals.

• Michelle Kwan Michelle Kwan, born in 1980, American figure skater, one of the world's dominant skaters in the 1990s and early 2000s.

• Alfred Hitchcock I INTRODUCTION Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980), British-born American motion-picture director and producer, noted for his technically innovative and psychologically complex thrillers.

• Walt Whitman I INTRODUCTION Walt Whitman (1819-1892), American poet, whose work boldly asserts the worth of the individual and the oneness of all humanity.

• Hank Aaron Hank Aaron, born in 1934, American baseball player, nicknamed Hammerin' Hank, whose 755 home runs broke the all-time record previously held by Babe Ruth.

• Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969), German American architect, the leading and most influential exponent of the glass and steel architecture of the 20th-century International style.

• Marvin Gaye Marvin Gaye (1939-1984), American singer and songwriter, a recording artist for Motown Records, and one of the most popular and influential singers of rhythm-andblues music (R&B) in the 1960s and 1970s.

• American Ballet Theatre - danse.

• Capitanía general americana - historia.

• NOS BIBLIOGRAPHIQUES DE L’AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

  LES CITATIONS A L’INTERIEUR DU TEXTE Vous devez donner le nom du ou des auteurs et la date de publication dans le corps du texte. 3 possibilités : · Une étude récente de Strickland et Viemeister (1996) a montré …. · En 1996, Strickland et Viemeister ont montré….. · Une étude a montré …. (Strickland & Viemeister, 1996 · 2 auteurs : à chaque fois citez les deux noms. · De 3 à 5 auteurs : La première fois, vous devez citer tous les auteurs Ex : Yost, Sheft et Opie (1989) ont montr...

• Exposé American History X

    Affiche: Top of the movie poster, you can read the names of the two main actors. Below is the title "American history X" in capital letters. Center left, there is the quote of Abrahm Lincoln. Right. This is Derek, he puts his right hand over his "heart." Under his hand, you can see the tattoo of a swastika. The poster is in black and white.     Avis : My opinion on this film, I think it makes you think. It is a very beautiful film with a beautiful moral. For his first film, it is very successf...

• Jimmy Stewart Jimmy Stewart (1908-1997), American actor, known for his distinctive drawl and endearing sincerity.

• Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier, born in 1927, American motion-picture actor, the first black to become a major Hollywood star.

• Jerry Lewis (entertainer) Jerry Lewis (entertainer), born in 1926, American motion-picture actor and director, known for his screwball comedies.

• Robert De Niro Robert De Niro, born in 1943, American motion-picture actor, often hailed as one of the most brilliant of his generation.

• George Lucas George Lucas, born in 1944, American motion-picture director and producer, the guiding force behind the Star Wars movie series.

• Robert Redford Robert Redford, born in 1936, American actor, director, and producer, known for his intelligence, striking appearance, and commercial success.

• Marlon Brando Marlon Brando (1924-2004), American actor known for his use of the naturalistic "method" style of acting (see Stanislavsky Method).

• Elvis Presley Elvis Presley (1935-1977), American singer and actor, one of the most popular and influential entertainers of the 20th century.

• Count Basie Count Basie (1904-1984), American jazz pianist and bandleader, a leading musician of the swing era (1930s and early 1940s).

• Mia Hamm Mia Hamm, born in 1972, American soccer player, one of the greatest female players in the history of the sport.

• Joe DiMaggio Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999), American baseball player, who was one of the greatest hitters and center fielders of all time.

• Whitney Museum of American Art - beaux-arts / musées.

• Muhammad Ali I INTRODUCTION Muhammad Ali, born in 1942, American boxer, one of the greatest fighters in the history of the sport.

  In 1984 Ali was first diagnosed with Parkinson syndrome, a medical condition closely related to Parkinson disease. Symptoms include body tremors, slurred or difficultspeech, rigid limbs, facial immobilization, and other neurological problems. The disorder sometimes develops in boxers, because of the repeated blows to the head theysuffer over a long career. As the former champion coped with the condition, he became a strong advocate for more research money for Parkinson disease and relatedconditi...

• Greta Garbo Greta Garbo (1905-1990), Swedish-American motion-picture actor, noted for her beauty and her reticence, who became a virtual recluse while still at the height of her popularity.

• Jackson Pollock Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), American abstract painter, who developed a technique for applying paint by pouring or dripping it onto canvases laid on the floor.

• Tom Hanks Tom Hanks, born in 1956, American motion-picture actor, a two-time Academy Award winner who is acclaimed for both his comic and dramatic performances.

• John Coltrane John Coltrane (1926-1967), American saxophone player, composer, and combo (small group) leader, a major figure in the evolution of the jazz styles known as bebop and free jazz.

• Walter Gropius Walter Gropius (1883-1969), German American architect and educator, who founded the Bauhaus, a German art school that became a seminal force in architecture and applied art during the first half of the 20th century.

• Walt Disney I INTRODUCTION Walt Disney Walt Disney, an American cartoonist and film producer, started an entertainment empire with his creation of animated movies and world-renowned amusement parks.

  Donald DuckDonald Duck waves to visitors at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The Disney Studios created the excitable duck in1934.Kelly-Mooney Photography/Corbis In 1923 Disney moved to Hollywood, California. He, his brother Roy O. Disney, and Iwerks began producing short animated films. In 1927 Disney created the cartooncharacter Oswald the Rabbit. A year later he produced another character, a mouse called Mortimer, but shortly after changed the name to Mickey. In 1928 MickeyMouse starred...

• Acting I INTRODUCTION Lee Strasberg American acting teacher Lee Strasberg was best known for his association with the Actors Studio, of which he became the artistic director in 1951.

  truthfully felt those emotions at the moment they expressed them. Finding the true feeling in the proper place and time on stage, however, was a problem that Aristotleaddressed less well. He concluded that acting was an occupation for the gifted or insane. How to cross the artistic boundary beyond feigned emotions and flat imitation obsessed many Greek actors. In 315 BC the tragedian Polus carried the real ashes of his recently deceased son in an urn to stimulate a sense of genuine grief when h...

• Maria Callas Maria Callas (1923-1977), American-born Greek operatic soprano, the preeminent prima donna (lead female opera singer) of her day, and the first modern soprano to revive forgotten operas of the 19th-century bel canto repertoire.

• Edgar Allan Poe I INTRODUCTION Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), American writer, known as a poet and critic but most famous as the first master of the short-story form (see Short Story), especially the psychological horror tale.

  the deciphering of a code. “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841), “The Mystery of Marie Rogêt” (1842-1843), and “The Purloined Letter” (1844) are regarded aspredecessors of the modern mystery, or detective, story ( see Detective Story). Many of Poe’s tales are distinguished by the author’s unique grotesque inventiveness in addition to his superb plot construction. Poe was unequaled in evoking an all-encompassing mood of horror through the rendering of setting and atmosphere. The opening descri...