798 résultats pour "yorker"

• Henry Miller Natif de New York City, Miller passa son enfance à Brooklyn.

  Natif de New York City, Miller passa son enfance à Brooklyn. Il exerça plusieurs métiers avant d'entrer à la Western Union, qu'il quitta pour se consacrer à l'écriture. Vendeur de poésie au porte à porte, il ouvrit un bar clandestin durant la période de la prohibition. En 1930, il s'embarqua pour la France et se fixa à Paris, où il vécut une vie de bohème et de débauche. Il mettait à l'épreuve le rêve américain de liberté totale, s'affranchissant lui-même de toute moralité en couchant avec les f...

• World Series Winners.

  1974 Oakland Athletics Los Angeles Dodgers 4-1 1975 Cincinnati Reds Boston Red Sox 4-3 1976 Cincinnati Reds New York Yankees 4-0 1977 New York Yankees Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 1978 New York Yankees Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates Baltimore Orioles 4-3 1980 Philadelphia Phillies Kansas City Royals 4-2 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers New York Yankees 4-2 1982 St. Louis Cardinals Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 1983 Baltimore Orioles Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 1984 Detroit Tigers San Diego Padres 4-1...

• Max Scheler par Alfred Schutz Professeur de philosophie, New York Lorsqu'en 1928 Max Scheler mourut subitement, à peine âgé de cinquante-quatre ans, son ami Ortega y Gasset lui rendit un magnifique hommage.

  par Alfred Schutz Professeur de philosophie, New York

• Robbins ( Jerome Rabinowitz, d it Jerome), né en 1918 à New York, danseur, chorégraphe et directeur de compagnie américain.

• Andy Warhol 1928-1987 Peintre américain, de son vrai nom Andrew Warhola, il est né à Forest City et mort à New York.

• Allen (Allen Stewart Konigsberg, dit Woody) Auteur, acteur et metteur en scène de cinéma américain (Brooklyn, New York, 1935).

• Balanchine (Gueorgui Melitonovitch Balanchivadze, dit George) Danseur et chorégraphe russe, naturalisé américain (Saint-Pétersbourg, 1904 - New York, 1983).

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  SYNTHESE Avec plus de millions d’habitants, New York est la plus importante mégalopole de la façade atlantique du continent. Cette gigantesque ville entretient des relations avec le reste du monde et cumule différentes fonctions. Elle est donc considérée comme une ville monde. Cependant les inégalités sociales et spatiales y sont présentes. Ainsi cette ville monde a aussi des faiblesses. Dans un premier temps nous verrons pourquoi New York est une ville monde. Dans un second temps nous...

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  du monde. Ce statut de métropole de la ville de New York se traduit dans le paysage de différentes façons : la ville est répartie en différents quartiers : dans la périphérie éloignée, on retrouve les espaces agricoles, puis les suburbs et les zones pavillonnaires (Queens, Brooklyn). Les zones industrielles et portuaires sont aussi situées loin du centre de New York. Les quartiers populaires sont quant à eux plus proche du centre d'affaires (dans le Bronx). Dans le centre de New York, c'est-à-di...

• Lecture analytique : l’arrivée à New York : « Pour une surprise, c'en fut une […] Moi j'avais une autre combinaison en tête, en même temps que la fièvre », p. 184-5 (Littérature)

  Parce que la ville est spéciale, elle attire l’ œ il, comme le montre le champ lexical de l’étonnement : « surprise, étonnement, croire, découvrait, voyant, figurez-vous, spectacle » ; le lecteur est même pris à partie : c’est quelque chose qu’il ne faut pas manquer. Cela est également distrayant, comme en témoigne les références au rire : « on s'est mis à rigoler, rigolé comme des cornichons, ça fait drôle ». L'emploi d'un lexique familier et de la tournure impersonnelle en « ça » rend les per...

• Le Procès Rosenberg I) Biographie à la première personne Je m'appelle Julius Rosenberg, je suis né à New York, aux États-Unis, en 1918, dans une famille juive.

• King Kong (motion picture) King Kong (motion picture, 1933), film about an enormous ape who kidnaps a young woman and terrorizes New York City.

• Henri Duhamel 5, rue la Fontaine 84570 Blauvac France 18th November , 1997 XYZ Compagny Big Street New-York United States Dear Sir or Madam, With reference to your advertisement in today's Financial Times, I wish to apply for the post of economic adviser.

  I am therefore sending you my resume as well as the names and addresses of referenceswhom you may consult regarding my qualifications and character. As you can see from my resume, my profile fulfills the requirements of the post vailable as ........ I will contact your office in the near future to inquire about the status of my application. Sincerely yours.

• Major League Baseball: Rookie of the Year by Season.

  Rookie of the Year (American League).Year Player Team 1949 Roy Sievers (of) St. Louis Cardinals 1950 Walt Dropo (1b) Boston Red Sox 1951 Gil McDougald (3b) New York Yankees 1952 Harry Byrd (p) Philadelphia Athletics 1953 Harvey Kuenn (ss) Detroit Tigers 1954 Bob Grim (p) New York Yankees 1955 Herb Score (p) Cleveland Indians 1956 Luis Aparicio (ss) Chicago White Sox 1957 Tony Kubek (of/inf) New York Yankees 1958 Albie Pearson (of) Washington Senators 1959 Bob Allison (of) Washington Senators 196...

• Major League Baseball: Rookie of the Year by Season Rookie of the Year (National League).

  Year Player Team 1949 Roy Sievers (of) St. Louis Cardinals 1950 Walt Dropo (1b) Boston Red Sox 1951 Gil McDougald (3b) New York Yankees 1952 Harry Byrd (p) Philadelphia Athletics 1953 Harvey Kuenn (ss) Detroit Tigers 1954 Bob Grim (p) New York Yankees 1955 Herb Score (p) Cleveland Indians 1956 Luis Aparicio (ss) Chicago White Sox 1957 Tony Kubek (of/inf) New York Yankees 1958 Albie Pearson (of) Washington Senators 1959 Bob Allison (of) Washington Senators 1960 Ron Hansen (ss) Baltimore Orioles 1...

• Major League Baseball: Most Valuable Player by Season.

  1990 Rickey Henderson (of) Oakland Athletics 1991 Cal Ripken, Jr. (ss) Baltimore Orioles 1992 Dennis Eckersley (p) Oakland Athletics 1993 Frank Thomas (1b) Chicago White Sox 1994 Frank Thomas (1b) Chicago White Sox 1995 Mo Vaughn (1b) Boston Red Sox 1996 Juan Gonzalez (of) Texas Rangers 1997 Ken Griffey, Jr. (of) Seattle Mariners 1998 Juan Gonzalez (of) Texas Rangers 1999 Ivan Rodriguez (c) Texas Rangers 2000 Jason Giambi (1b) Oakland Athletics 2001 Ichiro Suzuki (of) Seattle Mariners 2002 Migue...

• Major League Baseball: Most Valuable Player by Season Most Valuable Player (American League).

  1990 Rickey Henderson (of) Oakland Athletics 1991 Cal Ripken, Jr. (ss) Baltimore Orioles 1992 Dennis Eckersley (p) Oakland Athletics 1993 Frank Thomas (1b) Chicago White Sox 1994 Frank Thomas (1b) Chicago White Sox 1995 Mo Vaughn (1b) Boston Red Sox 1996 Juan Gonzalez (of) Texas Rangers 1997 Ken Griffey, Jr. (of) Seattle Mariners 1998 Juan Gonzalez (of) Texas Rangers 1999 Ivan Rodriguez (c) Texas Rangers 2000 Jason Giambi (1b) Oakland Athletics 2001 Ichiro Suzuki (of) Seattle Mariners 2002 Migue...

• American League: Gold Glove Award Winners.

  1957 Sherm Lollar Chicago White Sox 1958 Sherm Lollar Chicago White Sox 1959 Sherm Lollar Chicago White Sox 1960 Earl Battey Washington Senators 1961 Earl Battey Minnesota Twins 1962 Earl Battey Minnesota Twins 1963 Elston Howard New York Yankees 1964 Elston Howard New York Yankees 1965 Bill Freehan Detroit Tigers 1966 Bill Freehan Detroit Tigers 1967 Bill Freehan Detroit Tigers 1968 Bill Freehan Detroit Tigers 1969 Bill Freehan Detroit Tigers 1970 Ray Fosse Cleveland Indians 1971 Ray Fosse Clev...

• American League: Gold Glove Award Winners American League: Gold Glove Award Winners (Pitcher).

  1957 Sherm Lollar Chicago White Sox 1958 Sherm Lollar Chicago White Sox 1959 Sherm Lollar Chicago White Sox 1960 Earl Battey Washington Senators 1961 Earl Battey Minnesota Twins 1962 Earl Battey Minnesota Twins 1963 Elston Howard New York Yankees 1964 Elston Howard New York Yankees 1965 Bill Freehan Detroit Tigers 1966 Bill Freehan Detroit Tigers 1967 Bill Freehan Detroit Tigers 1968 Bill Freehan Detroit Tigers 1969 Bill Freehan Detroit Tigers 1970 Ray Fosse Cleveland Indians 1971 Ray Fosse Clev...

• NEW YORK 1997

• Champion Batters and their Averages.

  1985 Willie McGee St. Louis .353 1986 Tim Raines Montreal .334 1987 Tony Gwynn San Diego .370 1988 Tony Gwynn San Diego .313 1989 Tony Gwynn San Diego .336 1990 Willie McGee St. Louis .335 1991 Terry Pendleton Atlanta .319 1992 Gary Sheffield San Diego .330 1993 Andres Galarraga Colorado .370 1994* Tony Gwynn San Diego .394 1995* Tony Gwynn San Diego .368 1996 Tony Gwynn San Diego .353 1997 Tony Gwynn San Diego .372 1998 Larry Walker Colorado .363 1999 Larry Walker Colorado .379 2000 Todd Helton...

• Champion Batters and their Averages National League.

  1985 Willie McGee St. Louis .353 1986 Tim Raines Montreal .334 1987 Tony Gwynn San Diego .370 1988 Tony Gwynn San Diego .313 1989 Tony Gwynn San Diego .336 1990 Willie McGee St. Louis .335 1991 Terry Pendleton Atlanta .319 1992 Gary Sheffield San Diego .330 1993 Andres Galarraga Colorado .370 1994* Tony Gwynn San Diego .394 1995* Tony Gwynn San Diego .368 1996 Tony Gwynn San Diego .353 1997 Tony Gwynn San Diego .372 1998 Larry Walker Colorado .363 1999 Larry Walker Colorado .379 2000 Todd Helton...

• New York Times.

• new york influence

  The influence of nyc Introduction : Let’s me introduce you to New York city ! New York is a huge metropolis located in the united state, more specifically on the east coast. When i was a child i always wanted to go to new york, it’s my favorite city even if i never been in. By doing searches for this topic, I understood why I used have this attraction for this amazing city. Before I start let’s remember a few things about new york. New York is made up of 5 majors districts: Manhattan, Br...

• The New Yorker

• Art Deco I INTRODUCTION Art Deco Historic District The Art Deco Historic District is located at the southern end of Miami Beach, Florida.

  At the 1925 exposition several French masters unveiled work that created an international stir. Elegant inlaid wood furniture by Jacques Émile Ruhlmann, functionallacquerwork by Jean Dunand, silver jewelry by Jean Puiforcat, and glass vases by Lalique were hailed for their modernity and original lines. Ruhlmann designed a seriesof rooms for the exposition that had a far-reaching effect on American and European taste. Lalique later created a similarly streamlined decorative scheme for theluxuriou...

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• LES MYSTÈRES DE NEW YORK

• Franklin D.

  Roosevelt entrusted his campaign management to the journalist Louis McHenry Howe. Howe, a genius at politics, performed brilliantly. Henceforth, Roosevelt and Howewere to be almost inseparable, and Howe, a wizened and colorful little man, guided the political fortunes of the Hyde Park aristocrat. B Assistant Secretary of the Navy Even before his reelection to the New York legislature, Roosevelt had entered the national political arena by taking part in the campaign of Governor Woodrow Wilson of...

• Franklin D.

  Roosevelt entrusted his campaign management to the journalist Louis McHenry Howe. Howe, a genius at politics, performed brilliantly. Henceforth, Roosevelt and Howewere to be almost inseparable, and Howe, a wizened and colorful little man, guided the political fortunes of the Hyde Park aristocrat. B Assistant Secretary of the Navy Even before his reelection to the New York legislature, Roosevelt had entered the national political arena by taking part in the campaign of Governor Woodrow Wilson of...

• Surrealism I INTRODUCTION Surrealism, artistic and literary movement that explored and celebrated the realm of dreams and the unconscious mind through the creation of visual art, poetry, and motion pictures.

  Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights (about 1505-1510).© 2008 Salvador Dali, Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York./Bridgeman Art Library, London/New York Dreams, according to Freud, were the royal road to studying the unconscious, because it is in dreams that our unconscious, primal desires manifest themselves. Theincongruities in dreams, Freud believed, result from a struggle for dominance of ego and id. In attempting to access the real workings of...

• Fondée au XVIIe siècle sur la côte atlantique, symbole de

  Enfin, les habitants en provenance de l'Amérique latine représentent 11 % de la population de l'agglomération et le nombre des Chinois est en augmentation sensible. Complétez votre recherche en consultant : Les corrélats Bartholdi Frédéric Auguste Hudson Hudson Henry Indépendance américaine (guerre de l') Iroquois Verrazano (Giovanni da) Les livres New York - la Liberté éclairant le monde, page 3422, volume 6 New York - l'Empire State Building, page 3423, volume 6 La configuration...

• Amerikanische Literatur (Sprache & Litteratur).

  toleranten Aufklärers Kritik sowohl am Christentum wie auch am Atheismus, wobei ersteres heftige Reaktionen von Seiten des amerikanischen Publikums nach sich zog.Äußerst stark rezipiert hingegen wurde die gegen England gerichtete Satire M’Fingal (1775-1782) des Rechtsgelehrten und Dichters John Trumbull. Politisch engagierte Lyrik schrieb auch der vielseitig interessierte Dichter Philip Morin Freneau, dessen allegorisches Gedicht The House of Night (1779) Merkmale der in der Romantik verbrei...

• Toronto - geography.

  now a museum. In the far northeast side of the City is the Toronto Zoo, a modern zoo covering many acres and with well-designed animal displays. Originally known as the SkyDome, the Rogers Centre is a state-of-the-art stadium complex that opened in 1989. The stadium features a retractable roof that can openin 20 minutes to expose the playing field and most of the 50,000 seats to the open air. It is the home of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League and theToronto Blue Jays of Majo...

• Toronto - Geography.

  now a museum. In the far northeast side of the City is the Toronto Zoo, a modern zoo covering many acres and with well-designed animal displays. Originally known as the SkyDome, the Rogers Centre is a state-of-the-art stadium complex that opened in 1989. The stadium features a retractable roof that can openin 20 minutes to expose the playing field and most of the 50,000 seats to the open air. It is the home of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League and theToronto Blue Jays of Majo...

• Messier Lifts the Curse.

  Swept up in the hype, the Rangers came out for game five at the Garden in a virtual sleepwalk. By the start of the third period they were down 3-0. New Yorkscratched back to level the score as Messier culminated the three-goal spurt with a wrist shot midway through the period. Vancouver then stunned the Rangers—andthe sellout crowd—by netting three quick goals to put the game far out of reach. Game six in Vancouver proved even more of a challenge for the Rangers. The team showed little will...

• Exhibitions and Expositions.

  A Louisiana Purchase Exposition In 1904, St. Louis, Missouri, organized an exposition in celebration of the centennial of the Louisiana Purchase. The exposition, which cost about $20 million, attractedalmost 20 million persons and showed a profit of about $25 million. B Panama-Pacific International Exposition The Panama-Pacific International Exposition was held in San Francisco in 1915 to celebrate the construction and opening of the Panama Canal. More than $50 millionwas spent on this exposit...

• The Ice Bowl.

  Starr peppered the Dallas defense with short passes. Three tosses to Anderson and one to Mercein accounted for 46 yards. An 8-yard run by Mercein moved thePackers to Dallas's 3-yard line with a minute left. Anderson ran the ball twice, skidding and sliding for a total of 1 yard. At third down with 16 seconds remaining,Green Bay used its last time out to set up the play. “That's why I decided to keep the ball. I knew the other backs might have trouble getting started,” Starr told a New York Time...

• Manhattan

  manufacturer, stood 612 feet (187 m) high until 1967, when it became the tallest building ever demolished. [135] The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower , standing 700 feet (213 m) at the foot of Madison Avenue , wrested the title in 1909, with a tower reminiscent of St Mark's Campanile in Venice. [136] The Woolworth Building , and its distinctive Gothic architecture , took the title in 1913, topping off...

• Martin Van Buren.

  political ambitions. The Clintonians cited as one example of Van Buren's unscrupulous methods his support of a convention in 1821 to revise the state's constitution. Van Buren and hisBucktails said they wanted to make the constitution more democratic. The Clintonians retorted that the real aim was to oust them from office. Both sides were right. Therevised constitution introduced a needed extension of voting rights and improved the operation of the state government. However, it also removed many...

• Martin Van Buren

  political ambitions. The Clintonians cited as one example of Van Buren's unscrupulous methods his support of a convention in 1821 to revise the state's constitution. Van Buren and hisBucktails said they wanted to make the constitution more democratic. The Clintonians retorted that the real aim was to oust them from office. Both sides were right. Therevised constitution introduced a needed extension of voting rights and improved the operation of the state government. However, it also removed many...

• Cy Young Award Winners.

  1956 Don Newcombe Brooklyn Dodgers 1957 Warren Spahn Milwaukee Braves 1960 Vernon Law Pittsburgh Pirates 1962 Don Drysdale Los Angeles Dodgers 1963 Sandy Koufax Los Angeles Dodgers 1964 Dean Chance Los Angeles Angels 1965 Sandy Koufax Los Angeles Dodgers 1966 Sandy Koufax Los Angeles Dodgers 1967 Mike McCormick San Francisco Giants 1968 Bob Gibson St. Louis Cardinals 1969 Tom Seaver New York Mets 1970 Bob Gibson St. Louis Cardinals 1971 Ferguson Jenkins Chicago Cubs 1972 Steve Carlton Philadelph...

• 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...

• Cy Young Award Winners Cy Young Award Winners (American League).

  1956 Don Newcombe Brooklyn Dodgers 1957 Warren Spahn Milwaukee Braves 1960 Vernon Law Pittsburgh Pirates 1962 Don Drysdale Los Angeles Dodgers 1963 Sandy Koufax Los Angeles Dodgers 1964 Dean Chance Los Angeles Angels 1965 Sandy Koufax Los Angeles Dodgers 1966 Sandy Koufax Los Angeles Dodgers 1967 Mike McCormick San Francisco Giants 1968 Bob Gibson St. Louis Cardinals 1969 Tom Seaver New York Mets 1970 Bob Gibson St. Louis Cardinals 1971 Ferguson Jenkins Chicago Cubs 1972 Steve Carlton Philadelph...

• Hayes Wins Olympic Marathon.

  entered the stadium,” Pietri told the New York Times after the race. “When I heard the people cheering and knew I had nearly won, a thrill passed through me and I felt my strength going.” Visibly confused, Pietri stood for a moment before making a wrong turn—heading left instead of following a red cord to the right. Officials tried to redirect thedelirious runner, but only after several attempts did he correctly change his course. “He staggered along the cinder path like a man in a dre...

• Nordamerikanischer Unabhängigkeitskrieg - Geschichte.

  lediglich den Handel kontrollieren dürfen. Der Kongress verabschiedete außerdem die Continental Association, die alle Kolonien dazu aufforderte, bis zur Zurücknahme der Coercive Acts den Handel mit Großbritannien zu unterlassen. Anschließend vertagte sich der Kongress auf den Mai 1775; zu diesem Zeitpunkt hatte der Krieg zwischen Großbritannien und den Kolonien bereits begonnen. 4 LEXINGTON UND CONCORD Die ersten bewaffneten Auseinandersetzungen des Nordamerikanischen Unabhängigkeitskrieges...

• Moderne Kunst und Architektur.

  Neue Sachlichkeit hervor. Vertreter dieser Richtung waren u. a. Alexander Kanoldt, Georg Schrimpf und Christian Schad. 2.5. 2 Kubismus Der Kubismus versuchte noch radikaler als die avantgardistischen Strömungen zuvor, eine Abstraktion von der äußeren Wirklichkeit zu erreichen. Picassos Gemälde Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907, Museum of Modern Art, New York) ist hierfür das viel zitierte Musterbeispiel (siehe oben). Im Kubismus etwa Picassos und Braques (zwischen 1907 und 1914) wird der zweidi...

• Trente années de guerre civile, de l'escarmouche de Saint Albans à la victoire d'Henri Tudor (1455-1485): LA GUERRE DES DEUX-ROSES

  De plus , pour une raison non élucidée , Richard se lance à l'attaque sans attendre le soutien du comte de Warwick . La déroute des troupes de la maison d'York est totale. Richard est tué ainsi que l'un de ses fils, Edmond, comte de Rutland ; le comte de Salisbury est fait prisonnier et exécuté. La bataille de Wakefield met un terme à une forme d'affrontement jusqu'alors chevaleresque : désormais , les combats seront sans pitié et, bien souven~ c'es...