1827 résultats pour "capitaliste"
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Article de presse: Mossadegh, l'Iranien qui fit trembler l'Occident
en 1944, une loi interdisant l'octroi de toute concession pétrolière sans approbation du Parlement. Cette initiative en fait l'idole duBazar, tout-puissant à Téhéran. Il ne tardera pas à devenir le symbole de la résistance populaire à toutes les mainmises étrangèressur l'Iran. L'enjeu est considérable. Il faut remonter à ce 28 mai 1901, où l'ingénieur et homme d'affaires William Know d'Arcy avait payécomptant 200.000 francs or une concession d'une durée de soixante ans. En 1909, l'Anglo-Irani...
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Dictionnaire en ligne:
DETTE, substantif féminin.
— Spécialement. [Dans la prière du Notre Père] Pardon des offenses. Remets-nous nos dettes comme nous remettons celles de nos débiteurs, pardonne-nous comme nous pardonnons (LOUIS MÉNARD, Rêveries d'un païen mystique, 1876, page 164) : Ø 3. De même pour la remise des dettes (ce qui ne concerne pas seulement le mal que les autres nous ont fait, mais le bien qu'on leur a fait). Là encore on accepte un vide en soi- même. Accepter un vide en soi-même, cela est surnaturel. SIMONE WEIL, La Pesanteur...
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Représentant les trois quarts de l'humanité, les pays du tiers-monde ont à surmonter les
difficultés propres au sous-développement : surpopulation, malnutrition, archaïsmes
économiques et sociaux.
sixième environ à la production mondiale. Les manifestations d'une pauvreté structurelle y sont multiformes : 800 millions d'individus souffrent de la faim ou de la malnutrition, un enfant sur six meurt avant l'âge de cinq ans, et près d'un milliard d'adultes sont analphabètes. Les indicateurs du sous-développement ont été maintes fois décrits : une couverture sanitaire et une espérance de vie faibles, un taux d'analphabétisme élevé, une consommation alimentaire par habitant inférieure à 2...
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RÉTIF ou RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE : sa vie et son oeuvre
apparaître comme la lente maturation du futur écrivain, puis l'épanouissement de son destin. Le désir d'écriture est toujours déjà là chez le jeune pâtre, aussi loin que remonte son souvenir, mais, inversement, la formation de l'enfant et de l'adolescent est effacée au profit du surgissement, impérieux et relativement tardif, de sa vocation. Dans la France du xvme siècle finissant, où les droits d'auteur n'existent pas encore mais où les encyclopédis t...
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Samuel de Champlain.
From 1616 to 1620 Champlain spent most of each year in France, with brief summer visits to Québec. In France he had to struggle to keep the Canadian enterprisealive, raise capital, and enlist workers. He also had to fight to keep his command over Québec. In 1618 he presented reports on the future of the French colonies inAmerica to the king and to the French Chamber of Commerce. In these reports he proposed that 300 settler families and 15 Récollets be established at Québec, with 300 soldiers to...
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Samuel de Champlain - explorer.
From 1616 to 1620 Champlain spent most of each year in France, with brief summer visits to Québec. In France he had to struggle to keep the Canadian enterprisealive, raise capital, and enlist workers. He also had to fight to keep his command over Québec. In 1618 he presented reports on the future of the French colonies inAmerica to the king and to the French Chamber of Commerce. In these reports he proposed that 300 settler families and 15 Récollets be established at Québec, with 300 soldiers to...
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Héritier de la Mésopotamie antique, et de la riche agriculture
du « Croissant fertile », l'Irak a connu les brillantes civilisations de
Sumer, d'Assur, de Babylone.
elle est passée à 8 millions en 1965 et à plus de 20 millions dans les années quatre- vingt-dix. Encore peu densément peuplé, le pays a été un important foyer d'immigration jusqu'aux guerres qui l'ont opposé à l'Iran (1980-1988), puis à une coalition internationale après l'invasion du Koweït par les troupes de Saddām Hussein le 2 août 1990. La population irakienne s'est en outre rapidement urbanisée. En 1947, moins du tiers de la population résidait dans les villes, alors qu'aujourd'hui le taux...
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Finlandia - geografía.
Finlandia cuenta con aproximadamente un 61% de población urbana. El finés y el sueco son los idiomas oficiales. El finés es una lengua ugrofinesa. El sueco se hablaprincipalmente en los distritos del oeste y suroeste, así como en las islas Åland. El idioma saami o lapón se considera un dialecto del finés. La Iglesia evangélica luterana deFinlandia es el principal culto del país y sus miembros suponen alrededor del 90% de la población; en cualquier caso se garantiza la libertad de culto. La Igles...
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Book
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Kelmscott Chaucer
The Kelmscott Chaucer was published in 1896 by William Morris' company, the Kelmscott Press.
B Medieval European Books Illustration of Saint Mark in the Ebbo GospelsThis is a page from the illuminated manuscript known as the Ebbo Gospels (about 816-835). It depicts Saint Mark lookingheavenward for inspiration as he writes his gospel account, and is drawn in an expressive, energetic style typical ofmedieval art of that period. The full name of the Ebbo Gospels is the Gospel Book of Archbishop Ebbo of Reims. This pagemeasures about 25 by 20 cm (about 10 by 8 in).Bridgeman Art Library, Lo...
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Portugal - geografía.
3.2 Ciudades principales Lisboa, con una población (según el censo de 2003) de 1.962.000 habitantes, es la capital, la mayor ciudad y el principal puerto marítimo de Portugal. Otras ciudadesimportantes son: Oporto (263.131 habitantes), la segunda ciudad del país y un importante puerto marítimo; Coimbra (148.474 habitantes), un destacado centro industrial;Braga (112.039); Setúbal (113.937); y Faro (58.051), localizada en el área turística del Algarve. 3.3 Religión e idioma Aproximadamente el 94...
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Cuba - geografía.
3.1 Características de la población, religión y lengua La población cubana está conformada principalmente por los siguientes grupos: un 51% es mulata, un 37% es básicamente descendiente de españoles, un 11% es negra yun 1% es de origen chino. No existe población inmigrante considerable, pues casi la totalidad de sus habitantes ha nacido en el país. Un 76% de la población se clasificacomo urbana. La esperanza de vida es de 75 años para los hombres y de 79,6 para las mujeres. Cuba es el país con...
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Calligraphy
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Japanese Calligraphy
This hanging scroll is an example of Japanese calligraphy.
Section of the Egyptian Book of the DeadThe Egyptian Book of the Dead was a text containing prayers, spells, and hymns, the knowledge of which was to be usedby the dead to guide and protect the soul on the hazardous journey through the afterlife. This section of one such book,dating from the early 19th Dynasty, shows the final judgment of the deceased (in this case Hu-Nefer, the royal scribe)before Osiris, the god of the dead. Hieroglyphs as well as illustrations portray the ritual of weighing t...
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DORMANT, -ANTE, participe présent, adjectif et substantif masculin.
tranquilles ne reflètent pas l'attitude profonde. (Quasi-) synonyme : sournois. Et moi, « l'eau dormante » du couvent, j'étais devenue quelque chose de plus téméraire qu'un hussard (AURORE DUPIN, BARONNE DUDEVANT, DITE GEORGE SAND, Histoire de ma vie, tome 3, 1855, page 266 ). — BOTANIQUE. a) Qui est en état de dormance. Bourgeon, oeil dormant (confer Lucien Plantefol, Cours de botanique et de biologie végétales, tome 1, 1931, page 565 ). b) Qui ferme ses feuilles ou ses pétales durant la nuit....
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Proche-Orient.
en favorisant leur intégration (aussi appelé « mondialisation »), et leur libéralisation, même si celle-ci semble plus imposée par les contraintes économiques que librementdécidée. 5 HISTOIRE 5.1 Période ancienne Depuis l'Antiquité, les envahisseurs et les marchands ont parcouru la région du Proche-Orient à la recherche de nourriture, de matières premières, de marchandises, ou depouvoir politique. Les idées, les inventions et les institutions se sont répandues à partir de cette région, lui val...
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Proche-Orient.
en favorisant leur intégration (aussi appelé « mondialisation »), et leur libéralisation, même si celle-ci semble plus imposée par les contraintes économiques que librementdécidée. 5 HISTOIRE 5.1 Période ancienne Depuis l'Antiquité, les envahisseurs et les marchands ont parcouru la région du Proche-Orient à la recherche de nourriture, de matières premières, de marchandises, ou depouvoir politique. Les idées, les inventions et les institutions se sont répandues à partir de cette région, lui val...
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droit des biens
bien incorporel. On a d’abord parlé du dvpt des valeurs mobilière indispensable à l’évo et le dvpt du capitalis me, en développent des sté avec des actions. Ces valeurs mobilière n’ont pas la sécurité, la matérialité d’un immeuble par ex. Il y a une dématérialisation effectué dès le 19 e avec l’essor industriel. Ces valeurs mobilières, ces titres, constituent des bi ens. Même les obligations émissent par les sociétés, qui sont des créances contre la société, sont considéré comme des...
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St. John's (city, Newfoundland and Labrador) - Geography.
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St. John's (city,
coast of Newfoundland and Labrador have brought some hope of potential economic upturn for the port. St. John’s has an international airport, which connects the city to mainland Canada and points outside the country. The city is also the eastern terminus of the Trans-Canada Highway. Although traffic through the city’s harbor has diminished considerably, the port of St. John’s continues to serve as an important Canadian Coast Guarddepot and port of call for container ships. Passenger service on t...
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Chad - country.
B Industries The processing of cotton and cottonseed oil and the manufacturing of peanut oil are major industries in Chad. Modern meatpacking plants have been established inN’Djamena and Sarh. The fishing industry furnishes fresh, dried, and smoked fish for domestic use and export. Petroleum mining and processing are increasinglyimportant industries in Chad. Gold and natron, a mineral used to make soap, glass, paper, and medicines, are also mined. Forestry is important in the south. The outputo...
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Nile - Geography.
The Nile is also a source of hydroelectric power ( see Waterpower), although the river’s potential as a source of electricity has yet to be fully exploited. Dams to provide hydroelectricity (and control flooding) have been constructed along the Nile in Egypt, Sudan, and Uganda. Additional hydroelectric projects are planned. IV HISTORY OF THE NILE A Ancient Egypt and the Nile The first great African civilization developed in the northern Nile Valley in Egypt in about 3300 BC. Settlements alon...
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Taïwan.
dragon et la fête des lanternes. ( Voir Art chinois ;Littérature chinoise ;Musique chinoise). Taïwan possède de nombreux musées et bibliothèques. Les deux plus grandes bibliothèques, situées à Taipei, sont la Bibliothèque nationale centrale, dont le fonds comprend plus de 1,7 million de volumes et la bibliothèque de Taïwan, qui possède382 000 volumes. Les principaux musées de la capitale Taipei sont le musée Hwa Kang, renommé pour ses collections folkloriques et d'art moderne, le Musée national...
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Japon.
majorité de feuillus. Les pruniers (ume), blancs et rouges, de même que les cerisiers (sakura), à la floraison précoce, constituent, au même titre que le bambou (take) et le pin (matsu), les symboles traditionnels du pays. On distingue au Japon plusieurs types de paysages. Dans le nord et l’est d’Hokkaido, les conifères forment la majorité de la couverture végétale, associés au bouleau et aufrêne. La forêt tempérée réunit feuillus et conifères (chênes, hêtres, érables, thuyas, pins rouge...
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aondromaque
RÉSUMÉ Acte I Scène 1 : Séparés par une tempête, le roi d’Argos, Oreste, et son ami, Pylade, se retrouvent à Buthrote, capitale de l'Épire, à la cour de Pyrrhus, « le fils d'Achille et le vainqueur de Troie ». Oreste vient, au nom des Grecs qui sont inquiets de la survie d'un jeune prince ennemi, lui réclamer Astyanax, fils d'Hector et d'Andromaque, qu'elle a soustrait par ruse au carnage de la vill...
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Burkina Faso - country.
powers to promote the welfare of the people. The Lobi live in the southwest as farmers and hunters. Defiant of newcomers, they live in small terraced fortifications. The Bobo are chiefly farmers, artisans, and metalworkers living in large villages in the west-central part of the country. The Gourounsi are mainly artisans and farmers in the south-central areas. Their society is lesshighly structured than that of the other Voltaic groups. Christianity has made substantial inroads among them. The M...
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Suriname (country) - country.
Tongo, a Creole language. Also known as Taki-Taki, Sranang Tongo includes elements of several languages and is the vehicle for most interethnic communication. Otherlanguages spoken in Suriname include Hindi, Javanese, Chinese, English, and French. Small numbers of Native Americans still speak indigenous languages. The main religions in Suriname are Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism. The majority of Christians are Roman Catholics, and members of the Moravian Church predominateamong Protestants. E...
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Francia - geografía.
2.4 Temas medioambientales Algunos de los ríos de Francia están contaminados por los residuos industriales y por las aguas residuales procedentes de la actividad agrícola. Se está intentando mejorarla calidad del agua mediante la construcción de plantas de tratamiento y la imposición de multas por contaminación. En las principales ciudades, la contaminaciónatmosférica, provocada por los automóviles y los combustibles fósiles, constituye un grave problema medioambiental. Francia obtiene el 76,24...
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Prince Edward Island - Geography.
hectares (109 acres) each. In 2006 there were 1,700 farms, of which the average size was 148 hectares (366 acres). In 2005 the total farm cash receipts were C$510million. The most important agricultural products in terms of value include potatoes, milk and cream, cattle and calves, hogs, tobacco, vegetables, eggs, hens andchickens, and furs. For the most part the island’s agriculture is diversified, rather than specialized, because of the lack of a large urban industrial population within easy r...
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Prince Edward Island - Canadian History.
hectares (109 acres) each. In 2006 there were 1,700 farms, of which the average size was 148 hectares (366 acres). In 2005 the total farm cash receipts were C$510million. The most important agricultural products in terms of value include potatoes, milk and cream, cattle and calves, hogs, tobacco, vegetables, eggs, hens andchickens, and furs. For the most part the island’s agriculture is diversified, rather than specialized, because of the lack of a large urban industrial population within easy r...
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Burundi - country.
D Way of Life Most Burundians live in self-contained compounds of small round grass huts scattered over the country’s many hills. The rugo , the traditional Tutsi hut, is divided into sections and surrounded by an enclosure and cattle corrals. Families farm scattered plots of land on different soils at different altitudes to minimize crop failure. Thefloors of valleys are avoided due to higher temperatures and tsetse fly infestation. Social roles are largely determined by ethnicity, with the T...
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Tanzania - country.
The population of Tanzania (2008 estimate) is 40,213,162, giving the country an overall population density of 45 persons per sq km (118 per sq mi). Yet the populationdistribution is irregular, with high densities found near fertile soils around Kilimanjaro and the shores of Lake Malawi, and comparatively low density throughout much ofthe interior of the country. In the late 1960s and 1970s the Tanzanian government resettled most of the rural population in collective farming villages as part of i...
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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...
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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...
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Vladimir Lenin
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Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924), Russian revolutionary leader and theorist, who presided over the first government of Soviet Russia and then that of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics (USSR).
with Japan ( see Russo-Japanese War). A string of military defeats and the strains placed on society by the war made for a tense atmosphere in Saint Petersburg, and by the beginning of 1905 various segments of Russian society, including students and liberal members of the nobility, were calling for political reform. When an unarmedcrowd of workers marched to the city’s Winter Palace on January 9 (or January 22, in the Western, or New Style, calendar) to submit a petition to Emperor Nicholas II,s...
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Vladimir Lenin.
with Japan ( see Russo-Japanese War). A string of military defeats and the strains placed on society by the war made for a tense atmosphere in Saint Petersburg, and by the beginning of 1905 various segments of Russian society, including students and liberal members of the nobility, were calling for political reform. When an unarmedcrowd of workers marched to the city’s Winter Palace on January 9 (or January 22, in the Western, or New Style, calendar) to submit a petition to Emperor Nicholas II,s...
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Vladimir Lenin .
with Japan ( see Russo-Japanese War). A string of military defeats and the strains placed on society by the war made for a tense atmosphere in Saint Petersburg, and by the beginning of 1905 various segments of Russian society, including students and liberal members of the nobility, were calling for political reform. When an unarmedcrowd of workers marched to the city’s Winter Palace on January 9 (or January 22, in the Western, or New Style, calendar) to submit a petition to Emperor Nicholas II,s...
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LA NAISSANCE DE LA FRANCE :
UN ÉTAT ROYAL, UNE CAPITALE, UNE LANGUE (CRPE)
Le Moyen-Âge III. LAFFIRMATION DU POUVOIR DE LÉTAT (13 ème 15 ème siècle) 1. Lorganisation de lEtat Au 13 ème , et notamment sous Louis IX (Saint Louis), les institutions se perfectionnent : - sur le plan local : création des baillis et des sén échaux - au niveau central : spécialisation de la cour du ro i en Conseil du roi, Parlement et Chambre des comptes 2. Paris, capitale des Capétiens Philippe Auguste, Saint Louis et Philippe le...
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italienne, littérature.
Pétrarque grandit à Avignon quand la papauté y réside et que des élections contestées opposent papes et antipapes. Il y rencontre Laure de Noves, dont la mort prématurée inspire le Canzoniere. Revenant explicitement à la tradition antique, il rêve de la résurrection de la latinité, « magistère latin » qui pèsera lourd sur la première Renaissance italienne. Son Canzoniere devient, par la perfection de sa langue, le raffinement de son lexique, le modèle international de la poésie lyrique du...
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Kyrgyzstan - country.
are Bishkek, the capital, located on the Chu River in the far north; and Osh, located in the Fergana Valley. A Ethnic Groups Ethnic Kyrgyz make up about 65 percent of the population of Kyrgyzstan. Uzbeks, who live primarily in the Fergana Valley, constitute about 14 percent of thepopulation. Russians, who live principally in Bishkek and other industrial centers, make up about 13 percent of the population. Other ethnic groups include Hui (ChineseMuslims, also known as Dungans), Ukrainians, Uygur...
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Czech Republic - country.
enforcement of environmental regulations. Environmental considerations have also led some government officials to promote nuclear energy as a key source of powerfor the country’s future. The Czech Republic produces most of its energy by burning domestic coal. Much of the coal burned is low quality with a high ash and sulfur content—a key componentof acid rain—producing high levels of air pollution. Forests in the Czech Republic are among the most seriously affected by acid rain in all of Europe....
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Colonialism and Colonies.
by plundering the riches of existing civilizations in the Americas and by seizing the area’s mineral wealth through mining. These practices were promoted by the policy of mercantilism that many European colonial powers adopted. Those who advocated mercantilism believed that exports toforeign countries were preferable both to trade within a country and to imports because exports brought more money into the country. They also believed that thewealth of a nation depended primarily on the possession...
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Colonialism and Colonies .
by plundering the riches of existing civilizations in the Americas and by seizing the area’s mineral wealth through mining. These practices were promoted by the policy of mercantilism that many European colonial powers adopted. Those who advocated mercantilism believed that exports toforeign countries were preferable both to trade within a country and to imports because exports brought more money into the country. They also believed that thewealth of a nation depended primarily on the possession...
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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...
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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...
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Albania - country.
Joining the international community in its concern over the degradation of the environment, Albania is party to international agreements concerning biodiversity, climatechange, and wetlands. III THE PEOPLE OF ALBANIA In 2008 Albania’s population estimate was 3,619,778, resulting in an average density of 132 persons per sq km (342 per sq mi). More and more people have left ruralareas for urban ones, particularly in the northern districts, such that in 2005 some 45 percent of the population live...
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Hungary - country.
Northern Hungary lacks sufficient water, especially between July and October, when precipitation levels are typically low. Canals irrigate the Great Hungarian Plain,which is subject to drought. Because of the country’s mainly flat terrain, only limited water resources can be harnessed for hydroelectric power. F Environmental Issues Rapid industrialization in Hungary following World War II contributed significantly to a number of major environmental problems, including air, water, and soil pollu...
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Ireland - country.
F Plants and Animals Ireland’s animal life does not differ markedly from that of England or France. Over many centuries of human settlement almost all of Ireland’s natural woodlands werecleared, and indigenous animals such as bear, wolf, wildcat, beaver, wild cattle, and the giant Irish deer (a type of fallow deer) gradually disappeared. However, thehardy and versatile Connemara pony, Ireland’s only native pony breed, has been used by Irish farmers since prehistoric times. The great auk, or gar...
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Hawaii (state) - geography.
limestone along the coast. The volcanoes of the Hawaiian Islands are all so-called shield volcanoes, or lava domes. Unlike the volcanoes of Alaska and South America, those of Hawaii were notcreated by very explosive eruptions. Formed mostly by lava flows, they are great rounded mountain masses, rather than steep-sided cones. Mauna Kea, dormant forcenturies, is the highest mountain in the state. It rises to 4,205 m (13,796 ft) above sea level, and its summit is dotted with cinder cones formed by...
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Hawaii (state) - USA History.
limestone along the coast. The volcanoes of the Hawaiian Islands are all so-called shield volcanoes, or lava domes. Unlike the volcanoes of Alaska and South America, those of Hawaii were notcreated by very explosive eruptions. Formed mostly by lava flows, they are great rounded mountain masses, rather than steep-sided cones. Mauna Kea, dormant forcenturies, is the highest mountain in the state. It rises to 4,205 m (13,796 ft) above sea level, and its summit is dotted with cinder cones formed by...
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