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• Dentistry.

  Together with dentists, dental hygienists and dental assistants make up the team that provides dental care to patients. Hygienists record patient medical histories, suchas blood pressure and pulse. They clean teeth, apply sealants and fluoride treatments, teach patients sound oral hygiene practices, and often assist with X rays. Manyhygienists receive a two-year associate degree, while others may choose to enroll in a four-year program at a university or in a master’s degree program. There are25...

• Britischer Film.

  Thematisch und stilistisch weit ihrer Zeit voraus waren Anthony Asquith’ The Browning Version (1951; Konflikt des Herzens ) und Michael Powells Peeping Tom (1960; Peeping Tom ). Diese Filme ebneten den Weg für die britische „New Wave” und das Kino der „Angry young men”. 3 DER MODERNE BRITISCHE FILM 1956 hatte John Osborne mit seinem skandalisierten Theaterstück Look Back in Anger den Generationenbruch auf der Bühne vollzogen. Gleichzeitig forderte die Bewegung „Free Cinema” künstlerisch...

• Galileo I INTRODUCTION Galileo (1564-1642), Italian physicist and astronomer who, with German astronomer Johannes Kepler, initiated the scientific revolution that flowered in the work of English physicist Sir Isaac Newton.

  V WORK IN ASTRONOMY During most of his time in Padua, Galileo showed little interest in astronomy, although in 1595 he declared in a letter that he preferred the Copernican theory that Earthrevolves around the Sun to the assumptions of Aristotle and Ptolemy that planets circle a fixed Earth ( see Astronomy: The Copernican Theory ; Ptolemaic System). A Observations with the Telescope In 1609 Galileo heard that a telescope had been invented in Holland. In August of that year he constructed a t...

• Galileo.

  V WORK IN ASTRONOMY During most of his time in Padua, Galileo showed little interest in astronomy, although in 1595 he declared in a letter that he preferred the Copernican theory that Earthrevolves around the Sun to the assumptions of Aristotle and Ptolemy that planets circle a fixed Earth ( see Astronomy: The Copernican Theory ; Ptolemaic System). A Observations with the Telescope In 1609 Galileo heard that a telescope had been invented in Holland. In August of that year he constructed a t...

• From Bulfinch's Mythology: Prometheus and Pandora - anthology.

  The world being thus furnished with inhabitants, the first age was an age of innocence and happiness, called the Golden Age. Truth and right prevailed, though not enforced by law, nor was there any magistrate to threaten or punish. The forest had not yet been robbed of its trees to furnish timbers for vessels, nor had men builtfortifications round their towns. There were no such things as swords, spears, or helmets. The earth brought forth all things necessary for man, without his labour inplo...

• Charles Dickens.

  The Old Curiosity Shop broke hearts across Britain and North America when it first appeared. Later readers, however, have found it excessively sentimental, especially the pathos surrounding the death of its child-heroine Little Nell. Dickens’s next two works proved less popular with the public. Barnaby Rudge, Dickens’s first historical novel, revolves around anti-Catholic riots that broke out in London in 1780. The events in Martin Chuzzlewit become a vehicle for the novel’s theme: selfishne...

• Wilfrid Laurier.

  The Manitoba schools were the main issue in the 1896 election. Although the Catholic clergy campaigned against him, Laurier argued in Québec that he would obtainbetter terms for the Catholics by negotiating directly with the provincial government of Manitoba. “Hands off Manitoba” was an effective slogan in the other provinces aswell. A second issue was corruption in the Conservative Party, as a series of scandals had rocked the Bowell administration. Israel Tarte, a former Québec conservativewho...

• Wilfrid Laurier - Canadian History.

  The Manitoba schools were the main issue in the 1896 election. Although the Catholic clergy campaigned against him, Laurier argued in Québec that he would obtainbetter terms for the Catholics by negotiating directly with the provincial government of Manitoba. “Hands off Manitoba” was an effective slogan in the other provinces aswell. A second issue was corruption in the Conservative Party, as a series of scandals had rocked the Bowell administration. Israel Tarte, a former Québec conservativewho...

• Rome (Italy) - geography.

  country’s best, and in the summer at the Baths of Caracalla. The city also has some 20 theaters and 6 major concert halls, which offer a varied repertory during the fall,winter, and spring. The museums of the city deal with all aspects of the arts and sciences and are among the world’s finest. The oldest art collection in Rome, housed in the CapitolineMuseum, was established in 1471 and contains exceptional antiquities. Among other Roman museums are the National Museum of the Villa Giulia, which...

• Brian Mulroney.

  At the party convention Mulroney was one of the candidates who ran against Clark. This time Mulroney did not have to contend with a rival candidate from Québec. Healso had the support of the remnants of the Diefenbaker faction—who disliked Clark even more than they disliked Mulroney. Mulroney was also endorsed by asubstantial group of members of Parliament; this endorsement helped allay concerns about whether he could provide effective leadership in Parliament. Mulroney waselected leader of the...

• Brian Mulroney - Canadian History.

  At the party convention Mulroney was one of the candidates who ran against Clark. This time Mulroney did not have to contend with a rival candidate from Québec. Healso had the support of the remnants of the Diefenbaker faction—who disliked Clark even more than they disliked Mulroney. Mulroney was also endorsed by asubstantial group of members of Parliament; this endorsement helped allay concerns about whether he could provide effective leadership in Parliament. Mulroney waselected leader of the...

• Electronic Games.

  arcade game of all time. With Pizza Time Theaters legitimizing the idea of arcades and hits such as Ms. Pac-Man , Asteroids , Donkey Kong , Tempest , Frogger , and Defender bringing new excitement to gaming, the coin-operated video game business boomed. In 1981 Americans spent 75,000 person-years and $5 billion playing video games at anestimated 4,300 arcades in the United States. Many popular arcade games also were translated for use on the Atari 2600 and its chief rivals in the homemarket—M...

• Honolulu - geography.

  of Brigham Young University. The state’s largest museum, the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, is located in Honolulu. It contains a large collection of Polynesian archaeological artifacts, as well asmany exhibits on Hawaiian history and culture. The museum also has an extensive entomological collection with more than 13 million specimens. Other importantmuseums include the Honolulu Academy of Arts, known for its extensive collection of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean art; the Contemporary Museum, wit...

• Cold War.

  With this, all the countries of Eastern Europe were under Communist control, and the creation of the Soviet bloc was complete. The events of 1948 contributed to agrowing conviction among political leaders in both the United States and the USSR that the opposing power posed a broad and fundamental threat to their nation’sinterests. The Berlin blockade and the spread of Communism in Europe led to negotiations between Western Europe, Canada, and the United States that resulted in the NorthAtlantic...

• Cold War .

  With this, all the countries of Eastern Europe were under Communist control, and the creation of the Soviet bloc was complete. The events of 1948 contributed to agrowing conviction among political leaders in both the United States and the USSR that the opposing power posed a broad and fundamental threat to their nation’sinterests. The Berlin blockade and the spread of Communism in Europe led to negotiations between Western Europe, Canada, and the United States that resulted in the NorthAtlantic...

• Cold War - U.

  With this, all the countries of Eastern Europe were under Communist control, and the creation of the Soviet bloc was complete. The events of 1948 contributed to agrowing conviction among political leaders in both the United States and the USSR that the opposing power posed a broad and fundamental threat to their nation’sinterests. The Berlin blockade and the spread of Communism in Europe led to negotiations between Western Europe, Canada, and the United States that resulted in the NorthAtlantic...

• The Souls of Black Folk by W.

  in amused contempt and pity. One ever feels his two-ness,—an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in onedark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder. The history of the American Negro is the history of this strife—this longing to attain self-conscious manhood, to merge his double self into a better and truer self. Inthis merging he wishes neither of the older selves to be lost. He would not Africanize America, f...

• Nicaraguan Revolution.

  Directorate. Within a year Robelo and Violeta Chamorro left the junta, and the Council of State was reorganized to guarantee an overwhelming Sandinista majority.Elections were postponed, restrictions were placed on the media, and relations with the Roman Catholic Church became increasingly tense. Two non-Sandinistasreplaced Robelo and Chamorro on the junta, but they had little power, and the government’s relations with opposition political parties and the private business sectordeteriorated. A D...

• Reformation .

  Saxony, he made war against the Schmalkaldic League, a defensive association of Protestant princes. The Roman Catholic forces were successful at first. Later,however, Duke Maurice went over to the Protestant side, and Charles V was obliged to make peace. The religious civil war ended with the religious Peace of Augsburg in1555. Its terms provided that each of the rulers of the German states, which numbered about 300, choose between Roman Catholicism and Lutheranism and enforcethe chosen faith up...

• 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...

• George Herbert Walker Bush.

  Lebanon. More troubling was the disclosure that agents operating under direct White House supervision used profits from the arms sales to buy weapons for thecontras, a group of anti-government Nicaraguan rebels, despite an explicit congressional ban on such aid. Bush later claimed that he opposed the arms-for-hostagesdeal, but offered little evidence to back his claims ( see Iran-Contra Affair). C 1988 Presidential Election While the Reagan-Bush program helped produce prosperity for the wealth...

• George Herbert Walker Bush - USA History.

  Lebanon. More troubling was the disclosure that agents operating under direct White House supervision used profits from the arms sales to buy weapons for thecontras, a group of anti-government Nicaraguan rebels, despite an explicit congressional ban on such aid. Bush later claimed that he opposed the arms-for-hostagesdeal, but offered little evidence to back his claims ( see Iran-Contra Affair). C 1988 Presidential Election While the Reagan-Bush program helped produce prosperity for the wealth...

• White House - geography.

  Each Thanksgiving, the pardoning of the turkey takes place in the Rose Garden. This ceremony of rescuing a turkey and sending it to a petting zoo began during HarryTruman’s term, although Abraham Lincoln is said to have set a precedent by sparing his son’s pet turkey from the oven. III INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE A large complex is needed for the many activities that take place at the White House. The White House has 132 rooms, 4 dining rooms, 35 bathrooms, 8 staircases, 3elevators, a clinic, a den...

• From "Resistance to Civil Government" - anthology.

  intending it, as God. A very few—as heroes, patriots, martyrs, reformers in the great sense, and men—serve the state with their consciences also, and so necessarily resist it for the most part; and they are commonly treated as enemies by it. A wise man will only be useful as a man, and will not submit to be “clay,” and “stop a holeto keep the wind away,” but leave that office to his dust at least: “I am too high born to be propertied,To be a second at control,Or useful serving-man and instr...

• Mountain Climbing.

  teeth on one side, and a straight, flat, metal blade called an adze on the other. Ice axes have many uses. One of the most common is to help the climber stay balanced on steep slopes. The climber swings the axe with a short, quick movement to lodge the pick in snow or ice, creating a secure anchor. If a climber should slip and beginsliding down a snowfield, a self-arrest can be performed by turning face down on the snow and burying the pick in the snow surface. The climber’s weight over the...

• Great Depression in the United States - U.

  prices would continue to rise and they could soon sell their stocks at a profit. The widespread belief that anyone could get rich led many less affluent Americans into the market as well. Investors bought millions of shares of stock “on margin,” arisky practice similar to buying products on credit. They paid only a small part of the price and borrowed the rest, gambling that they could sell the stock at a highenough price to repay the loan and make a profit. For a time this was true: In 1928 the...

• James Monroe.

  In October 1786, Monroe resigned from Congress and settled with his bride in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he began a law practice. His retirement from politics wasbrief. He was soon elected to the town council, and then once again to the Virginia legislature. However, Monroe never lost touch with national politics. He corresponded regularly with both Jefferson and Madison. In 1786 Monroe attended the AnnapolisConvention, which had been called to consider interstate commerce and other matters...

• James Monroe - USA History.

  In October 1786, Monroe resigned from Congress and settled with his bride in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he began a law practice. His retirement from politics wasbrief. He was soon elected to the town council, and then once again to the Virginia legislature. However, Monroe never lost touch with national politics. He corresponded regularly with both Jefferson and Madison. In 1786 Monroe attended the AnnapolisConvention, which had been called to consider interstate commerce and other matters...

• Andrew Jackson.

  against a resolution praising President George Washington’s administration. Jackson claimed that Washington’s policy toward Native Americans was too lenient and thatJay’s Treaty, concluded with the British under Washington’s administration, was too damaging to American interests. After one year in the House, Jackson was elected to fill out an unexpired term in the U.S. Senate, the other chamber of the Congress of the United States. He servedfrom September 1797 to April 1798 and then retired to p...

• Andrew Jackson

  against a resolution praising President George Washington’s administration. Jackson claimed that Washington’s policy toward Native Americans was too lenient and thatJay’s Treaty, concluded with the British under Washington’s administration, was too damaging to American interests. After one year in the House, Jackson was elected to fill out an unexpired term in the U.S. Senate, the other chamber of the Congress of the United States. He servedfrom September 1797 to April 1798 and then retired to p...

• Andrew Jackson - USA History.

  against a resolution praising President George Washington’s administration. Jackson claimed that Washington’s policy toward Native Americans was too lenient and thatJay’s Treaty, concluded with the British under Washington’s administration, was too damaging to American interests. After one year in the House, Jackson was elected to fill out an unexpired term in the U.S. Senate, the other chamber of the Congress of the United States. He servedfrom September 1797 to April 1798 and then retired to p...

• Johann Sebastian Bach I INTRODUCTION Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), German composer and one of the world's greatest musical geniuses.

  Bach served nine years at the Weimar court, first as organist and then, from 1714, as concertmaster as well. His employer, Wilhelm Ernst, duke of Weimar, was a greatadmirer of the organ, and spurred by the duke’s enthusiasm Bach proceeded to compose a vast number of unprecedented works for the instrument: the Orgelbüchlein (“Little Organ Book”), a collection of small chorale preludes for the church year; the so-called Great Eighteen Chorales of larger size; and a series of dramatic preludes a...

• Segregation in the United States - U.

  acts of discrimination. Writing for the court, Justice Joseph Bradley declared: “When a man has emerged from slavery, and by the aid of beneficent legislation ... theremust be some stage in the progress of his elevation when he takes the rank of a mere citizen, and ceases to be the special favorite of the laws, and when his rights as acitizen, or a man, are to be protected in the ordinary modes by which other men’s rights are protected.” Rather than being the “special favorites” of the law, blac...

• 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...

• Edmond About

• UN IDÉAL: L'ART Se réfugier dans le monde des idées ou se lancer dans l'action aboutit donc, dans les deux...

  UN IDÉAL: L'ART Se réfugier dans le monde des idées ou se lancer dans l'action aboutit donc, dans les deux cas, à une impasse. Mais, heureusement, il y a l'univers de l'art dans lequel les romantiques ont mis tout leur espoir. Déçus par la réalité, ils s'adonnent à une activité qui, bien qu'elle doive beaucoup au rêve, ne fait pas courir le risque des désillusions, car elle ne vise pas à une transformation, mais à une transposition des données. La somme d'enseignements qu'il est possible de tire...

• Essay about "Success" in I Am Charlotte Simmons

  Essay: “Success” in I am Charlotte Simmons, Tom Wolfe. "I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.” ― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre Tom Wolfe, Thomas Kennerly Wolfe, Jr. was born the 2nd of March 1930 in Richmond, Virginia. He was an American novelist, journalist, and also a social commentator leading critic of contemporary life. He was part of the New Journalism literary movement. He has written 4 novels The Bonfire...

• Que signifie « réécrire » un texte ? Un texte abouti est toujours le produit d'une réécriture : brouillons, variantes,...

  Que signifie « réécrire » un texte ? Un texte abouti est toujours le produit d'une réécriture : brouillons, variantes, résumés attestent de cette démarche de l'écriture qui s'appuie sur elle-même tout en se reniant par des ratures. Au fil des remaniements de son texte, l'auteur peut procéder par amplification - le texte est enrichi par des exemples, certains passages sont développés, etc. - ou par réduction - le texte est condensé, ce qui rend le style plus elliptique, c'està-dire souvent plus e...

• > Lorenzaccio a souvent été considéré comme le modèle le plus abouti du drame romantique. Dans quelle mesure cette affirmation...

  > Lorenzaccio a souvent été considéré comme le modèle le plus abouti du drame romantique. Dans quelle mesure cette affirmation est-elle justifiée ? Bien comprendre le sujet Le drame romantique • Un genre théâtral en vogue au x1x• siècle. • Défini par plusieurs auteurs: Stendhal, Victor Hugo, Alfred de Vigny. • Genre qui s'affranchit des règles strictes du théâtre classique (règle des trois unités, bienséances), qui abandonne le vers au profit de la prose et qui veut montrer le monde dans sa to...

• Porté au pouvoir lors de l'intervention américaine Juste Cause de décembre 1989 qui a abouti à la capture de l'ancien...

  Porté au pouvoir lors de l'intervention américaine Juste Cause de décembre 1989 qui a abouti à la capture de l'ancien homme fort du Panama, Manuel Antonio Noriega, le président, Guillermo Endara, a cherché en 1990 à affirmer son autorité, à reconstruire l'économie de son pays détruite par trois ans d'affrontements avec les États-Unis, et à démocratiser un régime qui était devenu despotique. Mais sa volonté de rompre avec l'ancien régime ne l'a pas porté à entreprendre des réformes radicales et c...

• Ukraine (2005-2006): Un pouvoir paralysé par les rivalités La « révolution orange » de décembre 2004 n’aura pas abouti à...

  Ukraine (2005-2006): Un pouvoir paralysé par les rivalités La « révolution orange » de décembre 2004 n’aura pas abouti à une transformation radicale de l’Ukraine. Au-delà d’appels répétés au changement, le président Victor Iouchtchenko et son Premier ministre Ioulia Timochenko ne se retrouvaient pas sur un même programme de réformes économiques et sociales. Leurs dissensions apparurent manifestes lorsque I. Timochenko suggéra la « reprivatisation » (et donc la renationalisation préalable) de 3...

• Gambie 1997-1998 Peu démocratique, la transition promise par les putschistes du 22 juillet 1994 a tout de même abouti. Élu...

  Gambie 1997-1998 Peu démocratique, la transition promise par les putschistes du 22 juillet 1994 a tout de même abouti. Élu président le 26 septembre 1998, après avoir interdit les principaux partis politiques, Yaya Jammeh, trente-trois ans, a continué de gouverner de manière autoritaire et peu transparente. New Citizen, un groupe de presse indépendant, a été fermé pour avoir diffusé des informations sur le limogeage d'un responsable des services de renseignement. Le 19 janvier 1998, le ministre...

• Deux ans après l'intervention militaire américaine Juste cause de décembre 1989, qui a abouti à la capture de l'ancien homme...

  Deux ans après l'intervention militaire américaine Juste cause de décembre 1989, qui a abouti à la capture de l'ancien homme fort du pays, Manuel Antonio Noriega, le Panama n'avait - c'est un euphémisme - enregistré aucun retour à la normale. Difficultés économiques et ressentiment croissant à l'égard des États-Unis ont conjugué leurs effets pour affaiblir encore la position du président Guillermo Endara. Certes, des sondages montraient en avril 1991 que 70% de la population étaient favorables a...

• Tchécoslovaquie (1989-1990) Les signes du changement qui ont abouti à l'écroulement du régime totalitaire s'étaient multipliés tout au long de...

  Tchécoslovaquie (1989-1990) Les signes du changement qui ont abouti à l'écroulement du régime totalitaire s'étaient multipliés tout au long de l'année 1989. En janvier, des affrontements avaient eu lieu entre la police et de jeunes manifestants à l'occasion du 20e anniversaire de l'immolation par le feu de Jan Palach. Václav Havel, emprisonné à cette occasion, était bientôt libéré en raison des protestations de milliers d'artistes et de nombreuses personnalités du monde entier. Les manifestatio...

• Porto Rico (1993-1994) Le référendum du 14 novembre 1993 sur le statut de l'île a abouti à une victoire modeste...

  Porto Rico (1993-1994) Le référendum du 14 novembre 1993 sur le statut de l'île a abouti à une victoire modeste des partisans de l'actuel "État librement associé" aux États-Unis par 48,4% contre 46,2% aux partisans de l'annexion à la grande puissance et 4,4% aux indépendantistes. Le rétablissement de l'anglais comme seule langue officielle en janvier 1993, alors que 80% de la population ne le parle pas, avait fait craindre pour l'identité portoricaine. En outre, existait la crainte de voir disp...

• Lésotho (1995-1996) Le retour sur le trône de Moshoeshoe II, le 25 janvier 1995, avait marqué l'aboutissement de la crise...

  Lésotho (1995-1996) Le retour sur le trône de Moshoeshoe II, le 25 janvier 1995, avait marqué l'aboutissement de la crise politique de 1994 et la fin de l'insurrection d'une partie des forces armées. Les troubles politiques se sont cependant poursuivis entre les forces de sécurité et le gouvernement de Ntsu Mokhehle, entretenant l'incapacité de Maseru à contrôler son appareil coercitif. Aux revendications salariales des policiers, en juin 1995, se sont ajoutées en août les manifestations des fon...

• Namibie (1999-2000) Un troisième mandat pour Sam Nujoma Les élections générales de décembre 1999 ont abouti à la réélection du...

  Namibie (1999-2000) Un troisième mandat pour Sam Nujoma Les élections générales de décembre 1999 ont abouti à la réélection du président Sam Nujoma (avec 70 % des suffrages) et accordé 52 des 72 sièges à son parti, l'Organisation du peuple du Sud-Ouest africain (SWAPO). S. Nujoma a bénéficié d'un amendement constitutionnel l'autorisant à briguer un troisième mandat, mais la participation (62 % contre 74 % en 1994) a laissé transparaître un début de désaffection envers le processus électoral. L'...

• Somalie (2004-2005): Un nouveau gouvernement très divisé Débutée au Kénya en octobre 2002, la Conférence de réconciliation somalienne a abouti,...

  Somalie (2004-2005): Un nouveau gouvernement très divisé Débutée au Kénya en octobre 2002, la Conférence de réconciliation somalienne a abouti, dans des conditions chaotiques, à la nomination d’un Parlement de 275 membres à la fin du mois d’août 2004 et à l’élection d’un président du Gouvernement fédéral transitoire (GFT), Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, le 10 octobre. Opposant au dictateur Siyad Barré (1969-1991) depuis 1979, connu pour son autoritarisme et ses méthodes brutales, celui-ci avait pris sa...

• i La Philosophie dans le boudoir de Donatien de Sade c1140-1s14> �1�i::��it, Sade est l'aboutissement du siècle des Lumières :...

  i La Philosophie dans le boudoir de Donatien de Sade c1140-1s14> �1�i::��it, Sade est l'aboutissement du siècle des Lumières : athée, il refuse Dieu au nom d'une logique de la vie; rebelle et prisonnier, il conteste l'ordre politique; écrivain prolixe, il examine et éclaire les pulsions obscures qui travaillent l'homme et organisent le monde. Son œuvre, violemment provocatrice, fait l'éloge du crime, du rejet du faible et de la cruauté. La Philosophie dans le boudoir, qui se présente comme un...