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• Pittsburgh - geography.

  College of Allegheny County (1966), with branches in the city and suburbs. Pittsburgh has many outstanding cultural institutions. The Oakland district is where Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh are located. The CarnegieMuseums of Pittsburgh include The Carnegie Museum of Art (including the Scaife Galleries), which holds a distinguished motion-picture and video collection and a uniquestudy of architecture; the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, which displays an extensi...

• Chicago (city, Illinois) - geography.

  VI EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS Chicago has one of the largest public school systems in the United States. The Chicago Board of Education administers the system in a centralized fashion; in recentyears it has been experimenting with local school councils as a means of partial devolution of authority. These councils, established in 1989, have authority in severalareas, including the ability to approve budgets and curriculum. In addition, Chicago has many private schools, including larg...

• Tokyo - geography.

  The port of Tokyo has expanded tremendously in recent years and is now the second largest in Japan (after Yokohama) in value of trade. In 1993 it accounted forapproximately 14 percent of all trade by Japan’s ports. Reasons for the port’s growth include the deepening of sea lanes in Tokyo Bay, large reclamation projects tocreate room for new facilities and container terminals, and improvements to storage and distribution facilities. The largest categories of exports from the port of Tokyoare mach...

• Edmonton - Geography.

  both of which built fur trading posts near present-day Edmonton in 1795. The posts were rebuilt several times, always along the North Saskatchewan River, whichprovided the traders’ main transportation route. The last move came in 1830, when Fort Edmonton was erected on the high bluff where the Alberta Legislature nowstands. For the next 50 years, the fort was the major trading center on the western plains. The modern city began to take shape after 1900, when central Alberta was opened to Europea...

• Paris (city, France) - geography.

  Théâtre Musical de Paris and the Théâtre de la Ville. Just north of the Hôtel de Ville is the Pompidou Center, also known as Beaubourg, an arts complex devoted to modern and contemporary art and design. The structure,in steel and glass and featuring brightly colored, exposed pipes and ducts, is the work of Italian architect Renzo Piano and British architect Richard Rogers. Itscontroversial pop-art design contrasts sharply with the overall gray hue of the city, and was criticized by many followin...

• Sun - astronomy.

  A The Sun’s Place in the Milky Way The Milky Way Galaxy contains about 400 billion stars. All of these stars, and the gas and dust between them, are rotating about a galactic center. Stars that arefarther away from the center move at slower speeds and take longer to go around it. The Sun is located in the outer part of the galaxy, at a distance of 2.6 × 10 17 km (1.6 × 10 17 mi) from the center. The Sun, which is moving around the center at a velocity of 220 km/s (140 mi/s), takes 250 million y...

• Iran - country.

  Zagros mountains. In the more arid central part of the country, wild pistachio and other drought-resistant trees grow in areas that have not been disturbed by humanactivity. Tamarisk and other salt-tolerant bushes grow along the margins of the Dasht-e Kavir. A wide variety of native mammals, reptiles, birds, and insects inhabit Iran. Many species of mammals—including wolves, foxes, bears, mountain goats, red mountainsheep, rabbits, and gerbils—continue to thrive. Others—including Caspian tigers,...

• I Le vieux professeur eut une pensée ordinaire.

  que lescadavres jetéssurlescôtes deFrance touchaient enfin,euxaussi, auparadis, qu’ilsyvoguaient même,sans contrainte, etpour toujours, encela plus favorisés quelesvivants, qui,enjetant leursmorts àl’eau, leuravaient offertd’un coup ladélivrance, lebonheur etl’éternité. Cegeste s’appelait : amouretleprofesseur lecomprenait ainsi. Et lanuit s’installa, nonsans quelejour, unedernière fois,n’ait éclairé, delueurs rouges, laflotte échouée. Ilyavait làplus de cent navires, tousrouillés, horsd’usage e...

• Denver - geography.

  Denver is the center of professional sports in the Rocky Mountain region. Major league teams are the Denver Broncos (football), Colorado Rockies (baseball), DenverNuggets (basketball), and Colorado Avalanche (ice hockey). Coors Field (opened in 1995) is the home of the Colorado Rockies. The Broncos began play at the newlyconstructed Invesco Field at Mile High in 2001, and the Nuggets and Avalanche play at the Pepsi Center. The National Western Stock Show and Rodeo, one of thelargest such shows i...

• Cleveland (Ohio) - geography.

  Cleveland Children’s Museum. Also located in University Circle is Severance Hall, the home of the world-acclaimed Cleveland Orchestra. Nearby is the Cleveland PlayHouse, with three large, restored theaters and one of the largest non-profit professional theaters in the country. Downtown is Playhouse Square Center, with fourrecently restored theaters, home to the Cleveland Opera and the Great Lakes Theater Festival. On the waterfront is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum,opened in 1995 and...

• Nashville - geography.

  May event has grown into a major festival. In September the city hosts the Tennessee State Fair. One of Nashville's principle attractions is Opryland, a complex of entertainment and broadcasting facilities that offers live music shows, a resort and convention center,and shopping outlets. Since 1974 it has been the home to the Grand Ole Opry radio show, a country-music production that has not missed a broadcast since 1925. Percy Park and Edwin Warner Park provide open space, trails, playing field...

• Seoul - geography.

  higher learning in South Korea. All of South Korea’s top-ranked universities are in Seoul, including Chung-ang University (1918), Ewha Women’s University (1886),Korea University (1905), Seoul National University (1946), Sogang University (1960), Sung Kyun Kwan University (1938), and Yonsei University (1885). The National Museum features collections of Korean art and artifacts, and the National Science Museum showcases modern Korean technology. The National Library ofKorea, the country’s largest...

• Dallas (Texas) - geography.

  College of Dentistry (1905); Baylor School of Nursing (1909); Dallas Baptist University (1965); Dallas Christian College (1950); Dallas Theological Seminary (1924); andseveral campuses of Dallas County Community College (1965). Located in the surrounding metropolitan area are more than a dozen other universities and colleges,including the University of Texas at Dallas (1969), in Richardson, the University of Dallas (1956), in Irving, and the University of North Texas (1890), in Denton. Dallas is...

• La Terre de recommencer ca, avec ce garcon.

  premiers jours, chaque tartine coupee trop epaisse lui attirait des paroles dures: quel trou! moins on travaillait, plus on bafrait, alors! Il etait guette, devalise, tous les trimestres, quand il revenait de toucher a Cloyes la rente que M. Baillehache lui faisait sur les trois mille francs de la maison. Francoise en arrivait a voler des sous a sa soeur, pour lui acheter du tabac, car on la laissait, elle aussi, sans argent. Enfin, le vieux se trouvait tres mal dans la chambre humide ou il couc...

• Geometry I INTRODUCTION Geometry, branch of mathematics that deals with shapes and sizes.

  Conic sections, a commonly studied topic of geometry, are two-dimensional curves created by slicing a plane through a three-dimensional hollow cone. A Euclid’s Postulates Euclid, who lived about 300 BC, realized that only a small number of postulates underlay the various geometric theorems known at the time. He determined that these theorems could be deduced from just five postulates. 1. A straight line may be drawn through any two given points. 2. A straight line may be drawn infinitely or be...

• São Paulo (city) - geography.

  universities include the State University Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1976), and the even larger University of São Paulo (1934), which incorporates the city’s famousand influential Faculty of Law. Important private universities are Mackenzie University, originally founded by Presbyterian missionaries from the United States (1870);the Paulista University (1972); the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (1946); and the University São Judas Tadeu (1971). The city is home to the São Pau...

• Paris (city, France) - geography.

  and its vibrant public square, frequented by street performers, soon became among the most popular landmarks in the city. West of the Pompidou Center is Les Halles, the site of the central market of Paris from the 12th century until 1969. The market was subsequently replaced by the Forum LesHalles, a multilevel underground complex featuring a shopping mall, museums, the Paris film library ( vidéothèque ), and a sports center. The street level of Les Halles features a garden, the Jardin des Halle...

• New York (city) - geography.

  The Bronx is the fourth largest and the northernmost of the five boroughs, and the only one on the American mainland. Even so, it is surrounded by water on threesides: Long Island Sound on the east, the Harlem and East rivers on the south, and Hudson River on the west. Encompassing 109 sq km (42 sq mi), it had 1,332,650inhabitants in 2000. Largely residential, the Bronx includes dozens of vibrant neighborhoods. Fieldston is particularly elegant, with great stone houses set among spacious lawns a...

• New York (city) - geography.

  Concourse are particularly prized, because the apartment buildings are well kept and the public parks are easily accessible. City Island retains the charm of a small fishingvillage. Parts of the Bronx, however, fell victim to decay and abandonment, especially between 1970 and 1980, when the population of the borough fell by 20 percent. The low pointoccurred in 1976, when future U.S. president Jimmy Carter compared the South Bronx to the bombed-out German city of Dresden after World War II (1939-...

• London (England) - geography.

  In the northern part of the West End is Bloomsbury, the city’s traditional intellectual center, with its concentration of bookshops and homes of writers and academics. Inthe early 20th century a number of famous writers, critics, and artists who lived here became known as the Bloomsbury Group. Here, too, is the British Museum, one ofLondon’s chief tourist attractions. Nearby is the giant complex of the University of London, whose various colleges and departments have taken over much ofBloomsbury...

• New Orleans - geography.

  D Metropolitan Region The New Orleans metropolitan region covers 8,800 sq km (3,400 sq mi) and includes the counties—known in Louisiana as parishes— of Orleans, Jefferson, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Tammany, Saint James, and Plaquemines. At the center is the city of New Orleans, which is coextensive withOrleans Parish. It has a land area of 468 sq km (181 sq mi). Extending from this base are numerous suburban towns in the surrounding parishes. Metairie, Harahan...

• Buenos Aires (city) - geography.

  The city has produced or nurtured many of the most prominent Spanish-language writers of the 20th century, including Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar, and ManuelPuig. Buenos Aires has long been one of the primary centers of Spanish-language publishing and printing, and it is home to major publishing companies. It supports theoldest English-language daily newspaper in Latin America, the Buenos Aires Herald, published since 1876. The arts have a long, rich history in Buenos Aires. This is mani...

• Detroit - geography.

  Automobile industrialist Henry Ford was born near Dearborn, Michigan, in 1863. Ford built his first automobile in 1893 and establishedhis own manufacturing company ten years later. The Ford Company headquarters are in Dearborn, as is the Henry Ford Museum,shown here, which tells of the transition of the United States from an agricultural to an industrial society, a change in which Fordplayed a central part.Townsend P. Dickinson/Photo Researchers, Inc. The Detroit city center also houses one of t...

• Article de presse: Cuba, si !

  confidences. " La loi de réforme agraire, dit-il, n'est pas appliquée. Elle prévoit que nul ne peut posséder plus de 400 hectares. Or on m'atout pris, on ne m'a pas laissé la parcelle de terre que j'ai le droit de conserver. Les services administratifs outrepassent la volontéde Fidel Castro. Je le connais, j'ai financé la révolution, je vais essayer de le voir pour lui expliquer que la loi est violée "... Parmi les premières terres frappées par la réforme agraire figurent celles de Fidel C...

• Respiratory System.

  rapidly, or laughs while swallowing, the swallowing reflex may not work, and food or fluid can enter the larynx. Food, fluid, or other substances in the larynx initiate acough reflex as the body attempts to clear the larynx of the obstruction. If the cough reflex does not work, a person can choke, a life-threatening situation. TheHeimlich maneuver is a technique used to clear a blocked larynx ( see First Aid). A surgical procedure called a tracheotomy is used to bypass the larynx and get air to...

• Le français des travailleurs immigrés

  « Pourtant la majorité des femmes n'ose pas se reconnaître opprimée. Pourquoi ? Parce que la domination des hommes est tellement enracinée dans nos esprits que bien des fem­ mes la croient « naturelle » et ne la ressentent même plus. Parce que depuis des générations nous avons été conditionnées par notre édu­ cation et notre vie quotidienne et que, parfois, nous finissons par le croire. Ainsi notre lutte n'est pas qu'extérieur; e...

• Article de presse: Famélique et médiévale Ethiopie

  " Il ne pleuvait presque pas depuis trois ans, dit Akalé Yimmer, du village de Wadla. En 1971, la récolte a été très mauvaise.En 1972, on a dû manger une partie des semences et même emprunter du grain pour survivre. En février 1973, les " petites pluies" n'ont pas eu lieu, qu'est-ce qu'on pouvait faire ? Moi, j'avais deux lopins de terre. Le premier, je l'avais hypothéqué pourpouvoir emprunter deux sacs de teff et, comme je n'ai pas pu rendre le grain, j'ai perdu mon champ. Le deuxième, j'ai dû...

• Dallas (Texas) - geography.

  VI RECREATION Dallas contains more than 400 parks that cover a total of about 20,000 hectares (about 50,000 acres). Notable parks include Marsalis Park, which contains the DallasZoo, and the parks surrounding White Rock Lake, Bachman Lake, and Lake Cliff. City-owned greenbelts parallel White Rock Creek, Turtle Creek, and the Trinity River.Fair Park contains a number of museums, the city aquarium, and the Cotton Bowl stadium (the site of the annual Cotton Bowl college football game), as well as...

• Oeuvres de Napoleon Bonaparte, Tome IV.

  pour l'exécution de ce monument. Une des conditions du prospectus sera de conserver la partie du bâtiment de la Madelaine qui existe aujourd'hui, et que la dépense ne dépasse pas trois millions. Une commission de la classe des beaux-arts de notre institut sera chargée de faire un rapport à notre ministre de l'intérieur, avant le mois de mars 1807, sur les projets soumis au concours. Les travaux commenceront le 1er mai, et devront être achevés avant l'an 1809. Notre ministre de l'intérieur sera c...

• notamment pour but de montrer aux États allemands du Sud combien un rapprochement était souhaitable avec la Prusse s'ils ne voulaient pas, un jour, se trouver sans protection face à de tels appétits.

  votre mémoire car,pour touthomme deguerre, lesouvenir estlascience même». Pour nerien arranger, laguerre duMexique vientdevider nosarsenaux; elleacompromis lemoral dela troupe; etquand ila été question demobiliser surleRhin, ons'est viteaperçu quecela n'irait pasdesoi. Surtout, larapidité delavictoire prussienne adémontré chezl'adversaire uneforce qu'on neluisoupçonnait pas. Jusqu'ici, LouisNapoléon s'étaitcontenté dequelques replâtrages. Ilest vrai que l'opinion, laclasse politique, les générau...

• Magic in the 1980 NBA Finals.

  Abdul-Jabbar racked up 33 points and 14 rebounds as the Lakers won game one in Los Angeles, 109-102. Erving responded in game two with 23 points, 7 assists,and 5 blocked shots as the 76ers evened the series with a 107-104 victory. The series flipped back to Philadelphia. The Lakers won game three, 111-101, and the76ers triumphed in the fourth contest, 105-102. Abdul-Jabbar poured in 40 points in game five, a 108-103 Lakers win that put Los Angeles ahead in the series, 3-2,needing only one win in...

• 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...

• Montréal - geography.

  percent), and Eastern Orthodox (2.8 percent) religions. Another 5.4 percent claim no religious affiliation. IV EDUCATION AND CULTURE Montréal has a large number of private schools, most of them partially funded by the province. Like the rest of Québec province, Montréal has two public schoolsystems, one for French speakers and one for English speakers. The Charter of the French Language (1977), known as Bill 101, restricts access to English-languageschools and requires children of immigrants t...

• Montréal - Geography.

  percent), and Eastern Orthodox (2.8 percent) religions. Another 5.4 percent claim no religious affiliation. IV EDUCATION AND CULTURE Montréal has a large number of private schools, most of them partially funded by the province. Like the rest of Québec province, Montréal has two public schoolsystems, one for French speakers and one for English speakers. The Charter of the French Language (1977), known as Bill 101, restricts access to English-languageschools and requires children of immigrants t...

• Mesoamerica.

  for cooking. In other regions, the earliest ceramics are more sophisticated technically and aesthetically. At around 1800 BC in the Pacific coastal region of Soconusco (in what is now southeastern Chiapas State, Mexico), the earliest pottery was very complex both in forms and decoration. It seems to have had a social function and beenused primarily for ritual feasting. III MAJOR CIVILIZATIONS Over a period of 3000 years, beginning in about 1500 BC, a number of important cultures emerged in M...

• Radio Astronomy - astronomy.

  equivalent to the apparent angular dimensions of a basketball at the distance of the moon. In 1984, the U.S. government appropriated funds for the construction of aninstallation called the very long baseline array (VLBA), a network of 10 radio antennas spread from the U.S.-Canadian border to Puerto Rico and from Hawaii to the U.S.Atlantic coast. The VLBA is expected to provide angular resolutions in the range of 200-millionths of an arc second. Canada and Australia are both planning similarprogr...

• 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...

• Tampa - geography.

  The Port of Tampa is the country’s deepwater port closest to the Panama Canal and is among the nation’s busiest; products passing through the port include cement,citrus fruits, coal, petroleum, ammonia, phosphate, and sulfur. The port also is home to a shrimp fleet and is increasingly a port of departure for cruise ships. A number of highways and expressways link Tampa to the rest of the metropolitan region and the state. Interstate 4 leads inland toward Orlando and forms the axis ofthe eastern...

• 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....

• La guerre de Cent Ans.

  1435 traité d'Arasse.Trêve dans les année 1440, puis le roi de France rompt la trève en 1449 qui se décide a en finir avec la présence anglaise, le roi reprend la Normandie puis laDordogne. Bataille de Castillion marque la fin de la guerre , mais le traité de Paix de Picquigny est signer 1475. II- Les conséquences de la guerre. Des conséquences considérables, on pourrait dire que ce sont que des opération militaires de troupe réduites, il y en aurait une petite vingtaine durant des étés. Maismut...

• Athens (Greece) - geography.

  At the heart of the modern city is Syntagma (Constitution) Square, located east of the Acropolis. The square is bordered by the national Parliament Building, originally aroyal palace completed in 1842 for King Otto I. Nearby is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which features a daily changing of the guard. Several of the city’s principalhotels as well the offices of major banks and airline companies also face the square. Behind the Parliament Building is the National Gardens, a public park that i...

• Italy - country.

  C Natural Resources Italy is poor in natural resources. Much of the land is unsuitable for agriculture because of mountainous terrain or unfavorable climate. Italy, moreover, lacks substantialdeposits of basic natural resources such as coal, iron, and petroleum. Natural gas is the country’s most important mineral resource. Other deposits include feldspar andpumice. Many of Italy’s mineral deposits on the islands of Sicily and Sardinia had been heavily depleted by the early 1990s. Italy is rich...

• London (England) - geography.

  D The East End and Docklands The East End, beyond the City of London and the Tower, has long been the home of London’s docks and immigrants. It has frequently been characterized by slums, poverty,and crime. This is the area where the notorious criminal Jack the Ripper prowled. Some portions, such as Bethnal Green, were slums during the Victorian period. Manypoorer immigrants and working-class Londoners still reside in the East End, but its weekend street markets are very popular, especially Pet...

• Republic of Indonesia - country.

  Mahakam in East Kalimantan and the Martapura and Barito in South Kalimantan. Most of these rivers originate in the island’s central massif (mountain mass) and meander through extensive swamps as they approach the coast. Settlements such as Samarinda and Banjarmasin cluster along the rivers, which serve ascommunication routes into the interior. The largest rivers on Sumatra drain from west to east into the Strait of Malacca. In the north, the Asahan River once linked trade between the Batak peo...

• Oeuvres de Napoleon Bonaparte, TOME III soient à l'abri d'un coup de main.

  Restez à votre position jusqu'à ce que le fort soit pris. La moitié de la garnison veut se rendre, et l'autre moitié aime mieux se noyer. Ce sont des animaux avec lesquels il faut beaucoup de patience. Au reste, la reddition ne nous coûtera que des boulets. BONAPARTE. Au quartier-général d'Alexandrie, le 9 thermidor an 7 (27 juillet 1799). Au Directoire exécutif. Bataille d'Aboukir. Je vous ai annoncé, par ma dépêche du 21 floréal, que la saison des débarquemens me déterminait à quitter la Syrie...

• Denmark - country.

  forests, which cover just 11.6 percent of the country, include conifers (mainly fir, spruce, larch, and pine), beech, oak, birch, and ash. Several varieties of ferns andmosses common to the northern European mainland are also found. Wild animals are scarce. Natural animal life is limited to deer and small animals such as foxes,squirrels, hares, wild ducks, pheasants, and partridges. Numerous species of freshwater fish live in Denmark’s streams and lakes. F Environmental Issues Considered highly...

• L'Argent la présidence, passèrent naturellement en tête de liste, avec quatorze autres de moindre importance, triés parmi les plus obéissants et les plus décoratifs des actionnaires.

  vice-président un obscur agronome, ancien conseiller d'Etat, le vicomte de Robin-Chagot, homme doux et ladre, excellente machine à signatures. Quant au secrétaire, il fut pris en dehors du conseil, dans le personnel des bureaux de la banque, le chef du service des émissions. Et, comme la nuit venait, dans la grande pièce grave, une ombre verdie d'une infinie tristesse, on jugea la besogne bonne et suffisante, on se sépara après avoir réglé les séances à deux par mois, le petit conseil le...

• Robur-le-Conquerant hurracan sur l'Atlantique, typhon dans les mers de Chine, simoun au Sahara, tornade sur la côte occidentale, c'est toujours une tempête tournante - et redoutable.

  Il était deux heures du matin. Le baromètre, oscillant avec des écarts de douze millimètres, était alors tombé à 709 - ce qui, en réalité, devait être diminué de la baisse due à la hauteur atteinte par l'aéronef au-dessus du niveau de la mer. Phénomène assez rare, ce cyclone s'était formé hors des zones qu'il parcourt le plus habituellement, c'est-à-dire entre le trentième parallèle nord et le vingt-sixième parallèle sud. Peut-être cela explique-t-il comment cette tempête tournante se changea su...

• Article de presse: La crise du logement et ses solutions

  200 milliards, peut-être, quand l'organisme serait bien en route. Cela représente moins de 10 % du budget ordinaire. Or nousvoyons que pour l'année 1950 l'augmentation de la circulation fiduciaire a dépassé de 300 milliards son volume au 31 décembre1949. Ces 300 milliards n'ont pas servi à créer de la richesse durable, et cependant ils n'ont pas entraîner une hausse de prixcorrespondant à leur importance relative. Autrement dit, 25 % de billets en plus ne se traduisent pas par une majoration...

• Article de presse: Vietnam, d'une guerre à l'autre

  1956-1959 : " La plupart de ceux qui prirent les armes étaient des Sud-Vietnamiens et la cause qu'ils défendaient n'était enaucune façon suscitée par les manoeuvres du Vietnam du Nord. " Et il est vrai que Hanoï n'est pour rien dans l'arrestation parDiem, en mars 1955, des membres dirigeants du Mouvement pour la défense de la paix de Saigon-Cholon, parmi lesquels un trèsbourgeois avocat, futur président du FNL, Me Nguyen Huu Tho. Citons aussi, parmi les mesures qui ont poussé des milliers de...