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• Chester Arthur.

  confidence by reappointing them to the Senate. Despite Arthur's help, the legislature did not reappoint the two men. Conkling and Platt never again held public office. In the middle of the political conflict, on July 2, 1881, Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau, a disappointed office-seeker. Garfield died 11 weeks later, on September19, 1881. The following morning, Arthur took the oath of office at his home in New York City. IV PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Arthur's record of party loyalt...

• Chester Arthur I INTRODUCTION Chester Arthur (1829-1886), 21st president of the United States (1881-1885), who gained the presidency when President James A.

  confidence by reappointing them to the Senate. Despite Arthur's help, the legislature did not reappoint the two men. Conkling and Platt never again held public office. In the middle of the political conflict, on July 2, 1881, Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau, a disappointed office-seeker. Garfield died 11 weeks later, on September19, 1881. The following morning, Arthur took the oath of office at his home in New York City. IV PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Arthur's record of party loyalt...

• L'ARCHITECTURE DU XXe SIÈCLE (Exposé – Art & Littérature – Collège/Lycée)

  LECOUUSIEI L'ART Dtco • La France, la Grande-Bretagne et les États -Unis des années 1920 et 1930 restent plus ou moins insensibles aux premières expressio n s du modernisme initié par le Bauhaus que l'on nomme aussi « style international » . • Le style Art déco, un style commercial veut rompre les courbes 1 de gratte-ciel comme le Chrysler Building (319 rn), bâti en 1930, e t l'Empire State Building (381 rn), construit un an plus tard , à New York ....

• Jour par jour, la semaine tragique

  8 h 49. La chaîne CNN réagit instantanément. Il ne lui faut pas plus d'une minute pour enclencher à distance l'une de sescaméras fixes, braquée en permanence sur la ligne d'horizon de Manhattan. Les autres grandes chaînes vont suivre, interrompantimmédiatement leurs émissions. 9 h 03. Après un dernier virage sur l'aile, un deuxième avion s'encastre dans la tour sud du WTC. Les millions detéléspectateurs n'en croient pas leurs yeux. Le feu se propage, des occupants en perdition agitent les bra...

• Chagall, Marc - dessin & gravure.

  Metropolitan Opera (New York, États-Unis) Fondé en 1883, le Metropolitan Opera est le principal opéra de New York. En 1966, il a été transféré au Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, un centre culturel consacré au théâtre, à la danseet à la musique. L'entrée du nouvel édifice, réalisé par l'architecte américain Wallace Harrison, est ornée de deux peintures de Marc Chagall : les Sources de la musique et le Triomphe de lamusique. La salle de spectacle peut accueillir jusqu'à 3 800 spectateurs.R...

• TPE SUR LES ATTENTATS DU 11 SEPTEMBRE

  La haine des musulmans contre les juifs augmentait alors de plus en plus et donna naissance aux musulmans extrémistes, c'est-à-dire les musulmans qui haïssenttotalement les juifs et qui n’ont comme objectif que de les tuer de toutes les manières possibles en faisant partie de groupe de terrorisme. Depuis, les islamistesinstruisent leurs enfants que mourir au kamikaze pour tuer des juifs leur fera mener au paradis. Cependant, les Américains offrent leur soutien politique aux Juifs et les islamist...

• Immigration.

  1655, only to lose all of their North American colonies to the British in 1664. These early colonies were often quite cosmopolitan, drawing settlers from many nations.When the English seized New Amsterdam, the city was home to perhaps 1500 residents, including Walloons, Huguenots, Swedes, Dutchmen, and African Americans. C The French and Spanish The French and Spanish also established colonies in North America. The Spanish established the oldest permanent European settlement in Saint Augustine,...

• Immigration - U.

  1655, only to lose all of their North American colonies to the British in 1664. These early colonies were often quite cosmopolitan, drawing settlers from many nations.When the English seized New Amsterdam, the city was home to perhaps 1500 residents, including Walloons, Huguenots, Swedes, Dutchmen, and African Americans. C The French and Spanish The French and Spanish also established colonies in North America. The Spanish established the oldest permanent European settlement in Saint Augustine,...

• idées, c'est pourquoi l'Occident en était venu à se mépriser et se jetait en troupeau sur les routes, fuyant vers le nord, sans doute vaguement conscient qu'il s'était déjà perdu en sécrétant trop de laideurs qui ne valaient même plus la peine d'être défendues.

  IV C’était unenuit étrange, tellement paisiblequeNew York nesesouvenait pasenavoir vécudesemblable depuisplusd’une trentaine d’années. CentralParkdésert, vidédemilliers deCaïn. Onaurait puyenvoyer jouerdeblondes fillettesenjupe courte, duveteuses, toutesfraîches, rosesdeplaisir depouvoir enfincourir derrière uncerceau. Ghettosnoirsetportoricains calmes comme deséglises. Ledocteur Norman Halleravaitouvert sesfenêtres. Ilécoutait laville etn’entendait rien. D’ordinaire, montaientversluiàcette heur...

• Uwe Johnson (Sprache & Litteratur).

  Frühlings erstreckt. Letztlich aber geht es in den Jahrestagen um die durch den Einmarsch russischer Truppen in die Tschechoslowakei am 21. August 1968 scheinbar negativ beantwortete Frage, ob ein demokratisch geprägter „Sozialismus mit menschlichem Antlitz” real überhaupt zu verwirklichen sei. Von New York aus beobachtetGesine über Massenmedien indirekt das Zeitgeschehen (Vietnamkrieg, Rassenproblematik, die Ermordung John F. Kennedys und Martin Luther Kings etc.), bewertet es aushumanistisch...

• Uwe Johnson (Sprache & Litteratur).

  Frühlings erstreckt. Letztlich aber geht es in den Jahrestagen um die durch den Einmarsch russischer Truppen in die Tschechoslowakei am 21. August 1968 scheinbar negativ beantwortete Frage, ob ein demokratisch geprägter „Sozialismus mit menschlichem Antlitz” real überhaupt zu verwirklichen sei. Von New York aus beobachtetGesine über Massenmedien indirekt das Zeitgeschehen (Vietnamkrieg, Rassenproblematik, die Ermordung John F. Kennedys und Martin Luther Kings etc.), bewertet es aushumanistisch...

• James A.

  Treasury John Sherman, another Ohioan. He went to the Republican national convention as head of his state's delegation and manager of the Sherman campaign. The Republican Party at that time was split into two factions, the Stalwarts, led by Roscoe Conkling, senator from New York, and the Half-Breeds, led by Blaine. The twogroups had few political differences, but disagreed over the division of appointments to federal positions, known as patronage. The Stalwarts wanted control of all federal ap...

• Rutherford B.

  Governor Hayes gave Ohio an honest administration. During his two separate terms (from 1868 to 1872 and then from 1876 to 1877) were conspicuous, in that age ofpolitical corruption, for freedom from scandal and irregularities. Even newspapers that supported the opposition Democratic Party praised his administration. Although a Democratic legislature in Hayes's first term obstructed many of his liberal measures, he was able to reform the prison system. During his second term aRepublican majority...

• Women's Rights.

  In 1840 Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton traveled to London to attend the World Anti-Slavery Convention. Upon arrival, however, the women were barred fromparticipating in the conference and forced to sit behind a curtain. This experience of discrimination inspired them to organize the first women’s rights convention. Thisconvention met in Seneca Falls, New York, on July 19 and 20, 1848. The Seneca Falls Convention attracted more than 200 women and approximately 40 men. For theconvention,...

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• Millard Fillmore.

  B Vice President of the United States During the first half of 1850, Fillmore as vice president presided over the United States Senate (the upper chamber of Congress) as angry debates raged betweenNorthern and Southern sectionalists over the status of slavery in the recently acquired lands. His fairness and sense of humor in the chair were not enough to restorepeace among the contending senators. The antislavery faction, led by Senator Seward (the former governor of New York) and Senator Salmon...

• Millard Fillmore

  B Vice President of the United States During the first half of 1850, Fillmore as vice president presided over the United States Senate (the upper chamber of Congress) as angry debates raged betweenNorthern and Southern sectionalists over the status of slavery in the recently acquired lands. His fairness and sense of humor in the chair were not enough to restorepeace among the contending senators. The antislavery faction, led by Senator Seward (the former governor of New York) and Senator Salmon...

• yiddish, littérature.

  1927), Joseph Rolnick (1879-1955), Mani-Leib (1883-1953) délaissent les problèmes sociaux alors au centre de nombreuses œuvres yiddish et s’attachent à promouvoir une esthétique de l’art pour l’art et un lyrisme personnel. Issus de ce mouvement, Leivick Halpern, dit H. Leivick (1888-1962), qui tente à travers son œuvre dramatique (le Golem — Der Goïlem, 1921) et poétique d’insuffler aux jeunes générations le refus du désespoir et de la violence, et Joseph Opatoshu (1886- 1954) qui s’illustre...

• Grover Cleveland.

  Americans, Roman Catholics, and Southerners, who all generally supported the Democratic Party. The statement lost Blaine any chance of getting the Irish Americanvote in New York City. The Mugwumps supported Cleveland because of Blaine’s political past. Even the Prohibition Party candidate received 25,000 votes that normallywould have gone to the Republican candidate. New York’s 36 electoral votes swung the election to Cleveland. He won the state’s vote by only about 1000 in a total vote of more...

• Grover Cleveland

  Americans, Roman Catholics, and Southerners, who all generally supported the Democratic Party. The statement lost Blaine any chance of getting the Irish Americanvote in New York City. The Mugwumps supported Cleveland because of Blaine’s political past. Even the Prohibition Party candidate received 25,000 votes that normallywould have gone to the Republican candidate. New York’s 36 electoral votes swung the election to Cleveland. He won the state’s vote by only about 1000 in a total vote of more...

• Toronto - geography.

  The Hockey Hall of Fame is in downtown Toronto. VI ECONOMY Toronto’s economy has changed over the past several decades, with financial and business services becoming the largest sector. Included in this sector are banks, stockmarkets, insurance, advertising, marketing, accounting firms, and law firms. Toronto ranks third on the continent, behind New York City and Chicago, Illinois, in the numberof major corporations that have their head offices there. Toronto is the leading printing and publish...

• New Jersey - geography.

  C Soils Broadly defined, all of New Jersey’s soils are podzolic soils; that is, they are acidic and contain fairly high amounts of iron oxides. The soils in northern New Jersey areirregular in quality and contain rock fragments and small stones deposited by the continental glaciers of the last Ice Age. The soils of the inner coastal plain, unaffectedby glaciation, are the richest in the state, while those of the outer coastal plain are generally infertile. The newer soil classification system d...

• New Jersey - USA History.

  C Soils Broadly defined, all of New Jersey’s soils are podzolic soils; that is, they are acidic and contain fairly high amounts of iron oxides. The soils in northern New Jersey areirregular in quality and contain rock fragments and small stones deposited by the continental glaciers of the last Ice Age. The soils of the inner coastal plain, unaffectedby glaciation, are the richest in the state, while those of the outer coastal plain are generally infertile. The newer soil classification system d...

• Toronto - geography.

  to arrive in the Toronto CMA, most conspicuously from Hong Kong. People of Chinese origin accounted for over 9 percent of the city’s population at the 2001 census.Foreign-born residents constitute 44 percent of the population, the highest metropolitan percentage on the North American continent. The ethnic breakdown of metropolitanToronto in the 2001 census included Canadian, 18.5 percent; English, 16.9 percent; Scottish, 11.1 percent; Irish, 10.5 percent; Chinese, 9.4 percent; Italian, 9.2 perce...

• euro anglais - New York

  Territorial dynamics, cooperation and tensions in globalization New York City The keyword in the theme of the chapter is obviously the word globalization. Indeed, as we all know, globalization is not only a keyword but also and above all a key concept that must be mastered. 0 – GLOBALIZATION : A KEY CONCEPT ➔ at first a simple definition Old and still ongoing process, globalization is first and foremost the linking of the different parts of the world. This linking is the result of th...

• Sailing.

  the sails sweep across the decks of the vessel from one side to the other, and also because of the danger of breaking spars. In wild jibing, control can be lostmomentarily and, if the seas are high, a small boat can broach —that is, veer on its side with danger of swamping or capsizing. An unintentional jibe in a heavy wind frequently has enough force to break the masts of a vessel. When jibing intentionally, careful sailors always haul in on the boom while turning, so that the boom willtravel...

• Mays Makes "The Catch".

  Game one was held at the Polo Grounds in New York. In the eighth inning, with the score tied, 2-2, the Indians put two men on base, Doby and Al Rosen. Durocherbrought in left-hander Don Liddle to face Cleveland first baseman Vic Wertz, who already had three hits in the game, including a two-run triple in the first. Wertzknocked a long drive to center field, the deepest part of the longest outfield in the league. A double or triple would score both runners, giving the Indians a two-runlead and a...

• Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika - geographie.

  Zu den bekanntesten Säugetierarten der Vereinigten Staaten gehören Bisons, Wapitis (amerikanische Rothirsche), Elche, Braunbären (mit den Unterarten Grizzlybär undKodiakbär), Schwarzbären, Pumas, Wölfe, Kojoten und Nordamerikanische Biber; in den Prärien sind Präriehunde verbreitet. Lebten um 1800 noch rund 40 Millionen Bisonsin den Prärien Nordamerikas, waren es 100 Jahre später nur noch etwa 1 000. Heute hat sich der Bestand aufgrund strenger Schutzvorschriften erholt und liegt bei etwa200 000...

• Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika - geographie.

  Zu den bekanntesten Säugetierarten der Vereinigten Staaten gehören Bisons, Wapitis (amerikanische Rothirsche), Elche, Braunbären (mit den Unterarten Grizzlybär undKodiakbär), Schwarzbären, Pumas, Wölfe, Kojoten und Nordamerikanische Biber; in den Prärien sind Präriehunde verbreitet. Lebten um 1800 noch rund 40 Millionen Bisonsin den Prärien Nordamerikas, waren es 100 Jahre später nur noch etwa 1 000. Heute hat sich der Bestand aufgrund strenger Schutzvorschriften erholt und liegt bei etwa200 000...

• Railroads.

  III GAUGES The gauge of track is the distance between the inner edges of the rails at points 1.59 cm (0.626 in) below the top of the heads. In the United States, Canada, theUnited Kingdom, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, and much of continental Europe, the standard gauge is 143.51 cm (56.5 in). Why this measurement became the standard isa matter of speculation. Probably the tradition is inherited from early tramroads built to accommodate wagons with axles 1.5 m (5 ft) long; some of the early edge rail...

• James Madison.

  In the spring of 1784 Madison again ran for election to the Virginia assembly, and won. He served nearly three years there, pursuing the same objectives he had foughtfor in Congress. He advocated strengthening the federal government, which was an unpopular position in Virginia, as it was in most of the states. He consistentlysupported measures, at both state and national levels, that would best safeguard the rights of the individual. Madison also continued to oppose any connection betweenchurch...

• James Madison

  In the spring of 1784 Madison again ran for election to the Virginia assembly, and won. He served nearly three years there, pursuing the same objectives he had foughtfor in Congress. He advocated strengthening the federal government, which was an unpopular position in Virginia, as it was in most of the states. He consistentlysupported measures, at both state and national levels, that would best safeguard the rights of the individual. Madison also continued to oppose any connection betweenchurch...

• James Madison - USA History.

  In the spring of 1784 Madison again ran for election to the Virginia assembly, and won. He served nearly three years there, pursuing the same objectives he had foughtfor in Congress. He advocated strengthening the federal government, which was an unpopular position in Virginia, as it was in most of the states. He consistentlysupported measures, at both state and national levels, that would best safeguard the rights of the individual. Madison also continued to oppose any connection betweenchurch...

• Christmas.

  The new custom of Christmas gift giving allowed the marketplace to exert an unprecedented influence on holiday celebrations. Commercial innovations such asdepartment stores and mass advertising further expanded the custom of exchanging Christmas gifts. Seasonal retail sales helped fuel the economy, causing merchantsand advertisers to become some of the season’s most ardent promoters. Many holiday celebrants regretted these changes, however, and began voicing the nowcommon lament that Christmas h...

• African American History - U.

  In their day-to-day lives, slaves and servants shared similar grievances and frequently formed alliances. Advertisements seeking the return of slaves and servants whohad run away together filled colonial newspapers. When a slave named Charles escaped in 1740, the Pennsylvania Gazette reported that two white servants, a 'Scotch man' and an Englishman, escaped with him. Sometimes interracial alliances involved violence. During Bacon's Rebellion in 1676, slaves and servants took up armsagainst Na...

• New York a global city ?

  Intro Def ville global Being both a megalopolis and an international hub, connected with the rest of the world, New York City is of course a major centre for international tourism. Before the Covid-19 pandemic it received more than 67 million of tourists each year, which was almost twice as much as London. However, tourists from abroad/foreign countries are a minority (more than 13 million) contrary to London or Paris. Indeed, in 2018, New York City welcomed a record 65.2 million visito...

• Babe Ruth's "Called Shot".

  When Ruth, the second New York batter in the fifth inning, came to the plate, Wrigley Field was roaring. “They called me ‘big belly’ and ‘baboon,’” Ruth recalled,according to the book Great Moments in American Sports by Jerry Brondfield. The New York Times said of the Chicago fans, “It seems decidedly unhealthy for anyone to taunt the great man Ruth too much, and very soon the crowd was to learn its lesson.” During the at bat, Ruth mouthed off to the Chicago players in thedugout as they and...

• enfant, droits de l' (droits de l'homme & libertés fondamentales).

  L’article 40 prévoit d’abord que l’enfant suspecté d’infraction soit traité d’une façon qui tienne compte de son âge et qu’il puisse bénéficier d’un avocat. L’article 37, quant àlui, protège l’enfant convaincu d’infraction, notamment en interdisant que soit prononcée contre lui la peine de mort ou l’emprisonnement à vie, et en restreignant aumaximum les cas d’emprisonnement des mineurs. La Convention veille également, dans son article 40 alinéa 2, à ce que le principe de non rétroactivité de la...

• La Coupe de l'America

  et un catamaran de 18 mètres pour les defenders. Les Américains conservent la coupe malgré les plaintes des Néo­ Zélandais qui vont jusqu'à intenter une action en justice. Pour en terminer avec ce genre de défi déséquilibré, les organisateurs de la Coupe définissent une nouvelle classe de voiliers destinés à prendre part à la compétition : les Class America. Longs de 25 mètres environ, ces bateaux peuvent être adaptés dans bien des domaines (coqu...

• Encyclopédie: Scorsese, Martin

  phiques). La violence aveugle rentré e, ne deman­ de qu'à s'exprimer et l e film se termin e par une vér itable boucherie. L e thème de l'homme l âché dans la ville «seul et abandonné de Dieu » et qui doit erre r à la recherche de son salut revient de façon récurrente dans les films de Scor sese. Une multiplicité de genres Son film suivant, New York, New York (1977) est très différent, il s'agit d'une biographie musica le qui...

• American Music I INTRODUCTION American Music, the folk, popular, and classical music of the United States--created by American-born or American-trained composers, or originating in American culture, or written primarily for American audiences.

  The country's first permanent orchestra was the New York Philharmonic Society, founded in 1842. Among the first symphonic and operatic composers the mostprominent was William Henry Fry, who composed the first opera by an American ( Leonora, 1845). Fry is best remembered, however, for four symphonies written in the 1850s and 1860s. George F. Bristow wrote the first opera on an American theme; his Rip Van Winkle was performed in New York City in 1855. Town bands, a popular form of community mu...

• Callas, Maria - musique.

  Sa fortune lui donne les moyens de soutenir sa carrière, qui se développe à la fois en Italie et à l’étranger. Les plus grandes scènes l’accueillent : la Scala de Milan — Aïda (1950) et les Vêpres siciliennes (1951) —, le Mai musical florentin — Orphée et Eurydice de Gluck (1951) —, le Covent Garden de Londres, ainsi que Paris, Mexico, Rio de Janeiro, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas, Berlin et Vienne. En 1952, Maria Callas signe un contrat avec EMI et réalise son premier enregistrement av...

• pont (structure).

  toiture, et cette idée sera reprise et déclinée au XIXe siècle aux États-Unis. En 1502, Léonard de Vinci conçoit le projet d’un pont qui doit être construit à Istanbul : un pont en arc en maçonnerie d’une seule travée de 240 m. Des projets moins ambitieux sont menés à terme au cours de ce siècle, tels que le pont Notre-Dame (1512) — qui sera détruit et remplacé en 1853 — et le Pont-Neuf (1578-1604) à Paris, le Rialto (1588-1591) à Venise, le pont Santa Trinità (1566-1569) à Florence, œuvre de...

• pont (structure) - architecture.

  toiture, et cette idée sera reprise et déclinée au XIXe siècle aux États-Unis. En 1502, Léonard de Vinci conçoit le projet d’un pont qui doit être construit à Istanbul : un pont en arc en maçonnerie d’une seule travée de 240 m. Des projets moins ambitieux sont menés à terme au cours de ce siècle, tels que le pont Notre-Dame (1512) — qui sera détruit et remplacé en 1853 — et le Pont-Neuf (1578-1604) à Paris, le Rialto (1588-1591) à Venise, le pont Santa Trinità (1566-1569) à Florence, œuvre de...

• French and Indian War.

  Virginia as well as the French governor-general of Canada had attempted to seize their lands. After receiving large presents of supplies and arms, the Iroquoisgrudgingly renewed their alliances with the British colonies. Delegates then moved on to plan other defensive measures. An important topic was a plan of union developed by Benjamin Franklin. The Albany Plan, as it became known, proposed a single institution to govern all of the Britishcolonies in America. Under the plan, each colony would...

• French and Indian War - Canadian History.

  Virginia as well as the French governor-general of Canada had attempted to seize their lands. After receiving large presents of supplies and arms, the Iroquoisgrudgingly renewed their alliances with the British colonies. Delegates then moved on to plan other defensive measures. An important topic was a plan of union developed by Benjamin Franklin. The Albany Plan, as it became known, proposed a single institution to govern all of the Britishcolonies in America. Under the plan, each colony would...

• HOPPER Edward : Chambre à Brooklyn

  HOPPER Edward Chambre à Brooklyn Né à New York, 1882 Mort à New York, 1967 Formé à la New York School of Arts, Hopper, influencé par Robert Henri et la Ashcan School, s'attacha, après un séjour en 1906 à Paris, à peindre de manière réaliste et un peu amère la vie urbaine américaine. Dans cette Chambre à Brooklyn, on retrouve plusieurs de ses thèmes de prédilection: un intérieur, une femme seule, anonyme, le New York des vie...

• Les Cinq Cents Millions de la Begum encore plus morale que physique.

  On était à la fin du dîner ; le dessert venait d'être enlevé, et, selon l'habitude anglo-saxonne qui avait prévalu, les dames venaient de quitter la table. Le docteur Sarrasin, Octave, le colonel Hendon et M. Lentz continuaient la conversation commencée, et entamaient les plus hautes questions d'économie politique, lorsqu'un domestique entra et remit au docteur son journal. C'était le New York Herald. Cette honorable feuille s'était toujours montrée extrêmement favorable à la fondation puis au d...

• Beckmann, Max - dessin & gravure.

  Au milieu des années 1920, il se sépare de Minna Tube et épouse Mathilde (Quappi) von Kaulbach. Pour la première fois, en 1926, une exposition lui est consacrée à New York qui étend sa réputation aux communautés artistiques internationales. Ses voyages en Italie de 1926-1927 lui inspirent des sujets légers comme des sérénades et des scènes de bain. Il s’installe à Paris en 1929, y loue un atelier et noue des liens avec Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Fernand Léger, Georges Henri Rouault et Pablo...