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• SUJET NATIONAL, SESSION DE JUIN 1995 LANGUE VIVANTE 2 - SÉRIE L

  She looked at him. "Michael, you won't let him persuade you, will you?" "No, 1 won't." She turned and went off up the avenue, going towards the shops 30 on the high street. He unlocked the front door and went into the hall. A phone was ringing upstairs. He looked at his watch. lt was just after five. He began to run upstairs, pushing past a little red-haired man who was also on his way up. "Sorry ," he said. ''That's all right, guv. 2...

• DiMaggio Wins Batting Title.

  In game four DiMaggio took part in one of the most bizarre plays in World Series history. Down two runs in the top of the ninth, the Yankees tied the score at fourapiece to take the game into extra innings. DiMaggio came up in the top of the tenth with two men on base and a chance to bring home the go-ahead run. He rapped asingle to right field, scoring one run. When Reds outfielder Ival Goodman misplayed the ball, Keller, a burly rookie known as King Kong, raced home and slammedinto catcher Ern...

• A suggestion of romance

  beast feels for Belle grows stronger every day and every night, he would ask her to marry him only to be refused each time. Belle, dreaming of a prince she is persuaded is kept as a prisonner in this castle, always answer him that she only love the Beast as a friend.  After several month, Belle eventually become home sick and asks the Beast if he could let her see her family. He allowed her if she would return after one week and give her a mirror where she could see the Beast at any time she wan...

• GALILEO

  marvels , known as a perspicillium, had already been demonstrated in Milan.” 6) When, Galileo turned his telescope to the Milky Way (after observing the Moon), it was transformed from a diaphanous haze to a vast rash of stars. And he observed the Sun, and found that it had black spots “which appeared to consume themselves”. These not only dissolved, but appeared seemingly at random, taking on all kinds of shapes like clouds. Any of the relativ...

• Canada's Constitution Act of 1982 In 1982 the Canadian constitution was patriated, meaning it was brought further under Canadian control.

  10. Everyone has the right on arrest or detention (a) to be informed promptly of the reasons therefor; (b) to retain and instruct counsel without delay and to be informed of that right; and (c) to have the validity of the detention determined by way of habeas corpus and to be released if the detention is not lawful. 11. Any person charged with an offence has the right (a) to be informed without unreasonable delay of the specific offence; (b) to be tried within a reasonable time; (c) not to be...

• Whales.

  whales travel to cool waters near the Arctic or Antarctica every summer. They feed on krill , small animals that look like shrimp. In the winter, baleen whales head for warmer waters near the equator tobreed. Other whales do not migrate. Narwhals, for instance, live year-round in the cool waters of the Arctic andNorth Atlantic oceans. HAVING BABY WHALES After male and female whales mate, it takes from 10 to 16 months for a baby whale to form. The lengthof time depends on the whale species. A wh...

• Finalement, avec l'aide d'un jeune homme qui habitait dans le

  de choses. OK, ai-je dit. Et ildit aussi quevous devriez parleràun très vieil homme quis'appelle Prokopivetqui travaille àl'église. Ilest tellement vieuxqu'ilensaura peut-être plusquen'importe quid'autre. OK, ai-je dit. Vous voulez yaller ?a demandé Alex.Ilsavait quenous étions venusiciaujourd'hui dansunbut bien précis, pourfairel'expérience dontj'avais besoin pourécrire :pour voirlesendroits sur lesquels jesavais tantàprésent, pourmarcher, autantqu'ilétait possible delefaire aujourd'hui, dansle...

• Beijing - geography.

  Shoe Factory in BeijingWorkers assemble shoes at a state-owned factory in Beijing, where rapid industrial development has extended into the city’s outlyingareas in recent years. Beijing is China’s second largest industrial center, after Shanghai.Goh Chaihin/AFP As the nation’s capital and political center, the particular economic role of Beijing has been a topic of considerable debate and controversy. The Communist government hasdesignated Beijing as an appropriate center for industrial, commerc...

• Luther's Ninety-Five Theses German theologian Martin Luther publicly condemned the practice of buying indulgences on October 31, 1517.

  28. It is certain that when the penny jingles into the money-box, gain and avarice can be increased, but the result of the intercession of the Church is in the power ofGod alone. 29. Who knows whether all the souls in purgatory wish to be bought out of it, as in the legend of Sts. Severinus and Paschal. 30. No one is sure that his own contrition is sincere; much less that he has attained full remission. 31. Rare as is the man that is truly penitent, so rare is also the man who truly buys indulge...

• Blankers-Koen Wins Fourth Gold Medal.

  Blankers-Koen's final event was the 4 x 100-meter relay. Her decision to enter the race revealed much about her character. Under Olympic rules, she could enter amaximum of four events. Even though she owned the world records for the long jump and high jump, she instead opted for the relay. She explained that a “team”victory would hold more meaning to her country and its citizens. Blankers-Koen's superb anchor leg clinched Holland's victory. Meanwhile, in the long jump,Hungary's Olga Gyarmati won...

• Dwight Clark's Catch.

  On third down and three, with 51 seconds left, and in need of a touchdown, San Francisco called time-out. Montana and Walsh discussed the play, which wasdesigned to go to Solomon. But as Montana rolled to his right, he spotted Clark behind the defense. With Cowboys defensive linemen D. D. Lewis, Larry Bethea, andJones closing, Montana threw a hurried jump pass that Clark reached up and gathered in. A final point by Ray Wersching gave the 49ers the victory, 28-27. “I hear all the time, especi...

• Walt Disney I INTRODUCTION Walt Disney Walt Disney, an American cartoonist and film producer, started an entertainment empire with his creation of animated movies and world-renowned amusement parks.

  Donald DuckDonald Duck waves to visitors at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The Disney Studios created the excitable duck in1934.Kelly-Mooney Photography/Corbis In 1923 Disney moved to Hollywood, California. He, his brother Roy O. Disney, and Iwerks began producing short animated films. In 1927 Disney created the cartooncharacter Oswald the Rabbit. A year later he produced another character, a mouse called Mortimer, but shortly after changed the name to Mickey. In 1928 MickeyMouse starred...

• USSR Defeats USA in Basketball.

  Tom McMillen, the 7-ft (2.1 m) center for the U.S. team, guarded the inbounds passer, waving his arms to disrupt the throw-in. But the referee ordered McMillen toback off. When McMillen did so, the Soviet player drew back and threw the ball the length of the court. Under the USSR basket, Aleksander Belov was guarded by two smaller American players, Kevin Joyce and Robert Forbes. All three went up for the ball, but Belovmuscled the U.S. players aside and caught the ball in front of the basket...

• Roma Roman A legendary figure who came to be worshiped as a goddess, Roma was the personification of the city of Rome.

  became Rome. The first hill people settled appears to have been the Capitoline Hill. Archaeologists have discovered some of the oldest temples to the supreme Roman god, Jupiter, on this hill. According to legend, it was on this hill that Romulus founded his city. The next hill that settlers developed was the nearby Palatine, 1,250 yards to the southeast of the Capitoline Hill. Legend says that Evander, a leader from the Arcadia region of ancient Greece, settled this hill even before Romulus was...

• Essay : Stranger in the village

  people are courteous, he still can feel that he is not welcomed in this village where people are racist and narrow-minded.               The reactions of the villagers can partially be explained by their lack of culture and their narrow-mindedness. Indeed, these people live in a tiny village which is cut of the outside world.  They have to go to the village at the foot of the mountain to see a movie or go to the bank as there is no movie house, no bank nor library in the village. It seems that p...

• Evans Wins Gold.

  have fun.” Although she acted like a bubbly teenager, she undoubtedly possessed a competitive fire. As her coach Bud McAllister told Women's Sports and Fitness, “It's like death for her to lose.” Swimmer and television analyst John Naber added, “Janet doesn't swim a race, she attacks a race,” according to the magazine. “Andthat tells you a lot about what is going on upstairs.” Meanwhile, television viewers in the United States admired the teenager who almost single-handedly salvagedthe U.S. wom...

• Winning One for the Gipper.

  Gipp had a swagger off the field as well. A noted pool shark and gambler, he frequented South Bend's less savory establishments and kept hours that would haveearned any other player a swift dismissal from the team. In an era when gambling and college football seemed congenial bedfellows, Gipp often served as the teambookie—for wagers on Notre Dame games. Accused by Rockne of lacking interest in the 1920 Notre Dame-Army clash, Gipp reportedly replied, “You're wrongthere,” according to Wake Up th...

• 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...

• Steven Spielberg I INTRODUCTION Steven Spielberg The imaginative films of Steven Spielberg are known for their technical creativity and memorable characters.

  Courtesy of Everett Collection Spielberg teamed up with writer-producer George Lucas in the 1980s to make the action-adventure Indiana Jones film series: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Other directorial projects during this period included the science-fiction fantasy E.T.—The Extra-Terrestrial , at the time the highest-grossing film ever made; The Color Purple (1985), a drama based on the novel...

• Jackie Robinson Breaks the Barrier.

  Leagues. The crowd of fans at the Negro Leagues' annual East-West Classic All-Star Game in 1944 outnumbered the major league All-Star Game 46,247 to 29,589. Another barrier to black players fell when baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, an adamant opponent of desegregation, died in office in 1944 and wasreplaced by A. B. “Happy” Chandler. Chandler was known to support integration, but it took Branch Rickey, who had built the St. Louis Cardinals' farm system intothe finest in baseba...

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

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

• Word & Image A Journal of Verbal/Visual Enquiry ISSN: 0266-6286 (Print) 1943-2178 (Online) Journal homepage: https://www.

  Reception and interference: reading Jean Molinet's rebus-poems ADRIAN ARMSTRONG Northern French culture in the late Middle Ages is marked not only by a proliferation of visual images, but also by the knowledge which these images convey, velY often in the form of figurative discourse. Traditional coded or symbolic visual fornls include heraldly, where tinctures and charges often accumulate particular connotations, and typological staine...

• Commentary The adeventures of Huck Finn

  same hundrun is emphasized by the use of the modals « would », « could » and the verbal form « used to ». So, this everyday life is depicted by the narrator as « lovely ». The child describes his habits as sacred ones. The way it is depicted seems mechanical : everything has a time to be done and is done by the time the children are allowing it. For instance, they are eating first, then having a nap, then shaving « soon as it was night ». The actions are ennumerated, which emphasize the idea o...

• Chemical Analysis - chemistry.

  inorganic reactions than by organic functional group chemistry. VII SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES Spectroscopy, or the study of the interactions of electromagnetic radiation with matter, is the largest and most nearly accurate class of instrumental methods used inchemical analysis and indeed in all of chemistry ( see Spectroscopy; Spectrum). The electromagnetic radiation (emr) spectrum is divided into the following wavelength regions: X ray, ultraviolet, visible, infrared, microwave, and radiowave....

• Magnetism I INTRODUCTION Magnetism, an aspect of electromagnetism, one of the fundamental forces of nature.

  the French physicist Paul Langevin produced a theory regarding the temperature dependence of the magnetic properties of paramagnets (discussed below), which wasbased on the atomic structure of matter. This theory is an early example of the description of large-scale properties in terms of the properties of electrons and atoms.Langevin's theory was subsequently expanded by the French physicist Pierre Ernst Weiss, who postulated the existence of an internal, “molecular” magnetic field inmaterials...

• Amerikanische Literatur (Sprache & Litteratur).

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

• Critique, rejet et réhabilitation des techniques traditionnelles de fabrication : de Vers une architecture à Learning from Vernacular.

  Critique, rejet et réhabilitation des techniques traditionnelles de fabrication : de Vers une architecture à Learning from Vernacular. En 1917, en présentant sa Fontaine à l'exposition de l'Armory Show de New-York Marcel Duchamp va durablement ébranlé l'idée même de ce que peux être l'art. Alfred Stieglitz, photographie de la Fontaine de Marcel Duchamp, 1917. Marcel Duchamp est à cette époque membre directeur de la Société des artistes indépendants de New York (Society of Independent Artis...

• L'algèbre relationnelle et le langage SQL

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• Cosecant Cosecant, one of the six fundamental ratios of trigonometry.

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• Tuvalu Facts and Figures.

  Literacy rateTotal Not available Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) Not available Number of years of compulsory schooling 8 years (2001-2002) Number of students per teacher, primary school 25 students per teacher (2001-2002) GOVERNMENTForm of government Constitutional monarchy Voting qualifications Universal at age 18 Constitution1 October 1978; revised 1986 Armed forcesTotal number of military personnel Not avail...

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• Monaco Facts and Figures.

  Male 76.1 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 171 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 51 people (1995) Literacy rateTotal Not available Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) Not available Number of years of compulsory schooling 10 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 22 students per teacher (2000-2001)...

• Andorra Facts and Figures.

  Population per physician 275 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 303 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal Not available Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) Not available Number of years of compulsory schooling 10 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 12 students per teacher (2002-2003) GOVERNMENTForm of government Parliamentary coprincipality Voting qualifications Universal at age 18 C...

• Nauru Facts and Figures.

  Population per physician Not available Population per hospital bed Not available Literacy rateTotal Not available Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) Not available Number of years of compulsory schooling 11 years (2001-2002) Number of students per teacher, primary school 23 students per teacher (1998-1999) GOVERNMENTForm of government Republic Voting qualifications Universal and compulsory at age 20 Constitution 3...

• São Tomé and Príncipe Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 39 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 2,037 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 211 people (1991) Literacy rateTotal 57.4 percent (1995) Female 42.4 percent (1995) Male 73.2 percent (1995) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 4.6 percent (1986) Number of years of compulsory schooling 6 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 33 students per teacher (2001-2002) GOVERNME...

• Liechtenstein Facts and Figures.

  HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 80 years (2008 estimate) Female 83.5 years (2008 estimate) Male 76.4 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician Not available Population per hospital bed Not available Literacy rateTotal 100 percent (1981) Female 100 percent (1981) Male 100 percent (1981) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) Not available Number of years of compulsory...

• Federated States of Micronesia Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 27 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 1,667 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 323 people (2000) Literacy rateTotal 89 percent (1980) Female 88 percent (1980) Male 91 percent (1980) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 6.7 percent (2001-2002) Number of years of compulsory schooling 8 years (2001-2002) Number of students per teacher, primary school Not available GOVERNMENTForm of governmentCon...

• Antigua and Barbuda Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 18 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 5,882 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 400 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 89 percent (1995) Female 88 percent (1995) Male 90 percent (1995) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 4 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 12 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 19 students per teacher (1999-2000) GOVERNMENT...

• Seychelles Facts and Figures.

  Literacy rateTotal 57.7 percent (1995) Female 59.8 percent (1995) Male 55.6 percent (1995) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 5.7 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 10 years (2001-2002) Number of students per teacher, primary school 14 students per teacher (2002-2003) GOVERNMENTForm of government Republic Voting qualifications Universal at age 17 Constitution 18 June 1993; amended 1996 Armed forcesTotal number of military person...

• Armenia Facts and Figures.

  Other 4 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancyTotal 72.4 years (2008 estimate) Female 76.5 years (2008 estimate) Male 68.8 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 21 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 270 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 227 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 98.4 percent (2000 estimate) Female 97.6 percent (2000 estimate) Male 99.3 percent (2000 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national pr...

• Barbados Facts and Figures.

  Population per physician 827 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 132 people (1996) Literacy rateTotal 99.7 percent (2000) Female 99.7 percent (2000) Male 99.7 percent (2000) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 7.9 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 11 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 16 students per teacher (2002-2003) GOVERNMENTForm of government Parliamentary democracy Voting qualifications...

• Djibouti Facts and Figures.

  Population per physician 5,519 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 625 people (2000) Literacy rateTotal 51.4 percent (2000) Female 38.4 percent (2000) Male 65 percent (2000) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 3.4 percent (1998-1999) Number of years of compulsory schooling 10 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 34 students per teacher (2001-2002) GOVERNMENTForm of government Republic Voting qualifications Universal at a...

• Saint Lucia Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 13 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 193 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 313 people (2002) Literacy rateTotal 81.7 percent (1995) Female 82.4 percent (1995) Male 80.8 percent (1995) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 8.2 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 11 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 22 students per teacher (2002-2003) GOVE...

• Solomon Islands Facts and Figures.

  Total 73.4 years (2008 estimate) Female 76.1 years (2008 estimate) Male 70.9 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 19 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 7,692 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 526 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal Not available Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 3.6 percent (2000-2001) Number of years of compulsory schooling Not available Numbe...

• Equatorial Guinea Facts and Figures.

  Population per physician 3,314 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 357 people (1988) Literacy rateTotal 87.1 percent (2005 estimate) Female 80.5 percent (2005 estimate) Male 94.1 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 2.2 percent (2001-2002) Number of years of compulsory schooling 5 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 42 students per teacher (2000-2001) GOVERNMENTForm of governmentRepublic Voting qu...

• Cape Verde Facts and Figures.

  Literacy rateTotal 78 percent (2005 estimate) Female 70.9 percent (2005 estimate) Male 86.7 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 8.1 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 6 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 28 students per teacher (2002-2003) GOVERNMENTForm of government Republic Voting qualifications Universal at age 18 Constitution New constitution took effect 25 September 1992;...

• Palau Facts and Figures.

  Population per hospital bed 200 people (1998) Literacy rateTotal 92 percent (1980) Female 90 percent (1980) Male 93 percent (1980) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 9.9 percent (2001-2002) Number of years of compulsory schooling 9 years (2000) Number of students per teacher, primary school 15 students per teacher (1998-1999) GOVERNMENTForm of governmentSelf-governing territory in free association with the United States pursuant to the Compact of Free Ass...

• Tonga Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 12 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 2,903 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 313 people (2001) Literacy rateTotal 99.6 percent (1995) Female 99.5 percent (1995) Male 99.7 percent (1995) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 5 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 9 years (2001-2002) Number of students per teacher, primary school 22 students per teacher (2002-2003) GOVER...