261 résultats pour "games"

• Field Dog.

• Sheryl Swoopes.

• Karl Malone.

• West's Clutch Shot.

• Bird's Crucial Steal.

• Elgin Baylor.

• Wilt Chamberlain.

  The Lakers returned to the NBA finals the following year, but they lost to the Knicks. Chamberlain then retired as a player. He coached the San Diego Conquistadores ofthe American Basketball Association (ABA) for the 1973-74 season before leaving basketball for good. Many NBA teams tried to convince Chamberlain to return to thesport, but he refused their offers. In 1978 he was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. V LATER YEARS Chamberlain remained active during the remaining years of his lif...

• Wilt Chamberlain I INTRODUCTION Wilt Chamberlain (1936-1999), American professional basketball player, one of the greatest players in the history of the sport.

  The Lakers returned to the NBA finals the following year, but they lost to the Knicks. Chamberlain then retired as a player. He coached the San Diego Conquistadores ofthe American Basketball Association (ABA) for the 1973-74 season before leaving basketball for good. Many NBA teams tried to convince Chamberlain to return to thesport, but he refused their offers. In 1978 he was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. V LATER YEARS Chamberlain remained active during the remaining years of his lif...

• Lacrosse.

• Table Tennis.

• Shaquille O'Neal.

• Hockey: U.

• Volleyball.

• Jacques Plante.

• 5 minutes talk

  H K I - A NG L A IS poi n t w he re t hey can combi ne facia l coding, voice sensing, gestu re t r ack i ng and gaze t rack i ng, he said, a less st i l ted way of i n te ract i ng w i t h mach i nes w i l l ensue. Fo r some, t h is t ype of technology ra ises an O rwel l ian specter. A nd A ffect iva is awa re t ha t i ts face-read i ng sof twa re could st i r p r ivacy concerns. B u t Dr. K a l iouby said t ha t none of t he comi ng apps...

• Jordan Scores 3000.

• Warren Edward Spahn.

• Evert Beats Navratilova.

• Vocabulaire: COMMUNICANT, -ANTE, adjectif.

  ? Par allusion litt?raire. Breton y revient dans les Vases communicants, qui font suite ? l'admirable Nadja et composent avec elle le plus ?mouvant de tous les t?moignages surr?alistes (ALBERT B?GUIN, L'?me romantique et le r?ve, 1939, page 391 ). B.? Par extension. 1. M?DECINE. Art?re(s), veine(s) communicante(s); par ellipse la, une communicante. La premi?re de ces branches communicantes [veines de communication] se d?gorge dans les fosses jugulaires; les autres d?gorgent; savoir, les ce...

• Snowboarding.

  In 1986 Europeans began organizing regional events. The International Snowboard Federation held its first World Championships in 1993. At the 1998 Winter Olympicsin Nagano, Japan, Europeans took nine of the 12 medals awarded. At the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, however, the United States led the way with fivemedals, including a 1-2-3 finish in the men’s halfpipe competition. Contributed By:Mary McKhannMicrosoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserv...

• Joe DiMaggio.

• Joe DiMaggio Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999), American baseball player, who was one of the greatest hitters and center fielders of all time.

• Swimming.

  the swimmer and the pinky finger should enter the water first. At the same time, the swimmer moves the left arm through the water below the left side of the body.Once in the water, the right arm begins pulling the swimmer forward by bending at the elbow. At the same time the swimmer holds the left arm straight as it reachesthe hip and lifts it out of the water. As the right arm continues to pull, the swimmer rotates slightly onto the right side and swings the left arm up above the head. As the s...

• 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...

• Princesse Mononoke, l'histoire d'un voyage Initiatique

  sentiment contraire l'est forcément aussi , c'est à dire la haine .D'abord , voyons les relations en rapport avec l'amour qui sont importantes dans le film :_ Ashitaka et San . Tout les deux sont très vite attirés l'un vers l'autre . Mais le moment le plus explicite se passe après l'attaquede San contre la forge , lorsque Ashitaka allongé par terre dit à San : “ je veux que tu vives , tu es si jolie ” . Étant terriblementsurprise et embarrassée , elle recule alors brusquement . Suite à ça elle d...

• Writing English: Young Children and Teenagers

• Track and Field.

  VI RUNNING EVENTS Running events are competitions that test athletes’ quickness, speed, and endurance. Athletes win running races by completing the distance or course in the leastamount of time. A Sprints The shortest running events, called sprints or dashes, are the premier events at a track-and-field meet. The outdoor sprints consist of the 100-meter, 200-meter, and400-meter events. Sprints contested at indoor meets include the 50-meter, 60-meter, 200-meter, and 400-meter events. Past champ...

• Wrestling.

  (4) Escapes are scored when a wrestler, controlled by the opponent on the mat, frees himself or herself and moves to a standing position, facing the opponent. Common escapes include the standup and the sitout. V HISTORY Wrestling has been popular throughout recorded history. Origins of the sport can be traced back 15,000 years through depictions in cave drawings in France. EarlyEgyptian and Babylonian reliefs depict wrestlers using most of the holds known to the present-day sport. In ancient G...

• Dictionnaire en ligne: DISSOUS, DISSOUTE, participe passé et adjectif.

  4) : Ø 2.... si nous avions interdit à Hitler l'accès de la zone démilitarisée, quelque vingt millions de créatures humaines, au lieu d'achever de se dissoudre dans tous les charniers du monde, verraient, ce soir, naître le printemps sur les toits des villes anciennes de l'Europe qui ne sont plus, elles aussi, que poussière et que cendre. FRANÇOIS MAURIAC, Le Bâillon dénoué, 1945, page 493. — Rare, emploi subjectif. Mourir La société humaine répète avec une crédulité stupide la moqueuse parol...

• Définition: EXCITANT, -ANTE, participe présent, adjectifet substantif.

  exciting "; on remarque l'emploi négatif : c'est pas (très) excitant, surtout dans une langue familière : L'atmosphère de la République fédérale allemande, faute de capitale, n'est pas « excitante » pour le sens esthétique (Le Monde, 3 mars 1962 dans DICTIONNAIRE DES MOTS NOUVEAUX (PIERRE GILBERT) 1971). III.— Emploi comme substantif. Ce qui excite. A.— Dans le domaine concret Agent externe ou interne susceptible de provoquer la réaction d'un système organique excitable, de déclencher ou de stim...

• Microeconomics.

  changes in any of their underlying determinants. Thus, for example, fairly confident and precise predictions can be made about how changes in consumers' preferencesor in technology are likely to affect demand, supply, and equilibrium output, but only under conditions of perfect competition. Although the model of the firm under conditions of perfect competition is the starting point of the theory of supply in microeconomics, it is generally accepted thatmarkets are not usually characterized by pe...

• Salt Lake City - geography.

  adding a runway to the city’s airport. V GOVERNMENT Salt Lake City is governed by a mayor and a seven-member council, which is presided over by a chair. Voters elect each of these officials to four-year terms. Salt LakeCounty is governed by a county mayor elected to a four-year term and a nine-member county council. Council members—six elected from districts and three elected at-large—serve terms ranging from two to six years. The Utah Transit Authority, located in Salt Lake City, oversees publ...

• Roger Clemens.

• Roman Empire .

  A Government Augustus did not derive his power from any single office, but from the authority of his name and his victory. In fact, he carefully pieced together a patchwork of powersthat allowed him to be an absolute ruler and yet avoid the hatred Caesar aroused as dictator. In Latin, the name Augustus implies both political authority and religiousrespect. The Romans had for some time called Octavian imperator , a title once awarded to victorious generals that soon became associated with the r...

• Roman Empire - History.

  A Government Augustus did not derive his power from any single office, but from the authority of his name and his victory. In fact, he carefully pieced together a patchwork of powersthat allowed him to be an absolute ruler and yet avoid the hatred Caesar aroused as dictator. In Latin, the name Augustus implies both political authority and religiousrespect. The Romans had for some time called Octavian imperator , a title once awarded to victorious generals that soon became associated with the r...

• Northwest Territories - Geography.

  million years ago by the severe bending (folding) and faulting (breaking) of sedimentary rock that was once part of the Interior Plains. During the Wisconsin Ice Age,alpine glaciers covered the Cordillera, and the movement of the glaciers created razor-sharp peaks and ridges in these mountains. The moving glaciers also createdbroad U-shaped valleys. To the east of the Interior Plains, the ancient rocks of the Canadian Shield are exposed at the Earth’s surface, resulting in a rough, rolling terra...

• Northwest Territories - Canadian History.

  million years ago by the severe bending (folding) and faulting (breaking) of sedimentary rock that was once part of the Interior Plains. During the Wisconsin Ice Age,alpine glaciers covered the Cordillera, and the movement of the glaciers created razor-sharp peaks and ridges in these mountains. The moving glaciers also createdbroad U-shaped valleys. To the east of the Interior Plains, the ancient rocks of the Canadian Shield are exposed at the Earth’s surface, resulting in a rough, rolling terra...

• Extreme Sports.

  racing events are the Raid Gauloises and the Eco-Challenge. Created in 1989 by French journalist Gerard Fusil, the Raid Gauloises is a grueling two-week adventure racein which five-person teams cross rugged and remote terrain. The inaugural Raid was held in New Zealand, and subsequent races have been staged in Costa Rica,Madagascar, Borneo, and Chile. The race has five separate stages designed to fit each location’s unique terrain. Stages may require horseback riding, white-waterpaddling, mounta...

• 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...

• Paige Strikes Out 17.

  Dean fared almost as well against such Negro League stars as James “Cool Papa” Bell and Willie Wells. Dean shut down the team of talented black players for 12innings until he gave up a run in the 13th inning. Paige earned an impressive and satisfying win, going 13 innings without a run. It seemed he could have pitchedforever. Paige's team won, 1-0. Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

• 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...

• American Westward Movement - U.

  British expansion. However, Native Americans of the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley lashed out against the English in an attempt to preserve their independence, theirland, and their way of life. With the Ottawa chief Pontiac as their most visible leader, the tribes waged a bloody and costly war. As a result, the British governmentdecided to keep the white settlers apart from the Native Americans. It issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763, banning all white settlement beyond the Appalachians andstatin...

• British Columbia - Geography.

  hemlock, Douglas fir, Sitka spruce, and various cedars, grows rapidly in the mild, wet climate and produces the largest trees in Canada. In the dry lowlands of thesouthern and central interior, ponderosa and lodgepole pines, aspen, and bunchgrass are characteristic. Spruce dominates the Prince George region. Prairie grasses andstands of aspen are found in the northeastern corner of the province. At elevations higher than about 1,800 m (about 6,000 ft), an alpine vegetation of shrubs, mosses,and...

• British Columbia - Canadian History.

  hemlock, Douglas fir, Sitka spruce, and various cedars, grows rapidly in the mild, wet climate and produces the largest trees in Canada. In the dry lowlands of thesouthern and central interior, ponderosa and lodgepole pines, aspen, and bunchgrass are characteristic. Spruce dominates the Prince George region. Prairie grasses andstands of aspen are found in the northeastern corner of the province. At elevations higher than about 1,800 m (about 6,000 ft), an alpine vegetation of shrubs, mosses,and...

• Mexico City - geography.

  The park houses some of Mexico's most important public buildings, including Chapultepec Castle. Construction of the castle began in 1783. Positioned on the park’shighest elevation, the castle functioned as a fortress during colonial times. It once served as the presidential residence and now houses the National Museum of History,which includes murals by 20th-century Mexican painter Juan O'Gorman. Los Pinos, the official residence and working offices of the president, is also on the grounds, buti...

• New Hampshire - geography.

  Washington. D1 Temperature The coldest parts of the state are in the White Mountains and the extreme north. Average January temperatures range from about -11° C (about 12° F) along theCanadian border to about -3° C (about 26° F) along the coast. July temperatures range from about 17° C (about 63° F) in the mountains to about 21° C (about 70° F)in the south. D2 Precipitation Precipitation is evenly distributed throughout the year over most of the state. However, the higher peaks of the White Mo...

• New Hampshire - USA History.

  Washington. D1 Temperature The coldest parts of the state are in the White Mountains and the extreme north. Average January temperatures range from about -11° C (about 12° F) along theCanadian border to about -3° C (about 26° F) along the coast. July temperatures range from about 17° C (about 63° F) in the mountains to about 21° C (about 70° F)in the south. D2 Precipitation Precipitation is evenly distributed throughout the year over most of the state. However, the higher peaks of the White Mo...

• New Brunswick - Geography.

  Grand Lake, the largest lake in New Brunswick, is in the lowlands, east of Fredericton. Most other lakes are located in the northern and southwestern parts of NewBrunswick. D Climate New Brunswick has a continental climate that is moderated by maritime influences in the coastal areas. As a result, coastal regions are slightly warmer in the winter andslightly cooler in the summer than are interior regions. Annual temperature variations are large, with the January mean usually at least 25 to 28°C...

• New Brunswick - Canadian History.

  Grand Lake, the largest lake in New Brunswick, is in the lowlands, east of Fredericton. Most other lakes are located in the northern and southwestern parts of NewBrunswick. D Climate New Brunswick has a continental climate that is moderated by maritime influences in the coastal areas. As a result, coastal regions are slightly warmer in the winter andslightly cooler in the summer than are interior regions. Annual temperature variations are large, with the January mean usually at least 25 to 28°C...