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• Pottery I INTRODUCTION Pottery, clay that is chemically altered and permanently hardened by firing in a kiln.

  basket, or a clay or plaster form. Liquid clay can be poured into plaster molds. A pot can be coil built: Clay is rolled between the palms of the hands and extended intolong coils, a coil is formed into a ring, and the pot is built up by superimposing rings. Also, a ball of clay can be pinched into the desired shape. The most sophisticatedpottery-making technique is wheel throwing. The potter's wheel, invented in the 4th millennium BC, is a flat disk that revolves horizontally on a pivot. Both...

• The Undefeated Dolphins.

  The Dolphins weren't seriously challenged during the remainder of the regular season. They defeated the St. Louis Cardinals, 31-10; the Patriots, 37-21; the NewYork Giants, 23-13; and the Colts, 16-0. In the playoffs Miami defeated the Cleveland Browns, 20-14, and then captured the American Football Conference (AFC)championship by downing the Pittsburgh Steelers, 21-17. Miami's opponent in Super Bowl VII was the Washington Redskins. The Redskins had finished the regular season with an 11-3 r...

• Dictionnaire en ligne: ENTRE, préposition.

  Ø 8. — J'ai ma crise... Oh, ce que le monde souffre aujourd'hui... C'est incroyable! Puis, entre des sifflements et des hoquets, elle m'encourage : — Il faudra venir me voir, ma petite... OCTAVE MIRBEAU, Le Journal d'une femme de chambre, 1900, page 58. · (Décider quelque chose) entre la poire et le fromage (au figuré). Comme dans l'euphorie d'une fin de banquet, sans réfléchir, rapidement. — Locution adverbiale. Entre-temps, entre temps (confer ce mot). C.— [Les limites concernent des inan...

• Définition du terme: CORNE, substantif féminin.

  ? Locution figur?e. Prendre le taureau par les cornes. Agir en s'attaquant de front ? ce que l'on a ? faire, ? des difficult?s que l'on doit surmonter, etc. Attaquer l'ennemi l? o? il serait le plus dur, (...) prendre le taureau par les cornes (CHARLES DE GAULLE, M?moires de guerre, 1956, page 257 ). ? Vieux. Pouvoir baiser une ch?vre entre les deux cornes. Se dit d'une personne tr?s maigre. Montrer le bout de sa corne. Se laisser entrevoir. Synonyme?: montrer le bout du nez. Montrer les c...

• Définition du terme: COUCHE, substantif féminin.

  2. [La couche symbolisant l'union charnelle] Ironique. Honorer la couche d'une personne. Coucher avec cette personne, avoir des rapports sexuels avec elle. Il [Aristide Briand] devait (...) honorer la couche de princesses étrangères (LÉON DAUDET, Le Bréviaire du journalisme, 1936, page 147 ). D.— Par métonymie. Linge ou bande absorbante à l'usage des jeunes enfants qui n'ont pas encore le contrôle de leurs fonctions naturelles, servant notamment à préserver la literie. Changer la couche d'un enf...

• Python (snake) - biology.

  pythons are prey for monitor lizards, crocodiles, storks, eagles, and predatory mammals ranging from hyenas to leopards and other cats depending on the region. V PYTHONS AND HUMANS Modern humans have lived alongside pythons for thousands of years. The giant species have been treated with both reverence and fear. Pythons have been widelyassociated with fertility, water, and the Earth. Some African tribes have worshiped pythons as protective spirits. Among Aboriginal Australians the Rainbow Serpe...

• Contrôlant une aire métropolitaine de plus de 10 millions d'habitants, Londres est une grande capitale européenne.

  L'organisation spatiale L'objectif majeur dans les années quarante-soixante fut de décongestionner Londres, en incitant habitants et industries à s'installer à la périphérie, au-delà de la Ceinture verte. Ainsi furent édifiées huit villes nouvelles, aujourd'hui achevées, comme Crawley ou Stevenage. La priorité est passée, depuis deux décennies, à la revitalisation des quartiers populaires, construits au XIX e siècle et frappés désormais par la désindustrialisation (Lambeth, East End). C'est da...

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• Dictionnaire en ligne: ENTENDU, -UE, participe passé et adjectif.

  (ANATOLE-FRANÇOIS THIBAULT, DIT ANATOLE FRANCE, Le Lys rouge, 1894, page 254 ). 2. Usuel. [En parlant d'un trait du comportement] Qui manifeste que l'on comprend quelque chose qui souvent n'a pas été exprimé ou qui n'a pas besoin de l'être. Clin d'oeil entendu; regards discrets et entendus; un air malin et entendu; prendre son air entendu. (Quasi-)synonyme : complice. Mais son époux disait parfois : « Ma femme, c'est une gaillarde! » avec un certain air entendu qui éveillait des suppositions (GU...

• Metabolism (chemistry) - biology.

  nearly perfect balance. Although much remains to be revealed about metabolic processes, biochemists now agree that regulatory, or rate-limiting, enzymes figure largely in the reactionsinvolved ( see Enzyme). Affecting metabolic pathways at the earliest steps, each enzyme molecule has a specific, or active, site that matches, or “fits,” its particular substrate—the compound with which the enzyme forms a product. The precision with which rate-limiting enzymes and substrates join to set off a parti...

• Excerpt from A Midsummer Night's Dream - anthology.

  BOTTOM: Well, proceed. QUINCE: Robin Starveling, the tailor? STARVELING: Here, Peter Quince. QUINCE: Robin Starveling, you must play Thisbe’s mother. Tom Snout, the tinker? SNOUT: Here, Peter Quince. QUINCE: You, Pyramus’ father; myself, Thisbe’s father; Snug, the joiner, you the lion’s part; and I hope here is a play fitted. SNUG: Have you the lion’s part written? Pray you, if it be, give it me; for I am slow of study. QUINCE: You may do it extempore; for it is nothing but roaring. BOTTOM: Let...

• Moscow (city, Russia) - geography.

  V RECREATION About 30 percent of Moscow’s territory is occupied by parks and public gardens, which were important elements of Soviet city planning. Gorky Park, which providesactivities such as amusement rides and boating, sits on the right bank of the Moscow River; the park’s display of a retired Soviet space shuttle dominates the riverside.The Moscow Zoo is located just west of the city center. The Botanical Gardens, administered by the Russian Academy of Sciences, offers a diverse display of...

• Poetry I INTRODUCTION Phyllis McGinley American poet and author Phyllis McGinley composed light, witty verse, much of which deals with family life.

  repetition of certain lines and the rhyming of certain lines. The Provençal sestina features a set of six words that end lines (end-words), repeated in a dizzyingly complexpattern. The range of effects created by the poetic line varies tremendously depending on its length, its patterns of repetition, and whether the sentence stops at the end of theline (end-stopped) or carries over the end of the line (enjambed). Many of the earliest examples of Old English poetry feature an accentual line with...

• Environment.

  escape into space of the infrared energy radiated back out by Earth. This process is referred to as the greenhouse effect. These gases, primarily carbon dioxide,methane, nitrous oxide, and water vapor, insulate Earth’s surface, helping to maintain warm temperatures. Without these gases, Earth would be a frozen planet with anaverage temperature of about -18°C (about 0°F) instead of a comfortable 15°C (59°F). If the concentration of these gases rises, they trap more heat within theatmosphere, caus...

• Philadelphia (city, Pennsylvania) - geography.

  national trend of migration from eastern cities to the warmer climate of the Sun Belt. Whereas in 1950 Philadelphia contained more than 2 million people and ranked as the third largest city in America, the city's population plunged to 1,517,550 by 2000.In 2006, the city's population was estimated at 1,448,394. While the city proper was decreasing in population, the metropolitan area centered on Philadelphia grew. In 2006 the region had 6.2 million inhabitants. Philadelphiaranked as the nation’s...

• English Literature I INTRODUCTION English Literature, literature produced in England, from the introduction of Old English by the Anglo-Saxons in the 5th century to the present.

  evident. That feature is typical of other Old English literature, for almost all of what survives was preserved by monastic copyists. Most of it was actually composed byreligious writers after the early conversion of the people from their faith in the older Germanic divinities. Sacred legend and story were reduced to verse in poems resembling Beowulf in form. At first such verse was rendered in the somewhat simple, stark style of the poems of Caedmon, a humble man of the late 7th century who w...

• South Carolina - geography.

  (20° F) or lower, occur each winter. July temperatures average 27° C (80° F) in most of the state, with temperatures in the lower 20°s C (lower 70°s F) in themountains. Except in the mountains, summer daytime highs throughout South Carolina often enter the lower 30°s C (lower 90°s F). The temperature in July in Columbiaranges from 21° to 33° C (70° to 92° F). D2 Precipitation Central South Carolina has an average annual precipitation (both rainfall and snowfall) of 1,140 mm (45 in). Greater amo...

• South Carolina - USA History.

  (20° F) or lower, occur each winter. July temperatures average 27° C (80° F) in most of the state, with temperatures in the lower 20°s C (lower 70°s F) in themountains. Except in the mountains, summer daytime highs throughout South Carolina often enter the lower 30°s C (lower 90°s F). The temperature in July in Columbiaranges from 21° to 33° C (70° to 92° F). D2 Precipitation Central South Carolina has an average annual precipitation (both rainfall and snowfall) of 1,140 mm (45 in). Greater amo...

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• FAIT, substantif masculin.