478 résultats pour "midas"
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Labor Unions in Canada - Canadian History.
job. Before collective bargaining begins, workers elect a bargaining committee. The bargaining committee determines the workers’ demands and strategy innegotiations with the employer. Local unions usually are part of national or international unions. These national and international unions employ a staff for organizing workers at the local level, doingresearch, educating union members about labor and political matters, and working with local union leaders. Unions hold regular conventions of dele...
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History of United States Business.
their lives. But the rewards were worth it; a few lucrative voyages and a merchant could buy a townhouse, a carriage, perhaps a summer retreat. The merchant couldclimb the social ladder and circulate among the powerful in this highly materialistic society. This prospect of riches and the honor that accompanied them made Americancolonists willing to engage in highly speculative enterprises, such as shipping flour to the West Indies or importing goods from England by the thousands without beingcer...
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Wars of Yugoslav Succession.
of Yugoslav succession was over. In January 1992 members of the European Community (EC; after 1993 the European Union, EU) recognized Slovenia’s independencealong with that of Croatia. The United States and other countries did so shortly thereafter. IV THE WAR IN CROATIA As the Yugoslav army withdrew from Slovenia in July 1991, a second and far more serious conflict erupted in Croatia. But the road to war in Croatia began more than ayear earlier. In April and May 1990 the Croatian Democratic U...
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Wars of Yugoslav Succession .
of Yugoslav succession was over. In January 1992 members of the European Community (EC; after 1993 the European Union, EU) recognized Slovenia’s independencealong with that of Croatia. The United States and other countries did so shortly thereafter. IV THE WAR IN CROATIA As the Yugoslav army withdrew from Slovenia in July 1991, a second and far more serious conflict erupted in Croatia. But the road to war in Croatia began more than ayear earlier. In April and May 1990 the Croatian Democratic U...
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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,...
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Ontario - Geography.
governed Ontario’s initial settlement and development. The province’s most important river is the St. Lawrence. Its route was much improved and enlarged by dredgingand canal building in the mid-20th century. This enabled large ocean-going vessels to reach Great Lake ports ( see St. Lawrence Seaway). The Ottawa River was an important early route to the interior for fur traders and timber merchants. The Niagara River, because of its falls, is a great center of hydroelectric power as well as aninte...
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Ontario - Canadian History.
governed Ontario’s initial settlement and development. The province’s most important river is the St. Lawrence. Its route was much improved and enlarged by dredgingand canal building in the mid-20th century. This enabled large ocean-going vessels to reach Great Lake ports ( see St. Lawrence Seaway). The Ottawa River was an important early route to the interior for fur traders and timber merchants. The Niagara River, because of its falls, is a great center of hydroelectric power as well as aninte...
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Asia - Geography.
Borneo, the world’s third largest island after Greenland and New Guinea. To the southeast is the Timor Sea separating the Asian island of Timor from the Australiancontinent. The Indian subcontinent is flanked by the Bay of Bengal on the east and the Arabian Sea on the west. The island of Sri Lanka and the much smaller Maldives andNicobar Islands trail away to the south. The Arabian Sea’s Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Black Sea form an arc along the western rim of Asia...
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Asia - History.
Borneo, the world’s third largest island after Greenland and New Guinea. To the southeast is the Timor Sea separating the Asian island of Timor from the Australiancontinent. The Indian subcontinent is flanked by the Bay of Bengal on the east and the Arabian Sea on the west. The island of Sri Lanka and the much smaller Maldives andNicobar Islands trail away to the south. The Arabian Sea’s Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Black Sea form an arc along the western rim of Asia...
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Le mot "vent" dans l'oeuvre de DESCARTES
Toute agitation d'air qui est sensible se nomme vent, et tout corps invisible et impalpable se nomme air. nonobstant que ces vents plus étendus qui règnent sur la surface de la mer et de la terre, ne soient ordinairement autre chose quele mouvement des vapeurs qui en se dilatant passent du lieu où elles sont en quelque autre où elles trouvent plus de commodité des'étendre, en même façon qu'on voit en ces boules nommées des éolipyles, qu'un peu d'eau s'exhalant en vapeur fait un vent assezgrand e...
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Comment s'effectua la prise du pouvoir à Paris
Nous nous avançons, côte à côte, précédés du CDL. Au milieu de la cour, nous nous immobilisons au garde-à-vous pendantque le drapeau est hissé sur l'hôtel du ministre. Nous montons les degrés : le CDL s'installe à notre droite. Couette, du CDL, commis révoqué par Vichy, nous souhaite labienvenue. Deux brèves allocutions de Monick et de moi. La cérémonie est terminée, le CDL nous demande de dîner et decoucher au ministère. Les FFI et le CDL resteront eux aussi. A 19 h 30, nous allons dîner...
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Iraq - country.
The Euphrates begins in Turkey, crosses Syria, and enters Iraq at Abū Kam āl. The flow of the Euphrates into Iraq has been greatly reduced by dams built by Turkeyand Syria. The gradient of the Euphrates above the town of H īt, in west central Iraq, is steep. In the 2,640 km (1,640 mi) from its source in Turkey to H īt, the river fallsfrom 3,000 m (10,000 ft) to a low water elevation of 50 m (170 ft) above sea level, an average drop of 1 m per km (6 ft per mi). In Iraq below H īt the fall is very...
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Popular Music
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Satchmo Sings "Back O' Town Blues"
One of the founders of instrumental jazz music, American Louis Armstrong, known as Satchmo, also profoundly influenced
vocal jazz and popular song.
disseminating popular music until the 1920s remained printed sheet music. By the late 19th century, the music-publishing business was centralized in New York City,particularly in an area of lower Manhattan called Tin Pan Alley. “After the Ball” (1892) by Charles K. Harris, the first popular song to sell 1 million copies—in this case, ofsheet music—inspired rapid growth in the music-publishing industry. Composers were hired to rapidly produce popular songs by the dozens, and the techniques ofFost...
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Global Warming.
some of the warming influence of increasing greenhouse gases. A1 Carbon Dioxide Carbon dioxide is the second most abundant greenhouse gas, after water vapor. Carbon dioxide constantly circulates in the environment through a variety of naturalprocesses known as the carbon cycle. It is released into the atmosphere from natural processes such as eruptions of volcanoes; the respiration of animals, whichbreathe in oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide; and the burning or decay of plants and other organic...
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Québec - Geography.
facilities. Tributaries south of the St. Lawrence include the Richelieu, the Saint-François, and the Chaudière rivers, which are only a few hundred kilometers long. TheRimouski and Matane rivers, also south of the St. Lawrence, are popular areas for recreation and salmon fishing. In the Canadian Shield, the longest rivers are theRupert, Eastmain, Grande Baleine, and La Grand-Rivière, which is the site of a huge hydroelectric complex. C Coastlines Québec has two systems of saltwater coastline. O...
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Québec - Canadian History.
facilities. Tributaries south of the St. Lawrence include the Richelieu, the Saint-François, and the Chaudière rivers, which are only a few hundred kilometers long. TheRimouski and Matane rivers, also south of the St. Lawrence, are popular areas for recreation and salmon fishing. In the Canadian Shield, the longest rivers are theRupert, Eastmain, Grande Baleine, and La Grand-Rivière, which is the site of a huge hydroelectric complex. C Coastlines Québec has two systems of saltwater coastline. O...
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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...
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Country Music
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INTRODUCTION
Willie Nelson
Country singer and musician Willie Nelson gained national popularity during the 1970s for a string of country hits,
including the 1978 hits "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" and "Georgia On My Mind.
Singer and mandolin player Bill Monroe is known as the father of bluegrass music. A virtuoso mandolin player, Monroe combined traditional folk ballads and gospel songswith string-band music played at very fast tempos. Monroe, with his band The Blue Grass Boys, performed from the mid-1920s until Monroe’s death in 1996. Otherwell-known bluegrass performers include banjo player Earl Scruggs, who played with Monroe during the 1940s; the Osborne Brothers, a duo from Kentucky known forits work during...
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Texte du bac francais (EAF)
ADM Communication Baccalauréat de français Page 2 sur 174 Étude de quarante sonnets.............................................................................................................51 Vers dorés..................................................................................................................................51 Bataille navale...........................................................................................................................52 Midi............
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South Dakota - geography.
C1 Temperatures Average January temperatures are everywhere less than -4° C (24° F) and decrease to less than -12° C (10° F) in some northern sections. The January temperaturesin Sioux Falls range from -16° to -4° C (3° to 24° F). Nightime lows of -29° C (-20° F) occur during most winters. July averages are in the low and middle 20°s C (lowand middle 70°s F) throughout most of the state, and are somewhat lower in the Black Hills. The average temperature range in Sioux Falls in July is 17° to 30...
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South Dakota - USA History.
C1 Temperatures Average January temperatures are everywhere less than -4° C (24° F) and decrease to less than -12° C (10° F) in some northern sections. The January temperaturesin Sioux Falls range from -16° to -4° C (3° to 24° F). Nightime lows of -29° C (-20° F) occur during most winters. July averages are in the low and middle 20°s C (lowand middle 70°s F) throughout most of the state, and are somewhat lower in the Black Hills. The average temperature range in Sioux Falls in July is 17° to 30...
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Rhode Island - geography.
C (73° F). Along the northern state line, the January mean temperature is about 1° C (about 2° F) colder than in Warwick in January. Along the ocean coast, theJanuary mean temperature is -1° C (30° F). Warm season temperatures are also influenced by the ocean and bay, so temperatures are usually cooler along the coastthan in the interior. The difference tends to be greatest in spring and early summer. Winter temperatures in Rhode Island are usually above -7° C (20° F), buttemperatures colder by...
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Rhode Island - USA History.
C (73° F). Along the northern state line, the January mean temperature is about 1° C (about 2° F) colder than in Warwick in January. Along the ocean coast, theJanuary mean temperature is -1° C (30° F). Warm season temperatures are also influenced by the ocean and bay, so temperatures are usually cooler along the coastthan in the interior. The difference tends to be greatest in spring and early summer. Winter temperatures in Rhode Island are usually above -7° C (20° F), buttemperatures colder by...
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Saudi Arabia - country.
C Natural Resources Some of the world’s largest oil and natural gas fields lie beneath Saudi Arabia and its offshore waters, representing the country’s most economically important naturalresource. In 2007 Saudi Arabia’s oil reserves were estimated at 264 billion barrels. Before the discovery and exploitation of these reserves in the mid-20th century,Saudi Arabia was one of the poorest countries in the world. Its relatively small population subsisted in a harsh environment with little agricultur...
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Oklahoma - geography.
portion and the Panhandle are classified as a steppe, where precipitation, typically 250 to 500 mm (10 to 20 in), is the controlling characteristic. January is usually the coldest month with an average of about 3°C (38°F) and extremes from -33°C (-27°F), the lowest ever recorded, to 33°C (92°F). Summer arelong and hot with temperatures in the upper 30°s C (lower 100°s F) common from May until September across the state. The growing season varies from less than 180days in the western Panhandle to...
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Oklahoma - USA History.
portion and the Panhandle are classified as a steppe, where precipitation, typically 250 to 500 mm (10 to 20 in), is the controlling characteristic. January is usually the coldest month with an average of about 3°C (38°F) and extremes from -33°C (-27°F), the lowest ever recorded, to 33°C (92°F). Summer arelong and hot with temperatures in the upper 30°s C (lower 100°s F) common from May until September across the state. The growing season varies from less than 180days in the western Panhandle to...
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XXXII
Le Président venait à nouveau de hausser le son de son transistor :
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cardinal-archevêque d’Aixoffredesécoles qu’ilferavider etses séminaires déjàvides... Àl’unanimité, l’ONUvote l’abolition desraces, sous-entendu delanôtre, etnous avons votécela, sansrire ! Dans ceguignol bigarré, nousenavons voté biend’autres !... ÀGenève, grèvedelafaim dufondateur de Fraternité humaine : Edgar Wentzwiller, leader humanitaire calviniste(lesecrétaire d’Étatlitune dépêche) poursuivant unegrève delafaim commencée depuisl’échec de São Tomé, entend sepriver detoute nourriture tantqu...
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Animation
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INTRODUCTION
Finding Nemo
A clown fish named Marlin, left, and his friend Dory search for Marlin's son in the computer-animated feature film Finding
Nemo (2003).
Animator at WorkAnimators use computers for every part of the animation process, from creating a storyboard (a scene-by-sceneillustration of the plot) to imitating camera movement. This animator is creating a scene for the motion picture Antz(1998).C. Lepetit/Liaison Agency If an animator is basing the animation project on drawings, one of the most common animation techniques, he or she will first create a series of rough sketches thatoften will be filmed in a pencil test (simple line drawings...
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Middle East - Geography.
though overall they have improved considerably since the 1970s. This variation reflects the different levels of wealth and development in countries of the Middle East. Inthe highly developed country of Israel the infant mortality rate was 8 deaths per 1000 live births in 1997. By comparison, the rate per 1000 live births was 71 in less-developed Egypt and 75 in Yemen. A Ethnic Groups and Languages Arabs make up the majority of the people of the Middle East, accounting for almost the entire popu...
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Utah - geography.
Temperatures decrease from the south to the north in the state. In the mountains the average temperature drops about 0.5°C (about 1°F) for every about 300 m(about 1,000 ft) rise in elevation. Average July temperatures range from less than 16°C (60°F) in the mountains to more than 27°C (80°F) in a few locations insouthern Utah. At Salt Lake City average July temperatures range from a low of 18°C (64°F) to a high of 33°C (92°F). There is a great variation between daytime andnighttime temperatures,...
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Utah - USA History.
Temperatures decrease from the south to the north in the state. In the mountains the average temperature drops about 0.5°C (about 1°F) for every about 300 m(about 1,000 ft) rise in elevation. Average July temperatures range from less than 16°C (60°F) in the mountains to more than 27°C (80°F) in a few locations insouthern Utah. At Salt Lake City average July temperatures range from a low of 18°C (64°F) to a high of 33°C (92°F). There is a great variation between daytime andnighttime temperatures,...
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American Revolution.
C1 The South Southern agriculture was founded on the cultivation of tobacco, wheat, and corn in Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina, and of rice and indigo (a blue dye) in SouthCarolina and Georgia. There was a large demand for these crops in Europe. These crops were cultivated with the help of black slaves imported from Africa. The whiteplanter class in the South was the most powerful, both politically and economically. C2 The North Wheat was the main cash crop of the mid-Atlantic colonies...
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American Revolution - U.
C1 The South Southern agriculture was founded on the cultivation of tobacco, wheat, and corn in Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina, and of rice and indigo (a blue dye) in SouthCarolina and Georgia. There was a large demand for these crops in Europe. These crops were cultivated with the help of black slaves imported from Africa. The whiteplanter class in the South was the most powerful, both politically and economically. C2 The North Wheat was the main cash crop of the mid-Atlantic colonies...
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Définition:
CE2, CET, CETTE, CES, adjectif démmonstratif.
GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, La Tentation de Saint Antoine, 1849, III, page 471. — Vieux. Ce + adjectif possessif. Ce mien cousin : Ø 6. LE PAPE. — Il n'est rien que ces miens frères ne puissent ni ne doivent entendre de vous en ce moment. HENRI DE MONTHERLANT, Malatesta, 1946, II, 4, page 468. b) Présence fictive. — Ce...-ci. L'être, l'objet dont on parle, dont il est question : Ø 7. « Hélas! disait tout bas Candide à Martin, j'ai bien peur que cet homme-ci [Milton] n'ait un souverain mépris pour nos...
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Définition:
CE2, CET, CETTE, CES, adjectif démmonstratif.
GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, La Tentation de Saint Antoine, 1849, III, page 471. — Vieux. Ce + adjectif possessif. Ce mien cousin : Ø 6. LE PAPE. — Il n'est rien que ces miens frères ne puissent ni ne doivent entendre de vous en ce moment. HENRI DE MONTHERLANT, Malatesta, 1946, II, 4, page 468. b) Présence fictive. — Ce...-ci. L'être, l'objet dont on parle, dont il est question : Ø 7. « Hélas! disait tout bas Candide à Martin, j'ai bien peur que cet homme-ci [Milton] n'ait un souverain mépris pour nos...
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Le mot "froid" dans l'oeuvre de DESCARTES
trouvent, ils n'y peuvent pas aisément causer de pluie, ainsi que vous entendrez ci après. Car par exemple, si pendant que nous sentons ici un vent de midi qui ne procédant que de quelque cause particulière, et ayantson origine fort prés ici, amène pas beaucoup de chaleur, il y en a un de Nord aux pays voisins qui vienne assez loin, ou assezhaut, la matière très subtile que celui ci amène avec soi peut aisément parvenir jusques à nous, et y causer un froid extraordinaire. LES METEORES, DISCOU...
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Albert Camus, L'Etranger
entretient », et qu'il a frappé parce qu'il s'est aperçu « qu'il y avait de la tromperie ». Il souhaite se venger en luiécrivant une lettre pour la faire revenir, puis en l'humiliant. Il demande à Meursault de rédiger la fameuse lettre, etcelui-ci accepte. Raymond, reconnaissant, le considère alors comme un « copain ». Puis il rentre chez lui.- Chapitre 4 :Meursault a « bien travaillé toute la semaine ». Le samedi, il retrouve Marie, et ensemble, ils vont se baigner sur uneplage près D'Alger, pu...
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Rhinoceros Ionesco
Elle ne veut plus acheter chez nous. L’Épicière disparaît, plateau vide quelques secondes. Par la droite, apparaît Jean ; en même temps, par la gauche, apparaît Bérenger. Jean est très soigneusement vêtu: costume marron, cravate rouge, faux col amidonné, chapeau marron. Il est un peu rougeaud de figure. Il a des souliers jaunes, bien cirés ; Bérenger n’est pas rasé, il est tête nue, les cheveux mal peignés, les vêtements chiffonnés ; tout exprime chez lui la négligence, il a l’air fatigué, som...
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Libya - country.
junipers and mastic trees are found in the higher elevations. Only a few large mammals are found in Libya. Wildlife includes desert rodents, hyenas, gazelles, and wildcats. Eagles, hawks, and vultures are common. E Environmental Issues Libya has undertaken a number of major irrigation projects intended to ease the country’s water shortage. The most ambitious is the so-called Great Man-Made River(GMMR), a massive 25-year irrigation scheme begun in 1984. The GMMR is a vast water pipeline system d...
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African Literature
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INTRODUCTION
African Literature, oral and written literature produced on the African continent.
that few scholars of African culture know any African languages, and few Africans know an African language other than their own. The best-known literatures in Africanlanguages include those in Yoruba and Hausa in West Africa; Sotho, Xhosa, and Zulu in southern Africa; and Amharic, Somali, and Swahili in East Africa. In West Africa, Yoruba writing emerged after Bishop Ajayi Crowther, a former slave, developed a script for the language and in 1900 published the first Yorubatranslation of the Bible...
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Georgia (country) - country.
1917. During the subsequent Soviet period, religious practice was strongly discouraged because the Soviet state was officially atheistic; however, the GeorgianOrthodox Church was allowed to function openly. Orthodox Christianity is the religion of about 58 percent of the Georgian population. Muslims represent about 19 percent of the country’s population, with ethnicAzerbaijanis, Kurds, and Ajars comprising the principal Muslim groups. Ajars are ethnic Georgians who converted to Islam in the 17th...
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Qing Dynasty - History.
The Manchus also dealt with the problem of Russian expansion into northeastern Asia. In 1689 the Treaty of Nerchinsk was signed by an envoy from the Manchu courtand a Russian representing Peter the Great. The treaty, the first between China and a Western country, established territorial boundaries and defined rules ofcommerce for the two powers. Through the mid-18th century, the Manchus continued to consolidate their power. In 1720 the Qing ruler sent forces to fight the Mongols in Tibet and the...
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Theater
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INTRODUCTION
The Art of Theater
BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.
Theater at EpidaurusAncient Greek dramas were performed in open-air theaters like this one in Epidaurus, Greece, which was designed byPolyclitus the Younger in 350 bc. A festival of ancient Greek drama is still held in the summer in this 14,000-seat theater.Roger Wood/Corbis Fundamental to the theater experience is the act of seeing and being seen; in fact, the word theater comes from the Greek word theatron , meaning 'seeing place.' Throughout the history of world cultures, actors have used...
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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...
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(L'auteur travaille comme saisonnier dans le Midi de la France.)
Pourquoi vient-on à la récolte? Ça" paie peu aux cerises....
(L'auteur travaille comme saisonnier dans le Midi de la France.) Pourquoi vient-on à la récolte? Ça" paie peu aux cerises. Fidélité à la saison. C'est un rendez-vous avec d'anciens bonheurs : une odeur de foin, la lumière de mai, des songeries. Je connaissais un vieux boulanger qui depuis vingt-cinq ans, toutes les années, lâchait le pétrin pour arriver là en fin avril. On revient changé, le cuir s'endurcit, on ne s'émeut plus, on communique moins avec la saison. Puis on est à nouveau touché de...
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Définition du mot:
ALICANTE, substantif masculin.
Nouveau Larousse Gastronomique (MONTAGN?) 1967, au mot c?page. Remarque?: Attest? dans DICTIONNAIRE DE LA LANGUE FRAN?AISE (?MILE LITTR?), DICTIONNAIRE ALPHAB?TIQUE ET ANALOGIQUE DE LA LANGUE FRAN?AISE (PAUL ROBERT), Grand Larousse encyclop?dique. 3. Alicante bouschet. C?page teinturier hybride (croisement de grenache et de petit-bouschet) cultiv? dans le Midi de la France et en Alg?rie?: ? 5. En Alg?rie, on distingue trois sortes de vins?: vins de plaine, vins de coteaux, vins de montagne...
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Eugenie Grandet
--Tu es folle!
Sois tranquille, Eugenie, si ton pere vient, je prendrai tout sur moi, dit madame Grandet. Eugenie ne put retenir une larme. Oh! ma bonne mere, s'ecria-t-elle, je ne t'ai pas assez aimee! Charles, apres avoir fait mille tours dans sa chambre en chanteronnant, descendit enfin. Heureusement, il n'etait encore que onze heures. Le parisien! il avait mis autant de coquetterie a sa toilette que s'il se fut trouve au chateau de la noble dame qui voyageait en Ecosse. Il entra de cet air affable et ria...
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LES NOMS OU LES SUBSTANTIFS
3. Noms concrets et noms abstraits La distinction entre noms concrets et noms abstraits correspond à des diffé rences de fonctionnement grammatical et de sens. A. Les noms concrets 1 • Les noms concrets désignent des êtres ou des choses appartenant au monde extérieur et perceptibles par les sens : la vue, le toucher ... Arbre, tableau, maison, enfan.t. 2• Les noms concrets servent de point de départ à la formation des adjectifs et des verbes....
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Aksum.
doctrine that Christ was both divine and human. The Council of Chalcedon condemned Monophysitism in 451, and since that time the Coptic Church has beenindependent of other Christian churches. After the Council of Chalcedon, priests who continued to teach Monophysitism were persecuted in the eastern Roman Empire, and many migrated to Aksum. The influxof priests, along with the support of the royal family, strengthened missionary efforts in Aksum. Many churches and monasteries were founded after 4...
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Abolitionist Movement.
The American Revolution (1775-1783) and the French Revolution (1789-1799), widely seen as revolutions by citizens against oppressive rulers, transformed thisEnlightenment assertion into a call for universal liberty and freedom. The successful slave revolt that began in the French colony of Saint-Domingue in 1791 was part of this revolutionary age. Led by François Dominique ToussaintLouverture, black rebels overthrew the colonial government, ended slavery in the colony, and in 1804 established th...