375 résultats pour "office"

• John Diefenbaker - Canadian History.

  only Conservative elected from Saskatchewan, which had gone solidly to the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), a coalition party dedicated to social andwelfare reforms. In 1952 the Liberals in Saskatchewan abolished Diefenbaker's Lake Centre seat altogether by merging it with the neighboring legislative district of Moose Jaw, where theCCF had a vast majority. In 1953 Diefenbaker decided to run for election in Prince Albert. Again he was the only Conservative returned to Parliament fromSa...

• William McKinley.

  gold standard. McKinley voted for it in exchange for support for his tariff bill. His vote angered Eastern bankers and industrialists but helped lessen Western oppositionto his stand on the tariff. D Governor of Ohio Because he was a champion of protective tariffs, as well as an extremely popular politician, McKinley attracted the attention of a Cleveland industrialist, Marcus AlonzoHanna. Hanna was eager to be the maker of a president and to be the man who exercised power behind the scenes. In...

• William McKinley

  gold standard. McKinley voted for it in exchange for support for his tariff bill. His vote angered Eastern bankers and industrialists but helped lessen Western oppositionto his stand on the tariff. D Governor of Ohio Because he was a champion of protective tariffs, as well as an extremely popular politician, McKinley attracted the attention of a Cleveland industrialist, Marcus AlonzoHanna. Hanna was eager to be the maker of a president and to be the man who exercised power behind the scenes. In...

• Herbert Hoover.

  E Postwar Work Even after the armistice, the Allies continued their blockade around Germany. Hoover, in Europe again, worked to have it relaxed. He was appointed chairman of theAmerican Relief Administration to assist in the economic restoration of Europe, receiving from the U.S. Congress $100 million to fight famine and plague. In this officialrole, and afterward as a private citizen, Hoover oversaw the distribution of 46 million tons of food to people in 30 countries. He controlled shipping,...

• Herbert Hoover

  E Postwar Work Even after the armistice, the Allies continued their blockade around Germany. Hoover, in Europe again, worked to have it relaxed. He was appointed chairman of theAmerican Relief Administration to assist in the economic restoration of Europe, receiving from the U.S. Congress $100 million to fight famine and plague. In this officialrole, and afterward as a private citizen, Hoover oversaw the distribution of 46 million tons of food to people in 30 countries. He controlled shipping,...

• Colleges and Universities.

  and (3) large universities that include undergraduate programs in addition to graduate and professional schools. D Graduate and Professional Schools Professional schools are typically divisions of large universities. They offer specialized education in a variety of professional fields, such as education, business, medicine,law, social work, agriculture, journalism, architecture, fine arts, nursing, engineering, and music. Some professional schools offer four- or five-year programs leading toa b...

• Theodore Roosevelt.

  in Oyster Bay, Long Island. The couple had five children, Theodore Jr., Kermit, Ethel Carow, Archibald Bullock, and Quentin. They also raised Alice, Roosevelt’s daughterfrom his first marriage. Discouraged with politics, Roosevelt enjoyed family life and literary pursuits. He wrote Essays on Practical Politics in 1888. The same year he also wrote an opinionated biography of Gouverneur Morris, an American statesman who helped draft the Constitution of the United States. The book revealed far mo...

• Theodore Roosevelt

  in Oyster Bay, Long Island. The couple had five children, Theodore Jr., Kermit, Ethel Carow, Archibald Bullock, and Quentin. They also raised Alice, Roosevelt’s daughterfrom his first marriage. Discouraged with politics, Roosevelt enjoyed family life and literary pursuits. He wrote Essays on Practical Politics in 1888. The same year he also wrote an opinionated biography of Gouverneur Morris, an American statesman who helped draft the Constitution of the United States. The book revealed far mo...

• Vietnam War.

  rigged, since about 150,000 more people voted in Saigon than were registered. Diem then deposed Bao Dai, who had been the only other candidate, and declaredSouth Vietnam to be an independent nation called the Republic of Vietnam (RVN), with himself as president and Saigon as its capital. Vietnamese Communists and manynon-Communist Vietnamese nationalists saw the creation of the RVN as an effort by the United States to interfere with the independence promised at Geneva. III THE BEGINNING OF THE...

• Vietnam War - History.

  rigged, since about 150,000 more people voted in Saigon than were registered. Diem then deposed Bao Dai, who had been the only other candidate, and declaredSouth Vietnam to be an independent nation called the Republic of Vietnam (RVN), with himself as president and Saigon as its capital. Vietnamese Communists and manynon-Communist Vietnamese nationalists saw the creation of the RVN as an effort by the United States to interfere with the independence promised at Geneva. III THE BEGINNING OF THE...

• Vietnam War - U.

  rigged, since about 150,000 more people voted in Saigon than were registered. Diem then deposed Bao Dai, who had been the only other candidate, and declaredSouth Vietnam to be an independent nation called the Republic of Vietnam (RVN), with himself as president and Saigon as its capital. Vietnamese Communists and manynon-Communist Vietnamese nationalists saw the creation of the RVN as an effort by the United States to interfere with the independence promised at Geneva. III THE BEGINNING OF THE...

• Supreme Court of the United States.

  The Constitution does not specify formal qualifications for membership on the Supreme Court. From the beginning, though, justices have all been lawyers, and mostpursued legal and political careers before serving on the Court. Many justices served as members of Congress, governors, or members of the Cabinet. One president,William Howard Taft, was later appointed chief justice. Some justices came to the Court from private law practice, and others were appointed from positions as lawprofessors. Man...

• LES «BATAILLES» D'UCCELLO

  chant presque le bord du tableau. Je reste du corps s'enfonçant dans la profondeur. Ce trai­ tement, dit •en raccourci •, se répète dans la Bataille de Florence : deux chevaux gisent sur le sol, à l'avan t de la composition, jambes repliées , ventre exposé, leurs cavaliers en armu re renversés avec eux et réduits, par le point de v ue insolite choisi , à un emp ilement complexe de pièces de métal. Dans le même tableau , à droit...

• ASSIDU, -UE, adjectif.

  montrer tr?s assidu aupr?s des dames, faire une cour assidue ? une dame, ? un ministre?: ? 4. Lucien poursuivit donc sa pens?e principale?: il ?tait assidu dans le monde, il courtisait Madame de Bargeton, la marquise d'Espard, la comtesse de Montcornet, et ne manquait pas une seule des soir?es de Mademoiselle des Touches... HONOR? DE BALZAC, Les Illusions perdues, 1843, page 465. ? P?joratif. Qui se montre trop souvent ou d'une mani?re indiscr?te?: ? 5. Qu'est-ce que ce menton ras? et ces...

• brazil by terry gilliam

  An alternative version of George Orwell's 1984, film critic Pauline Kael perhaps said it best when she described Brazil as "a retro-futurist fantasy—a melancholy, joke-ridden view of the horribleness of where we are now and the worse horribleness of where we're heading. It's like a stoned, slapstick 1984 ; a nightmare comedy in which the comedy is just an aspect of the nightmarishness. The title refers to pop escapism of the past—what you can only...

• L'Inquisition

  appelées pénitences arbitraires, sont Raymond VIl de Toulouse, lui aussi 1262, tout religieux qui fait verser le ses victimes proportionnellement LA CONGRÉGATION imposées par les inquisiteurs. Elles sont dépossédé , et les nobles cathares. sang encourt en principe une nombreuses. DE LA SUPRfME INQUISinON les seules infligées à ceux qui se sont Hormis l'incendie du couvent des condamnation canonique) ou de • En 1478, à la demande des Rois Bien que l...

• Cranach l'Ancien, Lucas - dessin & gravure.

  Cranach l'Ancien, Portrait de Martin Luther Lucas Cranach l'Ancien, Portrait de Martin Luther, 1550.THE BETTMANN ARCHIVE La rencontre avec Martin Luther, initiateur de la Réforme religieuse, constitue l’un des faits marquants de la carrière du peintre. Une profonde amitié se noue entre les deux hommes et Cranach réalise de lui plusieurs portraits gravés et peints (notamment Luther et sa femme Katharina von Bora, 1527, galerie des Offices, Florence). Il contribue également de façon déterminante...

• Définition: AVOCAT1, -ATE, substantif.

  ? Avocat conseil. " Avocat (...) attach? ? une entreprise et charg? de la d?fense de ses int?r?ts " (Dictionnaire des m?tiers et appellations d'emploi, 1955); (Marcel Aym?, La Jument verte, 1933, page 125). ? Avocat consultant Celui qui donne des consultations et des avis ?crits sur les affaires litigieuses (confer Balzac, La Cousine Bette, 1846, page 327). Remarque?: Attest? dans les principaux dictionnaires g?n?raux du XIXe et du XXe. si?cle. ? Avocat [d?sign?] d'office. Avocat qu...

• Les Cinq Cents Millions de la Begum d'ailleurs pris que peu de jours et n'avait pas nécessité d'expédition spéciale.

  circuler librement dans l'enveloppe extérieure des maisons, comme dans les cloisons internes.[Ces prescriptions, aussi bien que l'idée générale du Bien-Etre, sont empruntées au savant docteur Benjamin Ward Richardson, membre de la Société royale de Londres.] Cette disposition avait en même temps le précieux avantage d'amortir les sons et de procurer à chaque appartement une indépendance complète. (( Le comité ne prétendait pas d'ailleurs imposer aux constructeurs un type de maison. Il était plut...

• COLPORTAGE (littérature de)

  qu'un fait commercial, sinon économi­ que, devient un fait culturel. doublement marginal à la culture dominante mais dont il est souvent difficile d'estimer l'impact exact sur la masse populaire. La Révolution rendit le colportage libre. Le premier Empire ne s'embar­ rassa guère de légalité mais préféra contrôler la source, c'est-à-dire les imprimeurs, en accordant un monopole exorbitant à quelques-uns d'entre eux (à Paris les 400 imprimeurs...

• Etude de l'Heptaméron par Marguerite de Navarre

  Cette ouverture est liée à l'essor économique et aux conditions de vie qui s'améliorent, ainsi qu'aux valeurs guerrières nobiliaires qui s'effacent pour laisser place au développement des valeurs économiques et intellectuelles . La conception de la noblesse est remise en cause ( Les villes se développent au détriment des châteaux.) De plus les valeurs intellectuelles et économiques prévalent. On peut dorénavant acheter des titres . Tous le monde peut donc avoir accès à la noblesse.,...

• Dictionnaire en ligne: DÉSIGNER, verbe transitif.

  désignait à des vengeances anonymes (ALPHONSE DAUDET, Le Nabab, 1877, page 172 ). Il avait beau s'appliquer à copier les gestes de ses camarades, son air ahuri le désignait à leurs sarcasmes (JULIEN GREEN, Moïra, 1950, page 200) : Ø 4. C'est une impatience assez respectable qui pousse les gens à déprécier, à interdire, à désigner aux railleries ce qu'ils ne comprennent pas. PAUL VALÉRY, Variété II, 1929, page 171. · Emploi pronominal réfléchi. Ils ne veulent pas se désigner personnellement à...

•   46.

  — Vous voulezmefaire croire qu’ilpeut accomplir desmiracles ? — Certainement. S’ilsetrouve queCompor estunagent delaSeconde Fondation etqu’il saitcontrôler les esprits ; s’ilpeut liredans levôtre oulemien, même àdistance depuisunautre astronef ; s’ilest capable d’influencer toutunposte dedouane pourlefranchir sanscoup férir ; s’ilpeut atterrir pardégravité sanspour autant qu’une patrouille douanière nesevexe d’une telleméfiance àl’égard desfaisceaux deguidage ; s’ilpeut influer surl’esprit desge...

• Article de presse: Vatican II : l'Eglise catholique entre dans le XXe siècle

  pouvoir temporel, et qui a accompli divers gestes de dépouillement non équivoques, les pères du concile n'ont pas écouté ceuxqui leur proposaient un geste collectif de renoncement aux signes extérieurs de richesse (bijoux précieux, terres, palais, etc.) etaux titres d'un autre âge qui heurtent un nombre toujours plus grand de fidèles. Sur le plan institutionnel, Vatican II a refusé de fixer dans l'Eglise, à l'instar de toutes les grandes organisations profanes, unelimite d'âge aux évêques rés...

• LA BRUYÈRE Jean de : sa vie et son oeuvre

  geoisie, une ambition littéraire qu'une élection académi­ que suffit à combler, une expérience humaine limitée (rachat d'un office, Je préceptorat, une charge chez les Condé, un conformisme politique et religieux. le labeur obscur de l'homme de lettres surtout). Plutôt que de romancer arbitrairement cette vie (comme on l'a souvent fait), remarquons. avec Cl. Cristin (Aux origines de l'his­ toire liuéraire, 1 973), que La Bruyère fut, en son temps, J'un de...

• Buenos Aires (city) - geography.

  Casa Rosada, Buenos AiresThe Casa Rosada (Pink House) is Argentina’s presidential palace, containing the offices of the president. Located on the Plaza de Mayoin downtown Buenos Aires, the palace also contains a museum that is open to the public.Eduardo Gill/Black Star/PNI The Plaza de Mayo, situated close to the waterfront at the eastern edge of Buenos Aires, was the starting point for the original settlement. As the city expanded outward in asemicircle, the plaza continued to serve as the prin...

• 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...

• Detroit - geography.

  Automobile industrialist Henry Ford was born near Dearborn, Michigan, in 1863. Ford built his first automobile in 1893 and establishedhis own manufacturing company ten years later. The Ford Company headquarters are in Dearborn, as is the Henry Ford Museum,shown here, which tells of the transition of the United States from an agricultural to an industrial society, a change in which Fordplayed a central part.Townsend P. Dickinson/Photo Researchers, Inc. The Detroit city center also houses one of t...

• 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...

• église (architecture) - architecture.

  Les travées d’une nef sont comptabilisées par le nombre de divisions, à savoir les espaces délimités par deux piles maîtresses qui supportent les arcs doubleaux sur lesquels reposent les voûtes de la nef. On commence à dénombrer les travées en partant de l’entrée principale jusqu’au chœur. L’église de Paray-le-Monial en Saône-et-Loire est constituée d’une nef à trois travées alors que l’église Saint-Étienne de Caen en compte huit. Pour les églises dites à file de coupoles, c’est-à-dire dont la n...

• électricité, production et distribution de l'.

  Dans la mesure où le transport de l’énergie électrique s’accompagne de pertes non négligeables sur les longues distances, il serait préférable de construire les centrales électriques à proximité des foyers de consommation. Comme de nombreux pays, la majeure partie du territoire français est caractérisée par une faible densité de population et les sites de production d’électricité sont généralement assez éloignés des lieux de consommation. Afin de pouvoir desservir chaque consommateur, un réseau...

• I'd never loved Grandma more than I loved her right then.

  So Iput mystory intoit. I pretended hewas Grandma, andIstarted atthe very beginning. I told himabout thetuxedo onthe chair, andhow Ihad broken thevase, andfound thekey, andthelocksmith, andthe envelope, andtheartsupply store.Itold himabout thevoice ofAaron Black,andhow Iwas soincredibly closetokissing Abby Black. Shedidn't sayshe didn't wantto,just that itwasn't agood idea.Itold himabout AbeBlack inConey Island, and Ada Black withthetwo Picasso paintings, andthebirds thatflew byMr. Black's windo...

• Le mot "humeur" chez René DESCARTES

  Mais vous en pourrez être encore plus certain, si, prenant l'oeil d'un homme fraîchement mort, ou, au défaut, celui d'un boeuf oude quelque autre gros animal, vous coupez dextrement vers le fond les trois peaux qui l'enveloppent, en sorte qu'une grandepartie de l'humeur M, qui y est, demeure découverte, sans qu'il y ait rien d'elle pour cela qui se répande ; Considérez donc premièrement que, de chaque point des objets VXY, il entre en cet oeil autant de rayons, qui pénètrent jusqu'aucorps blanc...

• Guinea - country.

  Mining operations in 2004 yielded 16 million metric tons of bauxite, 468,400 carats of high-quality diamonds, and 16,000 kg (35,300 lb) of gold. Environmental concernsand political instability in neighboring Liberia have delayed exploitation of high-grade iron ore from Mount Nimba. In 1999 the national budget included $466 million in revenues and $414 million in expenditures. The unit of currency is the Guinean franc, which is divided into 100 centimes (3,644 francs equal U.S.$1; 2005 average...

• Liechtenstein - country.

  principal crops are corn, potatoes, barley, wheat, and vegetables. Grapes are grown for wine production. Cattle and sheep are raised for meat and dairy products. B Manufacturing Liechtenstein has few raw materials and must import more than 90 percent of its energy sources. Consequently, Liechtenstein has no heavy industry. Instead, theprincipality has developed a number of efficient, small-scale industries that manufacture specialized goods such as false teeth and dental supplies, pharmaceutica...

• Vanuatu - country.

  and Luganville. V GOVERNMENT Vanuatu is governed under a constitution that came into effect with the republic’s independence in 1980. The president of Vanuatu serves as head of state, a largelyceremonial office. The president is elected by Vanuatu’s parliament and the heads of regional government councils. The parliament, or legislature, is a single-chamberbody whose membership has increased several times since independence; in 1998 the parliament had 52 members. Members of parliament are chose...

• Comoros - country.

  Since 1981 the currency has been the Comorian franc. The Comorian franc had a fixed exchange rate with the French franc of 50 to 1 until 1994, when the rate was changed to 75 Comorian francs to 1 French franc. In 2006, the Comorian franc exchanged at an average of 392 to U.S.$1. Transport between the islands is mostly by air, and there is an international airport at Hahaia on Njazidja where jets can land. Road networks have been built betweenmost of the main island settlements, but the mountai...

• Warsaw - geography.

  VI ECONOMY In addition to serving as Poland's leading administrative center, Warsaw is also a center for science, research, and higher education. Since World War II the city'sindustrial base has been developed, with diverse plants producing steel, cars, tractors, and consumer electronics. Warsaw is the second most important industrial regionin Poland (after Katowice in the south). Warsaw, more than anywhere else in the country, has benefited from the boom in construction and commerce that foll...

• Excerpt from Bleak House - anthology.

  patience, courage, hope; so overthrows the brain and breaks the heart; that there is not an honourable man among its practitioners who would not give—who does notoften give—the warning, 'Suffer any wrong that can be done you, rather than come here!' Who happen to be in the Lord Chancellor's court this murky afternoon besides the Lord Chancellor, the counsel in the cause, two or three counsel who are never inany cause, and the well of solicitors before mentioned? There is the registrar below...

• Charles Dickens I INTRODUCTION Charles Dickens English author Charles Dickens ranks as one of the most popular writers in the history of world literature.

  Papers of the Pickwick Club (1836-1837; 1837); The Adventures of Oliver Twist (1837-1839; 1838); The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1838-1839; 1839); The Old Curiosity Shop (1840-1841; 1841); Barnaby Rudge (1841); The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (1843-1844; 1844); Dombey and Son (1846-1848; 1848); The Personal History of David Copperfield (1849-1850; 1850); Bleak House (1852-1853; 1853); Hard Times (1854); Little Dorrit (1855-1857; 1857); A Tale of Tw...

• Charles Dickens.

  The Old Curiosity Shop broke hearts across Britain and North America when it first appeared. Later readers, however, have found it excessively sentimental, especially the pathos surrounding the death of its child-heroine Little Nell. Dickens’s next two works proved less popular with the public. Barnaby Rudge, Dickens’s first historical novel, revolves around anti-Catholic riots that broke out in London in 1780. The events in Martin Chuzzlewit become a vehicle for the novel’s theme: selfishne...

• Cuban Revolution.

  Confederation of Labor, threw its support behind Batista. In the same month, the U.S. government cut off weapons sales to Batista’s government. U.S. envoys andpolitical moderates in Cuba tried to convince Batista to leave power peacefully, but Batista refused. Meanwhile, revolutionaries from Castro’s movement and from otherorganizations escalated violent resistance. During the second half of 1958, guerrillas seized ground in the countryside from the army. In the cities, several of Batista’sleadi...

• Pittsburgh - geography.

  College of Allegheny County (1966), with branches in the city and suburbs. Pittsburgh has many outstanding cultural institutions. The Oakland district is where Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh are located. The CarnegieMuseums of Pittsburgh include The Carnegie Museum of Art (including the Scaife Galleries), which holds a distinguished motion-picture and video collection and a uniquestudy of architecture; the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, which displays an extensi...

• Wilfrid Laurier.

  The Manitoba schools were the main issue in the 1896 election. Although the Catholic clergy campaigned against him, Laurier argued in Québec that he would obtainbetter terms for the Catholics by negotiating directly with the provincial government of Manitoba. “Hands off Manitoba” was an effective slogan in the other provinces aswell. A second issue was corruption in the Conservative Party, as a series of scandals had rocked the Bowell administration. Israel Tarte, a former Québec conservativewho...

• Wilfrid Laurier - Canadian History.

  The Manitoba schools were the main issue in the 1896 election. Although the Catholic clergy campaigned against him, Laurier argued in Québec that he would obtainbetter terms for the Catholics by negotiating directly with the provincial government of Manitoba. “Hands off Manitoba” was an effective slogan in the other provinces aswell. A second issue was corruption in the Conservative Party, as a series of scandals had rocked the Bowell administration. Israel Tarte, a former Québec conservativewho...

• Herman Melville.

  information in Omoo , but various religious groups condemned both books for their unfavorable comments on the work and insensitivity of missionaries in the South Seas. Mardi is a philosophical allegory framed by another adventure at sea. The book’s hero, accompanied by characters representing the intellect, poetry, history, and philosophy, searches the world for universal truth. The book is filled with descriptions—intended as allegories—of human customs, religions, governments, and historical...

• Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901).

  homesteaders against pressure from the powerful railroads. He fought vigorously for Civil War veterans, supported high taxes on imports (called tariffs), payments todisabled and opposed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which stopped Chinese immigration to the U.S. for 10 years ( see Immigration: From 1840 to 1900 ). He also introduced 101 special pension and relief bills in six years. Harrison's name was well known by the Republican National Convention in 1884. In spite of this, Congressman and forme...

• Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) - Histoire

  homesteaders against pressure from the powerful railroads. He fought vigorously for Civil War veterans, supported high taxes on imports (called tariffs), payments todisabled and opposed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which stopped Chinese immigration to the U.S. for 10 years ( see Immigration: From 1840 to 1900 ). He also introduced 101 special pension and relief bills in six years. Harrison's name was well known by the Republican National Convention in 1884. In spite of this, Congressman and forme...

• Sir Robert Borden.

  of the British Empire, Laurier proposed creating a Canadian navy that in case of war could be incorporated into the British navy. The plan was opposed by theConservatives, who thought that Canada should simply provide ships for the British navy. The Québec nationalists also opposed the plan because they did not wantCanada either to participate in the British navy or to have a navy of its own. At the last moment before election day in 1911 it looked as if the Liberals might win. The government ne...

• Sir Robert Borden - Canadian History.

  of the British Empire, Laurier proposed creating a Canadian navy that in case of war could be incorporated into the British navy. The plan was opposed by theConservatives, who thought that Canada should simply provide ships for the British navy. The Québec nationalists also opposed the plan because they did not wantCanada either to participate in the British navy or to have a navy of its own. At the last moment before election day in 1911 it looked as if the Liberals might win. The government ne...