311 résultats pour "washington"

• 1970 – 1979 : Etats-unis d'amérique

  Le candidat républ icain Richard Nixon est triom phalement réélu à la présidence des États Unis le 7 novembre 1972. © JP. Laffont -Sygma Le président Gerald Ford en compagnie de son vice président Nelson Aldrich Rockefella © J. Tiziou -Sygma constituent un enjeu de lutte interne à l'o ccasion de l'él ection présidentielle du 7 novembre 1972. Affaiblissement du prestige économique La situation économique préoccupe l' administration Nixon. Pour...

• College Football Bowl Games.

  1995 Alabama 24Ohio State 17 1996 Tennessee 20Ohio State 14 1997 Tennessee 48Northwestern 28 1998 Florida 21Penn State 6 1999 Michigan 45Arkansas 31 2000 Michigan 37Florida 34 2001 1 Michigan 31Auburn 28 2002 Tennessee 45Michigan 17 2003 Auburn 13Penn State 9 2004 Georgia 34Purdue 27 2005 Iowa 30Louisiana State 25 2006 Wisconsin 24Auburn 10 2007 Wisconsin 17Arkansas 14 2008 Michigan 41Florida 35 1. In 2001 its name was changed from Citrus Bowl to Capital One Bowl. . Champs Sports Bowl.Year Winn...

• Les Etats-unis, Cuba et l'URSS, 1960-1962 (Histoire)

  Fidel Castro annonce que, après soixante-douze heures de combat, les forces d'invasion antifidélistes ont été écrasées parles milices révolutionnaires cubaines. 1er décembre 1961Fidel Castro se proclame " marxiste-léniniste ". 22 janvier 1962 A Punta-del-Este, conférence des ministres des affaires étrangères de l'OEA pour discuter le " cas cubain " : Aligné sur lebloc socialiste, le régime cubain est déclaré " incompatible avec le système interaméricain ", de même que " l'idéologiecommun...

• Thurgood Marshall.

  VI DEATH Poor health forced Marshall to retire from the Supreme Court in 1991. Marshall died of heart failure in Washington, D.C., on January 24, 1993. He was buried inArlington National Cemetery. He was survived by his second wife, Cecilia Marshall, and their two sons. Like many Supreme Court justices, he left all of his personalpapers, including his notes from meetings with other justices, to the Library of Congress. Contrary to usual practice, Marshall declared that his papers should be ope...

• Thurgood Marshall - USA History.

  VI DEATH Poor health forced Marshall to retire from the Supreme Court in 1991. Marshall died of heart failure in Washington, D.C., on January 24, 1993. He was buried inArlington National Cemetery. He was survived by his second wife, Cecilia Marshall, and their two sons. Like many Supreme Court justices, he left all of his personalpapers, including his notes from meetings with other justices, to the Library of Congress. Contrary to usual practice, Marshall declared that his papers should be ope...

• L'Allemagne, Berlin et les rapports Est-Ouest

  19 août 1960 Publication à Bonn d'un manifeste dans lequel la Bundeswehr réclame la libre disposition des armes nucléaires. En signe deprotestation, la RDA interdit l'accès du secteur oriental de Berlin aux Allemands de l'Ouest entre le 31 août et le 5septembre. 8 septembre 1960 Le secteur oriental de Berlin est définitivement interdit aux Allemands de l'Ouest sans laissez-passer. Le 30, la RFAdénonce le traité de commerce interzonal établi avec la RDA depuis 1950. 20 avril 1961 Les Izve...

• États-Unis (carte, climat, relief, population, industrie)

  • • • LE PAYS DE TOUS LES EXCÈS Quatrième pays du monde par la superficie après la Russie, le Canada et la Chine, les États-Unis couvrent une surface de 9,372 millions de kilomètres carrés sur le continent nord­ américain . Situés entre le Canada et le Mexique, ils s'étendent sur 4 500 km de la côte atlantique à la côte pacifique et sur 2 500 km du nord au sud. le pays compte 12 005 km de frontières : 8 890 km avec le Canada et 3 115 km avec le...

• Alexander Hamilton.

• Alexander Hamilton - USA History.

• Article de presse: La faillite du système monétaire international

  japonais, lors de la récente conférence du groupe des Dix à Londres : " Les Etats-Unis sont fauchés ", leur a-t-il dit sansambages. Cette affirmation ne manquera pas de surprendre certains, car les actifs des Etats-Unis sont considérables de par lemonde; aucun pays ne possède actuellement autant de biens à l'extérieur de ses frontières. Washington connaît les déboires d'une société industrielle dont le bilan fait état de magnifiques actifs (immobilisés), mais qui aeu l'imprudence de contracte...

• Article de presse: La percée africaine de Moscou

  spécialistes, le courant ne passe guère, et c'est un lieu commun en Afrique que d'opposer l'aide soviétique à celle, " discrète,désintéressée et efficace " des Chinois, vivant pauvrement, acceptant toutes les tâches, apprenant la langue du pays, et suscitantsouvent l'admiration de leurs hôtes. Une mêlée confuse Dans sa politique africaine, l'URSS ne semble pas, au demeurant, accorder un intérêt particulier aux affinités " idéologiques ".Le président soudanais fut reçu à Moscou quelques mois a...

• Maryland - geography.

  Maryland has no large natural lakes. The largest body of water is a reservoir, Deep Creek Lake, which has a surface area of only 18 sq km (7 sq mi). It lies on theAllegheny Plateau, behind a dam on a tributary of the Youghiogheny River. C Coastline The deeply indented shoreline has a length of 5,134 km (3,190 mi), of which only 50 km (31 miles) fronts on the Atlantic Ocean. The most significant coastal feature isChesapeake Bay. In the bay are many islands and Kent Island is the largest. The sta...

• Maryland - USA History.

  Maryland has no large natural lakes. The largest body of water is a reservoir, Deep Creek Lake, which has a surface area of only 18 sq km (7 sq mi). It lies on theAllegheny Plateau, behind a dam on a tributary of the Youghiogheny River. C Coastline The deeply indented shoreline has a length of 5,134 km (3,190 mi), of which only 50 km (31 miles) fronts on the Atlantic Ocean. The most significant coastal feature isChesapeake Bay. In the bay are many islands and Kent Island is the largest. The sta...

• Une guerre tant annoncée...

• Article de presse: Conférence d'Helsinki, les mots et les choses

  uns et par les autres. N'est-il pas significatif que, à la veille même de l'ouverture de la conférence, M. Henry Kissinger ait mis engarde les Soviétiques contre toute ingérence dans l'affaire portugaise, au moment même où se développe aux Açores unmouvement indépendantiste qui fait trop l'affaire des Américains pour qu'on ne les soupçonne pas d'y jouer un certain rôle? Recul américain... Paradoxalement, en effet, cette rencontre qui devrait asseoir le statu quo européen, qui devrait avoir l'...

• Honolulu - geography.

  Much of Honolulu’s growth and development has concentrated along the southern coast of Oahu. This area is framed to the east by the remnants of a large extinct volcanoknown as Diamond Head and includes Waikiki, located west of Diamond Head; the downtown area, situated near Honolulu Harbor; Honolulu International Airport; andnewer communities in the western part of the island. Two parallel mountain ranges of volcanic origin, the Koolau and Waianae mountains, run north to south across much ofthe i...

• Article de presse: Moscou-Pékin, vers le schisme

  (début février). Février : tournée de M. " K " en Inde, où l'ont précédé Vorochilov et Kozlov, et en Indonésie, alors en brouille avec la Chine.But du voyage: réparer les dégâts causés par la politique chinoise. M. " K " suggère la participation de la Chine à une phaseultérieure du " sommet ", mais avec d'autres Asiatiques, dont l'Inde. Silence de la presse chinoise sur le voyage cependant ZhouEnlai, tout de même assoupli, accepte d'aller discuter à New-Delhi. 21 avril : textes de doctrin...

• La plus grande puissance du monde

  " constituerait une menace contre la sécurité internationale " aux yeux des Etats-Unis; et il appuie son propos par l'envoi depuissants moyens navals sur place. Staline, tout en prolongeant l'échange de notes diplomatiques, n'insistera pas. Plus à l'est encore, Staline pousse ses pions en Iran. Après avoir occupé conjointement le pays en 1941, Britanniques etSoviétiques s'étaient engagés à l'évacuer sitôt les hostilités terminées. Cependant, entre-temps, les Soviétiques ont suscité la séce...

• Lenny Wilkens Takes All-Time Victory Record.

  Wilkens showed us that loyalty to one's work is necessary, that it never stops, and that only when such a commitment is made can something good come out of it.There are worse lessons to learn from a public figure.” Four days later Wilkens was denied again when the Hawks lost to the Portland Trail Blazers by 5 points before a relatively small crowd of 8,477 at the Omni.Atlanta's rally from a 17-point deficit in the third quarter fell just short. A cake—the second one—remained in its box....

• Nixon's Checkers Speech Under attack for having used a secret campaign fund for his personal expenses, Richard M.

  The first way is to be a rich man. I don't happen to be a rich man so I couldn't use that. Another way that is used is to put your wife on the payroll. Let me say, incidentally, my opponent, my opposite number for the Vice Presidency on the Democraticticket, does have his wife on the payroll. And has had her on his payroll for the ten years—the past ten years. Now just let me say this. That's his business and I'm not critical of him for doing that. You will have to pass judgment on that particul...

• Virginia (state) - geography.

  C Coastline Virginia’s coastline, for both the mainland and the Eastern Shore counties, is 180 km (112 mi) long. The state’s tidal shoreline measures 5,335 km (3,315 mi), includingall bays, inlets, tidal estuaries, and other indentations. Major indentations include Chesapeake Bay; Hampton Roads, the excellent natural harbor on which are locatedNewport News, Norfolk, and Portsmouth; and the wide tidal estuaries of the lower Potomac, James, Rappahannock, and York rivers. Cape Henry, in the southe...

• Virginia (state) - USA History.

  C Coastline Virginia’s coastline, for both the mainland and the Eastern Shore counties, is 180 km (112 mi) long. The state’s tidal shoreline measures 5,335 km (3,315 mi), includingall bays, inlets, tidal estuaries, and other indentations. Major indentations include Chesapeake Bay; Hampton Roads, the excellent natural harbor on which are locatedNewport News, Norfolk, and Portsmouth; and the wide tidal estuaries of the lower Potomac, James, Rappahannock, and York rivers. Cape Henry, in the southe...

• Gerhard Schröder, une Allemagne décomplexée

  Son enfance, qu'il qualifie d'"heureuse en dépit de la pauvreté", semble sortie d'un roman du XIXe siècle. Né le 7 avril 1944dans un village de Westphalie, Gerhard Schröder n'a jamais connu son père, ouvrier des foires foraines, mort en Roumanie, dansla Wehrmacht, quelques jours après la naissance de son second enfant. Sa mère se remarie en 1947 avec un ouvrier et lui donnetrois autres enfants. Atteint de tuberculose, le beau- père est absent, soigné au sanatorium à partir de 1954, où il meurt a...

• Article de presse: Lendemains de fête en Asie

  réserve, sur la reprise des exportations dopées par les dévaluations des monnaies. Situations transitoires " Nous avons confiance dans les perspectives de croissance future de la région, et estimons que la crise actuelle se révéleratransitoire pour peu que ces économies comblent les insuffisances de leur système financier ", a expliqué, le 11 septembre àHongkong, un des responsables de la Banque mondiale pour l'Asie du Sud-Est, Javad Shirazi. " A l'exception de la Thaïlande,ces économies o...

• Abraham Lincoln I INTRODUCTION Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th president of the United States (1861-1865) and one of the great leaders in American history.

  fence in 4 hectares (10 acres) to grow corn. Then he hired out to neighbors, helping them to split rails. That year, Lincoln attended a political rally and was persuaded tospeak on behalf of a local candidate. It was his first political speech. A witness recalled that Lincoln “was frightened but got warmed up and made the best speech of theday.” In 1831 Lincoln made a second trip to New Orleans. He was hired, along with his stepbrother and a cousin, by Denton Offutt, a Kentucky trader and specul...

• Abraham Lincoln.

  fence in 4 hectares (10 acres) to grow corn. Then he hired out to neighbors, helping them to split rails. That year, Lincoln attended a political rally and was persuaded tospeak on behalf of a local candidate. It was his first political speech. A witness recalled that Lincoln “was frightened but got warmed up and made the best speech of theday.” In 1831 Lincoln made a second trip to New Orleans. He was hired, along with his stepbrother and a cousin, by Denton Offutt, a Kentucky trader and specul...

• Abraham Lincoln

  fence in 4 hectares (10 acres) to grow corn. Then he hired out to neighbors, helping them to split rails. That year, Lincoln attended a political rally and was persuaded tospeak on behalf of a local candidate. It was his first political speech. A witness recalled that Lincoln “was frightened but got warmed up and made the best speech of theday.” In 1831 Lincoln made a second trip to New Orleans. He was hired, along with his stepbrother and a cousin, by Denton Offutt, a Kentucky trader and specul...

• Abraham Lincoln - USA History.

  fence in 4 hectares (10 acres) to grow corn. Then he hired out to neighbors, helping them to split rails. That year, Lincoln attended a political rally and was persuaded tospeak on behalf of a local candidate. It was his first political speech. A witness recalled that Lincoln “was frightened but got warmed up and made the best speech of theday.” In 1831 Lincoln made a second trip to New Orleans. He was hired, along with his stepbrother and a cousin, by Denton Offutt, a Kentucky trader and specul...

• usa

  En 2013, les États-Unis comptent environ 317 millions d'habitants2 et constituent le troisième pays le plus peuplé du monde après la Chine et l'Inde7. La superficie du pays est de 9,6 millions de kilomètres carrés, ce qui en fait le quatrième pays le plus vaste du monde après la Russie, le Canada et la Chine8. La population américaine augmente grâce à un solde naturel et un solde migratoire positifs. Elle est marquée par une grande diversité ethnique et culturelle en raison d'une immigration anc...

• Stamps and Stamp Collecting.

  Commonwealth has by far produced the greatest number of omnibus issues, the first being the George V Silver Jubilee series of 1935, another being the series releasedon July 29, 1981, to commemorate the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Frances Spencer. III COLLECTING Philately continues to increase in popularity. Today, the number of collectors around the world numbers in the millions. Unique and valuable stamps, apart from theiraesthetic or financial appeal to collectors, are also reco...

• Gun Control.

  Bridgeport, Connecticut, alleged that gun manufacturers acted negligently (not carefully enough) when marketing and distributing their products. The cities contended that gun manufacturers oversupplied gun dealers in areas with weak gun restrictions, knowing that individuals from areas with tougher laws wouldpurchase the guns. Other cities, such as New Orleans, Louisiana, and Atlanta, Georgia, used a different approach in lawsuits against gun makers. These cities allegedthat gun makers failed to...

• Précocement indépendants, nés des courants migratoires les plus variés fondus grâce au melting-pot, épris de libertés démocratiques, persuadés de la supériorité du capitalisme libéral, dotés de ressources abondantes, les États-Unis conservent leur rôle de superpuissance.

  suprême s'appelle la « Court of Appeals », les cours d'appel prennent le nom de « Appelate Courts » et les tribunaux de première instance, celui de « Supreme Courts ». Il n'existe pas de vraie hiérarchie entre les tribunaux fédéraux et les tribunaux des États de l'Union. Toutefois, en cas de divergence profonde sur un point de droit important entre les différents États, la Cour suprême des États-Unis peut accepter de juger une affaire sur pourvoi contre une décision de Cour suprême d'un...

• 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...

• 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...

• President of the United States.

  Democrats and Republicans—select delegates to attend their party conventions. Primary voters and caucus participants choose delegates who will support their favoredcandidate at the convention. The party conventions, held in the summer before the November general election, formally nominate the winner of the primaries andcaucuses. Would-be candidates crisscross the states that hold the earliest primaries, especially New Hampshire, which holds the country’s first primary, usually in mid-February....

• Cisjordanie.

  L’économie de la Cisjordanie était essentiellement agricole avant 1967. L’occupation israélienne a entraîné de profonds bouleversements sociaux. Israël a favorisé ledéveloppement d’une main-d'œuvre industrielle en faisant appel à des dizaines de milliers de travailleurs palestiniens employés dans l’industrie israélienne, et notammentdans le secteur du bâtiment. Cette main-d’œuvre journalière, bon marché, accomplit un travail sous-qualifié et précaire. Elle est la première touchée par les mesures...

• États-Unis

• American Civil War.

  free state to keep the balance in the Senate. It also provided that slavery would be excluded from the still unorganized part of the Louisiana Territory. A line was drawnfrom Missouri’s southern boundary, at the latitude of 36°30’, and slavery would not be allowed in the territory north of that line,with the exception of Missouri. B Compromise of 1850 Agitation against slavery continued in the North. The South reacted by defending it ever more strongly. The Mexican War, by which the United Stat...

• American Civil War - U.

  free state to keep the balance in the Senate. It also provided that slavery would be excluded from the still unorganized part of the Louisiana Territory. A line was drawnfrom Missouri’s southern boundary, at the latitude of 36°30’, and slavery would not be allowed in the territory north of that line,with the exception of Missouri. B Compromise of 1850 Agitation against slavery continued in the North. The South reacted by defending it ever more strongly. The Mexican War, by which the United Stat...

• Cincinnati - geography.

  and managed the Reds. The University of Cincinnati men’s basketball team enjoyed considerable success in the 1990s. IV ECONOMY Cincinnati, from its earliest beginnings, has functioned as a major port on the Ohio River. Distribution of raw materials as well as manufactured goods is one of the city’schief economic activities. Although Cincinnati remains one of the world’s leading centers for the distribution of bituminous (soft) coal, this trade is gradually declining. Coal from Kentucky and W...

• Le nouveau désordre africain

  Le Rwanda et l'Ouganda sont prêts depuis le début de 1995 à intervenir dans l'est du Zaïre pour en "chasser" les réfugiés hutus,fauteurs d'instabilité. Les Etats-Unis ont donné leur feu vert. Ils viennent de faire le choix de soutenir, contre vents et marées,l'homme fort du Rwanda, le général Paul Kagamé, vice- président et ministre de la défense. Washington juge en effet que lepatron du FPR, au contraire de ses compagnons d'armes et des élites tutsies extrémistes, a un projet politique pour le...

• Denver - geography.

  Denver is the center of professional sports in the Rocky Mountain region. Major league teams are the Denver Broncos (football), Colorado Rockies (baseball), DenverNuggets (basketball), and Colorado Avalanche (ice hockey). Coors Field (opened in 1995) is the home of the Colorado Rockies. The Broncos began play at the newlyconstructed Invesco Field at Mile High in 2001, and the Nuggets and Avalanche play at the Pepsi Center. The National Western Stock Show and Rodeo, one of thelargest such shows i...

• William Henry Harrison.

  in September 1813, Harrison recaptured the city of Detroit, which the British had taken in 1812. The following month he overtook the British and Tecumseh's forces onthe Thames River in Canada. He captured the entire British force. Tecumseh was killed, and his forces were routed. Harrison's triumph on the Thames, although won over inferior forces badly placed, was vitally important because the victory secured the Northwest from the threat of aBritish invasion from Canada. It also added considerab...

• William Henry Harrison

  in September 1813, Harrison recaptured the city of Detroit, which the British had taken in 1812. The following month he overtook the British and Tecumseh's forces onthe Thames River in Canada. He captured the entire British force. Tecumseh was killed, and his forces were routed. Harrison's triumph on the Thames, although won over inferior forces badly placed, was vitally important because the victory secured the Northwest from the threat of aBritish invasion from Canada. It also added considerab...

• Histoire Des Relations Internationales Contemporaines (1949-1991) - Politique

• Warren G.

  In his few campaign speeches, Harding relied mainly on the political effectiveness of bland generalities. Sometimes his statements were deliberately confusing. Forexample, he promised internationally minded voters that he would support an “association of nations,” while at the same time he promised “America first!” toisolationists. In this way he won the support of influential Republicans who believed in the League of Nations as well as those who opposed it. Harding's inoffensive standon the lea...

• Indianapolis - geography.

  Amateur athletic competitions are frequent in Indianapolis. Each summer it is the site for the finals of the Hoosier State Games, with athletes of all ages and skill levelscompeting in 21 sports. In 1987 Indianapolis hosted the Tenth Pan American Games, and is often the site for numerous Olympic trials and collegiate sportschampionships. Among the many sports facilities are those for tennis, bicycle racing, skating, and track and field. The city’s professional football team, the Indianapolis Col...

• 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...

• Nuclear Energy I INTRODUCTION Gundremmingen Nuclear Power Plant, Germany The first of three boiling-water nuclear reactors at Germany's Gundremmingen plant began operating in 1966 but was permanently shut down after being decommissioned in 1983.

  such as ¯U is induced by the absorption of a neutron as in producing cesium-140, rubidium-93, three neutrons, and 200 MeV, or 3.2 × 10 -11 J (7.7 × 10 -12 cal). A nuclear fission reaction releases 10 million times as much energy as is released in a typical chemical reaction. See Nuclear Chemistry. III NUCLEAR ENERGY FROM FISSION The two key characteristics of nuclear fission important for the practical release of nuclear energy are both evident in equation (2). First, the energy per fiss...