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• Iraq Facts and Figures.

  HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 69.6 years (2008 estimate) Female 71 years (2008 estimate) Male 68.3 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 45 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 1,519 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 769 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 41.1 percent (2005 estimate) Female 25.2 percent (2005 estimate) Male 56.6 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 4 pe...

• Greece Facts and Figures.

  Female 82.2 years (2008 estimate) Male 77 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 227 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 213 people (2000) Literacy rateTotal 97.7 percent (2005 estimate) Female 96.8 percent (2005 estimate) Male 98.7 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 4 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 9 years (2002-200...

• Portugal Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 308 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 278 people (2002) Literacy rateTotal 94.1 percent (2005 estimate) Female 92.3 percent (2005 estimate) Male 96.1 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 5.9 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 9 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 11 students per...

• Jordan Facts and Figures.

  Female 81.4 years (2008 estimate) Male 76.2 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 16 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 493 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 588 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 92.4 percent (2005 estimate) Female 87.9 percent (2005 estimate) Male 96.5 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 5.1 percent (1999-2000) Number of years of compulsory schooling 10 years (20...

• Luxembourg Facts and Figures.

  Female 82.7 years (2008 estimate) Male 75.9 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 393 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 167 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 100 percent (1995) Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 4 percent (1999-2000) Number of years of compulsory schooling 10 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, p...

• Syria Facts and Figures.

  Total 70.9 years (2008 estimate) Female 72.3 years (2008 estimate) Male 69.5 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 27 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 1,887 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 667 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 78.4 percent (2005 estimate) Female 66.1 percent (2005 estimate) Male 90.6 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 4.2 percent (2001-2002) Number of years...

• The Netherlands Facts and Figures.

  HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 79.2 years (2008 estimate) Female 82 years (2008 estimate) Male 76.7 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 304 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 213 people (2001) Literacy rateTotal 99 percent (1995) Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 5.2 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of comp...

• Norway Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 4 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 265 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 263 people (2000) Literacy rateTotal 99 percent (1995) Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 7.6 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 11 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 10 students per teacher (2002-2003) GOVERNMENTForm of g...

• Vietnam Facts and Figures.

  HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 71.3 years (2008 estimate) Female 74.3 years (2008 estimate) Male 68.5 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 24 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 1,871 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 417 people (2001) Literacy rateTotal 94.4 percent (2005 estimate) Female 92.9 percent (2005 estimate) Male 96 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 3 pe...

• Argentina Facts and Figures.

  Female 80.4 years (2008 estimate) Male 72.8 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 14 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 332 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 244 people (2000) Literacy rateTotal 97.2 percent (2005 estimate) Female 97.3 percent (2005 estimate) Male 97.2 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 4.3 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 10 years (20...

• Japan Facts and Figures.

  Total 82.1 years (2008 estimate) Female 85.6 years (2008 estimate) Male 78.7 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 3 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 497 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 70 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 99 percent (1995) Female 99 percent (1993 estimate) Male 99 percent (1993 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 3.5 percent (2000-2001) Number of years of compulsory scho...

• South Korea Facts and Figures.

  Female 81.1 years (2008 estimate) Male 74 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 6 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 554 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 141 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 98.4 percent (2005 estimate) Female 97.4 percent (2005 estimate) Male 99.3 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 4.2 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 9 years (2002-2...

• Switzerland Facts and Figures.

  Other 1 percent LanguagesGerman (official), French (official), Italian (official), Romansch, English, and others NOTE: Romansch, a Romance language, is spoken by less than 1 percent of the Swiss population, chiefly in the canton of Graubünden. Religious affiliationsRoman Catholic 44 percent Protestant 41 percent Muslim 3 percent Nonreligious 7 percent Other 5 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 80.7 years (2008 estimate) Female 83.7 years (2008 estimate) Male 7...

• United Kingdom Facts and Figures.

  Muslim 2.7 percent Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist 2.4 percent Nonreligious 15.5 percent Other and not stated 7.8 percent *2001 Census HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 78.8 years (2008 estimate) Female 81.5 years (2008 estimate) Male 76.4 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 601 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 238 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 99 percent (1995) Female Not...

• Zimbabwe Facts and Figures.

  HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 39.7 years (2008 estimate) Female 38.5 years (2008 estimate) Male 40.9 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 51 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 6,199 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 1,959 people (1990) Literacy rateTotal 91.9 percent (2005 estimate) Female 88.7 percent (2005 estimate) Male 95.1 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP)...

• Tanzania Facts and Figures.

  HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 51.5 years (2008 estimate) Female 52.9 years (2008 estimate) Male 50.1 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 71 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 44,133 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 1,123 people (1992) Literacy rateTotal 80.2 percent (2005 estimate) Female 73.4 percent (2005 estimate) Male 87.2 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP)...

• Germany Facts and Figures.

  Nonreligious 17 percent Other 7 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 79.1 years (2008 estimate) Female 82.3 years (2008 estimate) Male 76.1 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 4 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 291 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 112 people (2002) Literacy rateTotal 99 percent (1995) Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 4...

• Australia Facts and Figures.

  HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 80.7 years (2008 estimate) Female 83.8 years (2008 estimate) Male 77.9 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 401 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 135 people (2002) Literacy rateTotal 100 percent (1995) Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 5 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of com...

• Thailand Facts and Figures.

  HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 72.8 years (2008 estimate) Female 75.3 years (2008 estimate) Male 70.5 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 18 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 3,324 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 455 people (1999) Literacy rateTotal 96.4 percent (2005 estimate) Female 95.1 percent (2005 estimate) Male 97.7 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 5....

• Canada Facts and Figures.

  English (official), French (official), Chinese, Italian, Punjabi, Spanish, indigenous languages Religious affiliationsRoman Catholic 43 percent No religion 16 percent United Church 10 percent Anglican 7 percent Baptist 3 percent Lutheran 2 percent Other 19 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 80.5 years (2008 estimate) Female 84 years (2008 estimate) Male 77.1 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Populat...

• New Zealand Facts and Figures.

  Other (including Jewish and Hindu) 28 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 79.1 years (2008 estimate) Female 82.2 years (2008 estimate) Male 76.1 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 6 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 449 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 164 people (2002) Literacy rateTotal 99 percent (1995) Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GN...

• Egypt Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 28 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 472 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 455 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 59.3 percent (2005 estimate) Female 48.9 percent (2005 estimate) Male 69.4 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 4.1 percent (1999-2000) Number of years of compulsory schooling 8 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 22 students per...

• United States Facts and Figures.

  HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 78.1 years (2008 estimate) Female 81.1 years (2008 estimate) Male 75.3 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 6 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 375 people (2005) Population per hospital bed 370 people (2005) Literacy rateTotal 99.5 percent (1995) Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 4.9 percent (2000-2001) Number of years of...

• Belgium Facts and Figures.

  Muslims 4 percent Nonreligious 6 percent Other 8 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 79.1 years (2008 estimate) Female 82.4 years (2008 estimate) Male 75.9 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 236 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 145 people (2002) Literacy rateTotal 99 percent (1995) Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross natio...

• Mexico Facts and Figures.

  HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 75.8 years (2008 estimate) Female 78.8 years (2008 estimate) Male 73 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 19 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 583 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 1,000 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 92.7 percent (2005 estimate) Female 91.2 percent (2005 estimate) Male 94.4 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 5.4...

• Chile Facts and Figures.

  Other 10 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 77.2 years (2008 estimate) Female 80.6 years (2008 estimate) Male 73.9 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 8 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 916 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 385 people (2002) Literacy rateTotal 96.5 percent (2005 estimate) Female 96.4 percent (2005 estimate) Male 96.6 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national...

• Nigeria Facts and Figures.

  Male 47.1 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 94 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 3,715 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 599 people (1990) Literacy rateTotal 70.7 percent (2005 estimate) Female 63.8 percent (2005 estimate) Male 77.8 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 0.7 percent (1999-2000) Number of years of compulsory schooling 9 years (2002-2003) Number of students per te...

• Malaysia Facts and Figures.

  Other 6 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 73 years (2008 estimate) Female 75.9 years (2008 estimate) Male 70.3 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 16 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 1,425 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 526 people (2001) Literacy rateTotal 89.9 percent (2005 estimate) Female 86.8 percent (2005 estimate) Male 93 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national p...

• China Facts and Figures.

  Other 34 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 73.2 years (2008 estimate) Female 75.2 years (2008 estimate) Male 71.4 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 21 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 662 people (2005) Population per hospital bed 408 people (2005) Literacy rateTotal 87.3 percent (2005 estimate) Female 80.6 percent (2005 estimate) Male 93.7 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross nationa...

• Israel Facts and Figures.

  HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 79.7 years (2008 estimate) Female 82 years (2008 estimate) Male 77.6 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 7 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 273 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 164 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 96 percent (2005 estimate) Female 94.4 percent (2005 estimate) Male 97.6 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 7.8 perce...

• Pakistan Facts and Figures.

  HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 64.1 years (2008 estimate) Female 65.2 years (2008 estimate) Male 63.1 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 67 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 1,353 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 1,429 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 47.4 percent (2005 estimate) Female 32.4 percent (2005 estimate) Male 61.4 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP)...

• Iran Facts and Figures.

  Shiite Muslim 93 percent Sunni Muslim 6 percent Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 1 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 70.9 years (2008 estimate) Female 72.4 years (2008 estimate) Male 69.4 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 37 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 2,223 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 625 people (2001) Literacy rateTotal 81.3 percent (2005 estimate) Female 75.2 percent (2005 estimate...

• Russia Facts and Figures.

  Nonreligious 28 percent Other 7 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 65.9 years (2008 estimate) Female 73.1 years (2008 estimate) Male 59.2 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 11 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 232 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 95 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 99.6 percent (2005 estimate) Female 99.6 percent (2005 estimate) Male 99.7 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as...

• Indonesia Facts and Figures.

  Buddhist 1 percent Other 1 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 70.5 years (2008 estimate) Female 73.1 years (2008 estimate) Male 68 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 31 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 6,159 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 167 people (1998) Literacy rateTotal 89.5 percent (2005 estimate) Female 85.6 percent (2005 estimate) Male 93.6 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a sh...

• France Facts and Figures.

  Male 77.7 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 3 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 293 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 130 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 99 percent (1995) Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 5.6 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 11 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 19 students per teach...

• Vocabulaire: coiffé COIFFÉ, -ÉE, participe passé et adjectif.

  a) [Par r?f?rence ? la membrane foetale couvrant parfois la t?te des nouveau-n?s] ?tre n? coiff?. Avoir beaucoup de chance?: ? 3. Gagnez ? la loterie, vous voil? un habile homme. Qui triomphe est v?n?r?. Naissez coiff?, tout est l?. Ayez de la chance, vous aurez le reste; soyez heureux, on vous croira grand. VICTOR HUGO, Les Mis?rables, tome 1, 1862, page 68. b) JEUX. Pion coiff?. Pion d?sign? ? l'avance et qui sert ? un usage particulier. Au jeu d'?checs. Pion qui doit faire ?chec et mat....

• Gregor Johann Mendel

  exemple, la couleur du pois (vert ou jaune) , la cosse (lisse ou plissée), et la longueur de la tige (longue ou courte). Mendel, qui faisait ses expériences avec soin, re­ cueillait lui-même le pollen pour féconder les fleurs et veillait toujours à empêcher une féconda­ tion croisée accidentelle . Il transcrivait très soigneusement les résultats de ses recherches . On savait déjà depuis le XVIIe siè­ cle que les plantes pouvaient se reproduire...

• Nouvelle Vague

  jeunes cinéastes. Le lien entre la Nouvelle Vague britannique et européenne peut également être retracé dans la brève exposition de films courts et documentaires intitulée «Cinéma gratuit», où les œuvres de jeunes réalisateurs européens tels que Truffaut, Lenica, Borowczyk et Polanski ont été introduites. Cette exposition était prévue au milieu des années 1950 par Anderson et Reisz, qui était programmateur au National Film Theatre. Selon Allan Lovell et Jim Hillier, les idées principales de...

• Commentaire Le Loup Et L'Agneau

  d'abord-un élargissement à la famille « c'est donc ton frère» v.22 puis à son espèce avec « c'est donc l'un des tiens » v.23… Il utilise malle connecteur logique « donc » est seulement utilisé littéralement ; il ne s'applique à aucun enchaînement logique véritable. c)- …jusqu'à la mise en place d'un monde à l'envers où les loups seraient les victimes. De plus l'emploi du possessif « VOS »v.25 laisse entendre que les moutons règneraient sur les chiens et les bergers. Et tout ce monde causerait d...

• La fabrication des étoffes est une activité traditionnelle de l'humanité, d'origine très ancienne.

  fibres de tiges d'hibiscus ou de tunga, les poils de chèvre (mohair et cachemire), de lapin (angora), de lama (alpaga), de yack, de dromadaire et de chameau. Le filage fut longtemps effectué par torsion à la main de fibres préalablement cardées, et cette technique, à peine améliorée (fileuse assistée par un rouet à pédales), subsista dans les campagnes, en parallèle avec le filage industriel mécanique, jusqu'au début du XX e siècle. Le tissage, par entrelacement d'un fil de trame e...

• USSR Defeats USA in Basketball.

  Tom McMillen, the 7-ft (2.1 m) center for the U.S. team, guarded the inbounds passer, waving his arms to disrupt the throw-in. But the referee ordered McMillen toback off. When McMillen did so, the Soviet player drew back and threw the ball the length of the court. Under the USSR basket, Aleksander Belov was guarded by two smaller American players, Kevin Joyce and Robert Forbes. All three went up for the ball, but Belovmuscled the U.S. players aside and caught the ball in front of the basket...

• Dictionnaire en ligne: DURER, verbe intransitif.

  diverses, 1794, page 608). Une maladie de nerfs qui m'a duré deux ans, et dont je ne suis pas encore peut-être tout à fait quitte! (GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, Correspondance, 1846, page 309). b) [Une indication non chiffrée] — [exprimée en division du temps] Durer un instant, quelques secondes, plusieurs jours, des heures, des mois et des mois, etc. La récréation ne dure que quelques minutes (ANDRÉ GIDE, Les Faux-monnayeurs, 1925, page 1220 ). La scène avait duré quelques secondes et il ne resta plus aux...

• Austin Wins the US Open.

  from Friday to Saturday. Austin's coach, Robert Landsdorp, sensed she was slightly off her game and urged Austin to spend the extra day on the practice court. Staring across the net at the two-time Wimbledon champion, Austin opened the match against Navratilova with a double fault. Austin dropped the first game and fellbehind in the second game before coming alive. She won three straight games, twice breaking Navratilova's serve to pull ahead 3-1. Playing with a veteran's savvy,Austin made a...

• Définition du terme: CRYPT(O)-, (CRYPT-, CRYPTO-) élément préfixe.

  l'Académie Française, Compléments 1842, DICTIONNAIRE UNIVERSEL DE LA LANGUE FRANÇAISE (LOUIS-NICOLAS BESCHERELLE) 1845, Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe. siècle (Pierre Larousse)-Larousse du xxe. siècle en six volumes, DICTIONNAIRE ENCYCLOPÉDIQUE QUILLET 1965) cryptolépide , cryptolépis (du grec ???pt?? « caché » et ? ep?? , ?d?? « enveloppe, coquille »), substantif féminin. " Arbrisseau volubile à feuilles opposées, veinées en dessous, à fleurs en corymbes, originaire des tropiques et dont...

• Titian I INTRODUCTION Titian (1477?

  Pesaro (1519-26), Titian effected a crucial change in Renaissance sacre conversazioni (paintings of the Virgin enthroned among saints) by placing the Virgin, traditionally at the composition's center, halfway up its right side, and by painting behind her in diagonal recession two giant columns that soar out of the picture'sspace. This new scheme was widely adopted by later artists, such as Paolo Veronese and the Carracci family, and, with its evocation of movement and infinity, it openedthe w...

• Asian Theater I INTRODUCTION Asian Theater, live performance, featuring actors or puppets, native to Asia, a continent with more than 2 billion people of many nations and cultures.

  III THEATER IN EAST ASIA Theater in East Asia includes the traditions of China, Japan, and Korea. Most Chinese theater is urban, secular (nonreligious) entertainment, influenced by the ethics of Confucianism. However, a belief in spirits influences rituals performed by ethnic minorities in China, and Buddhism dominates traditional Tibetan performance. Japanesedramatic forms combine native shamanistic performance, secular entertainment, and cultural or religious influences from China and Kore...

• dinosaures - paléontologie.

  4.1. 1 Stégosaures et ankylosaures Les stégosaures et les ankylosaures forment le groupe des thyréophores. C’étaient des quadrupèdes de taille moyenne (3 à 10 m de long). Les stégosaures étaient surtoutrépandus au jurassique supérieur. Ils étaient caractérisés par un dos bombé portant deux rangées d’épines ou de plaques osseuses de forme plus ou moins triangulaire,dressées le long de l’épine dorsale très voûtée et de la queue. On pense que ces plaques jouaient un rôle dans la régulation thermiq...

• Chant d,automne (I) Bientôt nous plongerons dans les froides ténèbres; Adieu, vive clarté de nos étés trop courts ! J'entends...

  Chant d,automne (I) Bientôt nous plongerons dans les froides ténèbres; Adieu, vive clarté de nos étés trop courts ! J'entends déjà tomber avec des chocs funèbres Le bois retentissant sur le pavé des cours. 5 Tout l'hiver va rentrer dans mon être: colère, Haine, frissons, horreur, labeur dur et forcé, Et, comme le soleil dans son enfer polaire, Mon cœur ne sera plus qu'un bloc rouge et glacé. J'écoute en frémissant chaque bûche qui tombe; 10 L'échafaud qu'on bâtit n'a pas d'écho plus sourd. Mon...

• From Bulfinch's Mythology: Arthur - anthology.

  It must not be concealed, that the very existence of Arthur has been denied by some. Milton [17th-century English poet John Milton] says of him: 'As to Arthur, morerenowned in songs and romances than in true stories, who he was, and whether ever any such reigned in Britain, hath been doubted heretofore, and may again, withgood reason.' Modern critics, however, admit that there was a prince of this name, and find proof of it in the frequent mention of him in the writings of the Welshbards. But th...

• chemin de fer - transports.

  cinq ans à partir du 1 er janvier 1938, avait, entre autres missions, celle d'assurer le service public de transport. Sous l'effet de cette nationalisation, près de 10 000 km — plus du quart du réseau total — furent ainsi soustraits au trafic des voyageurs entre 1938 et 1940, en raison de la première concurrence routière, celle de l'autocar. Cette contraction des réseaux ferroviaires s'opéra en particulier dans les régions peu accidentées et d'habitat dispersé de l'Ouest et du Sud-Ouest, mais...