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• From The Hunchback of Notre Dame - anthology.

  If then we were to attempt to penetrate through this thick and obdurate bark to the soul of Quasimodo; if we could sound the depths of this bungling piece oforganization; if we were enabled to hold a torch behind these untransparent organs, to explore the gloomy interior of this opaque being, to illumine its obscure cornersand its unmeaning cul-de-sacs, and to throw all at once a brilliant light upon the spirit enchained at the bottom of this den; we should doubtless find the wretch in some mi...

• How The World Trade Centre Fail

  Question        :   ­As the collapse of the towers was inevitable, we are wondering why nobody has forced the authorities to quickly   remove lifeguards from this hell? This would have saved  hundreds of lives. Why the autorities reacted like it   ? I think they reacted like it because with the stress and the panic, the lifeguards wanted to save maximum people.  May be, if they don’t do it, a lot of people accuse them to not help the victims. But I think that when you know that there are several...

• CRIME AND THE GREAT SOCIETY

  World War II bave sbarply limited the market for unskilled labor... Frustrated youths, unable to find work, become bored and cynical, convinced that life is a racket, that social responsi­ bility is a joke. TIME ESSAY, Time, March 24, 1967. 1. Commentaire dirigé 1) What is the effect of the fear of crime on the different cate­ gories of individuals? How do they react? 2) Comment upon the following statement: "There is a growing tende...

• The Buddha of Suburbia : Passage 7

  enthralled (fascinated) by the punks’ energy. In fact, Ch. and K. feel small and thus uncomfortable: ”put us in proportion”. D. Why is this turning point in Charlie’s life?  In the end, Ch. is completely excited by the punk’s movement, to the point that it downs on him that “they’re the future”; it’s kind of ironic because, on the one hand punk’s slogan was “No future”, on the other hand punks are going to be a part of Charlie’s travesty (that will bring him to fame). E. Conclusion:  Charly...

• the man who swapped lives

  His firm was in debt, client weren't paying on time. He started to eat too much and dirty too much The police arrested him for drunken driving He was so depressed that he was thinking of committing suicide He ran away. He boarded a train to York, where he stayed in a hotel for a few days under a false name He changed his appearance by cutting his hair and shaving off his moustache He felt relieved and guilty because he couldn't send to his windowed mother a card saying he was ok His wife search...

• British History and Civilization: Political Ideas, the State and Society

  Crown and set out the rights of Parliament. That is the main reasons why she said the Bill of Rights enabled to establish a new type of monarchy. The second argument can be seen through the battle that happened from 1688 to 1689 because during that time the king was very criticized which result to a less powerful king in the Bill of Right. For example we can see in the article the King “was denied the power to suspend laws or their execution without the consent of Parliament” t...

• Diana Ross Diana Ross, born in 1944, American popular singer, one of the most influential recording artists of the Motown era (1960s) and the disco period of rhythm-and-blues (R&B) music (late 1970s to early 1980s).

• EAST-WEST RELATIONS IN THE POST-WAR PERIOD

  strategy rather than offensive tactics). In fact, the USSR never intended to take over the West. Greece, Franceand Italy observed an internal Communist growth which had little to do with the Soviet Union itself. The USSR didn'ttake a particular interest in foregrounding their political ideas over Eastern boundaries (the USSR was in factreticent to get involved in the Greek crisis: he respected the fact that Greece belonged to the West). Furthermore,during the war, the safety of the USSR wa...

• Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969), German American architect, the leading and most influential exponent of the glass and steel architecture of the 20th-century International style.

• Louisiana Purchase Treaty In 1803 the United States purchased a vast interior region of North America from France for $15 million.

  Government if it Shall take place in the United States; It is however well understood that the object of the above article is to favour the manufactures, Commerce,freight and navigation of France and of Spain So far as relates to the importations that the French and Spanish Shall make into the Said Ports of the United Stateswithout in any Sort affecting the regulations that the United States may make concerning the exportation of the produce and merchandize of the United States, or anyright they...

• Encyclopedia of Philosophy: THE ATOMISTS

  Democritus wrote on ethics as well as physics: the sayings which have been handed down to us suggest that as a moralist he was edifying rather than inspiring. The following remark, sensible but unexciting, is typical of many:Be satisfied with what you have, and do not spend your time dreaming of acquisitions which excite envy and admiration; look at the lives of thosewho are poor and in distress, so that what you have and own may appear great and enviable. A man who is lucky in his son-in-law,...

• On the Waterfront On the Waterfront, motion picture about a down-and-out boxer who finds courage to stand up to a corrupt labor union through the friendship of a woman and a priest.

  Terry: “You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it. It was you,Charlie.” Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

• Democratic Republic of the Congo - country.

  Except in the high elevations, the country’s climate is very hot and humid. The average annual temperature in the low central area is about 27°C (about 80°F).Temperatures are considerably higher in February, the hottest month. At altitudes above about 1,500 m (about 5,000 ft) the average annual temperature is about 19°C(about 66°F). Average annual rainfall is about 1,500 mm (about 60 in) in the north and about 1,300 mm (about 50 in) in the south. Frequent heavy rains occur fromApril to November...

• THE MEANING OF NOSTALGIA

  architects of France to build eight picturesque peasant farms beside ber Petit Trianon. They were perfect-right down to porcelain vases from Sèvres used for milking the cows. Nostalgia selects only wliat is agreeable, and even that it distorts or turns into mytb. , The past is an illusion just as much as the future; it is utopia in reverse. The cult of the past may have developed as an antidote to the cult of the future, as a protectio...

• From Bulfinch's Mythology: The Myrmidons - anthology.

  This description of the plague is copied by Ovid from the account which Thucydides, the Greek historian, gives of the plague of Athens. The historian drew from life,and all the poets and writers of fiction since his day, when they have had occasion to describe a similar scene, have borrowed their details from him. Source: Bulfinch, Thomas. Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry, Legends of Charlemagne. New York: Random House, 1934.

• the legend of dorian gray

  summary : Painter Basil Hallward and college friend dandy Lord Henry Wotton befriend Dorian Gray, a beautiful young man. Basil finds inspiration in painting Dorian. Lord Henry seeks to influence him with his philosophy of New Hedonism. Dorian, spellbound by Basil's portrait and Lord Henry's wit and wisdom, expresses the desire to be forever young, and a willingness to give his soul for it. Dorian meets an actress Sibyl Vane, is smitten with her performances of Shakespearean heroines an...

• Magic in the 1980 NBA Finals.

  Abdul-Jabbar racked up 33 points and 14 rebounds as the Lakers won game one in Los Angeles, 109-102. Erving responded in game two with 23 points, 7 assists,and 5 blocked shots as the 76ers evened the series with a 107-104 victory. The series flipped back to Philadelphia. The Lakers won game three, 111-101, and the76ers triumphed in the fourth contest, 105-102. Abdul-Jabbar poured in 40 points in game five, a 108-103 Lakers win that put Los Angeles ahead in the series, 3-2,needing only one win in...

• Arundhati Roy, incipit of The God of small things

  fleshed out later and that give a sense of oddity : someone named Orangedrink Lemondrink Man did something to Estha, Ammu died. Ammu is mom in an indian dialect (Malayalam), and we don't know who the OLMan is, the reader is left in a blurry imagination.    It is also question of life and death, in the course of the five first lines, bananas ripen, jackfruits burst blueblottles die in the sun. Then we have the birth of plants, they all ?snake up? burst or spill across the flooded roads?, as well...

• Eye. I INTRODUCTION Eye, light-sensitive organ of vision in animals. The eyes of

  Several structures, not parts of the eyeball, contribute to the protection of the eye. The most important of these are the eyelids, two folds of skin and tissue, upper andlower, that can be closed by means of muscles to form a protective covering over the eyeball against excessive light and mechanical injury. The eyelashes, a fringe ofshort hairs growing on the edge of either eyelid, act as a screen to keep dust particles and insects out of the eyes when the eyelids are partly closed. Inside the...

• Slavery in the United States - U.

  tripled, from about 1.2 million to almost 4 million in 1860. The natural growth of the slave population meant that slavery could survive without new slave imports. Natural population growth also hastened the transition from an African to an African American slave population. By the 1770s, only about 20 percent of slaves in thecolonies were African-born, although the concentration of Africans remained higher in South Carolina and Georgia. After 1808 the proportion of African-born slavesbecame tin...

• Analyse du Film the Life of Pi en anglais

  follow. Human survival is characterized by the fear of death more specifically the fear of the unknown. The boundaries within a human can survive has been crossed over in the movie. In the second version of the story of Pi the cook turn into murder and canibalism however in the first story althoought pi in surrounded by water he cannot drink and food he can barely catch pi put aside his principles to simply survive. On a hand , Pi on the life boat is paradoxely alone. Loneli...

• Zelus (Zelos; Zeal, Strife) Greek The personification of rivalry, envy, jealousy, and eagerness; a demigod or lesser god; son of the Titan Pallas and the water Nymph Styx; brother of Nike (Victory), Bia (Force), and Cratus (Strength).

• THE TRANSCENDENTAL DIALECTIC: THE CRITIQUE OF NATURAL THEOLOGY - KANT

• Segregation in the United States - U.

  acts of discrimination. Writing for the court, Justice Joseph Bradley declared: “When a man has emerged from slavery, and by the aid of beneficent legislation ... theremust be some stage in the progress of his elevation when he takes the rank of a mere citizen, and ceases to be the special favorite of the laws, and when his rights as acitizen, or a man, are to be protected in the ordinary modes by which other men’s rights are protected.” Rather than being the “special favorites” of the law, blac...

• THE TRANSCENDENTAL ANALYTIC: THE SYSTEM OF PRINCIPLES - KANT

• Egyptian Mythology I INTRODUCTION Egyptian Mythology, specifically, the religion of ancient Egypt.

  PtahThe Egyptian god Ptah was, among other things, patron of the arts and of artisans. He was worshipped at Memphis, theancient capital of Egypt. This statue of the deity dates from the 18th dynasty and is in the Egyptian Museum of Turin,Italy.Gianni Dagli Orti/Corbis In addition to those already named, the important divinities included the gods Amon, Thoth, Ptah, Khnemu, and Hapi, and the goddesses Hathor, Mut, Neit, andSekhmet. Their importance increased with the political ascendancy of the lo...

• The Souls of Black Folk by W.

  in amused contempt and pity. One ever feels his two-ness,—an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in onedark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder. The history of the American Negro is the history of this strife—this longing to attain self-conscious manhood, to merge his double self into a better and truer self. Inthis merging he wishes neither of the older selves to be lost. He would not Africanize America, f...

• Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, born in 1945, leader of the nonviolent movement for human rights and the restoration of democracy in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991.

• Nadia Comaneci Nadia Comaneci, born in 1961, Romanian-born gymnast, a favorite of fans and the media at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montréal, Québec, Canada, where she won three gold medals and a bronze medal in individual competition, and a silver medal for the Romanian team's second-place finish.

• From Bulfinch's Mythology: The Trojan War - anthology.

  As in a dream. Dimly I could descryThe stern black-bearded kings, with wolfish eyes,Waiting to see me die. 'The tall masts quivered as they lay afloat,The temples and the people and the shore;One drew a sharp knife through my tender throatSlowly,—and—nothing more.' The wind now proving fair the fleet made sail and brought the forces to the coast of Troy. The Trojans came to oppose their landing, and at the first onset Protesilaus[mythological king of Phylace, in Thessaly] fell by the hand of...

• La canette de Coca-Cola - The Coca-Cola Can

  each can is highly polluting 170g of CO2 per cans equivalent to 1kilometer by a car. The Green Team of Coca-Cola is making huge efforts and the cans are 55%. Social: Water does not display the same properties everywhere, the taste of Coke varies from one country to another. In Kerala, the Cola even had a bitter taste. In 2006, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have been banned in the Indian state. Soda giants were accused of draining groundwater at the expense of farmer...

• From The Pilgrim's Progress - anthology.

  First, The pilgrims were clothed with such kind of raiment as was diverse from the raiment of any that traded in that fair. The people, therefore, of the fair, made agreat gazing upon them: some said they were fools, some they were bedlams, and some they are outlandish men. (I Corinthians ii.7, S.) Secondly, And as they wondered at their apparel, so they did likewise at their speech; for few could understand what they said; they naturally spoke the language ofCanaan, but they that kept the f...

• Gothic Art and Architecture I INTRODUCTION Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris Notre Dame Cathedral, in Paris, was begun in 1163 and completed for the most part in 1250.

  and by external arches, called flying buttresses. Consequently, the thick walls of Romanesque architecture could be largely replaced by thinner walls with glass windows,and the interiors could reach unprecedented heights. A revolution in building techniques thus occurred. With the Gothic vault, a ground plan could take on a variety of shapes. The general plan of the cathedrals, however, consisting of a long three-aisled nave interceptedby a transept and followed by a shorter choir and sanctuary,...

• Excerpt from The Pickwick Papers - anthology.

  “Two or three veeks,” replied the man. “Weeks!” said Mr. Pickwick in astonishment—and out came the note-book again. “He lives at Pentonwil when he's at home,” observed the driver, coolly, “but we seldom takes him home, on account of his veakness.” “On account of his weakness!” reiterated the perplexed Mr. Pickwick. “He always falls down when he's took out o' the cab,” continued the driver, “but when he's in it, we bears him up werry tight, and takes him in werry short, so as heca...

• Iphicles Greek Halfbrother of the hero Heracles; son of Amphitryon, a prince of Tiryns, and his wife, Alcmene, who was a daughter of the king of Mycenae; husband to Automedusa, and later, to the youngest daughter of King Creon of Thebes.

• The Revelation of Jesus: Bridegroom King and Judge (Rev. 1)

  PAGE 2 G. Daniel prophesied that the Messiah as the Son of Man (God- Man) would rule all the nations. 9 The Ancien t of Days (the Father) …His garment was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool…13 Behold, One like the Son of Man , coming with the clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days…14 To Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, tha t all peoples …should serve Him...27 Then the…the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, shall be...

• Machine I INTRODUCTION Machine, simple device that affects the force, or effort, needed to do a certain amount of work.

  to decrease the amount of force needed to do work or to change the direction of the force. The wheel and axle and some levers can also be used to increase the speedof performance of a task, but doing so always increases the amount of force needed. A Inclined Plane NutsNuts are pieces of metal with a hole in the middle. They are screwed on the end of a bolt as a fastening. Nuts come invarying shapes, depending on their intended use.© Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Ramps and staircas...

• The Faerie Queene - anthology.

  6In stead thereof he kist her wearie feet,And lickt her lilly hands with fawning tong,As he her wrongéd innocence did weet.O how can beautie maister the most strong,And simple truth subdue avenging wrong?Whose yeelded pride and proud submission,Still dreading death, when she had markéd long,Her hart gan melt in great compassion,And drizling teares did shed for pure affection. 7“The Lyon Lord of everie beast in field,”Quoth she, “his princely puissance doth abate,And mightie proud to humble weake...

• From Bulfinch's Mythology: The Golden Fleece - anthology.

  It remained to lull to sleep the dragon that guarded the fleece, and this was done by scattering over him a few drops of a preparation which Medea had supplied. Atthe smell he relaxed his rage, stood for a moment motionless, then shut those great round eyes, that had never been known to shut before, and turned over on his side,fast asleep. Jason seized the fleece and with his friends and Medea accompanying, hastened to their vessel before Æetes the king could arrest their departure, andmade the...

• Lele - the writer in his time

  Many films and books have been adapted to this real story as the movie «   A Study in   Terror.        »  Sherlock Holmes i nvestigates a series of murders of prostitutes and chasing Jack the   Ripper.   His   investigations   lead   shallows   of   Victorian   London   to   the   most   exclusive   neighbourhoods in the capital.  Bloodhound finally unmasks  the culprit, the son of a notable. If   he   direct ed   Sherlock   Holmes,   the   famous   detective   investigation   that   is   not  ...

• Le corps humain Le visage The face La bouche The mouth Une lèvre A lip Une dent A

  Hâlé, bronzé Sunburnt, tanned La beauté Beaut y Laid, repoussant Ugl y Joli Pretty Séduisant Att ractive Beau, belle, admirable Beautiful, good- loocking Quelconque, sans charme Plain Beau, bien fait Handsome Les cheveux Hair Le somme t de la tê te Th e cro wn of t he head Un cheveu, un poil A hair, hairs Chauve Bald To uffu Bush y Une perruque A w ig Faire dresser les cheveux sur la tê te To make someone’s hair stand on end Une mèche A lock Une boucle A curl Crépu Friz...

• Great Depression in the United States - U.

  prices would continue to rise and they could soon sell their stocks at a profit. The widespread belief that anyone could get rich led many less affluent Americans into the market as well. Investors bought millions of shares of stock “on margin,” arisky practice similar to buying products on credit. They paid only a small part of the price and borrowed the rest, gambling that they could sell the stock at a highenough price to repay the loan and make a profit. For a time this was true: In 1928 the...

• Encyclopedia of Philosophy: The Doubt and the Cogito - DESCARTES

• The idea of progress

  express 65 feelings with her facial expressions or Baxter who is made of plastic in orther to help human workers an keep them safe. On the other hand opposers claim that robots also have drawbacks. To begin with, they are not totally controlable and we can’t trust them. The film « robocop » is a clear example of the risk we are running if the robots doesn’t retake the message we deliver to it. Mrs. Weston has clearly put it when she says that no one knows what it may be thinking. In a...

• The Beatles I INTRODUCTION Beatlemania BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.

  more sophisticated lyrical ideas. The group’s next album, Rubber Soul (1965), is regarded as a creative breakthrough. It featured instruments innovative to Western pop/rock music, such as the Indian sitar, and experimental sounds. The Revolver album (1966) was another important advance in songwriting and musical craftsmanship for the band. IV LATER YEARS AND BREAKUP The pressures caused by the group’s extreme popularity—known as Beatlemania—resulted in safety problems for the group, especi...

• Poseidon Greek Sea god and one of the Olympian gods; son of Cronus and Rhea; brother of Zeus, Hades, Demeter, Hera, and Hestia; husband The Roman goddess Pomona displays her fruits of plenty in the painting by French artist Nicholas Fouche (1653-1733).

• Henri Matisse Henri Matisse (1869-1954), French artist, leader of the fauve group (see Fauvism), regarded as one of the great formative figures in 20th-century art, a master of the use of color and form to convey emotional expression.

• Excerpt from The Tempest - anthology.

  When he comes back; you demi-puppets thatBy moonshine do the green, sour ringlets make,Whereof the ewe not bites; and you whose pastimeIs to make midnight mushrumps, that rejoiceTo hear the solemn curfew, by whose aid—Weak masters though ye be—I have bedimmedThe noontide sun, called forth the mutinous winds,And 'twixt the green sea and the azured vaultSet roaring war; to the dread rattling thunderHave I given fire, and rifted Jove's stout oakWith his own bolt; the strong-based promontoryHave I m...

• Oracle Greek The spokesperson of the ruling deity of a shrine.

• Greece Today, a nation in southeastern Europe, part of the Balkan Peninsula.

  artists carved statues and fashioned jewelry to commemorate the gods. The Classical Age was the height of cultural development. Greece 61 During all of its history, Greece was a collection of city-states, or small communities, rather than a nation. These communities organized around individual political ideals, but the people of this peninsula shared a great deal of culture and trade. They shared a common language and common beliefs in the great pantheon of Zeus and the Olympian Gods. Though c...