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Republik Kongo - geographie.
5.4 Politik Die größten der etwa 240 zugelassenen Parteien sind die ehemals marxistische Einheitspartei Parti Congolais du Travail (PCT), der Rassemblement pour la Démocratie et le Progrès Social (RDPS), die Union pour la Démocratie et la République (UDR) und die Union Panafricaine pour la Démocratie Sociale (UPADS). 5.5 Verteidigung Die Streitkräfte der Republik Kongo umfassen das Heer aus 12 000 Berufssoldaten, die Luftwaffe mit 1 200 Mann und die Seestreitkraft mit 800 Mann. Zu den...
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Kamerun - geographie.
Nach der 1972 in Kraft getretenen und seither mehrfach geänderten Verfassung ist Kamerun eine Präsidialrepublik. Das Land ist zwar auch seit der grundlegendenVerfassungsänderung von 1996 weiterhin ein Einheitsstaat, tendiert aber zu einer stärkeren Dezentralisierung. 5.1 Exekutive Staatsoberhaupt und zugleich Oberbefehlshaber der Streitkräfte ist der Präsident, der vom Volk für eine Amtszeit von sieben Jahren gewählt wird (einmalige Wiederwahlmöglich). Der Präsident ernennt den Ministerpräsiden...
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Le désir de comprendre de quoi est fait le monde qui les entoure a toujours excité la
curiosité des hommes.
La lumière La lumière fut l'un des sujets les plus sensibles dans le développement de la physique, d'une part comme support de la vision, qui est le principal canal de notre connaissance du monde, et comme vecteur d'informations venant d'endroits inaccessibles (les étoiles), d'autre part comme champ d'expérience privilégié pour les diverses théories du rayonnement. Le premier des quatre textes qui suivent relate l'étape cruciale où l'on a pris conscience du rôle que joue la lumière dans la vi...
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Electronic Games.
arcade game of all time. With Pizza Time Theaters legitimizing the idea of arcades and hits such as Ms. Pac-Man , Asteroids , Donkey Kong , Tempest , Frogger , and Defender bringing new excitement to gaming, the coin-operated video game business boomed. In 1981 Americans spent 75,000 person-years and $5 billion playing video games at anestimated 4,300 arcades in the United States. Many popular arcade games also were translated for use on the Atari 2600 and its chief rivals in the homemarket—M...
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Arktis - geographie.
2.5 Bevölkerung Lange bevor die Europäer die Arktis entdeckten, gab es dort in weiten Teilen des Landes eine verstreut lebende Bevölkerung. Nur Island stellte eine nennenswerteAusnahme dar. Die Ureinwohner gehörten zahlreichen ethnischen Gruppen an und bedienten sich verschiedener Sprachen; sie stammten jedoch alle ursprünglich aus Asien.Die Inuit (Eskimo) erreichten den Atlantischen Ozean im Osten Grönlands und die Lappen (Samen) gelangten nach Norwegen. In den Arktisregionen Russlands gibt es...
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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,...
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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,...
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Vulkanismus - geographie.
6 OBERFLÄCHENVULKANISMUS Kontinentaler Vulkanismus hat zwar einen wesentlich geringeren Umfang als submariner Vulkanismus, was das Volumen des Magmas betrifft, aber er ist aufgrund derleichteren Zugänglichkeit sehr viel besser erforscht. Es ist seit historischen Zeiten bekannt, dass Vulkanausbrüche sowohl durch gewaltige Ascheexplosionen als auch durchruhig fließende Lavaströme gekennzeichnet sein können. 6.1 Spalteneruptionen Spalteneruptionen gibt es nicht nur entlang der Mittelozeanischen R...
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Amérique du Sud.
2.5 Climat Le climat de l'Amérique du Sud est relativement chaud. Une longue zone climatique humide et tropicale s'étire sur toute la largeur du continent à la hauteur de l'Équateur,se transformant graduellement vers le nord et vers le sud en de larges zones où la durée des saisons pluvieuses et les précipitations diminuent. Ces régions, aux étéshumides et aux hivers secs, sont soumises à des sécheresses prolongées. La sécheresse est un problème particulièrement grave dans le nord-est du Brésil...
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Finnland - geographie.
begangen. 3.3 Soziales Der Lebensstandard der Bevölkerung in Finnland ist hoch. Das finnische Sozialversicherungssystem umfasst Arbeitslosen-, Kranken-, Berufsunfähigkeits- undAltersversicherungen; ferner werden Kindergeld und Kriegsinvalidenentschädigung gezahlt. Medikamente wurden häufig von der Arbeitsstelle ausgegeben, doch dasstaatliche Gesundheitsgesetz von 1972 sorgte dafür, dass in allen Städten Gesundheitszentren eingerichtet wurden und schaffte die direkte Bezahlung von Arztrechnungen...
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Elephant - biology.
B Trunk An elephant's nose and upper lip are combined in a long, limber trunk, an exceptionally supple appendage with an estimated 150,000 muscles. The versatile trunk actslike a hand for grasping low-growing shrubs and other food and placing it into the mouth; an arm for breaking off tree branches; or a snorkel for breathing when theelephant's body is submerged. Elephants also use their trunks to suck up water and squirt it into their mouths for drinking or over their bodies for bathing. Nostr...
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North Korea - country.
IV EDUCATION AND CULTURAL ACTIVITY Education and culture in North Korea are under state control and are utilized by the governing Korean Workers’ Party regime to indoctrinate and foster its ideology. A Education Education is free and compulsory in North Korea for the first ten years of schooling. In the late 1980s, some 1.5 million pupils were enrolled annually in elementaryschools, and another 2.8 million students attended vocational and secondary schools. Statistics for subsequent years are...
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Moon - astronomy.
B Volcanic Features Maria, domes, rilles, and a few craters display indisputable characteristics of volcanic origin. Maria are plains of dark-colored rock that cover approximately 40 percent ofthe Moon's visible hemisphere. The maria formed when molten rock erupted onto the surface and solidified between 3.16 billion and 3.96 billion years ago. This rockresembles terrestrial basalt, a volcanic rock type widely distributed on Earth, but the rock that formed the maria has a higher iron content an...
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Olympic Games.
the next decade nearly all the ISFs abolished the distinction between amateurs and professionals, accepting so-called open Games. One of the most visible examples of the policy change came in 1992, when professional players from the National Basketball Association (NBA) were permitted to play inthe Summer Games in Barcelona, Spain. Professionals from the National Hockey League (NHL) became eligible to participate beginning with the 1998 Winter Olympics inNagano, Japan. V CEREMONIES The Olymp...
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Global Warming.
some of the warming influence of increasing greenhouse gases. A1 Carbon Dioxide Carbon dioxide is the second most abundant greenhouse gas, after water vapor. Carbon dioxide constantly circulates in the environment through a variety of naturalprocesses known as the carbon cycle. It is released into the atmosphere from natural processes such as eruptions of volcanoes; the respiration of animals, whichbreathe in oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide; and the burning or decay of plants and other organic...
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Alabama (state) - geography.
indentations along the coast are measured, the state’s shoreline is 977 km (607 mi) long. It includes the shores of Mobile Bay, an inlet 56 km (35 mi) long at the mouthof the Mobile River. Barrier beaches partly block the entrance to the bay, leaving narrow openings on either side of Dauphin Island. Dauphin and other islands alongAlabama’s coast west of Mobile Bay are separated from the mainland by Mississippi Sound. D Climate Alabama has a humid subtropical climate, with short, relatively mild...
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Alabama (state) - USA History.
indentations along the coast are measured, the state’s shoreline is 977 km (607 mi) long. It includes the shores of Mobile Bay, an inlet 56 km (35 mi) long at the mouthof the Mobile River. Barrier beaches partly block the entrance to the bay, leaving narrow openings on either side of Dauphin Island. Dauphin and other islands alongAlabama’s coast west of Mobile Bay are separated from the mainland by Mississippi Sound. D Climate Alabama has a humid subtropical climate, with short, relatively mild...
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Thailand - country.
E Natural Resources Thailand possesses a range of mineral resources. Tin is mined in the peninsula. Important gemstones, such as sapphires, are found in the southeast, and coal reserves,particularly lignite, are in the north. Fish are abundant in rivers and coastal waters. In addition to being consumed domestically, fish are also exported. F Climate Thailand experiences a typical monsoon climate. Winds blow from the northeast during the winter months of October to March or April (known as the...
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Bill Clinton.
When Arkansas governor David Pryor ran for the U.S. Senate in 1978, Clinton ran for governor. He promised to improve the state’s schools and highways and toimprove economic conditions so that more jobs would be created. At that time, the average income of people in Arkansas ranked 49th among the 50 states. Clinton woneasily, receiving 60 percent of the vote against four opponents in the Democratic primary election and 63 percent against the Republican candidate, Lynn Lowe, in thegeneral election...
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Bill Clinton - USA History.
When Arkansas governor David Pryor ran for the U.S. Senate in 1978, Clinton ran for governor. He promised to improve the state’s schools and highways and toimprove economic conditions so that more jobs would be created. At that time, the average income of people in Arkansas ranked 49th among the 50 states. Clinton woneasily, receiving 60 percent of the vote against four opponents in the Democratic primary election and 63 percent against the Republican candidate, Lynn Lowe, in thegeneral election...
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Idaho - geography.
Idaho-Montana state line in the southern part of the Bitterroot Mountains. Consequently, nearly all the rivers in the state drain toward the Pacific. Most of Idaho lieswithin the drainage basin of the Columbia River system. The Snake River, which is the chief river in southern and central Idaho, follows a crescent-shaped course forabout 790 km (about 490 mi) across southern Idaho. It then swings northward along the Idaho state line and joins the Columbia River in Washington. Major tributariesof...
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Idaho - USA History.
Idaho-Montana state line in the southern part of the Bitterroot Mountains. Consequently, nearly all the rivers in the state drain toward the Pacific. Most of Idaho lieswithin the drainage basin of the Columbia River system. The Snake River, which is the chief river in southern and central Idaho, follows a crescent-shaped course forabout 790 km (about 490 mi) across southern Idaho. It then swings northward along the Idaho state line and joins the Columbia River in Washington. Major tributariesof...
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Ancient Egypt.
around 4500 BC. The style and decoration of the pottery found at these sites differ from those of pottery found in Upper Egypt. The northern type eventually fell out of use. Other differences between the peoples in Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt include the nature of their architecture and the arrangements for burial of the dead, thelatter perhaps signifying differing religious beliefs. B Unification and Early Dynastic Period By 3500 BC, the settlement of Hierakonpolis, located on the west bank...
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Ancient Egypt - USA History.
around 4500 BC. The style and decoration of the pottery found at these sites differ from those of pottery found in Upper Egypt. The northern type eventually fell out of use. Other differences between the peoples in Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt include the nature of their architecture and the arrangements for burial of the dead, thelatter perhaps signifying differing religious beliefs. B Unification and Early Dynastic Period By 3500 BC, the settlement of Hierakonpolis, located on the west bank...
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California - geography.
The Basin and Range province is an arid area of mountain ranges, basins, and deserts. In California it is represented primarily by parts of the Great Basin and SonoranDesert sections. Within the Great Basin lies Death Valley, whose lowest elevation, 86 m (282 ft) below sea level, is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere. TheSonoran Desert section is characterized by numerous flat plains separated by low but rugged ranges. It includes the extensive Mojave, or Mohave, Desert. Also in thisprov...
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California - USA History.
The Basin and Range province is an arid area of mountain ranges, basins, and deserts. In California it is represented primarily by parts of the Great Basin and SonoranDesert sections. Within the Great Basin lies Death Valley, whose lowest elevation, 86 m (282 ft) below sea level, is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere. TheSonoran Desert section is characterized by numerous flat plains separated by low but rugged ranges. It includes the extensive Mojave, or Mohave, Desert. Also in thisprov...