263 résultats pour "golda"
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Inca Empire - History.
The Incas’ public works were built through a labor tax known as mit’a. This tax required most people incorporated into the Inca Empire to provide labor for public worksduring certain portions of each year. This labor tax supported large-scale public works that required the marshalling of large labor forces, such as for the building offorts, roads, and bridges, or the mining of metals and gems. It also allowed the emperor to raise large armies to undertake wars of conquest. Road building was impo...
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Gymnastics.
harmoniously with the equipment to perform a graceful and error-free routine. There are also two team events in which five competitors perform together. At thehighest international levels, rhythmic gymnastics is judged on a 30-point scale rather than with the traditional 10-point scoring system. IV TRAMPOLINE Trampoline first appeared in the Olympics as a medal sport at the 2000 Games in Sydney, Australia, with a men’s individual event and a women’s individual event.Contestants bounce up and d...
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Golda Meir
de extérieur, jusqu'à ce qu'elle devînt, en 1966, secrétaire générale de son parti, le Ma pai. Après avoir réalisé la fusion de ce parti avec deux autres groupes socialistes et avoir ainsi formé, en février 1968, le Parti travail liste israélien, elle démissionna et voulut prendre sa retraite. Mais, lorsque le Premier ministre, Levi Eshkol, mourut subitement en février 1969, les dirigeants du Parti travail liste ne purent s'entendre su...
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Metalwork
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INTRODUCTION
Metalwork, in the fine arts, objects of artistic, decorative, and utilitarian value made of one or more kinds of metal--from precious to base--fashioned by either casting,
hammering, or joining or a combination of these techniques.
Early Bronze DiskThis disk with the head of Acheloos, an Etruscan river god, was made of bronze, an alloy of copper and tin, sometime inthe early 5th century bc. It comes from the necropolis of Monte Quaglieri in Tarquinia. Alloys are made by smelting twodifferent metals together.Scala/Art Resource, NY Knowledge of smelting ultimately led to knowledge of mixing different ores together in the smelting process to produce simple alloys. This followed an intermediateperiod, about 3000 BC, when comp...
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Eisschnelllauf: Medaillengewinner der Olympischen Winterspiele.
1924 Clas Thunberg, FIN Julius Skutnabb, FIN Roald Larsen, NOR 1928 Ivar Ballangrud, NOR Julius Skutnabb, FIN Bernt Evensen, NOR 1932 Irving Jaffee, USA Edward Murphy, USA Willy Logan, CAN 1936 Ivar Ballangrud, NOR Birger Wasenius, FIN Antero Ojala, FIN 1948 Reidar Liaklev, NOR Odd Lundberg, NOR Göthe Hedlund, SWE 1952 Hjalmar Andersen, NOR Kees Broekman, NED Sverre Haugli, NOR 1956 Boris Schilkow, URS Sigge Ericsson, SWE Oleg Gontscharenko, URS 1960 Wiktor Kositschkin, URS Knut Johannesen, NOR...
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Leichtathletik: Medaillengewinner der Weltmeisterschaften.
1983 Eamon Coghlan, IRL Werner Schildhauer, GDR Martti Vainio, FIN 1987 Said Aouita, MAR Domingos Castro, POR Jack Buckner, GBR 1991 Yobes Ondieki, KEN Fita Bayissa, ETH Brahim Boutayeb, MAR 1993 Ismael Kirui, KEN Haile Gebrselassie, ETH Fita Bayissa, ETH 1995 Ismael Kirui, KEN Khalid Boulami, MAR Shem Kororia, KEN 1997 Daniel Komen, KEN Khalid Boulami, MAR Tom Nyariki, KEN 1999 Salah Missou, MAR Benjamin Limo, KEN Mohammed Mourhit, BEL 2001 Richard Limo, KEN Million Wolde, ETH John Kibowen, KEN...
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Yukon Territory - Geography.
Tourism is the second most important private sector industry in the Yukon. Visitors come to fish, hunt, enjoy the rugged scenery, and see the historic buildings andcreeks associated with the gold rush. Some marten, lynx, muskrat, wolverine, and other fur-bearing animals are still trapped, but the Yukon plays a minor role in Canadian fur production. The Yukon’s manufacturing industries consist almost exclusively of some mineral refining, printing, and sawmilling. Several hydroelectric plants gene...
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Yukon Territory - Canadian History.
Tourism is the second most important private sector industry in the Yukon. Visitors come to fish, hunt, enjoy the rugged scenery, and see the historic buildings andcreeks associated with the gold rush. Some marten, lynx, muskrat, wolverine, and other fur-bearing animals are still trapped, but the Yukon plays a minor role in Canadian fur production. The Yukon’s manufacturing industries consist almost exclusively of some mineral refining, printing, and sawmilling. Several hydroelectric plants gene...
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Geld.
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EINLEITUNG
Geld (aus mittelhochdeutsch gelt: Zahlung, Vergütung; altsächsisch geld: Bezahlung, Opfer,
6 GESCHICHTE DES GELDES Die Geschichte der Zahlungsmittel der historisch und geographisch unterschiedlichen Kulturen der Welt weist viele Gemeinsamkeiten auf; so ist eine Tendenz vomkonkreten Warengeld zu immer abstrakteren Formen der Bezahlung feststellbar. Dennoch kann nicht von einer evolutionären Höherentwicklung vom „primitiven” Geld hinzum modernen Geld der Warengesellschaft ausgegangen werden. Als quasi geronnenes gesellschaftliches Vertrauen bestehen und bestanden seit jeher verschieden...
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One Hundred Years of Olympics.
Getting over the Hurdles The next three Olympics attracted more athletes and saw stronger performances but otherwise did not measure up to Athens. The 1900 Paris Olympics were upstagedby the concurrent Exposition Universelle and were spread out over two months. The 1904 games in remote St. Louis were subordinated to the Louisiana PurchaseExhibition; over three-fourths of the competitors were Americans, and even Coubertin did not attend. The 1908 London Olympics were also overshadowed byanother...
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The Summer Games of 1992 - sport.
In the most ambitious undertaking of all, a stretch of rundown warehouses and abandoned factories beside the long-neglected Mediterranean waterfront wastransformed into a sparkling new district of apartments, shopping areas, and palmetto-lined promenades. During the games, the area served as the Olympic athletes'village, where, for the first time at any games, organizers offered accommodations to competitors and their coaches free of charge. After the games the apartmentswere to be sold to help...
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Leichtathletik (Frauen): Medaillengewinnerinnen der Olympischen Sommerspiele.
1928 Lina Radke, GER 2:16,8 Kinue Hitomi, JPN 2:17,6 Inga Gentzel, SWE 2:17,8 1960 Ljudmilla Schewzowa, URS 2:04,3 Brenda Jones, AUS 2:04,4 Ursula Donath, GER 2:05,6 1964 Ann Packer, GBR 2:01,1 Maryvonne Dupureur,FRA 2:01,9 Ann Chamberlain, NZL 2:02,8 1968 Madeline Manning, USA 2:00,9 Ileana Silei, ROM 2:02,5 Maria Gommers, NED 2:02,6 1972 Hildegard Falck, FRG 1:58,55 Nicole Sabaite, URS 1:58,65 Gunhild Hoffmeister,GDR 1:59,19 1976 Tatjana Kasankina, URS 1:54,94 Nikolina Schterewa,BUL 1:55,42...
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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...
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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...
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Ski nordisch: Medaillengewinner der Olympischen Winterspiele.
1924 Thorleif Haug, NOR Thoralf Strømstad, NOR Johan Gröttumsbraten, NOR 1928 Per-Erik Hedlund, SWE Gustaf Jonsson, SWE Volger Andersson, SWE 1932 Veli Saarinen, FIN Väinö Liikkanen, FIN Arne Rustadstuen, NOR 1936 Elis Wiklund, SWE Axel Wikström, SWE Nils-Joel Englund, SWE 1948 Nils Karlsson, SWE Harald Eriksson, SWE Benjamin Vanninen, FIN 1952 Veikko Hakulinen, FIN Eero Kolehmainen, FIN Magnar Estenstad, NOR 1956 Sixten Jernberg, SWE Veikko Hakulinen, FIN Fjodor Terentjew, URS 1960 Kalevi Hämäl...
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Ski alpin: Medaillengewinner der Olympischen Winterspiele.
1948 Gretchen Fraser, USA Antoinette Meyer, SUI Erika Mahringer, AUT 1952 Andrea Mead-Lawrence, USA Rosa „Ossi” Reichert, GER Mirl Buchner, GER 1956 Renée Colliard, SUI Regina Schöpf, AUT Jewgenija Sidorowa, URS 1960 Anne Heggtveit, CAN Betsy Snite, USA Barbara Henneberger, GER 1964 Christine Goitschel, FRA Marielle Goitschel, FRA Jean Marlene Saubert, USA 1968 Marielle Goitschel, FRA Nancy Greene, CAN Annie Famose, FRA 1972 Barbara Cochran, USA Danielle Debernard, FRA Florence Steurer, FRA 1976...
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Schwimmen (Frauen): Medaillengewinnerinnen der Olympischen Sommerspiele.
1968 Debbie Meyer, USA 9:24,0 Pamela Kruse, USA 9:35,7 Maria Teresa Ramirez,MEX 9:38,5 1972 Keena Rothhammer, USA 8:53,68 Shane Gould, AUS 8:56,39 Novella Calligaris, ITA 8:57,46 1976 Petra Thümer, GDR 8:37,14 Shirley Babashoff, USA 8:37,59 Wendy Weinberg, USA 8:42,60 1980 Michelle Fond, AUS 8:28,90 Ines Diers, GDR 8:32,55 Heike Dähne, GDR 8:33,48 1984 Tiffany Cohen, USA 8:24,95 Michele Richardson,USA 8:30,73 Sarah Hardcastle, GBR 8:32,60 1988 Janet Evans, USA 8:20,20 Astrid Strauß, GDR 8:22,0...
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Spanish Empire.
Spain’s royal government quickly imposed its own officials, first to collect taxes and then to administer the colony. Its goal was to assert royal control over both settlersand indigenous peoples. In Spain the government established a House of Trade to supervise colonial affairs and to oversee, license, and tax all trade and commerce. Asthe royal government asserted more authority over colonial activities, Columbus lost effective power, and was eventually replaced by other colonial governors. Wi...
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Spanish Empire .
Spain’s royal government quickly imposed its own officials, first to collect taxes and then to administer the colony. Its goal was to assert royal control over both settlersand indigenous peoples. In Spain the government established a House of Trade to supervise colonial affairs and to oversee, license, and tax all trade and commerce. Asthe royal government asserted more authority over colonial activities, Columbus lost effective power, and was eventually replaced by other colonial governors. Wi...
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United States History - U.
and improved upon the designs of Arab sailing ships and learned to mount cannons on those ships. In the 15th century they began exploring the west coast ofAfrica—bypassing Arab merchants to trade directly for African gold and slaves. They also colonized the Madeira Islands, the Azores, and the Cape Verde Islands andturned them into the first European slave plantations. The European explorers were all looking for an ocean route to Asia. Christopher Columbus sailed for the monarchs of Spain in 149...
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United States History - U.
and improved upon the designs of Arab sailing ships and learned to mount cannons on those ships. In the 15th century they began exploring the west coast ofAfrica—bypassing Arab merchants to trade directly for African gold and slaves. They also colonized the Madeira Islands, the Azores, and the Cape Verde Islands andturned them into the first European slave plantations. The European explorers were all looking for an ocean route to Asia. Christopher Columbus sailed for the monarchs of Spain in 149...
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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...
- J’étais le neveu préféré de Golda Meir.
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Scramble for Africa.
additional territorial grabs. The most significant of these rules stated that colonial powers were obligated to notify each other when they claimed African territory.Further, subsequent “effective occupation” of the claimed area was necessary for the claim to remain valid. Through it all, as Europeans negotiated their rights toAfrican territory, not a single African was present. Once the conference was over, it was clear that a European Scramble for African territories was underway. Southern Afr...
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Winter Olympics Medal Standings.
Norway NOR 4 3 3 10 Sweden SWE 4 3 3 10 Switzerland SUI 3 4 3 10 United States of America USA 3 4 2 9 France FRA 2 1 2 5 Canada CAN 2 0 1 3 Austria AUT 1 3 4 8 Finland FIN 1 3 2 6 Belgium BEL 1 1 0 2 Italy ITA 1 0 0 1 Hungary HUN 0 1 0 1 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 1 0 1 Great Britain GBR 0 0 2 2 Source: International Olympic Committee (IOC).. Oslo, 1952.Participant Abbreviation Gold Silver Bronze Total Norway NOR 7 3 6 16 United States of America USA 4 6 1 11 Finland FIN 3 4 2 9 Austria AUT...
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Radsport: Medaillengewinner der Olympischen Sommerspiele.
1908 GBR: Leonard Meredith,Benjamin Jones, ErnestPayne, ClarenceKingsbury GER: Hermann Martens, MaxGötze, Karl Neumer, RudolfKatzer CAN: William Morton, WalterAndrews, Frederick McCarthy,William Anderson 1920 ITA: Franco Giorgetti,Ruggerio Ferrario,Arnaldo Carli, PrimoMagnani GBR: Albert White, H.Thomas Johnson, WilliamStewart, Cyril Alden RSA: James Walker, William Smith,Henry Kaltenbrun, Harry Goosen 1924 ITA: Angelo De Martini,Alfredo Dinale, AleardoMenegazzi, FrancescoZuccetti POL: Jó...
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Summer Olympics Medal Standings.
Great Britain GBR 56 51 38 145 United States of America USA 23 12 12 47 Sweden SWE 8 6 11 25 France FRA 5 5 9 19 Germany GER 3 5 6 14 Hungary HUN 3 4 2 9 Canada CAN 3 3 10 16 Norway NOR 2 3 3 8 Italy ITA 2 2 0 4 Belgium BEL 1 5 2 8 Australasia ANZ 1 2 2 5 Russia RU1 1 2 0 3 Finland FIN 1 1 3 5 South Africa RSA 1 1 0 2 Greece GRE 0 3 0 3 Denmark DEN 0 2 3 5 Bohemia BOH 0 0 2 2 Netherlands NED 0 0 2 2 Austria AUT 0 0 1 1 Source: International Olympic Committee (IOC).. Stockholm, 1912Part...
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Summer Olympics Medal Standings.
Great Britain GBR 56 51 38 145 United States of America USA 23 12 12 47 Sweden SWE 8 6 11 25 France FRA 5 5 9 19 Germany GER 3 5 6 14 Hungary HUN 3 4 2 9 Canada CAN 3 3 10 16 Norway NOR 2 3 3 8 Italy ITA 2 2 0 4 Belgium BEL 1 5 2 8 Australasia ANZ 1 2 2 5 Russia RU1 1 2 0 3 Finland FIN 1 1 3 5 South Africa RSA 1 1 0 2 Greece GRE 0 3 0 3 Denmark DEN 0 2 3 5 Bohemia BOH 0 0 2 2 Netherlands NED 0 0 2 2 Austria AUT 0 0 1 1 Source: International Olympic Committee (IOC).. Stockholm, 1912.Par...
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Tennis: Medaillengewinner der Olympischen Sommerspiele.
1920 GBR: Winifred McNair,Kitty McKane GBR: Geraldine Beamish,Dorothy Holman FRA: Suzanne Lenglen,Elisabeth d'Ayen 1924 USA: Hazel Wightman,Helen Wills GBR: Phyllis Covell, KittyMcKane GBR: Dorothy Shepherd-Barron, Evelyn Colyer 1988 USA: Pamela Shriver,Zina Garrison TCH: Jana Novotná, HelenaSuková AUS: Elizabeth Smylie,Wendy TurnbullFRG: Steffi Graf, ClaudiaKohde-Kilsch 1992 USA: Mary JoeFernandez, GigiFernandez ESP: Arantxa SánchezVicario, Conchita Martínez GUS: Natalja Zwerewa,Lejla Meschki...
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Ski alpin: Medaillengewinner der Weltmeisterschaften.
2001 Mario Matt, AUT Benjamin Raich, AUT Mitja Kunc, SLO 2003 Ivica Kostelic, CRO Silvan Zurbriggen, SUI Giorgio Rocca, ITA 2005 Benjamin Raich, AUT Rainer Schönfelder, AUT Giorgio Rocca, ITA 2007 Mario Matt, AUT Manfred Mölgg, ITA Jean-Baptiste Grange, FRA * von 1948 bis 1980 wurden die Ergebnisse der Olympischen Winterspiele zugleich als Weltmeisterschaftsresultategewertet . Riesenslalom MännerJAHR GOLD SILBER BRONZE 1950 Zeno Colò, ITA Fernand Grosjean,SUI James Couttet, FRA 1952* Stein Eri...
- Tennis: Olympic Gold Medalists.
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Reiten: Medaillengewinner der Olympischen Sommerspiele.
1968 GBR: Derek Allhusen(Lochinvar), RichardMeade (Cornishman V),Reuben Jones (ThePoacher) USA: Michael Page (Foster),James Wolford (Kilkenny), J.Michael Plumb (Plain Sailing) AUS: Wayne Roycroft(Zhivago), Brien Cobcroft(Depeche), William Roycroft(Joburg) 1972 GBR: Richard Meade(Laurieston), MaryGordon-Watson(Cornishman V), BridgetParker (Cornish Gold) USA: Kevin Freeman (GoodMixture), Bruce Davidson(Plain Sailing), J. MichaelPlumb (Free and Easy) FRG: Harry Klugmann(Christopher Rob), Ludwi...
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Colonialism and Colonies.
by plundering the riches of existing civilizations in the Americas and by seizing the area’s mineral wealth through mining. These practices were promoted by the policy of mercantilism that many European colonial powers adopted. Those who advocated mercantilism believed that exports toforeign countries were preferable both to trade within a country and to imports because exports brought more money into the country. They also believed that thewealth of a nation depended primarily on the possession...
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Colonialism and Colonies .
by plundering the riches of existing civilizations in the Americas and by seizing the area’s mineral wealth through mining. These practices were promoted by the policy of mercantilism that many European colonial powers adopted. Those who advocated mercantilism believed that exports toforeign countries were preferable both to trade within a country and to imports because exports brought more money into the country. They also believed that thewealth of a nation depended primarily on the possession...
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Chemie - Chemie.
und gründeten in Edessa eine Universität. Die Nestorianer übersetzten viele der philosophischen und medizinischen Schriften der Griechen ins Syrische. Diese sollten unterden Gelehrten Verbreitung finden. Im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert hielt mit den maurischen Eroberern die arabische Kultur in weiten Gebieten Kleinasiens, Nordafrikas und Spaniens Einzug. Die Kalifen von Bagdad(siehe Kalifat) wurden großzügige Förderer von Wissenschaft und Lehre. Die syrischen Übersetzungen der griechischen Texte wurde...
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Joyner-Kersee Wins Heptathlon.
With her knee throbbing once again, Joyner-Kersee taped up for the javelin throw. Her toss of 45.35 m (149 ft 9.5 in) was about 3 m (10 ft) short of her personalaverage, dropping her another 86 points off of the record pace. “It was disgusting,” she told Sports Illustrated. ”The knee was sore. I wasn't using the legs. I was just arming it.” One event remained: the 800 meters, the most demanding of the heptathlon's seven tests. It was also the event that had cost Joyner-Kersee the gold meda...
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Guyana - geographie.
5 VERWALTUNG UND POLITIK Nach der Verfassung von 1980 ist Guyana eine Präsidialrepublik. Staatsoberhaupt und oberster Inhaber der Exekutive ist der Präsident, den die stärkste Partei im Parlamentstellt. Der Präsident ernennt ein Kabinett, dem ein Premierminister vorsitzt. Oberstes Legislativorgan ist die Nationalversammlung. Von ihren 65 Abgeordneten werden 53 inallgemeinen Wahlen gewählt, zehn von den Regionen und zwei von den Kommunen entsandt. Das Rechtswesen basiert vorwiegend auf britische...
- David Ben GOURION : Golda Meir est le seul homme de mon gouvernement.
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Bonnie Blair Wins Six Olympic Medals.
For the final race, Blair was paired against a familiar foe—Ye of China. Wearing goggles, a blue hood, and a red, white, and blue uniform, Blair breezed to a course-record time of 1 minute 18.74 seconds. “I don't know if that's good enough,” she told coach Nick Thometz afterwards, according to Sports Illustrated. “But that's all I had.” Blair had more than enough, outracing both Germany's Anke Baier and Ye by nearly 1.5 seconds. She won her fifth gold medal. Blair's sixth career Olympic me...
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évaluation schlumberger
The jungle, the desert, and the sea. What is “Black Gold” and why is it given this name? Black gold is oil. It is given this name because it is a precious commodity. It is a valuable natural resource with limited supply. Section I: English Part II 1. B 6. D 11. D
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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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Fechten: Medaillengewinner der Olympischen Sommerspiele.
1900 Ramon Fonst, CUB Louis Perrée, FRA Leon Sée, FRA 1904 Ramon Fonst, CUB Charles Tatham, USA Albertson Van Zo Post, USA 1906 Georges de la Falaise, FRA Georges Dillon-Cavanagh,FRA Alexander van Blijenburgh,NED 1908 Gaston Alibert, FRA Alexandre Lippmann, FRA Eugène Olivier, FRA 1912 Paul Anspach, BEL Ivan Osiier, DEN Philippe Le Hardy, BEL 1920 Armand Massard, FRA Alexandre Lippmann, FRA Gustave Buchard, FRA 1924 Charles Delporte, FRA Roger Ducret, FRA Nils Hellsten, SWE 1928 Lucien Gaudin, F...
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Coins and Coin Collecting.
U.S. coins dates from 1909, when the first Lincoln Cents appeared during the centennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. George Washington’s profile was used on thequarter-dollar of 1932, a coin originally intended as a one-year commemorative to honor the 200th anniversary of his birth. The design quickly became so popular thatit was retained for regular-issue quarters and is still being used today. Thomas Jefferson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Dwight D. Eisenhower are theother Americ...
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Eisschnelllauf: Medaillengewinner der Weltmeisterschaften.
. Sprintvierkampf MännerJAHR GOLD SILBER BRONZE 1970 Waleri Muratow, URS Keiichi Suzuki, JPN Magne Thomassen, NOR 1971 Erhard Keller, FRG Ove König, SWE Ard Schenk, NED 1972 Leo Linkovesi, FIN Waleri Muratow, URS Ard Schenk, NED 1973 Waleri Muratow, URS Jos Valentijn, NED Eppie Bleeker, NED 1974 Per Björang, NOR Masaki Suzuki, JPN Eppie Bleeker, NED 1975 Alexander Safronow, URS Jewgeni Kulikow, URS Waleri Muratow, URS 1976 Johan Granath, SWE Dan Immerfall, USA Peter Mueller, USA 1977 Eric Heiden...
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Schwimmen (Männer): Medaillengewinner der Olympischen Sommerspiele.
1896 Paul Neumann, AUT 8:12,6 Antonios Pepanos, GRE - Efstathios Chorophas,GRE - 1904 Charles Daniels, USA 6:16,2 Francis Gailey, USA 6:22,0 Otto Wahle, AUT 6:39,0 1906 Otto Scheff, AUT 6:23,8 Henry Taylor, GBR 6:24,4 John Arthur Jarvis, GBR 6:27,2 1908 Henry Taylor, GBR 5:36,8 Frank Beaurepaire,AUS 5:44,2 Otto Scheff, AUT 5:56,0 1912 George Hodgson, CAN 5:24,4 John Hatfield, GBR 5:25,8 Harold Hardwick, AUS 5:31,2 1920 Norman Ross, USA 5:26,8 Ludy Langer, USA 5:29,0 George Vernot, CAN 5:29,6 1...
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Leichtathletik (Männer): Medaillengewinner der Olympischen Sommerspiele.
1896 Thomas Burke, USA 54,2 Herbert Jamison, USA 55,2 Charles Gmelin, GBR 55,6 1900 Maxwell 'Maxey' Long, USA 49,4 William Holland, USA 49,6 Ernst Schutz, DEN - 1904 Harry Hillman, USA 49,2 Frank Waller, USA 49,9 Herman Groman, USA 50,0 1906 Paul Pilgrim USA 53,2 Wyndham Halswelle,GBR 53,8 Nigel Barker, AUS 54,1 1908 Wyndham Halswelle, GBR 150,0 1912 Charles Reidpath, USA 48,2 Hanns Braun, GER 48,3 Edward Lindberg, USA 48,4 1920 Bevil Rudd, RSA 49,6 Guy Butler, GBR 49,9 Nils Engdahl, SWE 50,0 1...
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Colombia - country.
In Bogotá the average high temperature in January is 20°C (68°F), and in July the average high is 19°C (65°F). The highs for the same months in Barranquilla are 32°C(89°F) and 33°C (91°F). Throughout the year, three-month periods of rain and dry weather alternate. Along the Pacific coast precipitation is heavy. At Bogotá the annual rainfall averages about1,060 mm (about 42 in), and in Barranquilla it averages about 800 mm (about 32 in). Dry weather prevails on the slopes of the Cordillera Orient...
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Tanzania - country.
The population of Tanzania (2008 estimate) is 40,213,162, giving the country an overall population density of 45 persons per sq km (118 per sq mi). Yet the populationdistribution is irregular, with high densities found near fertile soils around Kilimanjaro and the shores of Lake Malawi, and comparatively low density throughout much ofthe interior of the country. In the late 1960s and 1970s the Tanzanian government resettled most of the rural population in collective farming villages as part of i...
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South America - Geography.
South America is dominated by relatively warm climatic regimes. Spanning nearly the entire continent along the equator is a belt of humid tropical climate that grades tothe north and south into broad zones where the length of the rainy season and the amount of rainfall diminish. These zones have wet summers and dry winters and aresubject to prolonged droughts. Droughts are a particularly serious problem in northeastern Brazil and along the northern coast of Venezuela and Colombia. The areas ofra...
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South Africa - country.
The major soil zones are conditioned largely by climatic factors. In the semiarid north and west, soils are alkaline and poorly developed. In the southern part of WesternCape Province, rain falls mostly in the winter months, and soils there form slowly and are generally thin and immature. The moderate temperatures and summer rainfallof the High Veld and eastern coastal areas create conditions for more productive organic decomposition, leading to dark, fertile soils, or chernozems, similar to tho...