178 résultats pour "johnson"
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Frank Lloyd Wright.
C Usonian Houses Wright achieved his goal of low-cost, democratic American architecture with his Usonian houses of the 1930s. Usonia was Wright’s term for the United States of North America, with an i added for a pleasing sound. The Usonian house had a simple design, usually with an L-shaped floor plan. This plan separated the noisier living space on one leg of the L from the quieter bedroom space on the other leg. The floor was made of concrete slabs, typically in a square grid of 4 by 4...
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Michael Jordan.
playoffs the Bulls pushed the Pistons to seven games in the Eastern Conference Finals before losing again. As he grew older, Jordan made a concerted effort to help his teammates reach their own potential. The result of his renewed commitment to team-oriented play was theBulls’ first NBA championship title. After the 1990-91 season the Bulls swept the Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals and then defeated the Los Angeles Lakers inthe NBA Finals. Jordan won the league MVP award for the second...
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Michael Jordan
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INTRODUCTION
Michael Jordan, born in 1963, American professional basketball player, considered by many to be the greatest player in basketball history.
playoffs the Bulls pushed the Pistons to seven games in the Eastern Conference Finals before losing again. As he grew older, Jordan made a concerted effort to help his teammates reach their own potential. The result of his renewed commitment to team-oriented play was theBulls’ first NBA championship title. After the 1990-91 season the Bulls swept the Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals and then defeated the Los Angeles Lakers inthe NBA Finals. Jordan won the league MVP award for the second...
- Jimmy Carter né en 1924 Comme Truman, Johnson et Ford, James Earl Carter, dit Jimmy Carter, est arrivé à la présidence avec une faible expérience de la vie internationale.
- Johnson Andrew, 1808-1875, né à Raleigh (Caroline du Nord), homme d'État américain, dix-septième président des États-Unis d'Amérique (1865-1869).
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1968 - Relations internationales (Chronologie)
16 février 1968 - Armement:La Belgique décide d'acheter des avions de combat Mirage-5. 17 février 1968 - Vietnam:Tandis que de durs combats se poursuivent à Saigon et à Hue, le président Lyndon Johnson envisage l'envoi de nouveauxrenforts au Vietnam pour faire face " à un défi mortel ". Le 18, U Thant, secrétaire général de l'ONU, déclare qu'un arrêt desraids contre le Nord permettrait des " négociations sérieuses ". Le 21, après un entretien avec U Thant, Lyndon Johnson lie l'arrêtdes bombardem...
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Le docteur, à son retour, trouva ces apprêts terminés.
Chapitre 21 LA MER LIBRE Le lendemain matin,Johnson etBell procédèrent àl’embarquement deseffets decampement. À huit heures, lespréparatifs dedépart étaient terminés. Aumoment dequitter cettecôte,le docteur seprit àsonger auxvoyageurs dontonavait rencontré lestraces, incident quine laissait pasdelepréoccuper. Ces hommes voulaient-ils gagnerlenord ? avaient-ils àleur disposition quelquemoyende franchir l’océanpolaire ? Allait-onencorelesrencontrer surcette route nouvelle ? Aucun vestige n’avait,...
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Eiskunstlauf: Medaillengewinner der Olympischen Winterspiele.
1908* GER: Anna Hübler, HeinrichBurger GBR: Phyllis Johnson, JamesJohnson GBR: Madge Syers, EdgarSyers 1920* FIN: Ludowika Jakobsson,Walter Jakobsson NOR: Alexia Bryn, YngvarBryn GBR: Phyllis Johnson, BasilWilliams 1924 AUT: Helene Engelmann,Alfred Berger FIN: Ludowika Jakobsson,Walter Jakobsson FRA: Andrée Joly, PierreBrunet 1928 FRA: Andrée Joly, PierreBrunet AUT: Lilly Scholz, Otto Kaiser AUT: Melitta Brunner, LudwigWrede 1932 FRA: Andrée Brunet-Joly,Pierre Brunet USA: Beatrix Loughran,Sherwi...
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Libéria (2005-2006)
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf élue à la Présidence
Le Libéria a connu en 2005 des changements spectaculaires. Au début de...
Libéria (2005-2006) Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf élue à la Présidence Le Libéria a connu en 2005 des changements spectaculaires. Au début de l’année, le pillage systématique des richesses nationales par le gouvernement provisoire n’a pas cessé et la colère a grondé dans plusieurs régions parmi les ex-combattants de la guerre civile. En mai, les bailleurs de fonds exaspérés ont proposé le document appelé à devenir le Programme d’assistance à la gestion économique et politique (GEMAP) : des experts inte...
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Cleveland (Ohio) - geography.
Cleveland Children’s Museum. Also located in University Circle is Severance Hall, the home of the world-acclaimed Cleveland Orchestra. Nearby is the Cleveland PlayHouse, with three large, restored theaters and one of the largest non-profit professional theaters in the country. Downtown is Playhouse Square Center, with fourrecently restored theaters, home to the Cleveland Opera and the Great Lakes Theater Festival. On the waterfront is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum,opened in 1995 and...
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Jazz - Musik.
Pianist und Komponist Jelly Roll Morton. Zu einer der einflussreichsten Persönlichkeiten des Jazz sollte später jedoch King Olivers zweiter Trompeter Louis Armstrongwerden. 4.2 Louis Armstrong und sein Einfluss Der erste virtuose Solist des Jazz, der Trompeter und Sänger Louis Armstrong, war ein atemberaubender Improvisator, sowohl in technischer als auch in emotionaler undintellektueller Hinsicht. Er veränderte das Bild des Jazz entscheidend, indem er den Solisten in den Mittelpunkt rückte. Se...
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Houston - geography.
Medical Research in HoustonThe city of Houston in southeastern Texas is home to the Texas Medical Center, a complex of more than 40 medical institutions. Inthis Medical Center laboratory, a scientist operates a DNA synthesizer in research aimed at developing a vaccine to protect againstHIV.Hank Morgan-Science Source/Photo Researchers, Inc. Situated near major petroleum and natural-gas fields, Houston is the center of the national petroleum industry. The metropolitan region leads the nation in pe...
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Article de presse: La mort de Kennedy : un meurtre encore mal expliqué
Kennedy et de l'agent Tippit. Il niera même avoir été le propriétaire de la carabine Mannlicher Carcano retrouvée au cinquièmeétage du dépôt des livres scolaires, ce qui a pourtant été prouvé sans l'ombre d'un doute. Son interrogatoire durera plus d'unedizaine d'heures, dans une pagaille difficilement imaginable, la presse occupant littéralement les lieux et campant dans les couloirsdu siège de la police. Moins de deux jours plus tard, le 24 novembre, en fin de matinée, alors qu'il a été inculpé...
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White House - geography.
Each Thanksgiving, the pardoning of the turkey takes place in the Rose Garden. This ceremony of rescuing a turkey and sending it to a petting zoo began during HarryTruman’s term, although Abraham Lincoln is said to have set a precedent by sparing his son’s pet turkey from the oven. III INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE A large complex is needed for the many activities that take place at the White House. The White House has 132 rooms, 4 dining rooms, 35 bathrooms, 8 staircases, 3elevators, a clinic, a den...
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Dix ans de conflit vietnamien
15 mars 1966 Vague de suicides de bouddhistes par le feu. 17 juillet 1966 Le Nord-Vietnam mobilise partiellement ses réservistes. 30 juillet 1966 Les Etats-Unis bombardent la zone démilitarisée. 30 août 1966 Discours de Charles de Gaulle à Phnom-Penh. 11 septembre 1966 Elections au Sud-Vietnam dans la région non contrôlée par le FNL. 14 novembre 1966 La flotte américaine bombarde la côte du Nord-Vietnam. 2 janvier 1967 Intense activité aérienne contre le Nord. 21 mars...
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National Basketball Association Records.
Elmore Smith 1973-74 4.85 Mark Eaton 1985-86 4.61 Hakeem Olajuwon 1989-90 4.59 Dikembe Mutombo 1995-96 4.49 David Robinson 1991-92 4.49 Hakeem Olajuwon 1991-92 4.34 Manute Bol 1988-89 4.31 Tree Rollins 1982-83 4.29 1. Introduced in the 1979-80 season.2. Did not become an official statistic until 1973-74 season. Source: National Basketball Association.. NBA Records - Career.Player Total Points Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 38,387 Karl Malone 36,928 Michael Jordan 32,292 Wilt Chamberlain 31,419 Moses Mal...
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National Basketball Association Records.
Elmore Smith 1973-74 4.85 Mark Eaton 1985-86 4.61 Hakeem Olajuwon 1989-90 4.59 Dikembe Mutombo 1995-96 4.49 David Robinson 1991-92 4.49 Hakeem Olajuwon 1991-92 4.34 Manute Bol 1988-89 4.31 Tree Rollins 1982-83 4.29 1. Introduced in the 1979-80 season.2. Did not become an official statistic until 1973-74 season. Source: National Basketball Association.. NBA Records - CareerPlayer Total Points Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 38,387 Karl Malone 36,928 Michael Jordan 32,292 Wilt Chamberlain 31,419 Moses Malo...
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Athlétisme (hommes) : palmarès JO.
1900 John WalterTewksbury(États-Unis) 22'2 Norman Pritchard(Inde) 22'8 Stanley Rowley(Australie) 22'9 1904 Archie Hahn(États-Unis) 21'6 NathanielCartmell(États-Unis) 21'9 WilliamHogenson(États-Unis) - 1908 Robert Kerr(Canada) 22'6 Robert Cloughen(États-Unis) 22'6 NathanielCartmell(États-Unis) 22'7 1912 Ralph Craig(États-Unis) 21'7 Donald Lippincott(États-Unis) 21'8 WilliamApplegarth(Grande-Bretagne) 22'0 1920 Allen Woodring(États-Unis) 22'0 Charles Paddock(États-Unis) 22'1 Harry Edward(...
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Jazz
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Joshua Redman
Saxophonist Joshua Redman, a graduate of Harvard University, became a fast-rising star in jazz in the 1990s.
performed a highly produced, jazz-inspired form of blues that was popular in traveling minstrel shows and vaudeville. Thisexample is from the song “St. Louis Blues,” written by American composer and trumpet player W. C. Handy in 1914 andrecorded by Smith in 1925."St. Louis Blues" performed by Bessie Smith, from The Riverside History of Classic Jazz (Cat.# Riverside RB-005) Riverside Records under master license to Fantasy, Inc. All rightsreserved./Frank DriggsCollection/Archive Photos Jazz is ro...
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Les États-Unis d'Amérique du Nord dans les années soixante : aspects intérieurs.
intérieur; il finance une bonne partie des dépenses de Recherche et Développement (« R. and D. »). Le Pentagoneest le principal pourvoyeur d'emplois (danger du « complexe militaro-industriel »). Le lancement par Kennedy duprogramme Apollo puis le succès (envoi de deux hommes sur la lune en 1969) stimulent les progrès technologiques,que facilite également l'exode aux États-Unis des meilleurs cerveaux étrangers (« le brain-drain »).— Toutefois, vis-à-vis de l'extérieur, des problèmes commen...
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1968 - Amérique du Nord (Chronologie)
23 juillet 1968 - Etats-Unis - Droits civiques:Troubles raciaux à Cleveland (Ohio) à la suite de l'attaque lancée par un groupe de nationalistes noirs armés contre une patrouillede police : onze morts et une vingtaine de blessés. 5 août 1968 - Etats-Unis:A Miami, la convention du Parti républicain désigne Richard Nixon comme candidat à la présidence. 8 août 1968 - Etats-Unis - Droits civiques:A Los Angeles, fusillade entre policiers et plusieurs militants noirs appartenant au parti des Panthères...
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BOSWELL
romantique aux bords de la société. Inutile de dire que l'impressionnable Boswell ressent ces influences. Quel triomphe quand il réussit à enlever son héros, âgé de plus de soixante ans, pour faire le tour des îles Hébrides. Couple saugrenu, ils vont à la découverte des sauvages de l'Ecosse; à cheval, à pied, presque naufragés, couchant sur la paille ou reçus avec empressement dans les châteaux. Mais pour qui chercherait de beaux sites...
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LA CIVILISATION DES ETATS-UNIS
Déc. 1961 Été 1963 22 nov . 1963 Août 1964 Nov. 1964 Août 1965 Nov . 1965 Avril 1968 Juin 1968 Nov. 1968 Déc . 1968 21 juil. 1969 4 juin 1972 Nov. 1972 27 janv. 1973 8 aoat 1974 Avril 1975 15 000 conseillers militaires au Viêt-Nam . Incidents raciaux en Alabama. Rassemblement pacifique des Noirs à Washington . Assassinat du Président Kennedy, remplacé par Lyndon B. Johnson . Bombardements aériens sur le Nord-Viêt-Nam. Réélection de...
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National Football League Records.
Norm Johnson 1,736 Matt Stover 1,752* Nick Lowery 1,711 Jan Stenerud 1,699 Jason Elam 1,696* Eddie Murray 1,594 Field Goals MadeMorten Andersen 546* Gary Anderson 538 John Carney 418* Matt Stover 418* Nick Lowery 383 Jan Stenerud 373 Jason Elam 382* Norm Johnson 366 Jason Hanson 362* Eddie Murray 352 Longest Field Goal (yards)Jason Elam 63 Tom Dempsey 63 Morten Andersen 60 Steve Cox 60 Morten Andersen 59 Steve Christie 59 Pete Stoyanovich 59 Tony Franklin 59 InterceptionsPaul Krause 81 Emlen Tun...
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From Bulfinch's Mythology: Iona - anthology.
Iona, from its position in the western seas, was exposed to the assaults of the Norwegian and Danish rovers by whom those seas were infested, and by them it wasrepeatedly pillaged, its dwellings burned, and its peaceful inhabitants put to the sword. These unfavourable circumstances led to its gradual decline, which wasexpedited by the subversion of the Culdees throughout Scotland. Under the reign of Popery [the Pope] the island became the seat of a nunnery, the ruins of which arestill seen. At t...
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Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Griese, Bob Quarterback 1990 Groza, Lou Offensive Tackle/Placekicker 1974 Guyon, Joe Halfback 1966 Halas, George Contributor 1963 Ham, Jack Linebacker 1988 Hampton, Dan Defensive End/Defensive Tackle 2002 Hannah, John Guard 1991 Harris, Franco Running Back 1990 Haynes, Mike Cornerback 1997 Healey, Ed Tackle 1964 Hein, Mel Center 1963 Hendricks, Ted Linebacker 1990 Henry, Wilbur (Pete) Tackle 1963 Herber, Arnie Quarterback 1966 Hewitt, Bill End 1971 Hickerson, Gene Guard 2007 Hinkle, Clarke Fullb...
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Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Griese, Bob Quarterback 1990 Groza, Lou Offensive Tackle/Placekicker 1974 Guyon, Joe Halfback 1966 Halas, George Contributor 1963 Ham, Jack Linebacker 1988 Hampton, Dan Defensive End/Defensive Tackle 2002 Hannah, John Guard 1991 Harris, Franco Running Back 1990 Haynes, Mike Cornerback 1997 Healey, Ed Tackle 1964 Hein, Mel Center 1963 Hendricks, Ted Linebacker 1990 Henry, Wilbur (Pete) Tackle 1963 Herber, Arnie Quarterback 1966 Hewitt, Bill End 1971 Hickerson, Gene Guard 2007 Hinkle, Clarke Fullb...
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Article de presse: Le traité de Moscou et la limitation des armements
Johnson et Nixon ne pouvaient ignorer cet aspect. Ils n'auraient pas lancé le premier et conclu le second traité s'ils n'avaient pasabandonné leurs idées antérieures sur le problèmes allemand et renoncé à cette réunification qui, jusqu'en octobre 1966, était, enbonne doctrine atlantique, la clé de la détente avec Moscou. Ralentie par la guerre d'Indochine et par l'invasion de la Tchécoslovaquie, la négociation s'est heurtée non seulement auxobjections de la France et de la Chine, bien que le...
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
disorder that local white officials would be forced to end segregation to restore normal business relations. The strategy did not work in Albany. During months ofprotests, Albany’s police chief jailed hundreds of demonstrators without visible police violence. Eventually the protesters’ energy, and the money to bail out protesters,ran out. The strategy did work, however, in Birmingham, Alabama, when SCLC joined a local protest during the spring of 1963. The protest was led by SCLC member FredShut...
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
disorder that local white officials would be forced to end segregation to restore normal business relations. The strategy did not work in Albany. During months ofprotests, Albany’s police chief jailed hundreds of demonstrators without visible police violence. Eventually the protesters’ energy, and the money to bail out protesters,ran out. The strategy did work, however, in Birmingham, Alabama, when SCLC joined a local protest during the spring of 1963. The protest was led by SCLC member FredShut...
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Richard Nixon.
As President Eisenhower neared the end of his second term, his vice president emerged as his logical successor, and the president endorsed Nixon in March. Nixonreceived an impressive vote in party primaries, and at the Republican National Convention, held in Chicago in July, he received all but ten of the delegates’ votes on thefirst ballot. Nixon chose as his running mate the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts. An unusual feature of the campaign wasa serie...
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Richard Nixon
As President Eisenhower neared the end of his second term, his vice president emerged as his logical successor, and the president endorsed Nixon in March. Nixonreceived an impressive vote in party primaries, and at the Republican National Convention, held in Chicago in July, he received all but ten of the delegates’ votes on thefirst ballot. Nixon chose as his running mate the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts. An unusual feature of the campaign wasa serie...
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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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Protests in the 1960s - U.
E Youth Culture Young people played an important role in the movements for social change during the 1960s. Numbers alone made them important; more than 76 million babies wereborn during the post-World War II “baby boom.” In addition, these young people spent more years in school and were more affluent than previous generations. In theearly 20th century, most young Americans had moved quickly from childhood to adulthood. In the 1920s only 1 in 5 Americans graduated from high school, and almostal...
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Ronald Reagan.
deposed shah of Iran to enter the United States for medical treatment, a group of Iranian revolutionaries stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehrān and held 53 Americansas hostages. United States media publicized the plight of the hostages and Carter’s failure to win their release. They were eventually released in January 1981, on theday of Reagan’s inauguration. The contrast between the television personalities of the two candidates was also very important. Carter’s stiff, nervous manner had never bee...
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Ronald Reagan - USA History.
deposed shah of Iran to enter the United States for medical treatment, a group of Iranian revolutionaries stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehrān and held 53 Americansas hostages. United States media publicized the plight of the hostages and Carter’s failure to win their release. They were eventually released in January 1981, on theday of Reagan’s inauguration. The contrast between the television personalities of the two candidates was also very important. Carter’s stiff, nervous manner had never bee...
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Track and Field.
VI RUNNING EVENTS Running events are competitions that test athletes’ quickness, speed, and endurance. Athletes win running races by completing the distance or course in the leastamount of time. A Sprints The shortest running events, called sprints or dashes, are the premier events at a track-and-field meet. The outdoor sprints consist of the 100-meter, 200-meter, and400-meter events. Sprints contested at indoor meets include the 50-meter, 60-meter, 200-meter, and 400-meter events. Past champ...
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Indian Treaties in Canada - Canadian History.
Pontiac led an attack on British forts in the Great Lakes area to end British domination and to reinforce Indian autonomy. In response, British king George III issued theRoyal Proclamation of 1763 to try to appease the Indians of the interior. The proclamation set aside land for the Indians west of the Appalachian Mountains anddescribed this land as “lands reserved to [Indians] … as their Hunting Grounds.” The proclamation not only recognized Indian land ownership, but also required thattreaties...
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Johnson Lyndon Baines
Homme d'Etat américain
* 27.8.1908, Stonewall, Texas
+ 23.1.1973, Austin, Texas
Ce membre du Parti démocrate est...
Johnson Lyndon Baines Homme d'Etat américain * 27.8.1908, Stonewall, Texas + 23.1.1973, Austin, Texas Ce membre du Parti démocrate est élu en 1937 à la Chambre des représentants où il apporte son soutien au président Franklin D. Roosevelt et à sa politique du New Deal. En 1949, il devient sénateur du Texas, et, au gré du jeu démocratique, est leader de la majorité (1951-1953) ou de l'opposition (1953-1955). Vice-président des Etats-Unis de 1961 à 1963, il succède à John F. Kennedy, assassiné le...
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L'ÉVOLUTION INTÉRIEURE DES ÉTATS-UNIS DE 1953 A 1980 (Histoire)
développement Introduction Après la victoire sur les nazis et leurs alliés, au dénouement de la Seconde Guerre mondiale et dans l'euphorie qui l'asuivie, de nombreux Américains, définitivement sortis du cauchemar de la Grande Dépression entrent dès le débutdes années cinquante dans F « ère de l'opulence » avant même qu'elle ne soit étudiée par Galbraith. Leur confianceretrouvée dans leur système de valeurs s'accompagne alors de la conviction qu'ils ont un rôle à jouer pour ladéfense du mon...
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Major League Baseball Records Since 1900.
* As of 2007 season. . Individual Batting (Single Season). Batting AverageNap Lajoie, 1901 .426 Rogers Hornsby, 1924 .424 George Sisler, 1922 .420 Ty Cobb, 1911 .420 Ty Cobb, 1912 .409 Joe Jackson, 1911 .408 George Sisler, 1920 .407 Ted Williams, 1941 .406 Rogers Hornsby, 1925 .403 Harry Heilmann, 1923 .403 Runs Batted InHack Wilson, 1930 191 Lou Gehrig, 1931 184 Hank Greenberg, 1937 183 Jimmie Foxx, 1938 175 Lou Gehrig, 1927 175 Lou Gehrig, 1930 174 Babe Ruth, 1921 171 Hank Greenberg, 1935...