132 résultats pour "lawrence"
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George Washington.
A2 Promotion This was Washington’s first experience with the difficulties of raising troops while lacking equipment, clothing, and funds. Apparently he thought his efforts worthy ofsome recognition and successfully applied to Dinwiddie for a lieutenant colonel’s commission. He left Alexandria, Virginia, early in April with about 150 poorly equippedand half-trained troops. A3 First Battles Before he had advanced very far, Washington received news that the French had driven Trent’s men back from...
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George Washington
A2 Promotion This was Washington’s first experience with the difficulties of raising troops while lacking equipment, clothing, and funds. Apparently he thought his efforts worthy ofsome recognition and successfully applied to Dinwiddie for a lieutenant colonel’s commission. He left Alexandria, Virginia, early in April with about 150 poorly equippedand half-trained troops. A3 First Battles Before he had advanced very far, Washington received news that the French had driven Trent’s men back from...
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Montréal - geography.
requires children of immigrants to be educated in French. As a result, French-language schools became increasingly multiethnic. With four universities, Montréal is one of the leading centers of higher education in Canada. There are two English-language institutions: McGill University (1821) andConcordia University (1974). Their French-language counterparts are the Université de Montréal (1876) and the University of Québec at Montréal (1969). Both private andstate universities are funded by the p...
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Montréal - geography.
Place Jacques-Cartier, MontréalPlace Jacques-Cartier is named for the French explorer who was one of the first Europeans to venture into Canada in the 16thcentury. It is a popular spot in the city of Montréal, Québec’s largest city.R.E. Murowchick/Photo Researchers, Inc. French influence lasted for a time after the British conquest of 1760, as shown by some late 18th-century houses. British influence came to prevail, however, and most ofOld Montréal is in fact a Victorian Style city, probably th...
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Prince Edward Island - Geography.
hectares (109 acres) each. In 2006 there were 1,700 farms, of which the average size was 148 hectares (366 acres). In 2005 the total farm cash receipts were C$510million. The most important agricultural products in terms of value include potatoes, milk and cream, cattle and calves, hogs, tobacco, vegetables, eggs, hens andchickens, and furs. For the most part the island’s agriculture is diversified, rather than specialized, because of the lack of a large urban industrial population within easy r...
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Prince Edward Island - Canadian History.
hectares (109 acres) each. In 2006 there were 1,700 farms, of which the average size was 148 hectares (366 acres). In 2005 the total farm cash receipts were C$510million. The most important agricultural products in terms of value include potatoes, milk and cream, cattle and calves, hogs, tobacco, vegetables, eggs, hens andchickens, and furs. For the most part the island’s agriculture is diversified, rather than specialized, because of the lack of a large urban industrial population within easy r...
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New France - Canadian History.
the colony now consisted of a governor-general, an intendant , and a Sovereign Council, all located at Québec, with local governors at Trois-Rivières and Montréal, and law courts for all three districts. The senior official was the governor-general, responsible for military matters and for relations with the indigenous nations and theEnglish colonies. The intendant, a noble trained in law, was the official responsible for civil affairs: justice, law enforcement, and the maintenance of the colon...
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Lawrence DURRELL : Le Quatuor d'Alexandrie
Lawrence Durrell. Photo Sipa Press. C'est sous un pseudo n y me que Durr ell a comm encé sa carr iè re littéra ire. Sous le nom d'« Osc ar Epfs », il a éga leme nt sig né des aq uar ell es et des gouac h es. Le livre Quand la « fiction scientifique » dépasse le roman C omment me délivrerai-je ja mais de cette catin d'entre >, écrit Durrell dans Baltha zar. > Parce qu' il consiste en une étude en profondeur de la réalité sensible, sorte d...
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LADY CHATTERLEY (analyse du personnage)
246 • Lady Chatterley Constance s'ennuie dans cette atmosphère sans passion où argent et célébrité sont les seuls centres d'intérêt. Par désœu vr ement et curiosi té , elle cède aux avances de Michaelis, un ami de son mari; mais cette relation ne lui apporte qu'une déception à la fois physique et sentimentale. Gradu ellement, Lady Chatterley sent s'éveiller en elle le désir d'avoir un enfant. C'est alors qu'elle fait la connaissance d'Olivier Mellors,...
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Fiche de lecture : Les dix petits nègres - Agatha Christie
L'un d'eux devint vermeil_n'en resta donc plus qu'un.Un petit nègre se retrouva tout esseulé, Se pendre il s'en est allé _n'en resta plus…du tout. »A l'heure du dîner, un convive boit son verre, s'étouffe, et meurt. Les invités prennent peur et s'accusentmutuellement . Puis ils découvrent petit à petit le pseudonyme de leur ôte : Alvina Nancy O'nyme est en réalité unfaux nom, qui désigne« ANONYME » en attaché.Le soir, une femme s'endort en buvant son verre de somnifère. Le lendemain elle...
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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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Richard Bennett.
that had existed since 1920. He used able people from various government departments to write legislation, to negotiate trade agreements, and to act as economicadvisers. He also built up the political and secret work of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. A Tariff Policy Bennett's tariff policy combined protection for Canadian farmers and manufacturers and special treatment for nations that were members of the British Commonwealth.In 1932, at a Commonwealth economic conference, a series of agree...
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Richard Bennett - Canadian History.
that had existed since 1920. He used able people from various government departments to write legislation, to negotiate trade agreements, and to act as economicadvisers. He also built up the political and secret work of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. A Tariff Policy Bennett's tariff policy combined protection for Canadian farmers and manufacturers and special treatment for nations that were members of the British Commonwealth.In 1932, at a Commonwealth economic conference, a series of agree...
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L'Amant de lady Chatterley de David-Herbert Lawrence
1 LADY CHATTERLEY [ Pourquoi elle est célèbre Héroïne du roman «érotique» L'Amant de lady Chatterley, publié en 1928 par !'Anglais D.H. Lawrence, lady Chatterley est d'abord connue par Je parfum de scandale qui entoura la parution du roman. Jeune femme de la noblesse anglaise, mariée à un homme impuissant, lady Chatterley découvre les joies et la force de la passion sexuelle dans les bras de son garde-chasse. Roman de la force primitive...
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Homosexuality.
that “the history of our nation has demonstrated that separate is seldom, if ever, equal,” in affirming that homosexuals are entitled to the same rights of marriage asheterosexuals. On May 17, 2004, same-sex marriages became legal in Massachusetts, and authorities there began to marry gay couples. State legislators pledged toamend the state constitution to ban gay marriage but allow civil unions. Such an amendment would require voter approval. A growing number of local governments and private co...
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Traumatismes profonds pour les générations d'hommes qui en furent les acteurs et les
victimes, les guerres mondiales resteront comme les événements les plus marquants du
XXe siècle.
Les corrélats alliance - Triple-Alliance Alsace-Lorraine balkaniques (guerres) Bosnie-Herzégovine Bosnie-Herzégovine - Histoire Entente cordiale François-Ferdinand de Habsbourg Jaurès Jean Sarajevo Serbie Serbie - Histoire 1914-1916 : l'échec de la guerre de mouvement. Les Alliés comme les Empires centraux imaginaient une guerre courte, sans implication des civils. L'Allemagne appliqua aussitôt le plan Schlieffen : dans une manœuvre d'enveloppement par la Belgique, ses troupes défe...
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John Diefenbaker.
only Conservative elected from Saskatchewan, which had gone solidly to the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), a coalition party dedicated to social andwelfare reforms. In 1952 the Liberals in Saskatchewan abolished Diefenbaker's Lake Centre seat altogether by merging it with the neighboring legislative district of Moose Jaw, where theCCF had a vast majority. In 1953 Diefenbaker decided to run for election in Prince Albert. Again he was the only Conservative returned to Parliament fromSa...
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John Diefenbaker - Canadian History.
only Conservative elected from Saskatchewan, which had gone solidly to the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), a coalition party dedicated to social andwelfare reforms. In 1952 the Liberals in Saskatchewan abolished Diefenbaker's Lake Centre seat altogether by merging it with the neighboring legislative district of Moose Jaw, where theCCF had a vast majority. In 1953 Diefenbaker decided to run for election in Prince Albert. Again he was the only Conservative returned to Parliament fromSa...
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Britischer Film.
Thematisch und stilistisch weit ihrer Zeit voraus waren Anthony Asquith’ The Browning Version (1951; Konflikt des Herzens ) und Michael Powells Peeping Tom (1960; Peeping Tom ). Diese Filme ebneten den Weg für die britische „New Wave” und das Kino der „Angry young men”. 3 DER MODERNE BRITISCHE FILM 1956 hatte John Osborne mit seinem skandalisierten Theaterstück Look Back in Anger den Generationenbruch auf der Bühne vollzogen. Gleichzeitig forderte die Bewegung „Free Cinema” künstlerisch...
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L'Amant de Lady Chatterley de David Herbert Lawrence (Résumé & Analyse)
246 • Lady Chatterley Constance s'ennuie dans cette atmosphère sans passion où argent et célébrité sont les seuls centres d'intérêt. Par désœu vrement et curiosité, elle cède aux avances de Michaelis, un ami de son mari; mais cette relation ne lui apporte qu'une déception à la fois physique et sentimentale. Graduellement, Lady Chatterley sent s'éveiller en elle le désir d'avoir un enfant. C'est alors qu'elle fait la connaissance d'Olivier Mello...
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Shaw George Bernard
Ecrivain irlandais
* 26.7.1856, Dublin
+ 2.11.1950, Ayot Saint Lawrence, Grande-Bretagne
Après une enfance chaotique et des...
Shaw George Bernard Ecrivain irlandais * 26.7.1856, Dublin + 2.11.1950, Ayot Saint Lawrence, Grande-Bretagne Après une enfance chaotique et des débuts de journaliste, il part pour Londres où il publie, en 1879, son premier roman "Immaturité", qui n'a aucun succès. Avant d'acquérir la renommée que lui valent ses pièces de théâtre, il s'est déjà fait un nom en tant que critique musical, critique d'art et de théâtre. En 1884, il se joint à la Fabian Society, un groupe d’intellectuels socialistes. E...
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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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Indianapolis - geography.
Amateur athletic competitions are frequent in Indianapolis. Each summer it is the site for the finals of the Hoosier State Games, with athletes of all ages and skill levelscompeting in 21 sports. In 1987 Indianapolis hosted the Tenth Pan American Games, and is often the site for numerous Olympic trials and collegiate sportschampionships. Among the many sports facilities are those for tennis, bicycle racing, skating, and track and field. The city’s professional football team, the Indianapolis Col...
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Kansas - geography.
at the adjoining cities of Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri. Its chief headstreams are the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers, which join to form the KansasRiver at Junction City. Each of the headstreams has numerous tributaries. The Kansas River proper is only 270 km (170 mi) long, but the Smoky Hill River has a lengthof 870 km (540 mi), and the Republican River has a length of 720 km (450 mi). The main tributary flowing into the Kansas River is the Big Blue River. The Arkansas Rive...
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Kansas - USA History.
at the adjoining cities of Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri. Its chief headstreams are the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers, which join to form the KansasRiver at Junction City. Each of the headstreams has numerous tributaries. The Kansas River proper is only 270 km (170 mi) long, but the Smoky Hill River has a lengthof 870 km (540 mi), and the Republican River has a length of 720 km (450 mi). The main tributary flowing into the Kansas River is the Big Blue River. The Arkansas Rive...
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British Empire .
B1 The Seven Years’ War During the Seven Years’ War in Europe (1756-1763), Britain made large imperial gains at the expense of France. The North American segment of the Seven Years’ Warwas known as the French and Indian War. It was launched by the British against French possessions in North America in 1754, and in 1758 the British captured theFrench fortress of Louisbourg, which gave them access to French territory in the St. Lawrence Valley. In the following year Québec was captured, marking t...
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Canadian Literature
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Canadian Literature, literature of the peoples of Canada.
William Henry DrummondPoet William Henry Drummond described the lives of French Canadian farmers, loggers, and rural workers in verse thatreflected their mix of French and English speech. He gained recognition in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Library of Congress In the early 19th century, most Canadian poetry imitated earlier British poetry. Poets Oliver Goldsmith (grandnephew of the Anglo-Irish writer of the same name),Charles Sangster, Charles Mair, and Levi Adams exemplified literary...
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Amerikanische Literatur (Sprache & Litteratur).
toleranten Aufklärers Kritik sowohl am Christentum wie auch am Atheismus, wobei ersteres heftige Reaktionen von Seiten des amerikanischen Publikums nach sich zog.Äußerst stark rezipiert hingegen wurde die gegen England gerichtete Satire M’Fingal (1775-1782) des Rechtsgelehrten und Dichters John Trumbull. Politisch engagierte Lyrik schrieb auch der vielseitig interessierte Dichter Philip Morin Freneau, dessen allegorisches Gedicht The House of Night (1779) Merkmale der in der Romantik verbrei...
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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...