249 résultats pour "record"
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Austin Wins the US Open.
from Friday to Saturday. Austin's coach, Robert Landsdorp, sensed she was slightly off her game and urged Austin to spend the extra day on the practice court. Staring across the net at the two-time Wimbledon champion, Austin opened the match against Navratilova with a double fault. Austin dropped the first game and fellbehind in the second game before coming alive. She won three straight games, twice breaking Navratilova's serve to pull ahead 3-1. Playing with a veteran's savvy,Austin made a...
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Popular Music
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Satchmo Sings "Back O' Town Blues"
One of the founders of instrumental jazz music, American Louis Armstrong, known as Satchmo, also profoundly influenced
vocal jazz and popular song.
disseminating popular music until the 1920s remained printed sheet music. By the late 19th century, the music-publishing business was centralized in New York City,particularly in an area of lower Manhattan called Tin Pan Alley. “After the Ball” (1892) by Charles K. Harris, the first popular song to sell 1 million copies—in this case, ofsheet music—inspired rapid growth in the music-publishing industry. Composers were hired to rapidly produce popular songs by the dozens, and the techniques ofFost...
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Evans Wins Gold.
have fun.” Although she acted like a bubbly teenager, she undoubtedly possessed a competitive fire. As her coach Bud McAllister told Women's Sports and Fitness, “It's like death for her to lose.” Swimmer and television analyst John Naber added, “Janet doesn't swim a race, she attacks a race,” according to the magazine. “Andthat tells you a lot about what is going on upstairs.” Meanwhile, television viewers in the United States admired the teenager who almost single-handedly salvagedthe U.S. wom...
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Messier Lifts the Curse.
Swept up in the hype, the Rangers came out for game five at the Garden in a virtual sleepwalk. By the start of the third period they were down 3-0. New Yorkscratched back to level the score as Messier culminated the three-goal spurt with a wrist shot midway through the period. Vancouver then stunned the Rangers—andthe sellout crowd—by netting three quick goals to put the game far out of reach. Game six in Vancouver proved even more of a challenge for the Rangers. The team showed little will...
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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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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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Thomas Edison.
While Edison was working on the electric light, he made a scientific discovery that would become important to future generations. Edison noticed that particles of carbonfrom the filament blackened the insides of his light bulbs. This effect was caused by the emission of electrons from the filament, although Edison made the discoverybefore he and other scientists knew the electron existed. Not until 1897 did British physicist J. J. Thomson prove that the blackening observed by Edison was caused b...
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Thomas Edison - USA History.
While Edison was working on the electric light, he made a scientific discovery that would become important to future generations. Edison noticed that particles of carbonfrom the filament blackened the insides of his light bulbs. This effect was caused by the emission of electrons from the filament, although Edison made the discoverybefore he and other scientists knew the electron existed. Not until 1897 did British physicist J. J. Thomson prove that the blackening observed by Edison was caused b...
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Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901).
homesteaders against pressure from the powerful railroads. He fought vigorously for Civil War veterans, supported high taxes on imports (called tariffs), payments todisabled and opposed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which stopped Chinese immigration to the U.S. for 10 years ( see Immigration: From 1840 to 1900 ). He also introduced 101 special pension and relief bills in six years. Harrison's name was well known by the Republican National Convention in 1884. In spite of this, Congressman and forme...
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Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) - Histoire
homesteaders against pressure from the powerful railroads. He fought vigorously for Civil War veterans, supported high taxes on imports (called tariffs), payments todisabled and opposed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which stopped Chinese immigration to the U.S. for 10 years ( see Immigration: From 1840 to 1900 ). He also introduced 101 special pension and relief bills in six years. Harrison's name was well known by the Republican National Convention in 1884. In spite of this, Congressman and forme...
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Library (institution).
rooms, special galleries for exhibitions, auditoriums for lectures or concerts, computer rooms, children’s rooms, photocopy rooms, and classrooms. A3 Lending Materials As part of their mission to provide information resources to the community, public libraries allow users to borrow items from their collections for limited amounts of time.To be eligible to borrow public library materials, a user must register her or his name, address, and other basic information with the local library’s circulat...
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Antelope - biology.
antelopes still display complex patterns of behavior, although much of it is instinctive rather than learned. In open habitats, antelopes run a high risk of predation (being preyed upon). To survive they use several kinds of defensive strategy, including living in herds. Herd living ensures that many pairs of eyes and ears are on the alert for danger. Herd living also gives individuals a better chance of avoiding attack, because predators canchoose from many potential targets. When danger thre...
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Nanotechnology.
ever-finer method of reducing material to the nanoscale size. Instead, nanostructures would be assembled atom by atom and molecule by molecule, from the atomiclevel up, just as occurs in nature. However, assembly at this scale has its own challenges. In school, children learn about some of these challenges when they study the random Brownian motion seen in particles suspended in liquids such as water. Theparticles themselves are not moving. Rather, the water molecules that surround the particles...
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Pour vous, « l'excellence » n'est-elle qu'une question de records ?
tous. Ainsi, au soir d'une élection, dès 20 h 01, tout le monde connaît 35 « la fourchette » des résultats. Les heures de dépouillement qui suivent paraissent n'avoir d'autre rôle que de confirmer et d'affiner les résultats des sondages. Le fonctionnement de l'opinion, par le truchement des médias, a influencé grandement l'usage et la signification de l'excellence telle 40 qu'on la conçoit aujourd'hui. Le mot s'applique toujours à la réussite,...
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Missouri - geography.
Saint Francois Mountains, at the eastern end of the crest of the dome. Only in these mountains have the sedimentary rocks been sufficiently eroded away so that theunderlying igneous rocks are exposed. They form the rounded, knoblike peaks of an old mountain range. The peaks project, in isolation or in clusters, between 230 and300 m (750 and 1,000 ft) above the surrounding sedimentary basins. One of these knobs, Taum Sauk Mountain, reaches 540 m (1,772 ft) above sea level and is thehighest point...
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Missouri - USA History.
Saint Francois Mountains, at the eastern end of the crest of the dome. Only in these mountains have the sedimentary rocks been sufficiently eroded away so that theunderlying igneous rocks are exposed. They form the rounded, knoblike peaks of an old mountain range. The peaks project, in isolation or in clusters, between 230 and300 m (750 and 1,000 ft) above the surrounding sedimentary basins. One of these knobs, Taum Sauk Mountain, reaches 540 m (1,772 ft) above sea level and is thehighest point...
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Museum.
History museums are dedicated to promoting a greater appreciation and knowledge of history and its importance to understanding the present and anticipating thefuture. They range from historic sites and small historic house museums to large, encyclopedic institutions such as the Smithsonian’s National Museum of AmericanHistory in Washington, D.C. Many cities and states have historical societies that operate museums or historic sites. History museums usually collect a wide range ofobjects, includi...
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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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Butcher Wins the Iditarod.
Butcher's winning streak ended in 1989 when she finished in second place, 65 minutes behind Joe Runyan. She was back on top a year later, gliding down FrontStreet two hours ahead of Runyan. A boisterous crowd of Nome locals greeted Butcher with sirens and banners. Her time of 11 days 1 hour 53 minutes sliced 13hours off the course record she had set in 1986. Conditions for the 1990 race were particularly unforgiving. The 70 mushers contended with the deepest snow in 25 years, several unseaso...
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Inca Empire.
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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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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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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Japon (1986-1987)
Record de l'excédent commercial
Quand le premier violon est meilleur que le chef d'orchestre, il se produit
nécessairement...
Japon (1986-1987) Record de l'excédent commercial Quand le premier violon est meilleur que le chef d'orchestre, il se produit nécessairement des conflits, mais le chef d'orchestre peut-il exclure le premier violon? Les conflits seraient-ils réglés si l'on créait un second orchestre dirigé par l'ex-premier violon? Sans doute... pour un temps. Telle est la question qu'on a pu se poser en 1986 au sujet des relations entre les États-Unis et le Japon. Le Japon est un pays riche ; ses excédents comme...
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William Shakespeare
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William Shakespeare (1564-1616), English playwright and poet, recognized in much of the world as the greatest of all dramatists.
Shakespeare’s reputation today is, however, based primarily on the 38 plays that he wrote, modified, or collaborated on. Records of Shakespeare’s plays begin toappear in 1594, when the theaters reopened with the passing of the plague that had closed them for 21 months. In December of 1594 his play The Comedy of Errors was performed in London during the Christmas revels at Gray’s Inn, one of the London law schools. In March of the following year he received payment for two playsthat had been per...
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William Shakespeare.
Shakespeare’s reputation today is, however, based primarily on the 38 plays that he wrote, modified, or collaborated on. Records of Shakespeare’s plays begin toappear in 1594, when the theaters reopened with the passing of the plague that had closed them for 21 months. In December of 1594 his play The Comedy of Errors was performed in London during the Christmas revels at Gray’s Inn, one of the London law schools. In March of the following year he received payment for two playsthat had been per...
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Les jeux Olympiques se tiennent pour la première fois sur le cinquième continent
L'Autrichien Toni Sailer remporte les trois médailles d'or en ski alpin. Ce champion se fera également un nom en tant qu'acteur. Les jeux Olympiques se tiennent pour la première fois sur le cinquième continent Deux particu larités marquent les jeux Olympiques de 1956 : des Jeux d'été, qui ont lieu à Melbourne en Austra lie, se déroulent en plein hiver européen, et les épreuves d'équitation, qui se passent à Stock holm en raison de mises en...
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Blankers-Koen Wins Fourth Gold Medal.
Blankers-Koen's final event was the 4 x 100-meter relay. Her decision to enter the race revealed much about her character. Under Olympic rules, she could enter amaximum of four events. Even though she owned the world records for the long jump and high jump, she instead opted for the relay. She explained that a “team”victory would hold more meaning to her country and its citizens. Blankers-Koen's superb anchor leg clinched Holland's victory. Meanwhile, in the long jump,Hungary's Olga Gyarmati won...
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Meteor Shower - astronomy.
Meteor observations with radar work much the same way that observations with radio forward scattering observations do. With radar, the receiver and transmitter areat the same place. Both methods provide numbers of meteors per hour, without the visual observer’s dependence on a clear, dark sky. Astronomers can determine the orbit of the particle stream that creates a meteor shower by finding out the radiant of the shower and the speed of the meteors.Observers must record meteors with cameras or v...
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Conjoncture : céréales (2005-2006)
Les récoltes céréalières 2005-2006 ont baissé de 1,5 % par rapport la production
record de 2004-2005....
Conjoncture : céréales (2005-2006) Les récoltes céréalières 2005-2006 ont baissé de 1,5 % par rapport la production record de 2004-2005. Selon l'Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO), la production céréalière a atteint 2 034 millions de tonnes [Mt] (y compris le riz usiné), contre 2 065 Mt en 2004-2005. Les céréales secondaires ont connu les plus fortes baisses (– 3,5 %), tandis que le blé ne reculait que de 0,9 %. La production rizicole, en revanche, a augmen...
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Les sportifs hollandais célèbres
monde du 50 mètres libre féminin en 24''13 contre 24''39 autrefois. Confiante, elle gagne le 50 mètres devant la Suédoise Alshammar : elle obtient alors deux médaille d'or dans deux styles bien différents. Fanny Blankers-Koen (1918-2004) L'athlétisme ne s'ouvre aux femmes qu'en 1928. Grâce à cela va pouvoir naître l'une des athlètes les plus médaillées de l'olympisme. Suivant le règlement de l'époque, elle n'a pus s'inscrire qu'à 4 épreuves qu'elle a toutes remportées à l'âge de 30 ans : ell...
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American Music
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American Music, the folk, popular, and classical music of the United States--created by American-born or American-trained composers, or originating in American
culture, or written primarily for American audiences.
The country's first permanent orchestra was the New York Philharmonic Society, founded in 1842. Among the first symphonic and operatic composers the mostprominent was William Henry Fry, who composed the first opera by an American ( Leonora, 1845). Fry is best remembered, however, for four symphonies written in the 1850s and 1860s. George F. Bristow wrote the first opera on an American theme; his Rip Van Winkle was performed in New York City in 1855. Town bands, a popular form of community mu...
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Prison.
Furthermore, experts disagree about whether imprisoning criminals actually prevents further crime. Some critics charge that American prisons simply warehouseviolence—meaning that U.S. prison inmates are confined and incapacitated in large numbers, with little or no effort made to rehabilitate them. Critics have labeled theresult of this process turnstile justice, referring to the fact that most inmates are chronic and persistent offenders and return to prison following conviction for new crime...
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Johnson Wins Olympic Gold.
Johnson rewarded himself with a solid jump but faltered a bit on his fourth step. Fredericks took full advantage, grabbing an early lead. Johnson recovered, firstpassing Boldon and then, at the 80-meter mark, overtaking the Namibian. A twinge of pain shot through Johnson's right hamstring as he neared the tape (the injury would keep him out of the 4 x 400 relay), but by then victory was secured.He erased the final 100 meters in a blazing 9.2 seconds, leaning into the tape a comfortable 5 met...
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Jim Thorpe's Olympic Triumph.
Thorpe's decathlon gold medal was widely hailed in the United States. James E. Sullivan, chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee, said it was particularlyimpressive in light of criticisms that the American team consisted of too many “specialists” in track and field. “His all-around work was certainly sensational,”Sullivan told the New York Times. ”In fact, the pentathlon was added to the games especially for the benefit of foreigners, but we have shown that we can produce all-around men, too. I...
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Les premiers jeux Olympiques du continent asiatique
la Tchèque Vera Caslavska remporte en 1964 trois fois la médaille d'or à Tokyo; en 1968 à Mexico, elle remporte quatre autres victoires Les premiers jeux Olympiques du continent asiatique L'Autriche et le Japon invitent la > est remplacé par la promesse de tous les sportifs et de leur équipe de se comporter loyalement. On cherche ainsi à dépolitiser les épreuves. Parmi les performances sportives, le patinage artistique marque particulièremen...
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disque, industrie du (entreprise).
3.2. 2 De la répression… Les premières actions en justice à l’encontre de personnes diffusant et/ou téléchargeant illégalement des fichiers musicaux sur Internet ont lieu aux États-Unis enseptembre 2003, à l’initiative du syndicat américain des éditeurs musicaux, la puissante RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America). Les plaintes sont alors déposées à l’encontre de 260 utilisateurs et, selon la loi fédérale en vigueur, chaque titre illégalement diffusé peut valoir 150 000 dollars de d...
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Music
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World Music Tour
Click on the instruments to hear music from around the world.
Duke EllingtonAmerican composer, bandleader, and pianist Duke Ellington endures as perhaps the most important pioneer in big-bandjazz. Ellington and his orchestra shared a special interdependent relationship: Using the band as his musical workshop,Ellington derived his orchestra’s tone coloring from the unique sound qualities of the group’s individual players. Thisparticular style was later dubbed the “Ellington Effect” by jazz arranger Billy Strayhorn, who also wrote one of the band’ssignature...
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Harry S.
B2 Presiding Judge Political machines, such as the Pendergast organization, were common to both parties in the 1920s. They were based on the spoils system, in which winning politiciansgave government jobs to those loyal party members who had helped them get elected. Using government jobs as rewards, politicians created efficient (and oftenalmost unstoppable) vote-getting “machines,” in which party loyalty was often more important than doing any work. Without local machine support a political ca...
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Harry S.
B2 Presiding Judge Political machines, such as the Pendergast organization, were common to both parties in the 1920s. They were based on the spoils system, in which winning politiciansgave government jobs to those loyal party members who had helped them get elected. Using government jobs as rewards, politicians created efficient (and oftenalmost unstoppable) vote-getting “machines,” in which party loyalty was often more important than doing any work. Without local machine support a political ca...
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Native American Art.
folding, braiding or weaving, could also be sewn onto the hide. The production of decorated clothing and bags increased after contact with Europeans as a greater variety of textiles and other materials became available throughtrade. Imported glass beads inspired native women, who quickly adapted quillwork techniques for the creation of beaded apparel. European curvilinear and floraldesigns of the 19th century proved as meaningful for the native women who worked with them as they were for the non...
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Stone Age.
limestone, quartzite, and indurated shale. Ground stone tools could be made on a wider range of raw material types, including coarser grained rock such as granite. Flaking produces several different types of stone artifacts, which archaeologists look for at prehistoric sites. The parent pieces of rock from which chips have beendetached are called cores, and the chips that have been removed from cores are called flakes. A flake that has had yet smaller flakes removed from one or more edgesin orde...
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Spitz Mark
Mark Spitz me nt à l'im age des nage urs oly mpiqu es, l eur est nécessa ir e car ell e a ugm e nte la flotta bilit é du corps. Si l'o n ét ablissa it une éch elle du ta u x de gra isse nécessa ire pou r b n flotter et o bte nir d es performa nces optim ales p our les nage urs de haut niveau , un sprint er sera it au troisi èm e échelo n tan dis qu'un nage ur d e course d'endur an ce (trav e r sée d e la Man ch e ou , au x je u x Olymp...
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Spitz Mark
Mark Spitz La brasse papillon était la spécialité de Mark Spitz, le plus grand nag eur de tous les temps. Il entra dans la légende en 1972, en rempor tant rien de moins que sept médailles d'or aux jeux Olympiqu es de Munich. G râce à un entraî nement entièremen t conSa c ré à amé li o r er l'hydrodynamisme de son corps, Ma rk Spitz , dont la spécialité éta it la brasse papillon , él abora une nouvelle technique de natation....
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LA DIVERSITE DES ANIMAUX
Combien de temps vit une tortue ? En 1918, mourut accidentellement la tortue la plus vieille connue à ce jour. Il s'agissait d'une tortue de Marion ( Testudo sumeirii ), capturée 152 ans auparavant aux Seychelles. Elle était devenue aveugle 10 ans avant de mourir. Le serpent le plus long. Le python réticulé ( Python reticulatus ), qui vit dans le Sud-Est de l'Asie, en Indonésie et aux Philippines, dépasse souvent 6 m de longueur. Un exemplaire, tué à Célèbes en 1912, ne mesurait pasmoins de...
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Felix Baumgartner, l'homme qui a franchi le mur du son
haute altitude atteinte par un homme en ballon, et le record du plus haut saut en chute libre, détenu depuis 1960 par un ancien colonel de l'armée de l'air américaine, Joe Kittinger (qui avait sauté de 31 333 mètres). Félix Baumgartner avait décollé à 17 h 30 et son ascension a duré plus de deux heures et demie. Ce spécialiste de base-jump s'est montré imperturbable durant la montée, tout juste marquée par un petit problème de chauffage à l'intérieur de la capsule qui provoquait de la buée sur s...
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Les grands paquebots
Les rands LES GÉANTS DES MERS Les paquebots ont subi une évolution continue depuis le xix• siècle . D'abord mus à la voile, puis par des machines à pistons , puis des turbines à vapeur fonctionnant au charbon dès 1904 puis au mazout vers 1930, ils passent d'une allure de 4 nœuds en 1819 à une allure de 26 nœuds en 1929 pour atteindre 35 nœuds en 1952. L'électricité à bord, le chauffage et la réfrigération ainsi que la radio sont la norme dè...
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L'art dans les salles de vente
principaleme nt, les krachs boursiers sont à l'ordr e du jour. De nombr eux in ves tisseur s se tournent vers les va leur s sûr es. Les prix en haus se -les to iles impr essionn istes augmen tent de 940 % dans les anné es 80 - at tir ent les spé cula teur s qui achè tent des tableaux et les vendent aux enchèr es peu après, dans l'espoir de gagner rapidem ent beauc oup d'argent. Ce com portement est à l'orig ine de l'effondr ement du mar ché internati onal...
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Douze ans d'aventure spatiale
18 juillet 1980 Premier lancement d'un satellite indien Rohini, à l'aide de la fusée SLV-3. 12 novembre 1980 La sonde Voyager-1 survole Saturne. 12 avril 1981 STS-1 (Columbia); premier des quatre vols d'essais orbitaux de la navette spatiale. 20 décembre 1981 Marecs-1 (ESA); lancement du premier satellite européen de télécommunications maritimes; devient opérationnel le 1 er mai 1982. 24 juin 1982 Soyouz-T6 (URSS) emporte à son bord le cosmonaute français Jean-Loup Chrétien....
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Agriculture
L’AGRICULTURE TRADITIONNELLE Au fil des ans et des épandages, notre région est devenue un réservoir de pesticides. Il y en a partout, dans les sols, les rivières, les nappes phréatiques, les eaux de pluies, le brouillard, l’air. Selon l’Institut Nationale de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), de 25 à 75% des produits répandus s’envolent aussitôt dans l’atmosphère. Autant dire que l’air est plus que pollué en alsace, 50% de nos aliments...