16 résultats pour "romania"

• Romania Facts and Figures.

  Nonreligious 7 percent Other 7 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 72.2 years (2008 estimate) Female 75.9 years (2008 estimate) Male 68.7 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 24 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 521 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 152 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 98.5 percent (2005 estimate) Female 97.9 percent (2005 estimate) Male 99.2 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as...

• Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists.

  1964 Betty Cuthbert Australia 52.00 1968 Colette Besson France 52.03 1972 Monika Zehrt East Germany 51.08 1976 Irena Szewinska Poland 49.29 1980 Marita Koch East Germany 48.88 1984 Valerie Brisco-Hooks United States 48.83 1988 Olga Bryzgina USSR 48.65 1992 Marie-José Pérec France 48.83 1996 Marie-José Pérec France 48.25 2000 Cathy Freeman Australia 49.11 2004 Tonique Williams-Darling Bahamas 49.41 . Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists (400 m Hurdles).Year Name Country Winn...

• Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists.

  1964 Betty Cuthbert Australia 52.00 1968 Colette Besson France 52.03 1972 Monika Zehrt East Germany 51.08 1976 Irena Szewinska Poland 49.29 1980 Marita Koch East Germany 48.88 1984 Valerie Brisco-Hooks United States 48.83 1988 Olga Bryzgina USSR 48.65 1992 Marie-José Pérec France 48.83 1996 Marie-José Pérec France 48.25 2000 Cathy Freeman Australia 49.11 2004 Tonique Williams-Darling Bahamas 49.41 . Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists (400 m Hurdles)Year Name Country Winni...

• Rumania - geografía.

  los romanís (gitanos), que forman un 2,5% de la población. Rumania también tiene pequeñas minorías de ucranianos, alemanes (que viven la mayoría en el Banato),judíos, rusos, serbios, croatas, turcos, búlgaros, tártaros y eslovacos. Rumania es uno de los países de Europa oriental donde el crecimiento vegetativo ha sido negativo desde mediados de la década de 1990: en 2005, la cifra se estimaba en - 0,12%. 3.2 Divisiones administrativas y ciudades principales El país se divide en 41 distritos y l...

• Hungary - country.

  Northern Hungary lacks sufficient water, especially between July and October, when precipitation levels are typically low. Canals irrigate the Great Hungarian Plain,which is subject to drought. Because of the country’s mainly flat terrain, only limited water resources can be harnessed for hydroelectric power. F Environmental Issues Rapid industrialization in Hungary following World War II contributed significantly to a number of major environmental problems, including air, water, and soil pollu...

• Soccer's Big Show Comes to the United States.

  There were many doubters, both overseas and within the United States. Some U.S. sportswriters derided the idea of holding the World Cup in the United States asakin to staging the World Series in India—how could there be any local interest? Foreign critics felt that money was the sole reason for FIFA's decision and that thesport was about to be cheapened to make it acceptable to Americans. The rumors flew: FIFA was going to enlarge the goals, it would allow timeouts (unheard of inthe sport) to ac...

• World War II .

  the Nazi-Soviet Pact was signed. In the part published the next day, Germany and the Soviet Union agreed not to go to war against each other. A secret protocol gaveStalin a free hand in Finland, Estonia, Latvia, eastern Poland, and eastern Romania. See also German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact. III MILITARY OPERATIONS In the early morning hours of September 1, 1939, the German armies marched into Poland. On September 3 the British and French surprised Hitler by declaring war onGermany, but they...

• Women's Swimming: Olympic Gold Medalists.

  1912 Fanny Durack Australia 1:22.2 1920 Ethelda Bleibtrey United States 1:13.6 1924 Ethel Lackie United States 1:12.4 1928 Albina Osipowich United States 1:11.0 1932 Helene Madison United States 1:06.8 1936 Hendrika Mastenbroek The Netherlands 1:05.9 1948 Greta Andersen Denmark 1:06.3 1952 Katalin Szöke Hungary 1:06.8 1956 Dawn Fraser Australia 1:02.0 1960 Dawn Fraser Australia 1:01.2 1964 Dawn Fraser Australia 59.5 1968 Jan Henne United States 1:00.0 1972 Sandra Neilson United States 58.59 1976...

• 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...

• Capital Punishment.

  deterrent effect. Capital punishment advocates note that because the death penalty is reserved for the most aggravated murders, the deterrent effect of capitalpunishment on such crimes may not be apparent in data on homicide rates in general. Supporters also urge that the conflicting results of various studies indicate thatthe deterrent effect of the death penalty cannot not be proven or disproven with any certainty. They maintain that in the absence of conclusive proof that the threat ofexecuti...

• Antonescu, Ion

• EUROPE_E THE MOST RECENT NEWS ABOUT EUROPE The European Union is preparing to expand.

  EUROPE_E The United States has, on its side, also made good progress on a free tradeproject with the European Union for the twenty-first century. In the south, anambitious partnership has been concluded with Morocco. It deals specificallywith agricultural and the fishing trade. Also, a dialogue is beginning todevelop with south-eastern Asian countries. A DISPLAY OF GOOD WILL All of these agreements and manifestations of good will must not, however, maskthe fact that there are serious problems wi...

• 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...

• 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...

• Gymnastics World Champions.

• Gymnastics World Champions.