314 résultats pour "senate"
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Julius Caesar
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Julius Caesar (100-44
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Roman general and statesman whose dictatorship was pivotal in Rome's transition from republic to empire.
V CROSSING THE RUBICON In 52 BC, with Crassus out of the way, Pompey was made sole consul. Combined with his other powers, this gave him a formidable position. Jealous of his younger rival, he determined to break Caesar’s power. To achieve this objective, he first needed to deprive Caesar of the forces he commanded in Gaul. Pompey ordered him toreturn to Rome without his troops. To protect himself, Caesar suggested that he and Pompey both lay down their commands simultaneously, but this propos...
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Julius Caesar.
V CROSSING THE RUBICON In 52 BC, with Crassus out of the way, Pompey was made sole consul. Combined with his other powers, this gave him a formidable position. Jealous of his younger rival, he determined to break Caesar’s power. To achieve this objective, he first needed to deprive Caesar of the forces he commanded in Gaul. Pompey ordered him toreturn to Rome without his troops. To protect himself, Caesar suggested that he and Pompey both lay down their commands simultaneously, but this propos...
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Canadian Parliament.
government’s legislative program. Members of Commons can also present a motion in response to the Budget Speech, which reviews the government’s economicrecord, taxation, and expenditure plans, and to Supply Motions, which concern budgets for individual departments. If a majority of MPs support a no-confidence motion,the government must resign. Also, if Parliament rejects a significant government proposal, the government is expected to resign and request the governor-general to call an election....
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Hamburg - geographie.
Weitere Sehenswürdigkeiten sind das Barlachhaus (1962 eröffnet) mit einer Sammlung von Skulpturen des Bildhauers Ernst Barlach, das Jenischhaus (1829-1832) mit einerSammlung bürgerlicher Kunst, die Staatsoper (1827, Umbau 1953 bis 1955), das Thalia-Theater, das Deutsche Schauspielhaus und das Ohnsorgtheater, in demplattdeutsche Volksstücke aufgeführt werden. Mit der Elbphilharmonie, die bis 2009 vollendet sein soll, wird die Stadt über eine weitere Bühne für klassische Musikverfügen. Hamburg ist...
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Hamburg - geographie.
Weitere Sehenswürdigkeiten sind das Barlachhaus (1962 eröffnet) mit einer Sammlung von Skulpturen des Bildhauers Ernst Barlach, das Jenischhaus (1829-1832) mit einerSammlung bürgerlicher Kunst, die Staatsoper (1827, Umbau 1953 bis 1955), das Thalia-Theater, das Deutsche Schauspielhaus und das Ohnsorgtheater, in demplattdeutsche Volksstücke aufgeführt werden. Mit der Elbphilharmonie, die bis 2009 vollendet sein soll, wird die Stadt über eine weitere Bühne für klassische Musikverfügen. Hamburg ist...
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Judicial Branch.
courts or from state courts, and a handful come from other parts of the Court’s jurisdiction ( see Supreme Court of the United States: Selecting Cases). The Court typically issues written decisions in fewer than a hundred cases a year. All cases are heard and decided by the entire Court, except in rare cases when a justice choosesnot to participate because of a conflict of interest or other potential prejudicial interest in a case. As with all other federal judges, members of the Supreme Court a...
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Checks and Balances.
no political interest has enough power to prevail over the others. In 1997 and early 1998, for example, the Senate refused to take action on many of President BillClinton’s appointments of new federal court judges. Although the Senate’s power to approve or reject federal court nominees is one of the key checks on presidentialauthority, the dispute between Clinton and the Senate meant that there were not enough federal judges to handle the court’s workload. But the system of checks andbalance was...
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Peter the Great
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Peter the Great or Peter I (1672-1725), tsar and, later, emperor of Russia (1682-1725), who is linked with the Westernization of Russia and its rise as a great power.
V LATER REIGN Before long, however, these and other reform measures had to cede center stage to the prosecution of the Great Northern War (1700-1721) against Sweden. Peter’sjourney west did not result in a great alliance against the Ottomans, but it led to one against Sweden. Russia fought together with Denmark and the union of Polandand Saxony against Sweden to win the Baltic coastline, the 'window into Europe,' and to break Swedish dominance over the northern part of the continent. At the tim...
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Peter the Great.
V LATER REIGN Before long, however, these and other reform measures had to cede center stage to the prosecution of the Great Northern War (1700-1721) against Sweden. Peter’sjourney west did not result in a great alliance against the Ottomans, but it led to one against Sweden. Russia fought together with Denmark and the union of Polandand Saxony against Sweden to win the Baltic coastline, the 'window into Europe,' and to break Swedish dominance over the northern part of the continent. At the tim...
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James Monroe.
In October 1786, Monroe resigned from Congress and settled with his bride in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he began a law practice. His retirement from politics wasbrief. He was soon elected to the town council, and then once again to the Virginia legislature. However, Monroe never lost touch with national politics. He corresponded regularly with both Jefferson and Madison. In 1786 Monroe attended the AnnapolisConvention, which had been called to consider interstate commerce and other matters...
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James Monroe - USA History.
In October 1786, Monroe resigned from Congress and settled with his bride in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he began a law practice. His retirement from politics wasbrief. He was soon elected to the town council, and then once again to the Virginia legislature. However, Monroe never lost touch with national politics. He corresponded regularly with both Jefferson and Madison. In 1786 Monroe attended the AnnapolisConvention, which had been called to consider interstate commerce and other matters...
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American Civil War.
free state to keep the balance in the Senate. It also provided that slavery would be excluded from the still unorganized part of the Louisiana Territory. A line was drawnfrom Missouri’s southern boundary, at the latitude of 36°30’, and slavery would not be allowed in the territory north of that line,with the exception of Missouri. B Compromise of 1850 Agitation against slavery continued in the North. The South reacted by defending it ever more strongly. The Mexican War, by which the United Stat...
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American Civil War - U.
free state to keep the balance in the Senate. It also provided that slavery would be excluded from the still unorganized part of the Louisiana Territory. A line was drawnfrom Missouri’s southern boundary, at the latitude of 36°30’, and slavery would not be allowed in the territory north of that line,with the exception of Missouri. B Compromise of 1850 Agitation against slavery continued in the North. The South reacted by defending it ever more strongly. The Mexican War, by which the United Stat...
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les restaurations
1° le retour à une concentration des pouvoirs Le 6 avril 1814 le Roi se verra proposer une Constitution par le Sénat, qui laisse filtrer l’esprit de Révolution. En effet, il est prévu de subordonner le Roi à la Nation ; or ce n’est pas l’idée que se fait Louis XVIII de son rôle de Roi c’est pourquoi il refusera catégoriquement cette Constitution sénatoriale. Il est appelé au trône le 24 avril 1814. Mais il n’est pas envisageable à cette période de renier totalement l...
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Democratic Party.
At the beginning of the 20th century the Democrats’ minority position among voters remained central to their existence. The Progressive split in Republican rankshelped elect Woodrow Wilson twice, but the entry of the United States into World War I ended that. The war, popular at first, backfired against the Wilsonadministration when large numbers of German Americans and Irish Americans protested with their votes against U.S. involvement on England’s side. The result wasanother Republican landsli...
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Vice President of the United States.
naval operations. Located in northwest Washington at Massachusetts Avenue and 34th Street, the three-story Queen Anne-style house is within easy driving distance ofCapitol Hill and the White House. The vice president receives an annual salary of $189,300. The vice president has a staff and offices in the Everett M. Dirksen Senate Office Building, near the Capitol, toassist with legislative matters, as well as a personal office near the Senate lobby. The vice president also has staff and offices...
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rité et de fonctions, il fit un gouvernement qui se soutint plus
de huit cents ans dans la plus parfaite tranquillité, et qui valut
à ce législateur une gloire infinie.
que le pouvoir populaire. Mais, dans la suite, l'insolence de la noblesse, provoquée par les causes que nous verrons plus bas, souleva le peuple contre elle ; celle-ci, pour ne pas perdre toute sa puissance, fut forcée de lui en céder une partie ; mais le sénat et les consuls en retinrent une assez grande part pour conserver leur rang dans l'État. C'est ainsi que s'établirent les tribuns ; avec eux s'affermit la république, désormais composée des trois éléments dont nous avons...
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Rouseau amour propre
A la suite de la disparition de Thiers le 3 septembre 1877, dont il prononce l'éloge funèbre, il est chargé de la direction du parti républicain. Le 30 janvier 1879, le président Mac Mahon démissionne et Jules Grévy est élu président de la République par le Congrès réuni à Versailles. Dans le message lu aux Chambres le 6 février 1879, Jules Grévy expose sa conception de la fonction présidentielle :...
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Römische Republik - Geschichte.
hier aus in Raubzügen auf karthagisches und syrakusanisches Gebiet vorstießen. Vom syrakusanischen Strategen Hieron bedrängt, wandten sich die Mamertiner teils anRom, teils an Karthago um Hilfe. Roms Eingreifen zu Gunsten der Mamertiner brachte die Kräftebalance in Sizilien in eine Schieflage, und der römische Angriff auf denkarthagischen Verbündeten Akragas (Agrigent) provozierte punische Flottenoperationen an der Küste Italiens. Aus dem Kleinkrieg erwuchs eine erbitterteAuseinandersetzung zwis...
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Haïti - geographie.
5 VERWALTUNG UND POLITIK Nach der Verfassung von 1987 ist Haïti eine Präsidialrepublik. 5.1 Exekutive Oberster Inhaber der Exekutivgewalt und zugleich Staatsoberhaupt ist der Präsident, der direkt für eine Amtszeit von fünf Jahren gewählt wird; er darf nicht zweiaufeinander folgende Amtszeiten absolvieren. Der Präsident ernennt den Ministerpräsidenten, der vom Parlament bestätigt werden muss. 5.2 Legislative Das Zweikammerparlament besteht aus dem Abgeordnetenhaus mit 99 Mitgliedern und dem S...
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Le Corricolo
C'etait un conseil d'avocat: aussi venait-il de Ciceron.
Puis on pensa a reunir encore Antoine et Cesar par une alliance de sang. Les mariages ont de tout temps ete la grande sanction des raccommodemens politiques. Louis XIV epousa une infante d'Espagne; Napoleon epousa Marie-Louise; Cesar epousa une belle-fille d'Antoine, deja fiancee a un autre. Plus tard Antoine epousera une soeur d'Auguste; il est vrai que ce double mariage n'empechera pas la bataille d'Actium. Pendant ce temps, le bruit de la reunion de Cesar, d'Antoine et de Lepide se repand par...
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Martin Van Buren.
political ambitions. The Clintonians cited as one example of Van Buren's unscrupulous methods his support of a convention in 1821 to revise the state's constitution. Van Buren and hisBucktails said they wanted to make the constitution more democratic. The Clintonians retorted that the real aim was to oust them from office. Both sides were right. Therevised constitution introduced a needed extension of voting rights and improved the operation of the state government. However, it also removed many...
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Martin Van Buren
political ambitions. The Clintonians cited as one example of Van Buren's unscrupulous methods his support of a convention in 1821 to revise the state's constitution. Van Buren and hisBucktails said they wanted to make the constitution more democratic. The Clintonians retorted that the real aim was to oust them from office. Both sides were right. Therevised constitution introduced a needed extension of voting rights and improved the operation of the state government. However, it also removed many...
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James A.
Treasury John Sherman, another Ohioan. He went to the Republican national convention as head of his state's delegation and manager of the Sherman campaign. The Republican Party at that time was split into two factions, the Stalwarts, led by Roscoe Conkling, senator from New York, and the Half-Breeds, led by Blaine. The twogroups had few political differences, but disagreed over the division of appointments to federal positions, known as patronage. The Stalwarts wanted control of all federal ap...
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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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Chester Arthur.
confidence by reappointing them to the Senate. Despite Arthur's help, the legislature did not reappoint the two men. Conkling and Platt never again held public office. In the middle of the political conflict, on July 2, 1881, Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau, a disappointed office-seeker. Garfield died 11 weeks later, on September19, 1881. The following morning, Arthur took the oath of office at his home in New York City. IV PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Arthur's record of party loyalt...
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Chester Arthur
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Chester Arthur (1829-1886), 21st president of the United States (1881-1885), who gained the presidency when President James A.
confidence by reappointing them to the Senate. Despite Arthur's help, the legislature did not reappoint the two men. Conkling and Platt never again held public office. In the middle of the political conflict, on July 2, 1881, Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau, a disappointed office-seeker. Garfield died 11 weeks later, on September19, 1881. The following morning, Arthur took the oath of office at his home in New York City. IV PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Arthur's record of party loyalt...
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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...
- On sent bien que c'est la reconnaissance du couple homosexuel qui pose problème, même si vous vous en défendez. ? Sénat, Comptes-rendus intégraux de mai 1999
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La Nation souveraine.
i•l.!iij,jijUfl ExtraitS de la Constitution de la ye République Article 2 : Le principe de la République est: gouvernement du peu ple, par le peuple et pour le peup le . Article 3 : La souveraineté nationale appartient au peuple qui l'exerce par ses représentants et par la voie de référendum. Le suffrage peut être direct ou indirect dans les conditions prévues par la Constitution. Il est rou jours universel. .. Article 6 : Le président de la République...
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Les etats unis et le monde de 1917 a 1947
I/ Les États-Unis de l’isolationnisme à l’interventionnisme. 1918-1945. Doctrine Monroe 1823 : Déf p222 A. Le programme du président Wilson 1. Les E.U à l’écart des affaires européennes jusqu’au 1917. En 1917 le Président Wilson décide d’intervenir dans la guerre. L’entrée en guerre des E.U est décisive puisque ce sont des troupes fraîches, qui sont très nombreuse qui vont permettre de répondre aux attaques allemand, 200 mille soldats/ mois débarque en Europe à partir de printemps 1918. Rô...
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Oeuvres de Napoleon Bonaparte, TOME III
Comme je n'ai pas le temps d'expédier un courrier à Paris, je vous prie de donner ces nouvelles aux consuls
par un courrier extraordinaire.
[Footnote 13: Celle présentation avait lieu au Champ-de-Mars, au milieu d'une fête pompeuse qui attirait tout Paris.] Paris, le 29 messidor an 8 (18 juillet 1800). Au sénat conservateur. Sénateurs, Depuis deux ans la garnison de Malte résiste aux plus grandes privations. En prêtant serment au pacte social, les soldats de la garnison de Malte ont juré de tenir jusqu'à la dernière once de pain, et de s'ensevelir sous les ruines de cette inexpugnable forteresse. Le premier consul croit ne pouvoir d...
- CARTELLIER, Pierre (1757-1831) Sculpteur, il décore de nombreux monuments parisiens (Louvre, Sénat, Arc du Carrousel) sous le Consulat, l'Empire et la Restauration.
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Belgique.
de vie (79 années) sont caractéristiques d’un pays industrialisé avec des infrastructures et des soins médicaux développés et modernes. Les Flamands d’origine germanique et les Wallons d’origine celtique sont les deux groupes majoritaires au sein de la population. La distinction s’opère également d’un pointde vue linguistique ; le premier groupe parle le néerlandais et des dialectes qui en sont issus, tandis que les Wallons parlent le français et des dialectes picards et wallons.La moitié nord d...
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Library of Congress.
manuscripts, books, and films. The Digital Library’s eventual goal is to make available 80 million items from the Library of Congress’s collection that are not easilyavailable elsewhere. V ORGANIZATION AND FUNDING The librarian of Congress serves as the director of the institution. Tradition, politics, and strong personalities have shaped the function of this office. Although the Libraryof Congress was established in 1800, the office of librarian was not created until passage of a law in 1802....
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Fiji Islands - country.
the early 1990s. Fishing is done mainly at a subsistence level, but commercial fishing is increasing. The country also receives income from the sale of licenses to foreignvessels to fish in Fiji’s exclusive economic zone. Industry, including mining, manufacturing, and construction, employs 34 percent of Fiji’s wage earners and, in 2006, contributed 26 percent of GDP. The governmentinstituted tax-free incentives in 1988 that created a flourishing garment industry. Ready-made garments are now the...
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George Herbert Walker Bush.
Lebanon. More troubling was the disclosure that agents operating under direct White House supervision used profits from the arms sales to buy weapons for thecontras, a group of anti-government Nicaraguan rebels, despite an explicit congressional ban on such aid. Bush later claimed that he opposed the arms-for-hostagesdeal, but offered little evidence to back his claims ( see Iran-Contra Affair). C 1988 Presidential Election While the Reagan-Bush program helped produce prosperity for the wealth...
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George Herbert Walker Bush - USA History.
Lebanon. More troubling was the disclosure that agents operating under direct White House supervision used profits from the arms sales to buy weapons for thecontras, a group of anti-government Nicaraguan rebels, despite an explicit congressional ban on such aid. Bush later claimed that he opposed the arms-for-hostagesdeal, but offered little evidence to back his claims ( see Iran-Contra Affair). C 1988 Presidential Election While the Reagan-Bush program helped produce prosperity for the wealth...
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Kolumbien - geographie.
Zu den Feiertagen Kolumbiens gehören Neujahr (1. Januar), der Dreikönigstag (6. Januar), der Josephstag (19. März), Ostern, der Tag der Arbeit (1. Mai), der Festtag derHeiligen Peter und Paul (29. Juni), der Unabhängigkeitstag (20. Juli), der Gedenktag der Schlacht bei Boyacá (7. August), Mariä Himmelfahrt (15. August), Día de la Raza (12. Oktober), Allerheiligen (1. November), der Gedenktag der Unabhängigkeit von Cartagena (11. November) und Weihnachten (25. Dezember). 3.3 Soziales Die staatl...
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Analyse Sobibor, Mr Smith au Sénat, La Famille Tenenbaum, Deep End.
Mr. Smith au Sénat , de Frank Capra Mr Smith au Sénat est un film en noir et blanc réalisé par Frank Capra en 1939. Cet italien immigré aux Etats-Unis dans son enfance devient, dans les années 30, un important cinéaste américain en remportant trois Oscars du meilleur réalisateur. Le film Mr Smith au Sénat est un de ses succès, il est nommé 10 fois aux Oscars et reçoit celui de « la meilleure histoire ». Jefferson Smith (James Stewart) est un animateur des Boys Rangers,...
- Question 84: Réuni à Versailles, le Congrès (Assemblée nationale + Sénat) adopte, le 21 octobre 1974, une révision de la Constitution donnant à 60 députés (ou sénateurs) le droit de " saisir" le Conseil constitutionnel.
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Récit de voyage par le paysan du Danube
que ce soient les ordres qu'ils ant recus de vous; nous les tenons pour des criminels qui offensent vos dieux et attirent sur votre vine la vengeance des Inunortels. « En vain nous travaillons pour payer les impOts dont ils nous accablent : Jew. harleuse avarice n'est jamais assouvie. Desesperes, nous abandonnons nos villes, pour vivre ou mieux pour mourir avec nos femmes et nos enfants dans les affreus es retraites de nos montagnes. La, du moins, nous n'aurons point sous les yeux l'exemple de l...
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La Dépêche
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surveillance qui avait pour garantie cette prescription. « L'entrée de l'école leur est toujours interdite ». Ayant supprimé ce mot et retiré ce droit, la commission a cru qu'elle avait fait assez, et, dans son désir de voir passer sa loi, elle n'a pas insisté pour faire davantage. Elle a eu tort, car la suppression de l'article 2 laisse le gouvernement maître unique et absolu de l'enseignement religieux dans les écoles. Quand la loi fait défaut, les circulaires du ministre remplacent la loi...
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Sir Mackenzie Bowell.
government. B Retirement Bowell's political career was not quite over. He remained Conservative leader in the Senate until 1906. He did not forgive his rebellious colleagues, even when some ofthem joined him in the Senate. In 1905 he reasserted in a speech that they had been “a nest of traitors.” Even his retirement in 1906 struck a bitter note. TheConservative senators elected one senator to succeed Bowell, but not before another senator had been led by Bowell to expect the position. Microsof...
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Sir Mackenzie Bowell - Canadian History.
government. B Retirement Bowell's political career was not quite over. He remained Conservative leader in the Senate until 1906. He did not forgive his rebellious colleagues, even when some ofthem joined him in the Senate. In 1905 he reasserted in a speech that they had been “a nest of traitors.” Even his retirement in 1906 struck a bitter note. TheConservative senators elected one senator to succeed Bowell, but not before another senator had been led by Bowell to expect the position. Microsof...
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Citoyenneté et empire à Rome (Ier-IIIè siècle)
PAGES Carole Fiche leçon : classe de 2nde Chaque citoyen appartient à l’une des 135 tribus et, suivant son cens, est affecté à l’une des 5 classes, elles-mêmes réparties en 193 centuries. C’est au sein des tribus et des centuries qu’il participe aux différentes assemblées populaires et qu’il vote pour élire les magistrats inférieurs (tribuns militaires, questeurs aux responsabilités financières, édiles veillant à l’entretien des bâtiments publics, etc). L’éligibilité aux magistratu...
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Article de presse: Michel Debré, la fidélité peut être une passion
établit le statut de l'Ecole nationale d'administration et des Instituts d'études politiques. Après un échec aux élections législativesde 1946, il est affecté au commissariat aux affaires allemandes et autrichiennes en 1947 il en devient secrétaire général. Mais sacarrière administrative s'achève. Bien qu'il ait, l'un des premiers, rejoint le RPF dès 1947, c'est sous l'étiquette du Rassemblement des gauches républicainesqu'il entre au Sénat en novembre 1948. Au conseil général d'Indre-et-...
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Comment le peuple philippin a chassé Estrada
comptes fictifs. Peu après sa prise de fonctions, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo a déclaré que son prédécesseur disposait égalementde comptes dits « avions » dont les numéros sont 747, 737 et 727 pour les Boeing, et 300 et 301 pour les Airbus. Estradaprocédait à des opérations en ne citant que le numéro du compte. Ces informations, a-t-elle ajouté au cours d'une conférence depresse le 25 janvier, se trouvent dans la fameuse « enveloppe » dont onze sénateurs sur vingt et un ont refusé l'examen le 16janv...