113 résultats pour "streets"
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Seattle - geography.
Mountains. The area includes the suburban cities of Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, Renton, and Issaquah. The Eastside has become home to dozens of high-technologyindustries including Microsoft Corporation, ATL Ultrasound, Nintendo of America, divisions of The Boeing Company, and many other firms. In the 1960s commutersheaded to Seattle jobs from homes on the Eastside. Today, the “reverse commute” from Seattle homes to jobs on the Eastside is just as heavy, and both streams oftraffic cross the same...
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Sydney (Australia) - geography.
blocks in the eastern suburbs and around railway stations elsewhere; and homes on large lots in the outer suburbs, especially those to the northwest. For publichousing, the state government built a number of high-rise apartment blocks in run-down inner suburbs after World War II (1939-1945). These housing projects weresoon deemed unsuccessful and were discontinued because they fostered crime and other social problems. More recently, public housing has taken the form of separateor semidetached ho...
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ÉTRANGER-GROUPE 1, SESSION DE JUIN 1995 LANGUE VIVANTE I
coming out of the station more than a week later, the man did not even look at him, and Thomas had known that be should not ask what had happened to the money. James Alan McP!IERsoN, A Matter ofVocabulary. 1. Compréhension de l'écrit A. Compréhension globale 1. Tick the box corresponding to the right answer and jus- tify by quoting from the text (only one answer). 1. Thomas Iived in a bouse which was: a) next to a police station. D b) on...
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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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In-Line Skating.
the foot using a combination of laces and buckles. Many skaters prefer a simple closure system that has laces on the lower portion of the skate and a buckle at the top.The boot liner is made of a soft, padded, cloth portion that fits inside the outer shell. Boot liners should be vented, which keeps the feet cool by allowing perspiration toescape during strenuous workouts or long trips. Attached to the bottom of each skate is the wheel frame. The frame houses from three to five wheels. The wheels...
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Québec (city) - Geography.
rotates between the mayors of small, medium, and core municipalities. The QUC is responsible for zoning, regional development, property valuation, waste disposal, andtourism promotion. City planning and public transit are handled in collaboration with the municipalities. Other municipal functions such as public works, libraries, water,parks, fire and police services, street repair, and traffic control are left to the municipalities. VII CONTEMPORARY ISSUES In recent years the St. Lawrence Rive...
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American Drummer, which Librarian Higgins orders especially for me.
blowjob?" Isaid, "I'venever evenmether." I know alot about birdsandbees, butIdon't know verymuch about thebirds andthebees. Everything Ido know Ihad to teach myself onthe Internet, becauseIdon't haveanyone toask. Forexample, Iknow thatyougive someone ablowjob by putting yourpenis intheir mouth. Ialso know thatdickispenis, andthat cock ispenis, too.Andmonster cock, obviously. Iknow thatVJsget wet when awoman ishaving sex,although Idon't know whattheygetwet with. I know that VJiscunt, andalso ass....
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Roman Art and Architecture - History.
Racecourses or circuses were also built in many cities for holding chariot races and horse races. Rome’s circus-shaped Piazza Navona occupies the site of one that wasbuilt during the reign ( AD 81-96) of the emperor Domitian. The largest circus in Rome, the Circus Maximus, held about 200,000 spectators. E Public Baths Large cities and small towns alike also had public baths ( thermae ); under the Republic they were generally made up of a suite of dressing rooms and bathing chambers with hot- ,...
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Excerpt from A Christmas Carol - anthology.
External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snowwas more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty. Foul weather didn’t know where to have him. The heaviest rain, and snow, and hail, and sleet,could boast of the advantage over him in only one respect. They often “came down” handsomely and Scrooge never did. Nobody ever stopped him in the street to say, with g...
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USA - Iraq War - History.
B Making the Case for War B1 “Neoconservatives” and the Bush Doctrine Long before President George W. Bush took office in 2001, elements in or close to the Republican Party had called repeatedly for firmer U.S. steps against Iraq,including a war if necessary to force a regime change. One such group authored a white paper in 1996 called A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm , which was later sent to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of Israel’s Likud Party. It advocated...
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U.S.-Iraq War - U.S. History.
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U.S.-Iraq War, military action begun in
B Making the Case for War B1 “Neoconservatives” and the Bush Doctrine Long before President George W. Bush took office in 2001, elements in or close to the Republican Party had called repeatedly for firmer U.S. steps against Iraq,including a war if necessary to force a regime change. One such group authored a white paper in 1996 called A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm , which was later sent to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of Israel’s Likud Party. It advocated...
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Une femme au 10 Downing street
l'u.R.S.S. représente pour l'Occident, et met l'accent sur la « nonchalance » du gouvernement travailliste face à l'expansion soviétique en Afrique et en Afghanistan. Préoccupée par la recrudescence des violences et de la criminalité, tensions raciales aiguës, conflits du travail, terrorisme dans les grands centres urbains, Mme Thatcher mène vigoureusement cam pagne pour le renforcement de la police et l'appli cation rigoureuse des lois, allant même jusqu'...
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Québec (city) - geography.
Old Québec SeminaryCannons in front of the old seminary of Québec in Sainte-Foy recall the community’s history as the site of a 1760 French victory overBritish troops. Founded as Le Séminaire de Québec in 1663, the institution was renamed Université Laval (University of Laval) in1852.Bruce Adams; Eye Ubiquitous/Corbis Québec has long been an important educational center. Laval University (Université Laval), chartered in 1852, is an outgrowth of the Grande Séminaire (1663), the firstCanadian inst...
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The Modern Metropolis - the Flaneur, the Flaneuse
2 S3 : However, Virginia Woolf challenges all these aspects, in her novel, Mrs Dalloway . As the characters ( Clari ssa, her old friend Peter Wa lsh and the wa r veteran Septimus Warren Smith) cross each other’s paths, the novel becomes a map of patterns and associations . Woolf examines the human topography of London in Mrs Dalloway as she depicts landscapes that reinforce boundaries of class and gender, rich and poor, men and women, who percei...
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Joseph Mallord William Turner (Histoire de la peinture) : UN PRÉCURSEUR DE L'IMPRESSIONNISME
EN QUlTE D'INDÉPENDANCE • Dans la décennie 1810, Turner poursuit sa course aux honneurs : il est ainsi nommé membre du conseil d'administration de la Royal Academy, puis membre du comité d'accrochage. • En 1807, il devient professeur de perspective dans cette école. • Toutefois, afin d'échapper aux querelles intestines qui agitent ce haut lieu de l'art londonien, Turner décide dès 1806 de participer aux expositions de la British Institution, cré...
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William TURNER (Exposé – Art & Littérature – Collège/Lycée)
EN QUlTE D'INDÉPENDANCE • Dan s la décennie 1810 , Turner pour suit sa course aux honneurs : il est ainsi nommé membre du conseil d'administration de la Royal Academy , puis membre du comité d'accrochage . • En 1807, il devient professeur de perspective dans cette école . • Toutefois , afin d'échapper aux querelles intestines qui agitent ce haut lieu de l 'art londonien , Turner décide dès 1806 de participer aux expositions de la British Institution ,...
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Winnipeg - Geography.
about to become a territory of the Dominion of Canada, the Métis seized Upper Fort Garry because Canadian expansion was a threat to their own territorial claims andto their unique way of life. This began the Red River Rebellion, which ended with Canada’s 1870 agreement to make Manitoba a self-governing province. Winnipeg wasmade the provincial capital. The young city came into its own after 1885, when the Canadian Pacific Railway was extended to the Pacific Coast, but it did not really boom unti...
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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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Seattle - geography.
Queen Anne Hill, north of downtown, was long isolated by its steep ascent but emerged as a fashionable residential area at the close of the 19th century. North of QueenAnne Hill and across the Lake Washington Ship Canal, Ballard was originally settled by Scandinavian immigrants. Annexed to Seattle in 1907, Ballard today is a residentialneighborhood with a strong Nordic heritage. To the east from Ballard along the north side of the Ship Canal, the neighborhoods of Fremont, Wallingford, and the Un...
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Drug Dependence.
these drugs develops rapidly, no withdrawal syndrome is apparent when they are discontinued. Phencyclidine, or PCP, known popularly by such names as “angel dust” and “rocket fuel,” has no medical purpose for humans but is occasionally used by veterinarians asan anesthetic and sedative for animals. It became a common drug of abuse in the late 1970s, and is considered a menace because it can easily be synthesized. Itseffects differ from those of other hallucinogens. LSD, for example, produces deta...
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What am I going to do, I need more room,
children's section,themore Ilooked athim, themore unsure Iwas, themore Iwanted itto be him, hadhegone towork instead ofto his death? Myhands shookagainst thechange inmy pockets, Itried nottostare, Itried nottoreach my arms outinfront ofme, could itbe, did herecognize me,he'd written, "Itismy great hopethatourpaths, however long and winding, willcross again." Fiftyyears laterhewore thesame thickglasses, I'dnever seenawhiter shirt,hehad ahard time letting goofbooks, Iwent uptohim. "Idon't speak,"...
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Kolkata - geography.
area, and trains have north-south lines with a few east-west connections. There are two major train terminals: Sealdah in the east central part of Kolkata and Hāoraacross the river from the Central Business District. Electric trams operate in Kolkata proper. The aging buses, trains, and tram cars suffer from overloading, creatinguncomfortable rides. Subway construction started in 1972 and became operational with 7 km (4.3 mi) of line in 1984. By 1995 all of the subway’s 16.4-km (10.2-mi)route fr...
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Lima (Peru) - geography.
home to a wide range of museums, many focusing on Peru’s indigenous heritage. These include the National Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology, the GoldMuseum of Peru, the Museum of the Central Reserve Bank, and the Rafael Larco Herrera Museum, which specializes in pre-Hispanic ceramics. Art and history museumsare also found in metropolitan Lima, including the National Museum of the Republic, the Museum of Peruvian Culture, and the Museum of the Inquisition, in the buildingwhere colonial Cathol...
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Rap
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Jay-Z
Rapper Jay-Z rose to popularity with such albums as Vol.
Run-DMCTypically in rap music, vocalists recite rhyming lyrics in time to a beat that may be sampled from prerecorded music byother groups. Black youths developed rap music on the streets of inner cities in the United States during the 1970s, butthe style has expanded to include a wider variety of performers and audiences. The rap group Run-DMC, shown here, wasa powerful early influence in the genre. The group helped bring rap music into the mainstream when it released “WalkThis Way” (1986), a s...
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5, 6, 7, 5, 4, 6!
new movie? Iwrote, "What's happened?" andshowed itto ayoung businessman watchingthetelevision, hetook asip of his coffee andsaid, "Nooneknows yet,"hiscoffee haunts me,his"yet" haunts me.Istood there, aperson inacrowd, was Iwatching theimages, orwas something morecomplicated happening?Itried tocount thefloors above where the planes hadhit,the fire had toburn upthrough thebuildings, Iknew thatthose people couldn't besaved, andhow many were onthe planes, andhow many wereonthe street, Ithought andth...
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"Which was this.
was good. It'seasy tobe emotional. Youcanalways makeascene. Remember meeight months ago?Thatwaseasy." "It didn't sound easy.""Itwas simple. Highsandlows make youfeel that things matter, butthey're nothing." "Sowhat's something?" "Beingreliable issomething. Beinggood." "And what about thekey?" "Atthe end ofhis letter hewrote, 'Ihave something foryou. Inthe blue vase, onthe shelf in the bedroom, isakey. Itopens asafe-deposit boxatour bank. Ihope you'll understand whyIwanted youtohave it.'" "And? W...
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Milwaukee - geography.
acts ranging from alternative rock to country music. During the rest of the summer months, the park is the site of weekend festivals staged by Milwaukee’s majorethnic groups: Italian, Irish, German, African American, Polish, Mexican, Native American, and Asian. The Great Circus Parade, featuring the world’s largest collection ofornate circus wagons, is another staple of Milwaukee’s festival season. The Wisconsin State Fair is held annually in nearby West Allis. V RECREATION The largest single u...
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Toronto - geography.
now a museum. In the far northeast side of the City is the Toronto Zoo, a modern zoo covering many acres and with well-designed animal displays. Originally known as the SkyDome, the Rogers Centre is a state-of-the-art stadium complex that opened in 1989. The stadium features a retractable roof that can openin 20 minutes to expose the playing field and most of the 50,000 seats to the open air. It is the home of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League and theToronto Blue Jays of Majo...
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Toronto - Geography.
now a museum. In the far northeast side of the City is the Toronto Zoo, a modern zoo covering many acres and with well-designed animal displays. Originally known as the SkyDome, the Rogers Centre is a state-of-the-art stadium complex that opened in 1989. The stadium features a retractable roof that can openin 20 minutes to expose the playing field and most of the 50,000 seats to the open air. It is the home of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League and theToronto Blue Jays of Majo...
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São Paulo (city) - geography.
universities include the State University Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1976), and the even larger University of São Paulo (1934), which incorporates the city’s famousand influential Faculty of Law. Important private universities are Mackenzie University, originally founded by Presbyterian missionaries from the United States (1870);the Paulista University (1972); the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (1946); and the University São Judas Tadeu (1971). The city is home to the São Pau...
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Conan Doyle
brante invention dans un gouffre suisse. Consternation à Londres : Sherlock Holmes est mort . Malgré les suppli cations, Conan Doyle résiste. Il condescend à exhumer un récit « posthume » (Le Chien des Baskerville, 1902), mais son héros reste dans sa cre vasse. Il faudra toute la per suasion de Mme Doyle mère et des éditeurs pour que l'irascible auteur ressuscite son infatigable détective. Conan Doyle a cependant bien soin, à l'issu du nouveau...
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The Uses of Sidewalks: Safety and Contact
2 First, a distinction between “the public and the private spaces”; second, streets must be constantly watched, and third sidewalk must be occupied by users: "Once a street is well equipped to handle strangers, once it has both a good, effective demarcation between private and public spaces and has a basic supply of activity and eyes, the more strangers the merrier" (40). By this quote, Jacobs means that people will have no apprehension by using a street or a sidewalk that meet the requirements...
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- QUI SONT CES INDIGNÉS ET POURQUOI S'INDIGNENT-ILS?
- Dickens
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Comment Hitler Monte Au Pouvoir Légalement A la fin de la première guerre mondiale, l’Allemagne humiliée par le traité de Versailles, doit faire face à plusieurs difficultés.
population. Cette crise vient du krash boursier de Wall-Street. Elle se propage en Amérique latine et en Europe. A cause du krash, les usines ferment et la production industrielle s'éffrondre, les prix baissent, mettant beaucoup de gens au chômage. Les gouvernements démocratiques ne parviennent pas à endiguer le chômage. Dans de nombreux pays, des hommes ou des partis en profitent pour installer des dictatures. En Italie et en Allemagne, Mussolini et Hitler (voir annexe 5). Sans l'argent des Ét...
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location et forme de pouvoir
the super power the U.S.A. Represents. Whereas (tandis que) 10 Downing Street is sometimes criticized as the building seems to be a cosy house and not an imposing one. -Tradition : The pledge of allegiance = every morning at school in the U.S.A., pupils/students express their loyalty to the federal flag (The Stars and Stripes Flag) and the republic of the united States. -The superpower of the U.S.A : the American Dream. From « rags to riches » Ex : Andrew C...
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crise économique de 1929.
dépendante des investissements étrangers (Allemagne, Pologne, Amérique latine) et ceux où le crédit a explosé (États-Unis, Canada) sont les premiers touchés. Lange, Soupe populaire au White AngelLa crise économique, qui a commencé au lendemain du krach de Wall Street d’octobre 1929, a généré des millions de chômeurs àtravers tous les États-Unis.Dorothea Lange, White Angel Bread Line, San Francisco (« Soupe populaire au White Angel,San Francisco »), 1933. Gélatine d'argent, 31,1 × 25,6 cm. Museum...
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La crise de 1929: L'ÉVÉNEMENT MARQUANT DE L'ENTRE-DEUX-GUERRES
La crise est probablement une conséquence de la situation dramatique des farme rs car ils ont un poids économique important. On retrouve le même type de processus dans de nombreux secteurs industrie l s où, depuis 1919, les investissements se so n t faits trop rapidement. La crise revêt ainsi une double dimension : elle est à la fois une crise de sous-consommation et une crise de surproduction . L 'industrie pétrolière subit ce phénomène, en part iculier...
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Kentucky Derby Winners.
1946 Assault 1947 Jet Pilot 1948 Citation 1949 Ponder 1950 Middleground 1951 Count Turf 1952 Hill Gail 1953 Dark Star 1954 Determine 1955 Swaps 1956 Needles 1957 Iron Liege 1958 Tim Tam 1959 Tomy Lee 1960 Venetian Way 1961 Carry Back 1962 Decidedly 1963 Chateaugay 1964 Northern Dancer 1965 Lucky Debonair 1966 Kauai King 1967 Proud Clarion 1968 Forward Pass* 1969 Majestic Prince 1970 Dust Commander 1971 Canonero II 1972 Riva Ridge 1973 Secretariat 1974 Cannonade 1975 Foolish Pleasure 1976 Bold Fo...
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Kentucky Derby Winners.
1946 Assault 1947 Jet Pilot 1948 Citation 1949 Ponder 1950 Middleground 1951 Count Turf 1952 Hill Gail 1953 Dark Star 1954 Determine 1955 Swaps 1956 Needles 1957 Iron Liege 1958 Tim Tam 1959 Tomy Lee 1960 Venetian Way 1961 Carry Back 1962 Decidedly 1963 Chateaugay 1964 Northern Dancer 1965 Lucky Debonair 1966 Kauai King 1967 Proud Clarion 1968 Forward Pass* 1969 Majestic Prince 1970 Dust Commander 1971 Canonero II 1972 Riva Ridge 1973 Secretariat 1974 Cannonade 1975 Foolish Pleasure 1976 Bold Fo...
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Fiche de lecture : Et si c’était vrai..., Marc Levy
Entre temps, Lauren et Arthur continuent de se fréquenter ce qui peut provoquer des situations loufoques en publique puisque personne ne peut la voir. Tous deux apprennent à se connaître : Arthur questionne beaucoup Lauren sur sa condition de « fantôme » qui s’avère être moins agréable qu’il pensait. A cette annonce, Arthur décide de faire des recherches poussé&es avec Lauren afin de trouver une solution pour faire revenir Lauren du coma. Dès son retour à la maison, Arthu...
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Extreme Sports.
racing events are the Raid Gauloises and the Eco-Challenge. Created in 1989 by French journalist Gerard Fusil, the Raid Gauloises is a grueling two-week adventure racein which five-person teams cross rugged and remote terrain. The inaugural Raid was held in New Zealand, and subsequent races have been staged in Costa Rica,Madagascar, Borneo, and Chile. The race has five separate stages designed to fit each location’s unique terrain. Stages may require horseback riding, white-waterpaddling, mounta...
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Excerpt from The Pickwick Papers - anthology.
“Two or three veeks,” replied the man. “Weeks!” said Mr. Pickwick in astonishment—and out came the note-book again. “He lives at Pentonwil when he's at home,” observed the driver, coolly, “but we seldom takes him home, on account of his veakness.” “On account of his weakness!” reiterated the perplexed Mr. Pickwick. “He always falls down when he's took out o' the cab,” continued the driver, “but when he's in it, we bears him up werry tight, and takes him in werry short, so as heca...
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Toronto - geography.
The Hockey Hall of Fame is in downtown Toronto. VI ECONOMY Toronto’s economy has changed over the past several decades, with financial and business services becoming the largest sector. Included in this sector are banks, stockmarkets, insurance, advertising, marketing, accounting firms, and law firms. Toronto ranks third on the continent, behind New York City and Chicago, Illinois, in the numberof major corporations that have their head offices there. Toronto is the leading printing and publish...
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La mondialisation
Les 10 principaux géants du commerce mondial se situent au Nord sauf la Chine. Les échanges mondiaux se font principalemententre eux. balance commerciale = nombre d'exportations - nombre d'importations Les 3 1ers:1 ALLEMAGNE: 2022 CHINE: 1773 JAPON: 70 Les 3 derniers:FRANCE: -43R.U: -158USA: -883 Entre 70 et 2005: le commerce mondial n'a pas cessé de progressé => + d'inégalités => écarts se creusent.Energies/minerais st stables (16 et 17%)Les produits agricoles et alimentaires regressent: (21 à...
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Santa Claus
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Santa Claus, legendary bringer of gifts at Christmas.
included such details as the names of the reindeer; Santa Claus's laughs, winks, and nods; and the method by which Saint Nicholas, referred to as an elf, returns up thechimney. (Moore's phrase “lays his finger aside of his nose” was drawn directly from Irving's 1809 description.) The American image of Santa Claus was further elaborated by illustrator Thomas Nast, who depicted a rotund Santa for Christmas issues of Harper's magazine from the 1860s to the 1880s. Nast added such details as Santa'...
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New York City - geographie.
Zu Beginn des Nordamerikanischen Unabhängigkeitskrieges (1776-1783) wurde die Stadt nach der Schlacht von Long Island von britischen Truppen besetzt, blieb aberZentrum des Widerstands gegen die Kolonialherrschaft. 1779 wurde New York Hauptstadt des gleichnamigen Bundesstaates. Nach der Fertigstellung des Erie-Kanals 1825 erfuhr New York als nunmehr wichtigste Hafenstadt an der nordamerikanischen Ostküste einen weiteren Wachstumsschub undwurde zu einem wichtigen Handels-, Finanz- und Industriezen...
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than a year ago.
It would begetting sohot that myskin would starttoget blisters. Itwould feelsogood toget away fromtheheat, buton the other hand, whenIhit the sidewalk Iwould die,obviously. WhichwouldIchoose? WouldIjump orwould Iburn? I guess Iwould jump,because thenIwouldn't havetofeel pain. Onthe other hand, maybe Iwould burn,because thenI'd at least have achance tosomehow escape,andeven ifIcouldn't, feelingpainisstill better thannotfeeling, isn'tit? I remembered mycell phone. I still had afew seconds. Who sho...
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- On the road
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It wasn't until the day before we were going to go that the renter asked the obvious question.
I told her, "Ipromise I'mgoing tobe better soon." She said, "There's nothingwrongwithyou." "I'll behappy andnormal." She putherfingers around theback ofmy neck. I told her, "Itried incredibly hard.Idon't know howIcould havetriedharder." She said, "Dad would havebeen veryproud ofyou." "Do youthink so?" "I know so." I cried some more. Iwanted totell her allofthe liesthat I'dtold her. And then Iwanted hertotell me that itwas OK, because sometimes youhave todo something badtodo something good.Andthe...