15 résultats pour "toy"
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Toys.
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Toys, objects that serve as playthings for children. Although the
clay. These readily available elements were also used to make more elaborate toys as human society advanced. Archaeologists have found primitive, handmade toys such as wooden or cloth dolls, clay marbles, and terracotta figures that date back thousands of years. In ancientEgypt, Greece, and Rome, people placed dolls or clay figures in the graves or tombs of children for them to play with in the afterlife. The yo-yo may seem like a 20th-century fad, but it actually dates back at least 2,500 years...
- Toy Dog.
- English Toy Spaniel.
- « Toy Story », les jouets neufs du cinéma
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Animation
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Finding Nemo
A clown fish named Marlin, left, and his friend Dory search for Marlin's son in the computer-animated feature film Finding
Nemo (2003).
Animator at WorkAnimators use computers for every part of the animation process, from creating a storyboard (a scene-by-sceneillustration of the plot) to imitating camera movement. This animator is creating a scene for the motion picture Antz(1998).C. Lepetit/Liaison Agency If an animator is basing the animation project on drawings, one of the most common animation techniques, he or she will first create a series of rough sketches thatoften will be filmed in a pencil test (simple line drawings...
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La Gazette
Relation des nouvelles du Monde - Décembre 1633
Novs Gaspar, du titre de Sainte Croix en Jerusalem, Borgia.
Sainte Escriture. Toutesfois, il a naguéres paru vn livre imprimé à Florence sous ton nom, intitulé, Dialogue des deux systèmes du monde de Ptolomée & de Copernic, auquel tu défens encore la mesme opinion. C'est pourquoy nous t'avons appellé de nouveau, & sür tes confessions, recognoissances & productions, par sentence definitive renduë dans nostre tribunal, du conseil & avis du R. P. Maistre de la sacrée Theologie, & des Docteurs de l'vne & l'autre Loy, apres l'invocation du S. Nom de IESVS & d...
- Pug. Pug, breed of toy dog, believed to have originated in
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some screws, a pair of rusty scissors, a toy car, a pen, a key ring, broken glasses for someone with incredibly bad eyes.
anything Iwant. Myfavorite bookis A Brief History ofTime, even though Ihaven't actually finished it,because themath is incredibly hardandMom isn'tgood athelping me.One ofmy favorite partsisthe beginning ofthe first chapter, where Stephen Hawking tellsabout afamous scientist whowasgiving alecture abouthowtheearth orbits thesun, andthesun orbits thesolar system, andwhatever. Thenawoman inthe back ofthe room raised herhand andsaid, "What youhave told usisrubbish. Theworld isreally aflat plate suppo...
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Collectibles and Collecting.
common blond and thus commands a higher price. If there are different variations to a collectible, the least common one is usually worth more. Often there areinteresting stories behind rarities, such as the highly sought-after 1909 Honus Wagner baseball card. At that time tobacco companies manufactured and distributedbaseball cards, and when the antitobacco Wagner complained, his card was pulled from production. Very few copies in good condition have ever been found. C Age Age is often an indic...
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Christmas.
The new custom of Christmas gift giving allowed the marketplace to exert an unprecedented influence on holiday celebrations. Commercial innovations such asdepartment stores and mass advertising further expanded the custom of exchanging Christmas gifts. Seasonal retail sales helped fuel the economy, causing merchantsand advertisers to become some of the season’s most ardent promoters. Many holiday celebrants regretted these changes, however, and began voicing the nowcommon lament that Christmas h...
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Épîtres de Clément Marot (résume et analyse complète)
les raisons de èette réussite. Curieuse ment, Marot l'épistolier semble jouir d'un crédit aussi large que rétif à l'explication. Alléguer sa «commune manière de parler » (Du Bellay) ou son « élégant badinage '' (Boileau) ne fait pas beaucoup progresser notre compré hension. Il est évident, à la lecture des épîtres les plus célèbres ("Au Roy, pour avoir esté dérobé", XXIII ; "A la royne de Navarre", LII; "Contre Sagan", LVI) que la verve...
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Anxiety.
A Genetics and Neurobiology Studies suggest that anxiety disorders run in families. That is, children and close relatives of people with disorders are more likely than most to develop anxietydisorders. Some people may inherit genes that make them particularly vulnerable to anxiety. These genes do not necessarily cause people to be anxious, but the genesmay increase the risk of anxiety disorders when certain psychological and social factors are also present. Anxiety also appears to be related to...
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Crafts.
VI POTTERY Ceramic objects can be molded completely by hand or thrown (shaped) on a potter's wheel, a device with a rotating horizontal disk. When the clay hardens, it is fired ina high-temperature oven, or kiln, to strengthen it. To make the object waterproof, glazes may then be applied and the piece fired again. Although hand construction iseasy to master, throwing on the potter's wheel requires practice. Several simple tools are used by potters, including sponges, trimming tools, wooden sha...
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Puzzle.
Visual puzzles involve searching a picture to find hidden or disguised figures or answering a question about some part of a visual illusion. For instance, the popular 19th- century prints of American lithographic company Currier & Ives featured hidden people, animals, and other objects. A 16th-century painting from Bukhara, Uzbekistan,of a camel includes hidden figures of 17 people, 10 rabbits, a monkey, and a dragon (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City). B Mathematical Puzzles and Logic...
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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'...