14 résultats pour "vermont"
- Vermont
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Vermont - geography.
Forests cover 78 percent of Vermont. Most of the trees are deciduous, principally the maple, elm, birch, beech, oak, hickory, ash, cherry, and butternut. The state treeis the sugar maple, which provides Vermont’s famous maple syrup. Conifers are common in some mountain areas and include mainly the white pine, red spruce,hemlock, and cedar. A great variety of ferns have been found within the state. Among the more common wildflowers that grow in Vermont are anemones, arbutuses,violets, lilacs, dai...
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Vermont - USA History.
Forests cover 78 percent of Vermont. Most of the trees are deciduous, principally the maple, elm, birch, beech, oak, hickory, ash, cherry, and butternut. The state treeis the sugar maple, which provides Vermont’s famous maple syrup. Conifers are common in some mountain areas and include mainly the white pine, red spruce,hemlock, and cedar. A great variety of ferns have been found within the state. Among the more common wildflowers that grow in Vermont are anemones, arbutuses,violets, lilacs, dai...
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Vermont - Facts and Figures.
Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders less than 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 1.4 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 0.9 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 76.5 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 274 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 714 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 10.2 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) 11.3...
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Calvin Coolidge.
By 1923 President Harding was faced with a number of difficulties. A business depression, which had begun in 1922, continued. In addition, the Republican majorities inboth houses of Congress were reduced in the election of 1922, and a discontented farm bloc of Western Republican senators threatened to destroy the Senate majorityby allying with the Democrats. Finally, it was rumored that major scandals involving Harding's friends were about to break. The rumors were soon proved accurate. The dire...
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Calvin Coolidge
By 1923 President Harding was faced with a number of difficulties. A business depression, which had begun in 1922, continued. In addition, the Republican majorities inboth houses of Congress were reduced in the election of 1922, and a discontented farm bloc of Western Republican senators threatened to destroy the Senate majorityby allying with the Democrats. Finally, it was rumored that major scandals involving Harding's friends were about to break. The rumors were soon proved accurate. The dire...
- Cram Donald James , né en 1919 à Chester (Vermont), chimiste américain.
- Dewey J ohn , 1859-1952, né à Burlington (Vermont), philosophe et pédagogue américain, de tendance pragmatiste.
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Le gorille
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question.» \24Que dis-tu de cela, Adrien? fit Mayran en passant à M. de Vermont le journal qu'il venait de lire. \24J'ai vu ailleurs de semblables ordures, repartit le sceptique; dans certains pays d'Amérique, cela se fait couramment et avec non moins d'effronterie. \24Cela ne se pratique pas encore avec impunité en France, repartit Paul avec emportement, et malheur à l'auteur, quel qu'il soit, de cette infamie! L'ayant lue, vous vous en souvenez, je levai brusquement la séance et je repartis po...
- Champlain (lac) Lac limitrophe du Canada (Québec) et des États-Unis (Vermont, New York); 1 550 km2.
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New York - geography.
The Adirondack province consists of a large highland area occupying 26,000 sq km (10,000 sq mi) in the northeastern quarter of the state. The region is domelike inshape, with the higher elevations toward the east. The western Adirondack province is more a rugged hill region and not truly mountainous. Geologically, this area isrelated to the Laurentian Upland, or Canadian Shield, which lies north of the St. Lawrence River, for it is composed of the same very old igneous rocks, principallygranite...
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New York - USA History.
The Adirondack province consists of a large highland area occupying 26,000 sq km (10,000 sq mi) in the northeastern quarter of the state. The region is domelike inshape, with the higher elevations toward the east. The western Adirondack province is more a rugged hill region and not truly mountainous. Geologically, this area isrelated to the Laurentian Upland, or Canadian Shield, which lies north of the St. Lawrence River, for it is composed of the same very old igneous rocks, principallygranite...
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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...