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• West Virginia - geography.

  Forests, mostly of hardwood varieties, cover 79 percent of West Virginia. The principal commercial species are the oak, yellow poplar, maple, birch, beech, black walnut,hickory, and gum. Softwoods include pines and hemlock firs. Flowering trees include the wild crab apple, dogwood, hawthorn, and redbud. Among the many floweringbushes and plants are the rhododendron, which is the state flower, the laurel, blueberry, hepatica, wild geranium, and black-eyed Susan. Insects and disease, mostly introd...

• West Virginia - USA History.

  Forests, mostly of hardwood varieties, cover 79 percent of West Virginia. The principal commercial species are the oak, yellow poplar, maple, birch, beech, black walnut,hickory, and gum. Softwoods include pines and hemlock firs. Flowering trees include the wild crab apple, dogwood, hawthorn, and redbud. Among the many floweringbushes and plants are the rhododendron, which is the state flower, the laurel, blueberry, hepatica, wild geranium, and black-eyed Susan. Insects and disease, mostly introd...

• Christopher Columbus I INTRODUCTION Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), Italian-born Spanish navigator who sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a route to Asia but achieved fame by making landfall in the Americas instead.

  explorers, adventurers, entrepreneurs, merchants, and any others who saw their fortunes tied to the trade winds and ocean currents. Columbus’s brother Bartholomewworked in Lisbon as a mapmaker, and for a time the brothers worked together as draftsmen and book collectors. Later that year, Columbus set sail on a convoy loadedwith goods to be sold in northern Atlantic ports. In 1478 or 1479 Columbus met and married Felipa Perestrello e Moniz, the daughter of a respected, though relatively poor, nob...

• Ost-West-Konflikt Ost-West-Konflikt, schlagwortartige und kontrovers diskutierte Bezeichnung für die ideologisch-politische Auseinandersetzung, die im Anschluss an den 2.

• MAE WEST

• Jerry West.

• Zephyrus (West Wind) Greek The personification of the West Wind.

• Key West.

• West End, théâtres du - encyclopédie du théâtre.

• West, Morris - écrivain.

• West's Clutch Shot.

• Sackville-West, Vita - littérature.

• North West Company - Canadian History.

• West, Timothy - encyclopédie du théâtre.

• far-west, n.

• ROMANS de West. (Résumé et analyse)

• West, Mae - encyclopédie du théâtre.

• West, Mae - acteur / actrice.

• WEST Rebecca. Personnage de Rosmersholm

• West Highland White Terrier.

• EAST-WEST RELATIONS IN THE POST-WAR PERIOD

  strategy rather than offensive tactics). In fact, the USSR never intended to take over the West. Greece, Franceand Italy observed an internal Communist growth which had little to do with the Soviet Union itself. The USSR didn'ttake a particular interest in foregrounding their political ideas over Eastern boundaries (the USSR was in factreticent to get involved in the Greek crisis: he respected the fact that Greece belonged to the West). Furthermore,during the war, the safety of the USSR wa...

• Berlin Wall Berlin Wall, fortified wall surrounding West Berlin, built in 1961 and maintained by the former German Democratic Republic (GDR), commonly known as East Germany, until 1989.

• Définition et usage: FAR-WEST, substantif masculin.

• Middle West ou Midwest.

• Le Far West : l'ame des Grands Parcs nationaux

  Le Far West aujourd'hui Le désert de légende • • des p1onn1ers Sur un territoire grand comme deux fois la France, les Etats d'Arizona, d'Utah, du Colorado et du Nouveau-Mexique incarnent les mythes du Far West. Si des routes interminables ont remplacé les pistes pour diligences, ces terres burinées attirent encore les hommes en quête de nature et de liberté. L a gorge vertigine use du fle u­ ve Colorado dans un décor l unaire de...

• WEST INDIES LTD. Nicolas Guillén (résumé & analyse)

• South West Africa People's Organization [SWAPO] (partis politiques).

• LAUREL ET HARDY AU FAR-WEST

• Laforgue, Rêve de Far-West.

  Par la prairie et la folie des pépites!... Et, devenu vieux, la ferme au soleil levant, Une vache laitière et des petits enfants; Et comme je dessine au besoin, à l'entrée Je mettrai " Tatoueur des bras de la contrée ! ".         Poète en marge du mouvement symboliste, Laforgue est surtout connu pour avoir été l'un des créateurs du vers libre. Dans ce poème, il propose une sorte d'Invitation au voyage vers les terres du Nouveau monde, vierges et riches de tous les possibles ; le sentiment n'est...

• Bernstein: West Side Story

  Gus tav Mah ler, dont il reprend dans les années 60 les œuvres sympho­ niques magistrales. Mais Bernstein est également un composi teur heureux. En 1957, Il écrit West Side Story, l'un e des comédies musicales les plus connues du monde entier grâce au film de Rober t Wise et Jer ome Robbins (1961) , qui rassemble dans un fabuleux drame la musique populair e d'Amérique du Sud, la musique occidentale et le jaz z symphonique dans un mélange...

• Benjamin West, Mort du général Wolf

• West Virginia - Facts and Figures.

  Native Americans 0.2 percent (2000) Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders less than 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 1 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 0.7 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 74.3 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 8 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 433 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 252 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 13.5 percent (2006) Number...

• LES EXTRAORDINAIRES AVENTURES DE MISTER WEST AU PAYS DES BOLCHEVIKS

• États-Unis. West Point, l'Académie militaire.

• West Point

• Commentaire composé d'un poème de Laforgue, Rêve de Far-West.

  Et, devenu vieux, la ferme au soleil levant, Une vache laitière et des petits enfants; Et comme je dessine au besoin, à l'entrée Je mettrai " Tatoueur des bras de la contrée ! ".         Poète en marge du mouvement symboliste, Laforgue est surtout connu pour avoir été l'un des créateurs du vers libre. Dans ce poème, il propose une sorte d'Invitation au voyage vers les terres du Nouveau monde, vierges et riches de tous les possibles ; le sentiment n'est pas original ( Laforgue ne fait que se mou...

• West Mae, 1892-1980, née à New York, actrice américaine.

• West Side Story [Robert Wise et Jerome Robbins] - analyse du film.

• DTIMP017 UNGARN Oberfläche : 93 033 km2 Höchste Erhebung : Kekesberg 1 014 m Die Donau, in Ungarn ein breiter Fluß, teilt das Land in zwei Teile, Fähren sind die hauptsächliche Verbindung zwischen Ost und West.

• West Side StoryWest Side Story, motion-picture musical about star-crossed lovers from different cultures in New York City, based on the 1957 stage play by Arthur Laurents andJerome Robbins, which was inspired by Romeo and Juliet (1595?

  Trivia The actors in the rival gangs were instructed to play pranks on each other off the set to keep tensions high. Quote Riff (singing): “When you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way!” Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

• West Side Story

  le spectacle fait l'objet de nombreuses reprises et bénéficie d'un succès international. Elle a connu un tel succès qu’une adaptation filmographique du même nom est sortie en 1961 . L’un des deux réalisateurs, Jerome Robbins avait également mis en scène la comédie musicale originale. Sur les 100 meilleurs films américains retenus en 1998 par l'American Film Institute, il est classé à la 51e place. Il...

• Westerns I INTRODUCTION Gene Autry Known as the Singing Cowboy, Gene Autry was the star of nearly 100 Westerns during his career as an actor.

  James Fenimore CooperNineteenth-century American writer James Fenimore Cooper, famed for his adventure novels of American frontier life, wasalso an ardent social critic. Cooper wrote a series of five novels, known collectively as the Leather-Stocking Tales, in whichhe detailed the adventures of a fictional frontiersman named Natty Bumppo. In Bumppo, Cooper portrayed a man ofnature and a friend of the Native Americans. In addition to fiction, Cooper wrote several nonfiction works criticizingAmeri...

• Los Angeles - geography.

  size and population) among all the cities in Los Angeles County. It is irregular in shape because it has grown over the years through the annexation of surrounding territoryand cities. The city proper is shaped like a lighted torch, its narrow handle extending north from the Port of Los Angeles to downtown Los Angeles, and its flames flickeringirregularly to the north, west, and northwest. Several separate cities—such as Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, and Culver City—are partly or completely surro...

• Slavery in Africa.

  The spread of Islam from Arabia into Africa after the religion’s founding in the 7th century AD affected the practice of slavery and slave trading in West, Central, and East Africa. Arabs had practiced slave raiding and trading in Arabia for centuries prior to the founding of Islam, and slavery became a component of Islamic traditions.Both the Qur'an (Koran) (the sacred scripture of Islam) and Islamic religious law served to codify and justify the existence of slavery. As Muslim Arabs conquered...

• Montana - geography.

  (191 sq mi), is Montana’s largest lake, and the largest natural freshwater lake in the contiguous states west of the Mississippi River. C Climate Climatic regions in Montana coincide roughly with the two major physiographic regions. In western Montana, as compared with the eastern plains area, winters tend tobe milder while summers are cooler. Precipitation is more evenly distributed throughout the year in the west, and it is cloudier and somewhat more humid in all seasons.In addition, the grow...

• Montana - USA History.

  (191 sq mi), is Montana’s largest lake, and the largest natural freshwater lake in the contiguous states west of the Mississippi River. C Climate Climatic regions in Montana coincide roughly with the two major physiographic regions. In western Montana, as compared with the eastern plains area, winters tend tobe milder while summers are cooler. Precipitation is more evenly distributed throughout the year in the west, and it is cloudier and somewhat more humid in all seasons.In addition, the grow...

• Arab-Israeli Conflict.

  the Suez Canal and in 1951 blockaded the Strait of Tiran (Israel’s access to the Red Sea), which Israel regarded as an act of war. In June 1956 Egypt nationalized theSuez Canal, which had been jointly owned by Britain and France. In late October, Israel invaded the Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula, defeating Egyptian forces there.Britain and France attacked Egypt a few days later. Although the fighting was brief and Israel eventually withdrew from the Sinai and Gaza, the conflict furtherexacerbate...

• Arab-Israeli Conflict - History.

  the Suez Canal and in 1951 blockaded the Strait of Tiran (Israel’s access to the Red Sea), which Israel regarded as an act of war. In June 1956 Egypt nationalized theSuez Canal, which had been jointly owned by Britain and France. In late October, Israel invaded the Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula, defeating Egyptian forces there.Britain and France attacked Egypt a few days later. Although the fighting was brief and Israel eventually withdrew from the Sinai and Gaza, the conflict furtherexacerbate...

• China - country.

  North China lies between the Mongolian Steppe on the north and the Yangtze River Basin on the south. It stretches west from the Bo Hai gulf and the Yellow Sea to theeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau. Administratively, North China includes Beijing and Tianjin municipalities; Shandong and Shanxi provinces; most of Hebei, Henan,and Shaanxi provinces; and portions of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and of Jiangsu, Anhui, and Gansu provinces. Humans have lived in the agriculturally rich region of Nor...

• Native American Policy.

  of white settlement dominated policy during the second quarter of the 19th century. IV REMOVAL PERIOD The idea of moving Native Americans to a different part of the country was not new. After the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, President Thomas Jefferson had suggestedthat tracts of land in this vast new territory could be given to native peoples if they agreed to cede their lands in the eastern part of the country. Transfers occurred in apiecemeal way, but no consistent removal program developed u...