1265 résultats pour "world"
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World Energy Supply.
In the 1990s, oil production by non-OPEC countries remained strong and production by OPEC countries rebounded. The result at the end of the 20th century was aworld oil surplus and prices (when adjusted for inflation) that were lower than in 1972. Experts are uncertain about future oil supplies and prices. Low prices have spurred greater oil consumption, and experts question how long world petroleum reservescan keep pace with increased demand. Many of the world’s leading petroleum geologists beli...
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World Wide Web.
browser does not display the URL for the user. Instead, to indicate that an item is selectable, the browser changes the color of the item on the screen and keeps theURL associated with the link hidden. When a user clicks on an item that corresponds to a selectable link, the browser consults the hidden information to find theappropriate URL, which the browser then follows to the selected page. Because a link can point to any page in the Web, the links are known as hyperlinks. See also Hypermedia...
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World War I .
and troops to Europe from the United States and other overseas sources. In 1914 Britain implemented a sea blockade of Germany to prevent the delivery of importssuch as food and war materials. The same year, Germany began using submarines to disrupt Allied seaborne traffic and prevent supplies from reaching Britain. In 1915Germany instituted a submarine blockade around Britain. From February 1915 to September 1915 and again in 1917, Germany used unrestricted submarine warfare,sinking ships withou...
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World War II .
the Nazi-Soviet Pact was signed. In the part published the next day, Germany and the Soviet Union agreed not to go to war against each other. A secret protocol gaveStalin a free hand in Finland, Estonia, Latvia, eastern Poland, and eastern Romania. See also German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact. III MILITARY OPERATIONS In the early morning hours of September 1, 1939, the German armies marched into Poland. On September 3 the British and French surprised Hitler by declaring war onGermany, but they...
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THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE US WORLD-SYSTEM
can see on the map, the Communist states don't follow any financial or military influence of US, and their big territory is even a big opposition and threat for US hegemony. And later, the emerging markets such as Asia would establish a “world economy” as says the French Fernand Braudel “économie monde”, mostly controlled by Europe, USA and Asia. The table (source 2) shows that the world GDP, from 1850 to 2010 is more and more split between all the countries, as in 2010 the c ategory “other...
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Utopian world
maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control. Dystopias, through an exaggerated worst-case scenario, make a criticism about a current trend, societal norm, or political system. a world without peace and freedom.
- World Series Records Record Player Team Most World Series appearances by a team - New York Yankees Total/Average Date 39 - Most World Series wins by a team - Best career batting average Pepper Martin New York Yankees 26 - St.
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South Africa Wins Rugby World Cup.
“Shosholoza,” a ballad sung by black workers. On the eve of opening day the team requested a tour of Robben Island. More than 60,000 people at Ellis Park—including a jersey-clad Mandela—watched the Springboks score an unlikely first-round victory over Australia, winners ofthe previous World Cup in 1991. Few sightings of the former national flag were reported. In the neighboring black township of Soweto, residents watched the gameon television, even though the Springboks' first and only black...
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Surfing World Champions
Surfing World Amateur Champions.
1985 Frieda Zamba United States 1986 Frieda Zamba United States 1987 Wendy Botha South Africa 1988 Frieda Zamba United States 1989 Wendy Botha South Africa 1990 Pam Burridge Australia 1991 Wendy Botha South Africa 1992 Wendy Botha Australia-ex-South Africa 1993 Pauline Menczer Australia 1994 Lisa Andersen United States 1995 Lisa Andersen United States 1996 Lisa Andersen United States 1997 Lisa Andersen United States 1998 Layne Beachley Australia 1999 Layne Beachley Australia 2000 Layne Beachley...
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Music
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World Music Tour
Click on the instruments to hear music from around the world.
Duke EllingtonAmerican composer, bandleader, and pianist Duke Ellington endures as perhaps the most important pioneer in big-bandjazz. Ellington and his orchestra shared a special interdependent relationship: Using the band as his musical workshop,Ellington derived his orchestra’s tone coloring from the unique sound qualities of the group’s individual players. Thisparticular style was later dubbed the “Ellington Effect” by jazz arranger Billy Strayhorn, who also wrote one of the band’ssignature...
- Field Hockey World Cup Field Hockey World Cup (Men).
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Musical Instruments
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World Music Tour
Click on the instruments to hear music from around the world.
Traditional Timbila of MozambiqueAmong the Chopi, who have lived for centuries along the coast of Mozambique, there is a highly developed tradition ofsongwriting and composing for timbila (xylophone) orchestras. Elaborate migodo (dance suites), interspersed with poeticsongs pertaining to village life, are often performed to these compositions. Timbila music is now recognized as the nationalmusic of Mozambique."Eduardo Durao Mauaia" from Eduardo Durao and Orquestra Durao: Timbila (Cat.# Globestyl...
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Reggie Jackson's World Series Home Runs.
final at bat in game five, he smashed a World Series record with four consecutive home runs. Other records included his total of five home runs for the Series, his 25total bases, and his 10 runs. He finished the World Series with eight runs batted in and a .450 batting average. Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Mountain Biking World Champions
Mountain Biking World Champions: Men.
1999 Anne-Caroline Chausson France 2000 Anne-Caroline Chausson France 2001 Anne-Caroline Chausson France 2002 Anne-Caroline Chausson France 2003 Anne-Caroline Chausson France 2004 Vanessa Quin New Zealand 2005 Anne-Caroline Chausson France 2006 Sabrina Jonnier France 2007 Sabrina Jonnier France Source: International Cycling Union and USA Cycling.Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Brazil Wins Third World Cup In Soccer.
Playing their fifth consecutive game at Guadalajara's Jalisco Stadium, the Brazilians faced Uruguay in the semifinals on June 17. Uruguay struck first, capitalizingon a blunder by goalie Felix (Miéli Venerand Felix). Brazil equalized just before the half when midfielder Clodoaldo (Tavares Santana Clodoaldo) took a pass fromTostao and drove it home. It was all Brazil in the second half. Pelé constructed two late-game scores within 13 minutes, feeding Jairzinho and then Rivelino. The 3-1victory av...
- World Chess Champions, 1859-present The world chess champion was an informal title from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century.
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Holocaust
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Holocaust, the almost complete destruction of Jews in Europe by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II (1939-1945).
relation to the Jews. He claimed that the Jews had achieved economic dominance and the ability to control and manipulate the mass media to their own advantage. Hewrote of the need to eradicate their powerful economic position, if necessary by means of their physical removal. IV UNIQUENESS OF NAZI ANTI-SEMITISM The linking of anti-Semitic accusations to race struggle is what made Nazism so genocidal. The Nazis believed the Jews were responsible for what they regarded as thedegeneracy of modern...
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Walt Disney
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Walt Disney
Walt Disney, an American cartoonist and film producer, started an entertainment empire with his creation of animated
movies and world-renowned amusement parks.
Donald DuckDonald Duck waves to visitors at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The Disney Studios created the excitable duck in1934.Kelly-Mooney Photography/Corbis In 1923 Disney moved to Hollywood, California. He, his brother Roy O. Disney, and Iwerks began producing short animated films. In 1927 Disney created the cartooncharacter Oswald the Rabbit. A year later he produced another character, a mouse called Mortimer, but shortly after changed the name to Mickey. In 1928 MickeyMouse starred...
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Joyner Breaks World Records.
track. In the 200 meters Griffith Joyner set an Olympic record with a time of 21.76 seconds in the quarterfinals; broke the world record in the semifinals with a time of21.56 seconds; and then, 100 minutes later, again broke the record with a time of 21.34 seconds in the finals. She added another gold medal as a member of the U.S.4 x 100 relay team and a silver medal as part of the 4 x 400 relay team. Her three gold medals and one silver made her one of the stars of the U.S. team. Microso...
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Argentina Wins World Cup.
Dutch team responded with two unanswered goals to earn the victory. In the consolation match Brazil squeaked past Italy, 2-1, in what was the final high-profileappearance of Brazilian star Roberto Rivelino, a three-time World Cup participant. The championship match was held at Río de la Plata stadium in Buenos Aires on Sunday, June 25. In a classic match-up, a methodical, disciplined European teamplayed against a spontaneous, mercurial South American squad. According to Argentina's coach, Ce...
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Ice Hockey World Championship
The first Ice Hockey World Championship was held in 1920.
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Industrial Revolution
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Industrial Revolution, widespread replacement of manual labor by machines that began in Britain in the 18th century and is still continuing in some parts of the world.
The most important advance in iron production occurred in 1784 when Englishman Henry Cort invented new techniques for rolling raw iron, a finishing process thatshapes iron into the desired size and form. These advances in metalworking were an important part of industrialization. They enabled iron, which was relativelyinexpensive and abundant, to be used in many new ways, such as building heavy machinery. Iron was well suited for heavy machinery because of its strength anddurability. Because of t...
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Figure Skating World Champions.
1979 Vladimir Kovalev (USSR) 1980 Jan Hoffmann (East Germany) 1981 Scott Hamilton (United States) 1982 Scott Hamilton (United States) 1983 Scott Hamilton (United States) 1984 Scott Hamilton (United States) 1985 Alexandr Fadeev (USSR) 1986 Brian Boitano (United States) 1987 Brian Orser (Canada) 1988 Brian Boitano (United States) 1989 Kurt Browning (Canada) 1990 Kurt Browning (Canada) 1991 Kurt Browning (Canada) 1992 Viktor Petrenko (CIS) 1993 Kurt Browning (Canada) 1994 Elvis Stojko (Canada) 1995...
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Boxing Champions
World Heavyweight Champions.
1992 Riddick Bowe 1992-1994 Lennox Lewis 1994-1995 Oliver McCall 1995-1996 Frank Bruno 1996 Mike Tyson 1997-2001 Lennox Lewis 2001 Hasim Rahman 2001-2004 Lennox Lewis 2004-2005 Vitali Klitschko 2005-2006 Hasim Rahman 2006- Oleg Maskaev IBF Champions (Since 1983)1983-1985 Larry Holmes 1985-1987 Michael Spinks 1987 Tony Tucker 1987-1990 Mike Tyson 1990 James 'Buster' Douglas 1990-1992 Evander Holyfield 1992-1993 Riddick Bowe 1993-1994 Evander Holyfield 1994 Michael Moorer 1994-1995 George Foreman...
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World Cup Skiing Champions.
1992 Petra Kronberger (Austria) 1993 Anita Wachter (Austria) 1994 Vreni Schneider (Switzerland) 1995 Vreni Schneider (Switzerland) 1996 Katja Seizinger (Germany) 1997 Pernilla Wiberg (Sweden) 1998 Katja Seizinger (Germany) 1999 Alexandra Meissnitzer (Austria) 2000 Renate Goetschl (Austria) 2001 Janica Kostelic (Croatia) 2002 Michaela Dorfmeister (Austria) 2003 Janica Kostelic (Croatia) 2004 Anja Pärson (Sweden) 2005 Anja Pärson (Sweden) 2006 Janica Kostelic (Croatia) 2007 Nicole Hosp (Austria) 2...
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The New World Order and the first Iraq war
conduct of nations. When we are successful -- and we will be -- we have a real chance at this new world order, an order in which a credible United Nations can use its peacekeeping role to fulfill the promise and vision of the U.N.'s founders.» Who is the NWO? The corporate portion of the NWO is dominated by international bankers, oil barons and pharmaceutical cartels, as well as other major multinational corporations. The Royal Family of England, namely Queen Elizabeth II and the House of Wi...
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Charles Dickens
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Charles Dickens
English author Charles Dickens ranks as one of the most popular writers in the history of world literature.
Papers of the Pickwick Club (1836-1837; 1837); The Adventures of Oliver Twist (1837-1839; 1838); The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1838-1839; 1839); The Old Curiosity Shop (1840-1841; 1841); Barnaby Rudge (1841); The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (1843-1844; 1844); Dombey and Son (1846-1848; 1848); The Personal History of David Copperfield (1849-1850; 1850); Bleak House (1852-1853; 1853); Hard Times (1854); Little Dorrit (1855-1857; 1857); A Tale of Tw...
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Figure Skating World Champions
Men's Individual Champions.
1979 Vladimir Kovalev (USSR) 1980 Jan Hoffmann (East Germany) 1981 Scott Hamilton (United States) 1982 Scott Hamilton (United States) 1983 Scott Hamilton (United States) 1984 Scott Hamilton (United States) 1985 Alexandr Fadeev (USSR) 1986 Brian Boitano (United States) 1987 Brian Orser (Canada) 1988 Brian Boitano (United States) 1989 Kurt Browning (Canada) 1990 Kurt Browning (Canada) 1991 Kurt Browning (Canada) 1992 Viktor Petrenko (CIS) 1993 Kurt Browning (Canada) 1994 Elvis Stojko (Canada) 1995...
- NCAA Baseball: World Series Winners The College World Series has been held annually since 1947.
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Dante Alighieri
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Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet, and one of the supreme figures of world literature, who was admired for the depth of his spiritual vision and for the range of
his intellectual accomplishment.
Dante AlighieriOne of the greatest poets in the history of world literature, Italian writer Dante Alighieri composed poetry influenced byclassical and Christian tradition. Dante’s greatest work was the epic poem La divina commedia (1321?; The DivineComedy, 1802). It includes three sections: the Inferno (Hell), in which the great classical poet Virgil leads Dante on a tripthrough hell; the Purgatorio (Purgatory), in which Virgil leads Dante up the mountain of purification; and the Paradiso(Paradi...
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THE CAUSES OF WORLD WAR 2
attention would turn to foreign affairs and people’s hatred would turn against other countries. It is also because of this desperate situation that self-interest destroyed the international co- operation ideal of League of Nations. Short term causes: At th e tim e, a s th ey s aw th e League of Nations was a failure, politicians started to try a new way to keep the peace: appeasement. This was the policy of giving Hitler what he wanted to stop him from going...
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World Cup Skiing Champions
Men's Overall Alpine Winners.
1993 Anita Wachter (Austria) 1994 Vreni Schneider (Switzerland) 1995 Vreni Schneider (Switzerland) 1996 Katja Seizinger (Germany) 1997 Pernilla Wiberg (Sweden) 1998 Katja Seizinger (Germany) 1999 Alexandra Meissnitzer (Austria) 2000 Renate Goetschl (Austria) 2001 Janica Kostelic (Croatia) 2002 Michaela Dorfmeister (Austria) 2003 Janica Kostelic (Croatia) 2004 Anja Pärson (Sweden) 2005 Anja Pärson (Sweden) 2006 Janica Kostelic (Croatia) 2007 Nicole Hosp (Austria) 2008 Lindsey Vonn (United States)...
- Windows on the World
- creation and world cycles
- Seven Wonders of the World Seven Wonders of the World, works of art and architecture regarded by ancient Greek and Roman observers as the most extraordinary structures of antiquity.
- afterlife in world religions
- World Series Records.
- World Trade Center (Architektur).
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World Class on Wheels or Blades.
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- fiche sygnaletique Windows on the world
- World Chess Champions, 1859-present.
- world-music.
- A Globalized World
- World Wide Web [WWW] - informatique.
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Surfing World Champions.
Women1985 Frieda Zamba United States 1986 Frieda Zamba United States 1987 Wendy Botha South Africa 1988 Frieda Zamba United States 1989 Wendy Botha South Africa 1990 Pam Burridge Australia 1991 Wendy Botha South Africa 1992 Wendy Botha Australia-ex-South Africa 1993 Pauline Menczer Australia 1994 Lisa Andersen United States 1995 Lisa Andersen United States 1996 Lisa Andersen United States 1997 Lisa Andersen United States 1998 Layne Beachley Australia 1999 Layne Beachley Australia 2000 Layne Beac...
- World Indoor Records.
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- World Indoor Records.
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World Trade Center (New York) - architecture.
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