595 résultats pour "1940"

• BERNANOS (Georges)

  reprises. pour quelques jours, à la Sant.é. Engagé volontaire. il est blessé pendant la guerre de 1914-1918 et cité à l'ordre du 6• dragons pour fait de bravoure. Ruptures professionnelles. D'abord journaliste (directeur de l'Avant-Garde de Normandie, petit hebdomadaire monarchiste de Rouen, en 1913-14), Bernanos, au lendemain de la guerre, devient inspecteur d ·assurances. respon­ sable, pour la Nationale, des départe­ ments de l'Est de la France. Marié en...

• Jacques Fauvet, l'homme qui a ouvert "Le Monde" sur la société

  France pendant la période où celui-ci a pu gouverner sans trop d'entraves et, lors de ses diverses candidatures, FrançoisMitterrand, non sans recul critique. Historien du Parti communiste, dont il n'est proche en aucune façon, il a gardé de ses méditations derrière les barbelés le rêved'une société qui rejetterait à la fois le totalitarisme et les excès du libéralisme, et il appelle de ses voeux une voie nouvelle,favorable à l'épanouissement des hommes et des peuples. C'est sans doute pour ce...

• Islande.

  population augmenta. L'île se consacra à la pêche et à l'élevage et resta toujours très dépendante des importations de céréales. Elle était dominée par une aristocratie, les godhi , dotée de pouvoirs judiciaires et religieux. À partir de 930, une « assemblée des hommes libres », l' Althing, se réunit régulièrement pour arbitrer les différends majeurs, mais ne se transforma pas en organe de gouvernement centralisé. À la fin du X e siècle, Érik le Rouge joignit à l'Islande la colonie du Groen...

• Champion Batters and their Averages.

  1985 Willie McGee St. Louis .353 1986 Tim Raines Montreal .334 1987 Tony Gwynn San Diego .370 1988 Tony Gwynn San Diego .313 1989 Tony Gwynn San Diego .336 1990 Willie McGee St. Louis .335 1991 Terry Pendleton Atlanta .319 1992 Gary Sheffield San Diego .330 1993 Andres Galarraga Colorado .370 1994* Tony Gwynn San Diego .394 1995* Tony Gwynn San Diego .368 1996 Tony Gwynn San Diego .353 1997 Tony Gwynn San Diego .372 1998 Larry Walker Colorado .363 1999 Larry Walker Colorado .379 2000 Todd Helton...

• Champion Batters and their Averages National League.

  1985 Willie McGee St. Louis .353 1986 Tim Raines Montreal .334 1987 Tony Gwynn San Diego .370 1988 Tony Gwynn San Diego .313 1989 Tony Gwynn San Diego .336 1990 Willie McGee St. Louis .335 1991 Terry Pendleton Atlanta .319 1992 Gary Sheffield San Diego .330 1993 Andres Galarraga Colorado .370 1994* Tony Gwynn San Diego .394 1995* Tony Gwynn San Diego .368 1996 Tony Gwynn San Diego .353 1997 Tony Gwynn San Diego .372 1998 Larry Walker Colorado .363 1999 Larry Walker Colorado .379 2000 Todd Helton...

• Tumultueux Sir Winston...

  Il n'attendra pas une minute, après l'expiration du délai de l'ultimatum adressé à l'Allemagne, pour transmettre à tous les naviresmobilisés sans l'autorisation du gouvernement le télégramme de guerre : " Commencez immédiatement les hostilités contrel'Allemagne. " En 1915, le destin lui donne un coup de semonce. Jugé responsable du fiasco de l'opération des Dardanelles, il estlimogé de l'Amirauté où il ne reviendra qu'en 1940, " une des périodes les plus pénibles de mon existence ", écrit-il....

• Major League Baseball: Most Valuable Player by Season.

  1990 Rickey Henderson (of) Oakland Athletics 1991 Cal Ripken, Jr. (ss) Baltimore Orioles 1992 Dennis Eckersley (p) Oakland Athletics 1993 Frank Thomas (1b) Chicago White Sox 1994 Frank Thomas (1b) Chicago White Sox 1995 Mo Vaughn (1b) Boston Red Sox 1996 Juan Gonzalez (of) Texas Rangers 1997 Ken Griffey, Jr. (of) Seattle Mariners 1998 Juan Gonzalez (of) Texas Rangers 1999 Ivan Rodriguez (c) Texas Rangers 2000 Jason Giambi (1b) Oakland Athletics 2001 Ichiro Suzuki (of) Seattle Mariners 2002 Migue...

• Major League Baseball: Most Valuable Player by Season Most Valuable Player (American League).

  1990 Rickey Henderson (of) Oakland Athletics 1991 Cal Ripken, Jr. (ss) Baltimore Orioles 1992 Dennis Eckersley (p) Oakland Athletics 1993 Frank Thomas (1b) Chicago White Sox 1994 Frank Thomas (1b) Chicago White Sox 1995 Mo Vaughn (1b) Boston Red Sox 1996 Juan Gonzalez (of) Texas Rangers 1997 Ken Griffey, Jr. (of) Seattle Mariners 1998 Juan Gonzalez (of) Texas Rangers 1999 Ivan Rodriguez (c) Texas Rangers 2000 Jason Giambi (1b) Oakland Athletics 2001 Ichiro Suzuki (of) Seattle Mariners 2002 Migue...

• contemporain, art - peinture.

  3. 5 L’Arte povera L’art italien semble également se renouveler dans les années 1960 avec l’apparition de l’Arte povera. Les artistes utilisent des matériaux « pauvres » pour la conception de leurs œuvres et permettent ainsi d’effacer la distinction conventionnelle entre l’art et la vie quotidienne. Les premières œuvres éphémères, voire périssables, apparaissent avec Giovani Anselmo (1934- ) ou avec le Grec Jannis Kounellis. Mario Merz montre l’harmonie qui unit les cultures nomades à la nature...

• contemporain, art - sculpture.

  3. 5 L’Arte povera L’art italien semble également se renouveler dans les années 1960 avec l’apparition de l’Arte povera. Les artistes utilisent des matériaux « pauvres » pour la conception de leurs œuvres et permettent ainsi d’effacer la distinction conventionnelle entre l’art et la vie quotidienne. Les premières œuvres éphémères, voire périssables, apparaissent avec Giovani Anselmo (1934- ) ou avec le Grec Jannis Kounellis. Mario Merz montre l’harmonie qui unit les cultures nomades à la nature...

• Le Régime De Vichy Et La Résistance Pendant Le Seconde Guerre Mondiale

• Michel de Hohenzollern

• Le chef d'un peuple de la nuit

  alors que s'il est facile à la Résistance de faire sauter deux cents ponts, il est difficile aux Allemands de les réparer à la fois. En unmot, elle sait qu'une aide efficace aux armées de débarquement est inséparable d'un plan d'ensemble. Il faut que sur toutes lesroutes, sur toutes les voies ferrées de France, les combattants clandestins désorganisent méthodiquement la concentration desdivisions cuirassées allemandes. Et un tel plan d'ensemble ne peut être conçu et exécuté que par l'unité de la...

• Las Vegas (Nevada) - geography.

  way for the Paiute people. In the late 1820s early Spanish explorers searching for water discovered an oasis in the region that now contains the city. They named theoasis “Las Vegas,” Spanish for “the meadows.” These expanses of wetlands, once irrigated by artesian waters carried under pressure from the nearby mountain ranges,were a main draw to southern Nevada until the 1940s. Las Vegas was an important stop along the Old Spanish Trail between Santa Fe, New Mexico, and southern California for m...

• Dictionnaire en ligne: EN2, pronom atone de la 3e.

  inutiles; vous êtes, en faveur des vertus que vous en avez reçues, condamnée à en faire un exercice continuel. JEAN GUÉHENNO, Jean-Jacques, 1948, page 212. · [L'éloignement dans le temps (à mesure qu'on s'éloigne ou que l'on se rapproche de cette date s'en éloigner, en sortir)] Elle n'eût pas recherché cette union (...) mais chaque jour l'en rapprochait (MAURICE BARRÈS, Le Jardin de Bérénice, 1891, page 161 ). · [La cause (à la suite de, à cause de)] Ainsi celui-là qui anéantit son ennemi. Et...

• Calgary - Geography.

  and other services to new suburbs is the greatest difficulty. VII HISTORY When European explorers first entered southern Alberta in the 1700s, it was chiefly the domain of the indigenous Blackfoot confederacy. The Blackfoot lived by huntingbison (often called buffalo) and other large animals, as their ancestors had done for perhaps 10,000 years. The evidence of this plains region way of life survives atnumerous archaeological sites, such as the nearby Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, now a World...

• Malaria.

  last long and is unlikely to be fatal. Infants and children are especially vulnerable to malaria because they have not yet built up immunity to the parasite. Some peoplehave genetic traits that help them resist malaria. Sickle-cell anemia and thalassemia, for example, are inherited blood disorders linked to malaria resistance. Travelers who lack immunity to malaria should take precautionary measures when visiting areas where the disease is prevalent. Such measures include using insectrepellents,...

• Réaliser une anthologie de 10 poèmes autour d'un thème particulier, organisés logiquement, ainsi que la préface de cette anthologie.

  changements mais je savais que cela ne pouvait être que bénéfique pour moi. Grâce à Napoléon et Haussmann, mes rues sontdevenues plus larges, donc plus sûres, et plus propres. Les habitations étaient de meilleure qualité et les hivers paraissent moinsdangereux pour mes habitants. Alfred de Musset vante ma beauté en hiver dans « Que j'aime le premier frisson d'hiver… » Dansce poème, il me compare à une dame dont il est amoureux. Il cite par ailleurs le Louvre qui venait d'être rénové. Napoléon II...

• Définition du terme: CRAINTE, substantif féminin.

  Soyez sans crainte à ce sujet! Les animaux se laissaient prendre par moi sans crainte (PAUL CLAUDEL, L'Échange, 1894, II, page 695 ). — Avec crainte. S'avancer, observer avec crainte. Guillaume s'est embarqué avec crainte, avec répugnance, du point de vue de sa dynastie, de sa politique allemande (MAURICE BARRÈS, Mes cahiers, tome 11, 1917-18, page 337 ). · [Par allusion à l'ouvrage du philosophe Kierkegaard] La vie dont il parlait avec crainte et tremblement (ALBERT CAMUS, L'Homme révolté, 1951...

• Jazz I INTRODUCTION Joshua Redman Saxophonist Joshua Redman, a graduate of Harvard University, became a fast-rising star in jazz in the 1990s.

  performed a highly produced, jazz-inspired form of blues that was popular in traveling minstrel shows and vaudeville. Thisexample is from the song “St. Louis Blues,” written by American composer and trumpet player W. C. Handy in 1914 andrecorded by Smith in 1925."St. Louis Blues" performed by Bessie Smith, from The Riverside History of Classic Jazz (Cat.# Riverside RB-005) Riverside Records under master license to Fantasy, Inc. All rightsreserved./Frank DriggsCollection/Archive Photos Jazz is ro...

• Dictionnaire en ligne: EN1, préposition.

  page 709 ). Remarque : Une servitude grammaire fait que, théoriquement, en ne peut pas s'employer devant les formes de l'article défini : le, la, les. En ancien français, l'article masculin le — primitivement lo — se combinait par enclise avec la préposition en pour donner les formes el, en, ou, puis au par confusion avec la forme née de la combinaison de la préposition à et de l'article masculin (confer à, tome 1, page 22; confer aussi la forme archa ès < en + les). Adrian Peake, bachelier ès a...

• Isotope - chemistry.

  depends on the fact that when water undergoes electrolysis, the lighter hydrogen isotope tends to come off first, leaving behind a residue of water that is enriched inthe heavier isotope. D Gaseous Diffusion This and the electromagnetic method of separating isotopes of uranium afforded the first large-scale separation ever achieved. The problem of separating uranium-235from uranium-238 arose in 1940 after the demonstration of the susceptibility of the 235 isotope to fission by neutrons. Uranium...

• Insanity planning

• Popular and Social Dance I INTRODUCTION The Cakewalk The cakewalk, a dance of African American origin, was intended to lampoon high-strutting whites at fancy dress balls.

  master. The dance manuals published between 1550 and 1630, written by Thoinot Arbeau of France, Cesare Negri of Italy, and other dancing masters, describe dances such asthe pavane, galliard, allemande, courante, saltarello, and volta, as well as circular branles and progressive longways dances (for a line of couples, in which each couplerepeats the pattern with one new couple after another; see Country Dance). The sense of order and harmony so important during the Renaissance gave rise to forma...

• Jardin des Hespérides, Don Quichotte, Carmen, corrida et flamenco, âpreté de la Meseta aride, luxuriance des huertas, le Cid, les Maures et la Reconquista, l'Inquisition, l'or du Nouveau Monde, Guernica.

  prairies naturelles humides, des rivières régulières et bien alimentées. La façade méditerranéenne est d'autant plus chaude et plus sèche qu'on va vers le sud (Almería : 18,3 oC de température moyenne annuelle et 219 mm de pluie) ; c'est le domaine des arbres à feuilles persistantes, des garrigues et des maquis dégradés, des rivières irrégulières ( ramblas ) et des plantes subtropicales (canne à sucre et coton en Andalousie). Seuls les massifs sont toujours bien arrosés ; i...

• Moldawien - geographie.

  auch Bekleidung, Baustoffe, Landwirtschaftsmaschinen und Kühlschränke. Wie in den meisten anderen ehemaligen Sowjetrepubliken hat auch die Wirtschaft in Moldawienunter dem Abbruch von Handelsbeziehungen gelitten. Der wirtschaftliche Niedergang wurde außerdem stark vom Bürgerkrieg in der Trans-Dnjestr-Region beschleunigt.Allein 1992 verringerte sich die Produktion um 30 Prozent. Den größten Schaden nahm die Leichtindustrie, die sehr stark vom Außenhandel abhängig ist. WichtigsteExportgüter sind N...

• Canadian Literature I INTRODUCTION Canadian Literature, literature of the peoples of Canada.

  William Henry DrummondPoet William Henry Drummond described the lives of French Canadian farmers, loggers, and rural workers in verse thatreflected their mix of French and English speech. He gained recognition in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Library of Congress In the early 19th century, most Canadian poetry imitated earlier British poetry. Poets Oliver Goldsmith (grandnephew of the Anglo-Irish writer of the same name),Charles Sangster, Charles Mair, and Levi Adams exemplified literary...

• Litauen - geographie.

  5.2 Außenhandel Der Übergang von staatlich gelenkter Planwirtschaft zur Marktwirtschaft wurde anfangs von Produktionseinbrüchen und hohen Inflationsraten begleitet. Die Aufhebung derWirtschaftsbeziehungen mit den früheren Sowjetrepubliken traf die Wirtschaft Litauens stark; das Bruttoinlandsprodukt sank 1992 um rund 25 Prozent. Erst in der jüngerenVergangenheit stellte sich ein stabiles Wirtschaftswachstum ein. Ausgeführt werden vorwiegend Maschinen, Lebensmittel und Textilien; die wichtigsten...

• Benito Mussolini.

  Mussolini threatened to order his tens of thousands of armed Black Shirts to occupy Rome if he were not asked to form the new government. Bands of Fascists beganmoving towards the capital in what would become known as the March on Rome. King Victor Emmanuel III at first leaned towards declaring a state of emergency andsending the army against the Fascists, but powerful interest groups, state officials, and army leaders convinced him that Mussolini should be given the chance to endwhat they consi...

• Benito Mussolini .

  Mussolini threatened to order his tens of thousands of armed Black Shirts to occupy Rome if he were not asked to form the new government. Bands of Fascists beganmoving towards the capital in what would become known as the March on Rome. King Victor Emmanuel III at first leaned towards declaring a state of emergency andsending the army against the Fascists, but powerful interest groups, state officials, and army leaders convinced him that Mussolini should be given the chance to endwhat they consi...

• Capital Punishment.

  deterrent effect. Capital punishment advocates note that because the death penalty is reserved for the most aggravated murders, the deterrent effect of capitalpunishment on such crimes may not be apparent in data on homicide rates in general. Supporters also urge that the conflicting results of various studies indicate thatthe deterrent effect of the death penalty cannot not be proven or disproven with any certainty. They maintain that in the absence of conclusive proof that the threat ofexecuti...

• Automobile Racing.

  beginning in 1906 at Le Mans it came to refer to the principal F1 auto race in a given nation, except in the United States, where the term continues to be used lessdiscriminately. After the end of World War I in 1918, when automobile racing blossomed internationally, a series of GP races in several nations became reserved for F1competition, and an annual GP calendar was developed consisting of national races, such as the French Grand Prix and the British Grand Prix. An annual award calledthe Wor...

• Cosmology - astronomy.

  In 1917 American scientist Harlow Shapley measured the distance to several groups of stars known as globular clusters. He measured these distances by using amethod developed in 1912 by American astronomer Henrietta Leavitt. Leavitt’s method relates distance to variations in brightness of Cepheid variables, a class of starsthat vary periodically in brightness. Shapley’s distance measurements showed that the clusters were centered around a point far from the Sun. The arrangement of theclusters was...

• Berlin - geography.

  boroughs of Wedding and Tiergarten. Other important central areas include Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain, now united as the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough, andPrenzlauer Berg, now incorporated as a part of the Pankow borough. Tiergarten contains a large wooded park, a zoo, and a variety of public monuments as well as the large, modern Congress Hall and the Reichstag building, which wasbuilt from 1884 to 1894. The Reichstag and the surrounding area have undergone renovation to accommodate the Bun...

• Airplane.

  For example, the Anglo-French Concorde, a commercial supersonic aircraft, was generally limited to over-water routes, or to those over sparsely populated regions ofthe world. This limitation impacted the commercial viability of the Concorde, which ended its regular passenger service in October 2003. Designers today believe theycan help lessen the impact of sonic booms created by supersonic airliners but probably cannot eliminate them. One of the most difficult practical barriers to supersonic fl...

• Culture.

  form of knowledge, such as scientific discoveries; objects, such as works of art; and traditions, such as the observance of holidays. C1 Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism Self-identity usually depends on culture to such a great extent that immersion in a very different culture—with which a person does not share common ways of life orbeliefs—can cause a feeling of confusion and disorientation. Anthropologists refer to this phenomenon as culture shock. In multicultural societies —societies s...

• Washington, D.

  structures built according to L’Enfant’s plan. During the War of 1812, British troops set fire to the White House, destroying its interior. President James Madison and hisfamily lived in the Octagon while the White House was being rebuilt. South of the Federal Triangle is the Mall, a narrow park stretching roughly 1.6 km (1 mi) from the Capitol to the Washington Monument. Although the Mall officially endsat 14th Street, landscaped greenery extends to the Potomac. The Washington Monument, whose m...

• London (England) - geography.

  In the northern part of the West End is Bloomsbury, the city’s traditional intellectual center, with its concentration of bookshops and homes of writers and academics. Inthe early 20th century a number of famous writers, critics, and artists who lived here became known as the Bloomsbury Group. Here, too, is the British Museum, one ofLondon’s chief tourist attractions. Nearby is the giant complex of the University of London, whose various colleges and departments have taken over much ofBloomsbury...

• Filmgeschichte.

  4 DER STUMMFILM Zwischen 1909 und 1912 wurde der neu entstandene Industriezweig vollständig durch die „Motion Picture Patents Company” kontrolliert, einem Trust, zu dem sich führendeProduzenten zusammengeschlossen hatten. Sie begrenzten die Filmlänge auf einen oder zwei Akte und weigerten sich, die Namen der Darsteller im Vor- oder Abspann zuerwähnen. Im Jahr 1912 bekam dieses Monopol jedoch Konkurrenz; unabhängige Produzenten gründeten in Europa und den USA ihre eigenen Produktions- undVorführ...

• Lyndon B.

  A1 First Years in Office Johnson quickly made a two-fold reputation. He was a firm supporter of Roosevelt’s program, both domestic and foreign, and he was also a tireless worker on behalf ofthe voters he represented. Often the two activities coincided, as was the case when he helped to bring public power into Texas through the Rural ElectrificationAdministration and the Lower Colorado River Authority. He also secured funds for the building of dams, roads, and other public improvements in his di...

• Argentina - country.

  Patagonia lies in the rain shadow of the Andes and so receives little moisture. As a result it is used primarily for grazing sheep, although some crops are grown on smallfarms in irrigated valleys. Several major oil fields also are in Patagonia. At the southern tip of Patagonia is Tierra del Fuego, a large mountainous island shared byArgentina and Chile. B Rivers and Lakes Most of Argentina’s rivers empty into the Atlantic Ocean. Three rivers—the Paraná, Paraguay, and Uruguay—flow generally sou...

• African American History - U.

  In their day-to-day lives, slaves and servants shared similar grievances and frequently formed alliances. Advertisements seeking the return of slaves and servants whohad run away together filled colonial newspapers. When a slave named Charles escaped in 1740, the Pennsylvania Gazette reported that two white servants, a 'Scotch man' and an Englishman, escaped with him. Sometimes interracial alliances involved violence. During Bacon's Rebellion in 1676, slaves and servants took up armsagainst Na...

• shoah

  Au milieu des combats de la Seconde Guerre mondiale où les morts se comptèrent par millions, six millions d’hommes, de femmes et d’enfants furent assassinés simplement pour être nés « juifs », assassinés dans des conditions dont p ersonne n'aurait pensé l’humanité capable. Cette histoire a marqué de façon indélébile la Franc e. Le gouvernement de Vichy, devança même les exige nces de l’occupant, en livrant les enfants juifs à la mort et en contr...

• United States History - U.

  and improved upon the designs of Arab sailing ships and learned to mount cannons on those ships. In the 15th century they began exploring the west coast ofAfrica—bypassing Arab merchants to trade directly for African gold and slaves. They also colonized the Madeira Islands, the Azores, and the Cape Verde Islands andturned them into the first European slave plantations. The European explorers were all looking for an ocean route to Asia. Christopher Columbus sailed for the monarchs of Spain in 149...

• United States History - U.

  and improved upon the designs of Arab sailing ships and learned to mount cannons on those ships. In the 15th century they began exploring the west coast ofAfrica—bypassing Arab merchants to trade directly for African gold and slaves. They also colonized the Madeira Islands, the Azores, and the Cape Verde Islands andturned them into the first European slave plantations. The European explorers were all looking for an ocean route to Asia. Christopher Columbus sailed for the monarchs of Spain in 149...