25 résultats pour "masters"

• Masters, les - sport.

  Max Colin/Agence Vandystadt/Photo Researchers, Inc. L’épreuve des Masters féminins a eu plusieurs noms au fil de son histoire, liés à ses différents sponsors (Virginia Slims Championships, Avon Championships, WTA TourChampionships, Chase Championships, Sanex Championships, Home Depot Championships et Sony Ericsson Championships depuis 2005) et plusieurs villes d’accueil (BocaRaton en Floride, Los Angeles en Californie, New York, Oakland en Californie, de nouveau New York, Munich, de nouveau Los...

• Tennis : vainqueurs des Masters Series - sport.

  1990 Andreï Chesnokov (URSS) 1991 Sergi Bruguera (Espagne) 1992 Thomas Muster (Autriche) 1993 Sergi Bruguera (Espagne) 1994 Andreï Medvedev (Ukraine) 1995 Thomas Muster (Autriche) 1996 Thomas Muster (Autriche) 1997 Marcelo Rios (Chili) 1998 Carlos Moya (Espagne) 1999 Gustavo Kuerten (Brésil) 2000 Cédric Pioline (France) 2001 Gustavo Kuerten (Brésil) 2002 Juan Carlos Ferrero (Espagne) 2003 Juan Carlos Ferrero (Espagne) 2004 Guillermo Coria (Argentine) 2005 Rafael Nadal (Espagne) 2006 Rafael Nadal...

• Woods at the Masters.

  29 strokes behind Woods at the 1997 tournament but set a record for most career Masters rounds with 147, noted that the coming of Woods puts his career Mastersmarks in jeopardy too. Even before the tournament, Nicklaus remarked that Woods had the potential to win ten Masters titles during his career. Source: Encarta Yearbook, April 1997. Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

• Masters et Johnson - médecine.

• Masters et Johnson - sciences et techniques.

• Bobby Jones I INTRODUCTION Bobby Jones (1902-1971), American amateur golfer, winner of the grand slam of golf in 1930 and founder of the prestigious golf tournament, the Masters.

• Masters (de l'anglais master, « maître »), contraction de « tournoi des maîtres », compétition sportive de prestige réunissant les plus grands champions d'une discipline.

• Francisco José de Goya y LucientesIINTRODUCTIONFrancisco de GoyaOne of the great masters of Spanish art, painter and illustrator Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes produced works ofconsiderable beauty and power.

  Gallery, Washington, D.C.) show that Goya was then painting in an elegant manner somewhat reminiscent of the style of his English contemporary ThomasGainsborough. IV ETCHINGS AND LATER PAINTINGS Third of May, 1808Third of May, 1808 was painted by Spanish artist Francisco de Goya in 1814. His purpose was to commemorate theSpanish war of liberation, during which a number of innocent civilians were shot by soldiers from Napoleon’s army. At thislate stage in Goya’s career, he had become cynical...

• Slavery in the United States - U.

  tripled, from about 1.2 million to almost 4 million in 1860. The natural growth of the slave population meant that slavery could survive without new slave imports. Natural population growth also hastened the transition from an African to an African American slave population. By the 1770s, only about 20 percent of slaves in thecolonies were African-born, although the concentration of Africans remained higher in South Carolina and Georgia. After 1808 the proportion of African-born slavesbecame tin...

• Tennis : vainqueurs des Masters - sport.

  Femmes1 Martina Navratilova (États-Unis) 7 6 2 Steffi Graf (Allemagne de l'Ouest) 5 1 3 Chris Evert (États-Unis) 4 3 4 Monica Seles (Yougoslavie) 3 1 5 Gabriela Sabatini (Argentine) 2 2 Martina Hingis (Suisse) 2 2 6 Evonne Goolalong (Australie) 2 1 7 Justine Hénin (Belgique) 2 Kim Clijsters (Belgique) 2 9 Lindsay Davenport (États-Unis) 1 3 10 Amélie Mauresmo (France) 1 2 Serena Williams (États-Unis) 1 2 12 Maria Sharapova (Russie) 1 1 Tracy Austin (États-Unis) 1 1 14 Jana Novotna (République tch...

• American Literature: Poetry I INTRODUCTION Phyllis McGinley American poet and author Phyllis McGinley composed light, witty verse, much of which deals with family life.

  Taylor, a poet of great technical skill, wrote powerful meditative poems in which he tested himself morally and sought to identify and root out sinful tendencies. In“God's Determinations Touching His Elect” (written 1680?), one of Taylor’s most important works, he celebrates God's power in the triumph of good over evil in thehuman soul. All of Taylor’s poetry and much of Bradstreet’s served generally personal ends, and their audience often consisted of themselves and their family andclosest frie...

• Abolitionist Movement.

  The American Revolution (1775-1783) and the French Revolution (1789-1799), widely seen as revolutions by citizens against oppressive rulers, transformed thisEnlightenment assertion into a call for universal liberty and freedom. The successful slave revolt that began in the French colony of Saint-Domingue in 1791 was part of this revolutionary age. Led by François Dominique ToussaintLouverture, black rebels overthrew the colonial government, ended slavery in the colony, and in 1804 established th...

• Abolitionist Movement - U.

  The American Revolution (1775-1783) and the French Revolution (1789-1799), widely seen as revolutions by citizens against oppressive rulers, transformed thisEnlightenment assertion into a call for universal liberty and freedom. The successful slave revolt that began in the French colony of Saint-Domingue in 1791 was part of this revolutionary age. Led by François Dominique ToussaintLouverture, black rebels overthrew the colonial government, ended slavery in the colony, and in 1804 established th...

• Excerpt from A Midsummer Night's Dream - anthology.

  BOTTOM: Well, proceed. QUINCE: Robin Starveling, the tailor? STARVELING: Here, Peter Quince. QUINCE: Robin Starveling, you must play Thisbe’s mother. Tom Snout, the tinker? SNOUT: Here, Peter Quince. QUINCE: You, Pyramus’ father; myself, Thisbe’s father; Snug, the joiner, you the lion’s part; and I hope here is a play fitted. SNUG: Have you the lion’s part written? Pray you, if it be, give it me; for I am slow of study. QUINCE: You may do it extempore; for it is nothing but roaring. BOTTOM: Let...

• Swimming.

  the swimmer and the pinky finger should enter the water first. At the same time, the swimmer moves the left arm through the water below the left side of the body.Once in the water, the right arm begins pulling the swimmer forward by bending at the elbow. At the same time the swimmer holds the left arm straight as it reachesthe hip and lifts it out of the water. As the right arm continues to pull, the swimmer rotates slightly onto the right side and swings the left arm up above the head. As the s...

• DEMARCHE CAMPUS FRANCE

  Centre Censier 13, rue de Santeuil 75231 Paris Cedex 05 Mél. : [email protected] Sur Internet : http://www.univ-paris3.fr/dept-cav Structure(s) de rattachement : UFR Arts & Médias Organisation · Directeur du département : Guillaume SOULEZ · Directrice adjointe : Kira KITSOPANIDOU Contacts Les horaires d'ouverture du secrétariat sont les suivants : · Licence 1 et 2 : Du mardi au vendredi de 12h à 16h30 · Licence 3 : Du lundi au vendredi de 14h à 16h30, le mercredi de 10h30 à 12h ET de 14h...

• Leonardo da Vinci.

  Leonardo's stylistic innovations are even more apparent in The Last Supper, in which he represented a traditional theme in an entirely new way. Instead of showing the 12 apostles as individual figures, he grouped them in dynamic compositional units of three, framing the figure of Christ, who is isolated in the center of the picture.Seated before a pale distant landscape seen through a rectangular opening in the wall, Christ—who has just announced that one of those present will betrayhim—repres...

• 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...

• Martial Arts.

  These movements are based on stylized renditions of ancient kung fu arm and foot blows. C Tae Kwon Do Tae kwon do (Korean for 'way of hands and feet') was founded in 1955 by a group of masters led by Korean general Choi Hong Hi. It is the national sport and pastimeof Korea and is also popular throughout the world. Often referred to as Korean karate, tae kwon do is reputedly based on ancient Korean and modern Japanesemethods of combat. Basic to tae kwon do are many spectacular kicks, particularl...

• Golf. I INTRODUCTION Golf, outdoor game in which individual players use specially designed

  caddie or caddy. (Caddies, once an integral feature of the game, have now been replaced on many courses by motorized carts and pull carts.) In England the game was made popular by the attention given it by James VI of Scotland, later James I of England, and his son Charles I. In the 18th century the first golf associations were established. They included the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers (founded 1744) in Edinburgh, Scotland;the Saint Andrews Society of Golfers (1754) in Saint Andrew...

• Blacks in Latin America.

  Throughout Latin America and the Caribbean the slave population declined at the astonishing rate of 2 to 4 percent a year; thus, by the time slavery was abolished, theoverall slave population in many places was far less than the total number of slaves imported. The British colony of Jamaica, for example, imported more than 600,000slaves during the 18th century; yet, in 1838, the slave population numbered little more than 300,000. The French colony of Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti)imported mo...

• golf. n.m., sport de plein air qui se pratique à

  – constituent les épreuves phares de ce sport. En France, les deux tournois les plus importants sont l'Open de France et le Trophée Lancôme. Ils contribuent à la notoriété de champions richissimes, tel l'Américain Jack Nicklaus. Complétez votre recherche en consultant : Les livres golf - décomposition du « swing », page 2187, volume 4 Un sport en expansion. Le golf rassemble près de 50 millions de joueurs à travers le monde, principalement aux États-Unis, en Grande-Bretagne et au Japo...

• Frederick Douglass.

  proslavery document. In Britain and later in Rochester, however, Douglass met political abolitionists, who believed that it was possible to use the political system to fightslavery. They organized the antislavery Liberty Party, and called for the election of abolitionists to public office. Garrison believed the North should secede, if necessary,to free itself from the moral stain of slavery. In contrast, Douglass became convinced that this course of action would only abandon slaves to their mast...

• Frederick Douglass - USA History.

  proslavery document. In Britain and later in Rochester, however, Douglass met political abolitionists, who believed that it was possible to use the political system to fightslavery. They organized the antislavery Liberty Party, and called for the election of abolitionists to public office. Garrison believed the North should secede, if necessary,to free itself from the moral stain of slavery. In contrast, Douglass became convinced that this course of action would only abandon slaves to their mast...

• Metropolitan Museum of Art.

  B Ancient Near Eastern Art The objects in this department range from a vast geographical area in southwest Asia and northeast Africa from around 5000 BC to around AD 600. Notable works include Assyrian reliefs from the palace of King Ashurnasirpal II at Calah (now Nimrud, Iraq), Sumerian sculpture, Anatolian ivories, Iranian bronzes, and Achaemenidand Sassanian works in silver and gold. C Arms and Armor This department is renowned for its collection of European armor from the Middle Ages (5t...