A Patriotic American Douglas Kennedy

A Patriotic American by Douglas Kennedy This text is an extract from “the Pursuit of Happiness” by Douglas Kennedy published in 2002. Actually it is mainly a dialogue between the main character Eric Smythe who works for a TV network and an FBI agent who accuses him of being a communist.We should mention that the dialogue is set against the back-drop (toile de fond) of the Mc Carthy witch-hunts in the 50s. During the cold war, many US politicians were afraid of communism because

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CFC est le seul habilité à délivrer des autorisations de reproduction par reprographie, sous réserve en cas d’utilisation aux fins de vente, de location, de publicité ou de promotion de l’accord de l’auteur ou des ayants droit. S O M M A I R E Avant-propos p. 4 Unit 1 MYTH OR REALITY? p. 9 Unit 2 THE SWINGING SIXTIES p. 27 Unit 3 A MAN’S WORLD? p. 50 Unit 4 BRAVE NEW WORLD? p. 79 Unit 5 THE LAND OF TWO HALVES p. 99 Unit 6 WHICH IS WITCH? p. 116 Unit 7 A COMMON GROUND p. 134

NewsLite © WPSA bg hd hg This poem says I’m sorry by Steven Clark in The Dog ate my bus pass, edited by Nick Toczek and Andrew Fusek Peters © Macmillan Publishers 2004. A note from Mum by Ann Bonner in The Dog ate my bus pass, edited by Nick Toczek and Andrew Fusek Peters © Macmillan Publishers 2004. A washing machine says sorry by Clare Bevan in The Dog ate my bus pass, edited by Nick Toczek and Andrew Fusek Peters © Macmillan Publishers 2004. 112 Entertainment weekly /DR

The Meaning of Liff The Deeper Meaning of Liff What’s the name of the tallest mountain in the world? Mauna Kea, the highest point on the island of Hawaii. The inactive volcano is a modest 13,799 feet above sea level, but when measured from the seabed to its summit, it is 33,465 feet high—about three-quarters of a mile taller than Mount Everest. As far as mountains are concerned, the current convention is that “highest” means measured from sea level to summit; “tallest” means measured from the

com ROBERT LUDLUM THE UNSURPASSED MASTER OF THE SUPERTHRILLER AND ON SALE IN BANTAM HARDCOVER IN MAY 1993 THE SCORPIO ILLUSION THE AMNESIAC REMEMBERS “You appear to be a mass of contradictions,” Dr. Washburn said. “There’s a subsurface violence almost always in control, but very much alive. There’s also a pensiveness that seems painful for you, yet you rarely give vent to the anger that pain must provoke.” “You’re provoking it now,” said the man. “And we’ll continue to do so, as long

populaire des États-Unis De 1492 à nos jours Traduit de l'anglais par Frédéric Cotton Cha pitre 1 Ch ristophe Col o m b, l es Ind i en s et l e p rogrès de l ' human i té sur le rivage, puis nagèrent jusqu'à cet étrange et imposant navire RAPPÉS D'ÉTONNEMENT, les Arawaks - femmes et hommes aux F corps hâlés et nus - abandonnèrent leurs villages pour se rendre afin de mieux l'observer. Lorsque finalement Christophe Colomb et son équipage se rendirent à terre, avec leurs épées et leur

A History of Mathematics This page intentionally left blank A History of Mathematics From Mesopotamia to Modernity Luke Hodgkin 1 Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi