Angels in America

Cándido Rincón (33) and América (his pregnant common law wife, 17) are two Mexicans who enter the United States illegally, dreaming of the good life in their own little house somewhere in California. Meanwhile, they are homeless and camping at the bottom of the Topanga Canyon area of Los Angeles, in the hills above Malibu. Another couple, Delaney and Kyra Mossbacher, have recently moved into a gated community on top of Topanga, in order to be closer to nature yet be close enough to the city to enjoy

social ladder, she now enjoys a high standard of living. 2- The main character of the article is Ana, an American woman of 35 years old, native of Mexico where lives her family. Ana lives in America to try to climb up the social ladder, but she can’t afford to keep her children with her for the life in America is expensive, that’s why she lives separated with her family. However she tries to send some presents for her children, despite her small wage. 3- Ana has get to the US at 29 years old

associated with America. We can easily trace this American-Spanish heritage in such city names as San Francisco, Los Angeles. As for food, people in the streets eat hamburgers and donuts as readily as tostada or tacos. When we look back, we see how Spain and Mexico played a key role in the making of America: Florida was ceded by Spain in 1819; Texas and parts of New Mexico were annexed in 1845; California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona and parts of Colorado were ceded by Mexico in 1848. The word

culture spread outwars United States that’s why it is present in all over the world. Has the United State become the most powerful, signifiant world force in terms of cultural imperialism and expansion ? In a first time, we are going to give exemples in order to illustrates Ian Ralston’s citation. Then, we will describe consequences of this cultural phenomene. First of all, the American culture is pervasive in much of fields. In fact, the worlwide American culture is dominating. The historical

immigrants It has been said that in the United States, all the Americans are immigrants except the Native Americans. By 1880 more than 10 million immigrants were living in the US, they were known as the old immigrants. They were mostly Protestant Christians from Northern and Western Europe. Most immigrants came in search of jobs or economic opportunity. A lot of Chinese immigrant were also living in North America. From 1880 to 1910 18 million immigrants arrived to America, they changed everything :

L’arrivée du train au camp d’Auschwitz, en 1945 Avec Different Trains, Steve Reich met en parallèle son expérience de très jeune enfant de parents divorcés - dont le père vit sur la côte est des États-Unis à New York et la mère sur la côte ouest à Los Angeles - qui devait fréquemment de 1939 à 1942 prendre le train pour aller d'une ville à l'autre au cours d'un voyage de deux jours, avec la mémoire des déportés d'Europe convoyés dans les trains vers les camps de concentration. Steve Reich sous-entend que

Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses, Haut du formulaire A: Did you like the movie "Star Wars?" B: I don't know. I (see, never) {draw:frame} that movie. 2. Sam (arrive) {draw:frame} in San Diego a week ago. 3. My best friend and I (know) {draw:frame} each other for over fifteen years. We still get together once a week. 4. Stinson is a fantastic writer. He (write) {draw:frame} ten very creative short stories in the last year

Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on March 31 1917, Sam Hinton's childhood ambition was to learn every song he heard. He now has over a thousand in his repertoire. "Mama used to love to tell people how she took me to Jenkins Music Store in Tulsa when I was five years old and bought me a harmonica," Sam Hinton, now 85 years old remembers. "And she said I was playing Turkey in the Straw before we got out of the store. That was my favorite instrument. Then, for my eighth birthday my grandfather got me a push-button

jazz et les musiques de film. II. L’OEUVRE : « DIFFERENT TRAINS » est une oeuvre de musique mixte pour quatuor à cordes et bande magnétique composée en 1988.    STRUCTURE DE L’OEUVRE - Different trains comprend trois mouvements : PART I : AMERICA – Before the war (9′) PART II : EUROPE – During the war (7’30) PART III : After the war (10’30) Dans different trains la cellule mélodico rythmique inspirée du rythme des roues du train ou des bribes de phrase enregistrées est la base de cette

181-years-old religion SALT LAKE CITY =======( Mormon Church president Thomas S. Monson said on Saturday October 4 the church has plans to build five new temples worldwide, three abroad and two in the United States. The temples are planned for Calgary, Canada; Cordoba, Argentina; Rome, Italy; Philadelphia and in the greater Kansas City, Mo. area. Monson's announcement came as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opened its two-day semiannual General Conference. The event draws more than