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Prince Moulay Hicham '85 calls for change at campus conference on the Islamic world Second in line to the throne of Morocco's Alawite kingdom, Prince Moulay Hicham Ben Abdallah '85 has spoken out forcefully about the need to reform his country's political institutions, including the monarchy itself, calling for "a new form of politics, a politics of truth — open, frank, transparent — that encourages participation throughout the population." On September 27 he spoke about Islam, democracy, and

Commentaire composé The Brooklyn Follies Texte 1 Passage introduction Ligne 1 à 45 J. Giordano In this passage, the narrator is taking distance from the world in order to slip slowly into a tomblike environment. 1) Taking distance from the world : The narrator, knowing his days are numbered is trying to retire from the world. He is taking distance from people, from his family, from a world he mostly disagree with, in order to reach a relative rest or serenity, to reach loneliness

EXPRESSIONS DU FUTUR Il n’existe pas de temps futur en anglais : le verbe de peut porter que les marques du présent et du passé (base verbale et terminaison –s pour le présent, terminaison –ed pour le passé). Selon ce que l’on veut dire, on utilisera différentes formes grammaticales pour exprimer le futur. * BE GOING TO : Cette forme permet d’exprimer la certitude de l’énonciateur que quelque chose va se produire. L’action future a un lien avec la situation présente. « Vu ce que je sais

------------------------------------------------- The Godfather In Manhattan, New York at the Toxico Club, Alfonso Arturo was facing Antonio Alberto, the New York mafia godfather, to whom he borrowed 100’000$ to finance its own proven business of drug dealer in Brooklyn neighborhoods. Five guars are surrounding Antonio as Alfonso is sitting in a chair smoking his pipe. Antonio Alberto: Here we are Mr. Arturo, it’s time for you to pay me back my 100’000$ that you borrowed me last month…pfffff…oouuuu

The document under-study consists of an excerpt taken from the novel entitled The Handmaid’s Tale written by Margaret Atwood and published in 1985. It is the first chapter of the novel. The text can be divided into 3 parts: in the two first paragraphs, the narrator remembers that she -with her inmates- has once been sleeping in a gymnasium in which she had a lot of memories: she remembers all the activities that had once been hold there but something had already changed at the moment when they were

ce premier Grammarama : le présent en be + V-ing / will et be going to. Phonology : la graphie -ea-. Une photo de film qui permettra de réutiliser et d’enrichir le vocabulaire de l’unité. Une rencontre entre un demandeur d’emploi et le directeur adjoint d’un supermarché américain. Un texte abordable basé sur le dialogue. Grammarama propose deux points pertinents et assez simples pour les élèves : this et that / Phrases à sens futur et subordonnées de temps. Phonology : la graphie -ai-. Activité orale

I’m going to give you a brief overview of the book that I read recently, called « How to survive (outlive) crises ». The author is Jacques Attali – an economist, writer and French civil servant. In his book along anlysing series of crisis that might happen to humankind in the close future, he gives some recommendations concerning the behaviour and the views that we should acquire or develop in order to better adapt to the situation we find ourselves in times of crisis, either prosperous or difficult

The New Orleans police A bad shoot Gradually, the story emerges of what happened on the Danziger bridge Mar 4th 2010 | NEW ORLEANS THE ECONOMIST A WEEK after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, on September 4th 2005, the police shot six civilians as they were crossing the Danziger bridge across the Industrial Canal. Two were killed; the others were seriously wounded, one losing an arm. On February 24th a high-ranking officer with a long police career pleaded guilty to orchestrating a vast

l'humour = To have a sense of humour. Cela vous coûtera 10 livres l'heure = It will cost you £10 an hour. Son père est [Ø] dentiste = Her father is a dentist. Sa mère, [Ø] professeur d'espagnol, enseigne aussi l'italien = His mother, a Spanish teacher, also teaches [Ø] Italian. Ils entrèrent les mains dans les poches = They came in with their hands in their pockets. y y "AVOIR" = "TO BE" !!! : Avoir faim = to be hungry. Avoir soif = to be thirsty. Avoir froid = to be cold. Avoir chaud = to be warm

The Montreal métro a source of pride Setting the pace in Montreal since 1966 T he Montreal métro is still the pride and joy of Montrealers, more than 35 years after it was first inaugurated on October 14, 1966. Fast, pleasant and environmentally-friendly, the métro played a crucial role in the city’s recent evolution. Its arrival contributed widely to the expansion of downtown Montreal, particularly along De Maisonneuve Boulevard, pieced together when the initial network was built. The