Celebrity Big Brother

THE SHALLOWS ALSO BY NICHOLAS CARR The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google Does IT Matter? THE SHALLOWS What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains NICHOLAS CARR W. W. NORTON & COMPANY New York * London Copyright © 2010 by Nicholas Carr All rights reserved “The writing ball is a thing like me…” from Gramophone, Film, Typewriter by Friedrich A. Kittler, translated by Geoffrey Winthrop-Young and Michael Wutz. Copyright © 1996 by the Board of Trustees of the

arbitrary rules and of being the loser in a game of money and power was amplified by the east­west divide. Young people from the east were more likely to grow up in an environment at the very least critical of the regime. Some may have seen their older brothers and fathers disappear in state pri­ sons, others may have been arrested or interrogated by the security services for having the “wrong” family ties or acquaintances. The grievances and frustrations we have mentioned certainly played a part in planting

philosopher __________ died at the age of 100. a) being Claude Lévi-Strauss b) Claude Lévi-Strauss c) who was Claude-Lévi-Strauss d) is Claude Lévi-Strauss ANglAIS 42 l ANNALES PASSERELLE 2011-2012 14. _________ the origin of the universe was the “big bang”. a) It is generally accepted that b) It generally accepted that c) Generally accepted that d) What is generally accepted that 15. China’s foreign currency reserves are evaluated today at __________. a) 3 trillion of dollars b) 3 trillion dollars

and the Old Testaments (1529). He was encouraged by Guillaume Briçonnet (1472–1534), Bishop of Meaux, who established a strong Evangelical base in his diocese in the early 1520s. Although supported by Marguerite de Navarre and, through her, by her brother, François I, the group broke up in 1526: Lefèvre sought refuge at Marguerite’s court at Nérac and Georges Farel (1496– 1565) left for Geneva where he became one of Calvin’s most energetic supporters. The Evangelical movement was undermined by the

brossâmes : brushed brossant : brushing brosse : brush brossé : brushed brosse à dents : toothbrush brossée : brushed brossées : brushed brossent : brush brosser : brush brossèrent : brushed brossés : brushed brossez : brush brossons : brush brouet : broth brouette : wheelbarrow brouilla : scrambled brouillai : scrambled brouillâmes : scrambled brouillant : scrambling brouillard : fog, mist brouille : scrambles French−english Dictionary 291 French−english (dictionnaire) brouillé : scrambled brouillée

étages, quatre-vingt dix stylistes et cinquante modélistes officient à la dizaine de lignes que propose la marque. »61 L’offre des collections est diversifiée ; on y trouve par exemple la ligne clothes destinée aux jeunes les plus “branchés” mais aussi Big is beautiful pour les femmes rondes. La réalisation des collections se fait en équipe, avec une cellule chargée du style et de la coupe, et une autre du volet commercial ou de la liaison avec les ateliers de sous-traitants de la marque en Asie et dans

pas à prendre les commandes d’une entreprise, dans un secteur ou dans un autre. Dans son livre, qui retrace la carrière des MBA de la promotion 1974 de Harvard, John Kotter (1995) contredit l’affirmation selon laquelle les MBA auraient abandonné le «big business», en particulier les grandes entreprises industrielles. Que non! Simplement, «au lieu d’y être salariés, ils en sont fournisseurs, distributeurs, banquiers, propriétaires et consultants» (81). Par exemple, en 1993, un quart de la promotion

pas à prendre les commandes d’une entreprise, dans un secteur ou dans un autre. Dans son livre, qui retrace la carrière des MBA de la promotion 1974 de Harvard, John Kotter (1995) contredit l’affirmation selon laquelle les MBA auraient abandonné le «big business», en particulier les grandes entreprises industrielles. Que non! Simplement, «au lieu d’y être salariés, ils en sont fournisseurs, distributeurs, banquiers, propriétaires et consultants» (81). Par exemple, en 1993, un quart de la promotion

people in the arts, including his friend, Paul Verlaine, and Paul Gauguin. The venture survived no more than a couple of years. (4) Montesquiou-Fezensac. To modern readers, the two proper names on the penultimate line must be meaningless, but these were big, well known personalities in France at the turn of the 20th century. The Comte Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac was a descendant of d'Artagnan, whose tale is told in Dumas’ « The Three musketeers.” Montesquiou-Fezensac attempted Symbolist poetry and was