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UNIT 1 The importance of being earnest At the turn of the century artists, writers and playwrights were highly critical of Victorian achievements and beliefs. They mocked and challenged middle-class values, such as convention, respectability and the very notion of art, a classic example is Oscar Wilde´s play. Wilde followed the Art for Art´s Sake doctrine: pursue fleeting beauty and pleasure as ends in themselves. Polished, impressionistic images that appealed to the senses and also a desire

has already been published in American. LONDON -- For more than 20 years, author Doris Lessing has lived on a quiet block in North London, in a brick Hampstead house among a row of such homes, as straight and steady as a line of toy soldiers. Long favored by artists and intellectuals, her neighborhood is an ideal mix of solitude and activity, just a short, uphill walk from shops and cafes and busy, curving streets, a place that on this warm afternoon could convince you the world is but one long coffee

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 Unit 8 BORDERLANDS p. 159 Unit 9 A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH p. 196 Unit 10 THE POWER OF MONEY p. 233 Unit 11 HIGHER, FASTER, STRONGER p. 250 Unit 12 THE CORRIDORS OF POWER p. 278 Unit 13 DIXIELAND p. 293 Unit 14 BUILDERS AND TITANS p. 311 Unit 15 WESTERN TRAILS p. 336 Fiches

2-6 3-Diversification of Ivory coast Exportation : 5 3.1 Example: Oil Industry 6 3.1.1 Identify Basic Appeal 7 3.1.2 Basic Demand 7 3.1.3-Availability of Resources

Portrait of the USA Executive Editor— George Clack Managing Editor— Rosalie Targonski Editor— Dennis Drabelle Designer— Barbara Long Web Art Director— Min-Chih Yao Photo Research— Maggie Johnson Sliker Internet Editor— Suzanne Dawkins Contributing Editors— Maura Christopher, Anne Cusack, Michael Cusack, Fredric A. Emmert, David Goddy, Holly Hughes, Norman Lunger, John Nickerson, Bruce Oatman, Shelley Orenstein, Richard Pawelek, Ira Peck, Jonathan Rose

America Séquence 2 > From East to West Séquence 3 > From Africa to America Séquence 4 > Lafayette we are here Séquence 5 > Rule Britannia Séquence 6 > From the end of the British Empire to Europe Séquence 7 > South Africa and English-Speaking Africa Séquence 8 > The power of the EnglishSpeaking world today ...................................................................... 95 .........................................................................

The City of God by Saint AUGUSTINE Translated by Marcus DODS, D.D. (Book IV translated by the Rev. George WILSON, Books V & VIII by the Rev. J.J. SMITH) The Modem Library Random House New York 1950 C.S. 202 American University of Beirut 2002-2003 The City of God by Saint AUGUSTINE BOOK I (sack of Rome not to be blamed on Christian prohibition of worship of pagan gods) Preface: explaining his design in undertaking this work THE glorious city of God is

Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Beitz, Charles R. Political theory and international relations / Charles R. Beitz. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-691-07614-6 1. International relations. 2. World politics. I. Title. JZ1305.B45 1999 327. 1'01— dc21 99-12992 This book has been composed in VIP Baskerville www.pup.princeton.edu Contents Preface Introduction International Relations as a State of Nature 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. vii

something to. .Un mauvais traitement ill-treatment. .Attendre de qqun qu’il … to expect someone to … .Une menace a threat. .Chercher des indices et des preuves to look for clues and proofs. .Être en faveur de to be in favour of. .Ne pas être d’accord avec do not agree with. .L’autorité the authority. .Commettre un délis to abide by the law. .Une punition / pénalité a punishment. .Envoyer qqun en prison to send someone to jail. .un traitement dur

Scotland, and Ireland As well as a great number of small islands (5000 in total) Including :The channel islands (Jersey, Guernsey) The Isle of Wight The Scilly isles The isle of Man The Western isles = the Hebrides Archipelagos off Scotland The Orkneys The Shetlands Great Britain : composed of England, Wales and Scotland. United Kingdom : composed of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland Full name : The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The UK was