First National Pictures

1. Historical overview The United States was the first country in the world that created a free system of primary and secondary education (K-12). In the middle of the 19th century, under the impulse of Horace Mann in Massachusetts, the first public schools were built. The trend then expanded to the rest of the North-East until it eventually reached the whole country. The rationale for the promotion of a free education system was twofold: first the country, as Thomas Jefferson had insisted needed

Legends Pages d’ouverture Corrigé (exemples) Picture 1 is Wonder Woman, a superheroine created in 1941. She has superhuman strength, speed and agility and, by lassooing people, she can make them tell the truth. Her bracelets are indestructible and her tiara can be used as a weapon. Although dressed very sexily, she was originally designed as a feminist figure whose aim was to achieve peace, harmony and equality between peoples and between the sexes. Picture 2 is of two firemen/firefighters, advancing with

financial market. Therefore, when a multinational company possesses assets in different countries, it has to report its financial statement to the country it is settled in. In other words, it has to comply with the rules and regulations related to the national accounting system. By accounting system, we integrate the financial rules and regulations but also the actual accounting practices used in a country. Each country possesses its own accounting system influenced by different sources of factors such

author ABSTRACT – The following paper presents some of the conclusions from the Pellets for Europe on-going project, supported in the framework of the EC ALTENER Programme. The overall objective of this European project is to draw an accurate picture of market opportunities for wood- and agri-pellets (i.e. pellets made from agricultural residues) in Italy, Spain and Greece, while also providing a general overview on pellets market potential in the other European Countries. On the basis of the

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encore, cela se caractérise par la propriété familiale du capitale de l’entreprise, par un lieu de production central et par une transmission générationnelle. Grâce aux évolutions techniques les entreprises s’agrandissent et prennent une dimension nationale. L’OST (organisation scientifique du travail) a été créé par Frank Taylor en 1911 et c’est un grand pas pour l’industrie. Le but est d’accélérer et d’automatiser la production. A cause de cela l’homme n’est plus qu’un rouage de la machine et doit

selling in USA. But by 1992, international sales of Mary Kay represent only 11% on the $ 1 billion total, in contrast, Avon products derived over 55% of its $3.6 billion retail sales from international markets in 1992. Why? There are 4 reasons. The first is the strategy copy, MKC use the marketing strategy, products and communications of the US to different subsidiaries without sufficient local modifications. For example, in Canada, US sales director were allowed to go to Canada to recruit and build

Idée n°1 : This is a picture that represents a desert land. There is hardly any vegetation. It is a barren, arid landscape with big mesas or buttes that remind me of the south west of the USA. The photo was certainly taken near the Four Corners, where Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona meet at right angle. On the right hand side from the top of a mesa, a cowboy or Indian riding a horse is gazing at the breathtaking landscape. This character and the setting evoke the Conquest of the West when

There were deep ideological, economic and political differences between the United States and the Soviet Union before the Second World War. These differences were intensified as a result of their suspicions immediately after the Second World War. First of all ideologically speaking the two blocs were at antipodes In the United States, the government is elected by free elections. The people can form political parties to voice their political opinions. They also possessed the right of assembly, of

court) • The Traveller (bande dessinée de Quino) • Surprise, surprise! (document audio long) • The Silent Language (texte sociologique) • Don’t sell thick diapers in Tokyo (presse) • Before and After (presse) • Everyday English – Buying food abroad • First morning at school (littérature) • “England is not exactly like I pictured it” (littérature) épreuve de Bac L 37 36 38 39 39 40 41 41 42 71 73 75 77 80 82 82, 84 86 86 46 93 Objectifs majeurs ■ lexique ■ grammaire Practice makes perfect