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The Cuba Missile Crisis (1962) The Cuba Missile Crisis, a turning point in the Cold War Cuba is a Caribbean island which is during the Cold War governed by Fidel Castro*, a USSR allied. [With his “guerilleros “knocked over the dictator Fulgencio Batista (1901-1973\ soldier and politician) on January 1959 ] Due to its localization, Cuba had an important place in the nuclear part of the war. In 1962 some missile sites were settled in Cuba. Why was the Cuba an ideal place for a missile crisis? The

Cassese. The Martens Clause: Half a Loaf or Simply Pie in the Sky?, 2000, Academy of European Law online, a joint partnership of the Jean Monnet Center at NYU School of Law and the Academy of European Law at the European University Institute. (ISSN 0938-5428) * Theodor Meron.The Martens Clause, Principles of Humanity, and Dictates of Public Conscience, The American Journal of International Law, Vol. 94, No. 1 (Jan., 2000), pp. 78-89 (ISSN 0002-9300) * Theodor Meron, On Custom and the Antecedents

symbole de la renaissance du soleil Originally Christmas was a pagan holiday celebrating the winter solstice symbol of the rebirth of the sun Deuxieme vignette : Au IV siécle le 25 décembre devient une fête religieuse fêtant la naissance de Jésus-Christ le dans les calendriers grégorien. In the fourth century December 25 is a religious festival celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ in the Gregorian calendar. Troisieme vignette : Noel est aussi l’apparition d’un nouveau

A PRESS ARTICLE : HOW TO READ A PRESS ARTICLE ? Description of the weekly / monthly magazine Name and number of the magazine: HELLO! Number 1116 Date: 29 March 2010 Contents and features ( rubrics ): celebrity ( David Beckham, Kate Winslet... ); make up ; brand ( Dior, L'Oreal...)==> a lots of advertisement. ; fashionable clothes ; party of celebrity; The article Headline: The cut-out dresses JENNIFER LOPEZ loves Author: He is not mentionned Illustration (photo, drawing

USA CHRISTMAS It‘s in USA that Santa Claus has been invented!! During Christmas, American people are used to decorating a Christmas tree with garlands of pop corn and red and white sugar canes. Trees are decorated with string of lights. In the street children are used to singing the famous chorus “Jingle Bell “and receiving a few money. At the white house, they taste the “President’s cake”. It’s a tradition made by Abraham Lincoln and anywhere it is the same. During Christmas day

|Connaissances : | |Répondre à des questions (et en poser) sur les couleurs |Lexique : Les couleurs (green, red, black, white, purple) | |Comprendre les consignes de classe : Listen, repeat, show me, point to…. put in |Grammaire: It’s + couleur | |order |What color is this? What

------------------------------------------------- Business Ethics: Enron Documentary Enron: the smartest guy in the room is a documentary made by Alex Gibney in 2005 it deals with Enron bankruptcy. Enron Corporation was an American energy company based in Houston, Texas. Before its bankruptcy in 2001, Enron employed approximately 22,000 employees and was one of the world's leading electricity, and Natural Gas Company. The documentary expounds the facts that led Enron to Bankruptcy by interviewing many formers actors

Josephine Baker, the frenchiest American girl In 1925, during the jazz era in Paris, the sensational cast of musicians and dancers from Harlem, assembled as La Revue Nègre, exploded on the stage of the “Théâtre des Champs Élysées”. Its talented young star, Josephine Baker, captivated the audience with her “erotic dance” and a wild new dance called the Charleston. This show permitted her to became the high priestess of jazz culture and African art in Paris. Who was this artist which wore banana

mare basse : être déprimé 2) I’m not wet behind the ears : Je ne suis pas mouillé derrière les oreilles : Je ne suis pas né de la dernière pluie 3) Get off my back : Descend de mon dos : fiche moi la paix 4) They are like two peas in a pod : Ils sont comme deux pois dans une cosse : ils se ressemblent comme deux gouttes d’eaux 5) I went out like a light : Je me suis éteint comme une lumière : je me suis endormi comme une masse 6) The more, the merrier : le plus, le plus joyeux : plus on est de

Fears and concerns about robots have been repeatedly expressed in a wide range of books and films. A common theme is the development of a master race of conscious and highly intelligent robots, motivated to take over or destroy the human race. (See The Terminator, Runaway, Blade Runner, Robocop, the Replicators in Stargate, the Cylons in Battlestar Galactica, The Matrix, THX-1138, and I, Robot.) Some fictional robots are programmed to kill and destroy; others gain superhuman intelligence and abilities