Little Bear

the seller/buyer relationship.  In the old days of marketing (before the 1950s) this often meant identifying strategies and tactics for simply selling more products and services with little regard for what customers really wanted.  Often this meant companies embraced a “sell-as-much-as-we-can” philosophy with little concern for building relationships for the long term. But starting in the 1950s, companies began to see that old ways of selling were wearing thin with customers.  As competition grew

volumes. It cannot be said that this stupendous design was ever carried out. The first volumes, which were published in 1859, and from which the poems contained in this selection are taken, left great spaces vacant in the ground−plan of the work, and little attempt was made in the subsequent series, which appeared in 1877 and 1883, to fill up those spaces. In fact, Hugo has left large tracts of human history untrod. He has scarcely touched the civilization of the East, he has given us no adequate picture

SEXING THE CHERRY Plot : * 17th c England : alternative reality = historical facts + magical elements * The dog woman finds a little boy in the Thames (Jordan = river name travel connotation) * Alternance of narratives Dog woman / Jordan. Then Jordan leaves (mentally or physically we don’t know. He travels with John Tradescant = historically he was a traveler during the period = he gathered some “curiosities”) * Jordan is looking for a dancing girl (fortunata)

Partir. Etre avarié. Ne pas avoir lieu. Be on Etre allumé. Etre au programme. Be out Etre sorti. Etre éteint. Be over Etre terminé Be through Avoir terminé What's up? Qu'est-ce qu'on fait ? Qu'est-ce qu'on décide ? Time is up. C'est fini! C'est l'heure! Bear up Retrouver son entrain, son courage Blow out S'éteindre (flamme) Blow over Etre oublié (affaire). Se calmer; passer, tomber (colère, tempête) Exploser Tomber en panne. S'effondrer (moralement), échouer (négociations) Break out Se déclarer, éclater

écoles publiques plutôt que d’accepter l’intégration des Noirs. La même année, le gouvernement fédéral est obligé d'envoyer des forces militaires ainsi que des agents du du Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI : « Bureau Fédéral d'Investigation ») à Little Rock, capitale de l'Arkansas où neuf enfants noirs avaient été expulsés de l’école par la foule. En 1960, cinq Etats du Sud pratiquent encore une totale ségrégation. En novembre de cette même année, à la Nouvelle-Orléans (Louisiane), donc dans le

| Je suis né(e) en/à ..., j'ai grandi à/en ... mais maintenant je vis en/à ... | I'm originally from ..., I grew up in ... but now live in ... | Je suis ravi de vous rencontrer. | How nice to meet you. | Je suis un peu retard! | I'm running a little late! | Je vous appelle (la semaine prochaine). | I'll give you a ring some time (next week). | La rue où j'habite s'appelle ... | The street I live on is called ... (street/avenue/road) . | Maintenant que j'y pense... | Come to think of it

funds in the first half of this decade was weak, based on an absolute as well as a risk-adjusted return basis. However, on a relative return basis, the performance of hedge funds was strong. While long-only funds lost 50% or more during the 2000-2002 bear market from peak to trough, diversified funds of hedge funds generated positive absolute returns for their investors. This relative outperformance put hedge funds on the map for institutional investors.

the man. “And we’ll continue to do so, as long as there’s progress.” “I wasn’t aware any progress had been made.” “Not in terms of an identity or an occupation. But we are finding out what’s most comfortable for you, what you deal with best. It’s a little frightening.” “In what way?” “Let me give you an example.” The doctor put the clipboard down and got out of the chair. He walked to a primitive cupboard against the wall, opened a drawer, and took out a large automatic handgun. The man with no memory

there were hundreds of ....................................... . The government was extremely ....................................... – there was now the ....................................... of another unannounced attack and they could do very little to stop it. 108 Livre du professeur New On Target 2e 1 teamfile-p13-1 /INTERACT/Team 1 Compréhension de l’écrit + expression An overall understanding of the conversation A. Read and find out. 1. Are these sentences true or false? Tick

câblo-opérateur Comcast de 54 milliards d'USD que Michael Eisner aurait refusé sans demander conseil au directoire; ce qui aurait précipité sa chute. Le 17 février 2004, Disney a acheté les droits et le catalogue des Muppets et Tibère et la maison bleue Bear in the Big Blue House pour 68 millions d'USD. Toutefois la société connaît à partir de 2004 des problèmes de direction. Michael Eisner, artisan de la relance des années 1980-1990 est contesté sur ses dernières décisions. Le directoire décide de ne