There Is Nothing Left to Lose

Should kids be paid to go to school? Time Magazine seems shocked by a “pilot program”  that "started this month at three vocational high schools in disadvantaged suburbs of Paris.” According to the American-based journal, accounts, like bank accounts, will be set up for two classes in each school, each containing approximately €3,000 euro. If students maintain good attendance records and reach “performance targets” agreed upon with their teachers, payments will be added to their class account

Kennedy This text is an extract from “the Pursuit of Happiness” by Douglas Kennedy published in 2002. Actually it is mainly a dialogue between the main character Eric Smythe who works for a TV network and an FBI agent who accuses him of being a communist.We should mention that the dialogue is set against the back-drop (toile de fond) of the Mc Carthy witch-hunts in the 50s. During the cold war, many US politicians were afraid of communism because the USSR represented a big threat to American security

(1236) Hello, ladies and gentleman’s, today our group of actors is going to act a scene of the film Ocean’s Eleven. This is the story of Danny Ocean who wants to score the biggest heist in history. He groups a team of eleven members, including Frank Catton, Rusty Ryan and Linus Caldwell. Their target? The Bellagio, the Mirage and the MGM Grand. All casinos are owned by Terry Benedict. It's not going to be easy, because they plan to get in secretly and out with $150 million. We’ll begin with a little

loves his wife beyond reason and who| | |must nevertheless learn to let her go--a tragicomic story of the 1970s that foreshadowed the importance of end-of-life politics in present society. | | |In the following excerpt, protagonist Michel Folain speaks to Lydia, a near-stranger, about his dying wife's wish: that he find her replacement; that, above all, he not| | |lose his capacity to love.

created for educational, scholarly, and Internet archival use ONLY. With utmost respect and courtesy to the author, NO money or profit will ever be made from this text or its distribution. for more e-books, visit www.intexblogger.com ROBERT LUDLUM THE UNSURPASSED MASTER OF THE SUPERTHRILLER AND ON SALE IN BANTAM HARDCOVER IN MAY 1993 THE SCORPIO ILLUSION THE AMNESIAC REMEMBERS “You appear to be a mass of contradictions,” Dr. Washburn said. “There’s a subsurface violence almost always in

are the key factors in managing a project? To answer at this very interesting question, it’s important, in the first time, to define the two words which give all the sense at this last one: management and project. Easily, a project is “a temporary endeavour undertaken to achieve a particular aim”. (Principles of Management, Kreitner) The management is a topic including many different fundamental ideas. Economists, managers or sociologists try to find a definition of this term that seems very

Grasp all, lose all. . Qui trop embrasse, mal étreint. . Almost and hard by, Save many a lie. . Grâce à presque et à quasi, Plus d'un mensonge s'esquive. . If he is angry, He must beplaised again. . Qui est fâché, Qu'il se défâche ! . Burn not thy fingers to snuff another man's candle. . Ne te brûle pas les doigts à moucher la chandelle d'autrui. . Strech your arm no farther than your sleeve. . N'allonge pas ton bras au delà de ta manche. . The perfection of art, Is to conceal

Les Miserables is the story of four people. Bishop Myriel, Jean Valjean, Famine, and Marius Pontmercy, who meet, part, then meet again during the most agitated decades of nineteenth-century France. It also tells the story of the 1832 revolution and describes the unpleasant side of Paris. The novel is in essence a plea for humane treatment of the poor and for equality among all citizens Part I-Fantine
The year is 1815 and Napoleon has just been defeated at Waterloo. Bishop Myriel lives a quiet

where she goes And help her to be wise Help me to let go Every mother's prayer Every child knows Lead her to a place Guide her with your grace To a place where she'll be safe I pray she finds your light And holds it in her heart As darkness falls each night Remind her where you are Every mother's prayer Every child knows Need to find a place Guide her to a place Give her faith so she'll be safe Lead her to a place Guide her with your grace To a place where she'll be safe

that the following text is to be objective & will not be dyed of any particular political tendency. It must be noticed that this text is anonymous however it is said that the author has no connection with any party or anything that could influence its judgment over this important problem: should the US people join the loyalists (=those faithful to the King of Britain) or the Patriots (=those who favor the US independence) in the opposition of the two countries? This text is written at Philadelphia