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initial secrets were exhibited in Washington, D.C., later that year. After the first exhibition closed, word of the project spread. People began crafting their own homemade postcards and the artful secrets began arriving from every continent. Today, Warren has received more than 250,000 postcards and they continue to come at a rate of about 1,000 per week. Every Sunday, Warren posts secrets on his award-winning website, which has been viewed more than 155 million times. This international phenomenon

Vegetarians Today More and more people are either choosing not to eat meat, poultry or fish or they are choosing not to eat as much of these proteins. They are becoming vegetarians or “occasional” vegetarians. Often the choice to radically modify a diet is the result of a personal decision to lower the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, obesity or some forms of cancer. Some people are advocates of animal rights and therefore object to what they consider the inhumane way in which

Present-day America is one of the world great states at the height of their power (un des grands états du monde au sommet de leur puissance) present in the world … Everybody speaks about globalization and about an American model. Thus, America influences the rest of the planet. For some people, America represents a "dream", for others, this country represents an economic, political and social strenght. As far as I’m concerned, America is an attractive

Russia today, maintenant RT est une chaine de television, d’information continue financée par l’Etat russe. Elle siège à Moscou mais s’adresse à un public étranger, elle est notamment diffusée en Europe, en Asie et en Amérique et est traduite en allemand, anglais, arabe, espagnol et français. Son but est d’apporter une vision de la Russie et de l’actualité internationale différentes de celle des médias occidentaux, et permettre la diffusion des points de vues de la Russie sur les évènements qui

Introduction : • Cet extrait intervient au chapitre 3 du livre III après que Montesquieu ait présenté la nature des trois gouvernements (républicain, monarchique et despotique) ainsi que les lois qui en étaient relatives. Dans ce passage, l'auteur se propose d'étudier le principe de la démocratie. Selon Montesquieu, c'est le principe d'un gouvernement qui le fait agir. • L'intérêt de cet extrait réside dans la méthode argumentative de Montesquieu, le rationalisme éclairé dont il fait preuve

RACE RELATIONS IN BRITAIN TODAY Immigration After the second world war, due to Britain’s shortage of labour (mainly in manual, low-skilled jobs) and to the necessity to rebuild the country, the British government invited Commonwealth citizens (= citizens of the former colonies of the British Empire) to settle in the UK to fill those vacant jobs and to participate to the reconstruction effort. From the 1940s to the 1960s, immigrants came from the three main areas of the Commonwealth: 1. the Indian

contemporary times. Do you think that racism has been completely eradicated today? First time we see the pros and cons about the real or imaginary presence of racism in our present society and thereafter we will discuss the various aspects of the same problem. No I do not agree with the problematic of the subject because I think that racism like hunger is rooted in the human gene and not only did he not gone today but in addition it will not disappear from the humanity for such associations

Do you think tant a radio or TV programme could cause such collective panic today? Why or Why not? The 30 October 1938, On CBS to the radio, The broadcast “Mercury Theatre on the air” presents an adaptation from “The War of the Worlds” by H.G Wells. In the broadcast, a fake CBS’ newcaster announce aliens invasion as a breaking news. Actually, the terrible new was a entertainment performed by actors. Regrettably, a lot of people believed to the martians attack, and were panic-stricken. During

political domain. However, we can’t deny that the Queen and her royal family take a great place in British people’s heart. They are extremely attached to them, as we were able to see when Lady Di died, for the Charles and Camilla’s wedding, or, today, for prince William’s engagement with Miss Middleton. In addition to their role in English tabloids, the royal family, and more particularly the actual Queen, represent morality and propriety in whatever they are doing (or at least try to). Moreover

Topic: What is a very important skill a person needs to learn in order to be successful in the world today? Choose one skill and use specific reason and examples to support your choice. Nowadays, successful people from Bill Gates to Barack Obama do not have anything in common, they are all different from each others, they did not make the same studies, did not come from the same families, some of the had to climb up the social ladder, others were privileged. What does it takes to succeed