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cinéaste : Lang par Godard », dans Nicole Brenez (dir.), Admiranda, Cahiers d’analyse du film et de l’image, n° 5, Figuration défiguration : propositions, 1990, p. 71. C’est moi qui souligne. 31 Il s’agit bien évidemment de L’Ange des maudits (Rancho Notorious, RKO, 1952), le dernier des trois westerns tournés par Lang en Amérique. 32 On trouve ici une des premières apparitions d’une vieille rengaine godardienne (dans les films comme dans les entretiens), qui oppose la télévision au cinéma, la première

quoted occurs in his Nicaragua, its people, scenery, and monuments, published in 1852. He relates in this book an instance of a bishop being asked to baptize a volcanic vent which had suddenly opened in a mountain! Torquemada (1420−1489) was the notorious inquisitor−general of Castile and Aragon, whose name has become a by−word for relentless persecution and cruelty. LA CHANSON DES AVENTURIERS DE LA MER. (Page 101) le golfe d'Otrante, between Italy and Albania. au Phare: it is not clear what lighthouse

4 2 particular shows where square roots were used, see Appendix A. In addition to the relatively common equation texts, we have some texts which seem to show extra mathematical sophistication, some of which is still subject to debate. One is the notorious ‘Plimpton 322’; for the original decoding of this see Fauvel and Gray and for a recent counter-argument, Robson (2001); we shall not consider this here, although it is an interesting introduction to the disagreements of historians. A simpler case

comprehensive in the scope of their explanatory power than their rivals. The sheer variety of empirical theory in the study of IR is very wide indeed. It is common to distinguish between middle-range theory and grand theory. For example, there is a big difference between a theory that tries to explain single events like the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, a theory that tries to account for the variation of patterns of war and peace among the great powers over the last two hundred years and a theory that

conglomerates for which books are a commodity like any other. The small independent publisher survives but cannot compete with the power and publicity machine of the large companies which, for example, accounted for the bulk of the winning authors of France’s ‘Big Six’ literary prizes in the last decades of the century. Yet just as Paris, despite the rise of the regions, remains the centre of French cultural life, so the book is still the primary vehicle for the expression of ideas and literary culture. It continues

cognate "Tier" — Shakespeare speaks of "mice and other small deer." Subsequently the word has been employed so exclusively in reference to a few particular species that "deer" has much more restricted associations for us now. Similarly the word "notorious" was once a fairly "neutral" synonym for "famous" or "publicly known," but has gradually taken on ominous connotations through a tendency to apply it exclusively in the cases of evil-doers. Likewise figures of speech often come to have a very specific

frequency could bring an underpaid messenger a great deal of money. Bourne. Pont Neuf. So simple. This particular courier was less concerned with being prompt. than in making sure the soldiers of Carlos reached the Pont Neuf in time. Paris traffic was notorious; anyone could be late. Jason stopped the taxi driver, holding in his hand four additional two-hundred franc notes; the man’s eyes were riveted on them. “Monsieur?” “My company’s going to be very generous. This man must be disciplined for gross infractions

himself of this competition in order to secure advantages for himself. The enormous abatement of freights also proves that there is no monopoly because, if the shipowners had a monopoly, they would have been able to keep up the high freights. It is notorious that com- petition has reduced the freights so much as, in many cases, scarcely to leave to the shipowner the means of pay- ing his expenses.Then, as to the encouragement of negligence and fraud, the report proceeds to say that this argument is not