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2003 by Paul Brians All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2003052842 ISBN: 0–313–32011–X ISSN: 1543–9968 First published in 2003 Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. www.greenwood.com Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard

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)

history 2. The founding texts 3. Comparison with the US and France 4. Some notions: common law and equity Documents : The Magna Carta The Grand Remonstrance Habeas Corpus The Bill of Rights LECTURE 2: A non written constitution 1. Introduction 2. Devolution to Scotland and Wales 3. The current debate on a written constitution for Britain Documents: “Brown Hands Key Powers to Parliament”, The Guardian “At Long Last, Here is a Chance to Start Rewiring Britain’s Creaky Democracy”, The Guardian

Agile Projects. Instead, it’s called Agile Estimating and Planning. The difference may appear subtle but it’s not. The title makes it clear that the estimating and planning processes must themselves be agile. Without agile estimating and planning, we cannot have agile projects. The book is mostly about planning, which I view as answering the question of “what should we build and by when?” However, to answer questions about planning we must also address questions of estimating (“How big is this?”) and

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Harmonization: Genesis v A Word from the Minister The launch in 1997 of the first collection of studies, The Harmonization of Federal Legislation with Quebec Civil Law and Canadian Bijuralism, aroused keen interest in the legal community across Canada and even beyond our borders. That first publication, written by university professors and other experts in civil law, laid the groundwork for an indepth reflection on the special nature of Canadian bijuralism and the relationship between civil law and

contradictoire argumenté sur le rêve américain hier et aujourd’hui, fondé sur l’exemple donné par la fameuse scène America de West Side Story. American landmarks Illustration Sightseeing Bus in New York City: close-up of a sightseeing bus outside the Empire State Building on 34th Street. Photo by Bo Zaunders, 2006. Niveau B1 : l’élève prend la parole devant la classe sans lire ses notes, en enchaînant des phrases simples et en utilisant des gap-fillers. Il peut effectuer une description en énumérant

Séquence 1 > From Europe to America Séquence 2 > From East to West Séquence 3 > From Africa to America Séquence 4 > Lafayette we are here Séquence 5 > Rule Britannia Séquence 6 > From the end of the British Empire to Europe Séquence 7 > South Africa and English-Speaking Africa Séquence 8 > The power of the EnglishSpeaking world today ...................................................................... 95 ....................................

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 sub-continent: India

CHAPTER 3 - HEALTH CARE 101 CHAPTER 4 - CHOWING DOWN CHAPTER 5 - GROOMING AND ACCESSORIZING CHAPTER 6 - BEHAVING AND BONDING CHAPTER 7 - FUN AND GAMES AT HOME CHAPTER 8 - FUN AND GAMES ON THE ROAD CHAPTER 9 - BETTER DOG HOMES AND GARDENS CHAPTER 10 - LOOSE ENDS—AND ENDINGS ALPHA BOOKS Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2Y3, Canada (a division