The Usa After The Second World War

CIVILISATION GB 21/09/09 Tips for the exam Gaffe aux questions de geo des gdes villes et des régions (plus ou moins) L'examen se composera d'un texte ressemblant à ceux étudié en TD avec des questions sur différents aspects du texte. Exemple : Culture générale Vocabulaire Connaissances du C.M. Compréhension du texte The British Isles and the United Kingdom – General points A few definitions and symbols British Isles : Geographical denomination. No other purpose than geographical

a time, there were the red leather jacket with big shoulder pads and the super trio: fitted pants / white socks / black shoes. Jackson wore shouldered jacket for years, long time after the fashion of 80’s has passed. The structured silhouette with shoulder pads, literally impose and provide self-confidence. But it is firstly inspired by the image of the bad boy in leather, inherited of the 50’s fashion and culture, Marlon Brando in “The wild one” as well as the King Elvis at the height of his glory

The Brooklyn Follies – Paul Auster I. Short Biography Paul Benjamin Auster was born on February 3, 1947 in Newark, New Jersey. His father, Samuel Auster, was a landlord; his mother, Queenie was about 13 years younger than her husband; the marriage was not a happy one. When Auster was about 3, his mother gave birth to a daughter; sadly by the time she was five it was apparent that she was psychologically unstable, and later suffered mental breakdowns. Auster's passion for reading began when

------------------------------------------------- Economic consequences of the last european union enlargement ------------------------------------------------- Table of contents LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS. 3 INTRODUCTION. 4 1. Enlargement’s consequences. 6 1.1. Trade’s consequences. 7 1.1.1.The boost of the European economy. 7 1.1.2. Removal of tariff and non-tariff barriers. 8 1.2. Consequences on investments. 9 1.21. The Foreign direct investments amounts. 10 1.2.2. An estimation of the Foreign direct investments’ evolution

terroristes du 11 septembre 2001 contre le World Trade Center à New York, et sur le nécessaire réexamen de la stratégie globale essentiellement militaire devenue inopérante devant la montée des déséquilibres économiques et sociaux. Cote : P 8° 2359Colombani, Jean-Marie. - Tous Américains ? : le monde après le 11 septembre 2001/ Jean-Marie Colombani. - Paris : Fayard, 2002. - 164 p. ; 19 cm. - ISBN 2-213-61284-6 Cote : 12°042.111Cox, Michael, 340. - September 11 and after. - International Relations (London)

OF ENGLISH LITERATURE I – FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE ELIZABETHAN ERA I-1 – THE MIDDLE AGES Beowulf is supposedly the oldest literary work in the English-speaking world. It is an anonymous work of which only a manuscript remains. It is an epic, a long narrative poem celebrating the great deeds of the hero in a ceremonious style. It was written between the 8th and 11th centuries in Old English. The story is set in Scandinavia, in the Anglo-Saxon world. The eponymous hero travels great distances

Jay S. Albanese The Italian– American mafia is one of the most enduring images of organised crime, but separating fictional images of organised crime from the real thing has not been easy. Overall, organised crime is a continuing criminal enterprise that rationally works to profit from illicit activities that are often in great public demand. Its continuing existence is maintained through the use of force, threats, monopoly control, and/or the corruption of public officials. The past 20 years have

an important component of the external environment affecting international business operations. Together with other environmental variables, they are likely to influence a firm’s decisions on its future or existing international business activities. However, there are few studies highlighting the geopolitical milieu that affects the international business domain. A framework for a geopolitical paradigm of international business is introduced with a particular focus on the time, place and demographical

Because of the immense military power she can offer, the political control of nuclear weapon is a key issue for the geopolitical negotiations. The entry of Iran to the rank of nuclear power is a nightmare for a lot of western countries. Instability in the Middle East, the higher oil price, the persistent terrorist risks: the Iranian nuclear crisis is a new factor of tension, one of the most threatening. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in charge of the respect of the treaty, is powerless

adopted in 1981 : in force 1986. This charter established a system for the protection and the promotion of human rights and this system was design to fonction within the institution of Framework with the organisation of African Union : this organisation is a régional intergovernmental organisation which came into being in 1963. The Charter created the African commission of human and people rights and this commission is the principle régional human rights mechanism. This commission sits in Bunjul