I. VERSION The pay-gap debate has long centred on the premise that although matters have improved since the 1960s, women still earn less than men doing the same work. The economics of this claim are most dubious. Were it the…
I. VERSION When the Walt Disney Co. opened Disneyland Paris 20 years ago, many French people wouldn’t have bet 10 centimes that the theme-park resort, 32km east of the French capital, would be a success. Critics lambasted the government for…
VERSION Why I’m Becoming an American My love affair with America began with a vast disappointment, back in 1959. My father had been offered a job as an engineer in Tulsa, Okla. My mother and I, overjoyed at the idea…
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Ecricome 2011 Anglais LV2 1 – VERSION When Virginia tech got the opportunity to sign on to construct a campus in southern India, the American university jumped at the chance. “If the opportunity comes quickly and you don’t grab it,…
Ecricome 2011 Anglais LVI 1 – VERSION For more than half a century, Americans have fled the cities in their millions, heading away from crime and poverty towards better schools and safer neighbourhoods in the suburbs. Now poverty is catching…
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Sujet Anglais LV2 IENA 2010 TAKE A BREATHER Parents of high school seniors across the country have hired me as an admissions consultant. They want assurances that their children will be attending top colleges a year from now. Again and…
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