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  • 61 Mozambique

       Presently an independent African state and formerly Portugal's main colonial territory in East Africa. After Angola, Portugal's largest colony in Africa, with some 784,090 kilometers (297,000 square miles) of territory. Lisbon controlled sections of what is now Mozambique from the early 16th century to 1975. In its long history as a Portuguese colony and outpost, Mozambique was influenced by its geography and its position in the Portuguese empire. Mozambique's location adjacent to industrializing South Africa was an important factor in its economic life. The colony's location on the sea route to Portugal's empire in India, mainly Goa, and its administrative subordination to Portuguese India during the centuries were also important historical factors.
       Until the 20th century, except for sections of the disease-ridden Zambezi valley, what little Portuguese colonization there was remained coastal. After 1910, Portuguese colonization in the interior burgeoned and plantations of sugar, cotton, and other crops were developed. As in Angola and other African colonies of Portugal, long after slavery was abolished in the 19th century, forced labor of Africans continued into the 1960s in Mozambique. In 1964, a colonial war in Mozambique began, a conflict between Portuguese armed forces and nationalist forces of the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO). This conflict ceased following the Revolution of 25 April 1974 in Portugal. Mozambique obtained its independence in July 1975.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Mozambique

  • 62 North Atlantic Treaty Organization

    (NATO)
       Portugal joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1949, as a founding member. Besides complementing the Atlantic orientation of Portugal's foreign and defense policies, this membership also supported the country's close relationship with two leading members of NATO, Great Britain and the United States. Portugal's slight contribution to NATO in the first decades after joining was conditioned mainly by the fact that Portugal's primary concern was in defending its colonial empire, Portuguese India (1954-61) and in conducting several colonial wars in its African empire in Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea- Bissau (1961-74). One contentious question during this phase of Portugal's membership was the extent to which Portugal used NATO-issued equipment to fight those wars in Africa and Asia, since several of these colonial territories were neither on the Atlantic nor in NATO's jurisdiction (Mozambique and Portuguese India).
       The perceived strategic value of Portugal's key Atlantic archipelagos, the Azores and Madeiras, constituted Portugal's primary contribution to NATO and neutralized any U.S. ambivalence about the question of Portugal's NATO membership. The usefulness of Azores' air and naval bases, especially Lajes base at Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira Island, Azores, along with bases in continental Portugal and in the Madeira Islands, trumped international criticism of Portugal's colonial action and influenced American policy toward Portugal. This remained the situation until after the Yom Kippur war, an Arab-Israeli conflict, in October 1973, when Portugal, despite the risks to her energy supplies, gave the United States permission to use Azores bases for resupplying Israel.
       The Revolution of 25 April 1974 had an impact on Portugal's relationship to NATO. Leftist forces in Portugal were now in command, and Portuguese NATO delegates did not attend highly sensitive NATO defense briefings. But by 1980, after moderate military forces had ousted the radical leftists, Portugal's NATO roles returned to the routing. One of NATO's major subordinate commands became IBERLANT (Iberian Atlantic Command), under SACLANT (Supreme Commander Atlantic), located at Norfolk, Virginia. IBERLANT is located at Oeiras, Portugal and, in 1982, the IBERLAND commander for the first time was a Portuguese Vice Admiral. That same year, Spain joined NATO and, until 1986, when Spain decided not to join NATO's integrated military structure, Portugal was anxious that Portuguese commanders not be subordinate to Spanish commanders in NATO. As a key leader of IBERLANT, along with the representative units of Great Britain and the United States, Portugal's forces remain responsible for surveillance and patrolling of the area from central Portugal to the straits of Gibraltar.
       Portugal has made symbolic if modest contributions to NATO's mission in the Balkan conflicts beginning in the late 1990s and in Afghanistan since 2001. Among Portugal's contributions has been the service of medical units in Afghanistan.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > North Atlantic Treaty Organization

  • 63 back

    A n
    1 Anat, Zool dos m ; to be (flat) on one's back lit être (à plat) sur le dos ; fig être au lit ; to sleep on one's back dormir sur le dos ; he was lying on his back il était allongé sur le dos ; to travel on the back of a donkey voyager à dos d'âne ; to have one's back to sb/sth tourner le dos à qn/qch ; with her back to the door le dos tourné vers la porte ; to turn one's back on sb/sth lit, fig tourner le dos à qn/qch ; as soon as my back is turned dès que j'ai le dos tourné ; to do sth behind sb's back lit, fig faire qch dans le dos de qn ; with one's back to the engine dans le sens contraire à la marche ; to put one's back into it ○ travailler dur ; put your back into it ○ ! allons, un peu de nerf ○ ! ; he's always on my back ○ il est toujours sur mon dos ; get off my back ○ ! fiche-moi la paix ○ ! ; I was glad to see the back of him j'étais content de le voir partir ; to be at the back of être à l'origine de [conspiracy, proposal] ; to put sb's back up offenser qn ; to live off sb's back vivre aux crochets de qn ;
    2 ( reverse side) (of page, cheque, card, envelope) dos m, verso m ; ( of fabric) envers m ; (of medal, coin) revers m ; on the back of an envelope au dos d'une enveloppe ; to sign the back of a cheque endosser un chèque ; the back of the hand le dos de la main ;
    3 ( flat side) (of knife, fork, spoon) dos m ;
    4 ( rear-facing part) ( of vehicle) arrière m ; ( of electrical appliance) face f arrière ; (of shirt, coat) dos m ; to hang one's coat on the back of the door pendre son manteau derrière la porte ; the shelves are oak but the back is plywood les étagères sont en chêne mais le fond est en contreplaqué ; a blow to the back of the head un coup sur l'arrière de la tête ; a lump on the back of the head une bosse derrière la tête ; the knife fell down the back of the fridge le couteau est tombé derrière le réfrigérateur ; the keys were down the back of the sofa les clés avaient glissé derrière les coussins du canapé ;
    5 ( area behind building) to be out back, to be in the back US ( in the garden) être dans le jardin ; ( in the yard) être dans la cour ; he's round ou in the back il est dans le jardin ; the view out back is lovely la vue que l'on a à l'arrière est très jolie ; there's a small garden out back ou round the back il y a un petit jardin derrière ; the bins are out back ou round the back les poubelles sont derrière la maison ; the steps at the back of the building l'escalier à l'arrière de l'immeuble ;
    6 Aut arrière m ; to sit in the back s'asseoir à l'arrière ; there are three children in the back il y a trois enfants à l'arrière ; to sit at the back of the plane/at the back of the bus s'asseoir à l'arrière de l'avion/au fond du bus ;
    7 ( furthest away area) (of cupboard, drawer, fridge) fond m ; ( of stage) fond m ; at ou in the back of the drawer au fond du tiroir ; right at the back of the cupboard tout au fond du placard ; at the back of the audience au fond de la salle ; those at the back couldn't see ceux qui étaient derrière ne pouvaient pas voir ; the back of the throat l'arrière-gorge f ; the back of the mouth la gorge f ;
    8 (of chair, sofa) dossier m ;
    9 Sport arrière m ; left back arrière gauche ;
    10 ( end) fin f ; at the back of the book/file à la fin du livre/fichier ;
    11 ( book spine) dos m.
    B adj
    1 ( at the rear) [axle, wheel, bumper] arrière ; [paw, leg] arrière ; [bedroom] du fond ; [edge] arrière ; [page] dernier/-ière (before n) ; [garden, gate] de derrière ; back tooth molaire f ;
    2 ( isolated) [road] petit (before n) ; back alley ou lane ruelle f ; back country arrière-pays m.
    C adv
    1 ( indicating return after absence) to be back être de retour ; I'll be back in five minutes/six weeks je reviens dans cinq minutes/six semaines ; to arrive ou come back rentrer (from de) ; he's back at work il a repris le travail ; she's back in (the) hospital elle est retournée à l'hôpital ; it's good to be back home c'est agréable de rentrer chez soi or de se retrouver à la maison ; when is he due back? quand doit-il rentrer? ; to go back to reprendre [work] ; retourner en [France, China] ; retourner au [Canada, Japan] ; retourner à [Paris, museum, shop] ; the mini-skirt is back ( in fashion) les mini-jupes sont de nouveau à la mode ;
    2 ( in return) to call ou phone back rappeler ; I'll write back (to him) je lui répondrai ; he hasn't written back yet il n'a pas encore répondu ; ‘OK,’ he shouted back ‘OK,’ a-t-il répondu en criant ; to punch sb back rendre son coup à qn ; to smile back at sb rendre son sourire à qn ; he was rude back il a été aussi impoli avec moi que je l'avais été avec lui ; ⇒ answer ;
    3 (backwards, in a reverse direction) [glance, jump, step, lean] en arrière ;
    4 ( away) we overtook him 20 km back nous l'avons doublé il y a 20 km ; there's a garage 10 km back nous avons passé un garage à 10 km en arrière ;
    5 ( ago) 25 years back il y a 25 ans ; a week/five minutes back il y a une semaine/cinq minutes ;
    6 ( a long time ago) back in 1964/April en 1964/avril ; back before Easter/the revolution avant Pâques/la révolution ; back in the days when du temps où ; it was obvious as far back as last year/1985 that déjà l'année dernière/en 1985 il était évident que ; to go ou date back to remonter à [Roman times, 1700] ;
    7 ( once again) she's back in power/control elle a repris le pouvoir/les commandes ; Paul is back at the wheel Paul a repris le volant ; to get back to sleep se rendormir ; to go back home rentrer chez soi ; to go back to bed se recoucher ;
    8 ( nearer the beginning) ten lines back dix lignes plus haut ; ten pages back dix pages plus tôt or avant ;
    9 ( indicating return to sb's possession) to give/send sth back rendre/renvoyer qch (to à) ; to put sth back remettre qch ; I've got my books back on m'a rendu mes livres ; to get one's money back être remboursé ; he wants his dictionary back now il veut que tu lui rendes son dictionnaire tout de suite ;
    10 ( expressing a return to a former location) to travel to London and back faire l'aller-retour à Londres ; the journey to Madrid and back l'aller-retour à Madrid ; we walked there and took the train back nous y sommes allés à pied et nous avons pris le train pour rentrer ; how long will it take to drive back? combien de temps est-ce que ça prendra pour rentrer en voiture? ;
    11 ( in a different location) meanwhile, back in France, he… pendant ce temps, en France, il… ; back in the studio, recording had begun au studio, l'enregistrement avait commencé ; I'll see you back at the house/in the office je te verrai à la maison/au bureau.
    D back and forth adv phr to go ou travel back and forth ( commute) [person, bus] faire la navette (between entre) ; to walk ou go back and forth faire des allées et venues (between entre) ; to swing back and forth [pendulum] osciller ; to sway back and forth se balancer ; the film cuts ou moves back and forth between New York and Paris le film se passe entre New York et Paris.
    E vtr
    1 ( support) soutenir [candidate, party, person, bid, bill, action] ; appuyer [application] ; apporter son soutien à [enterprise, project] ; the strike is backed by the union le syndicat soutient la grève ; the junta is backed by the militia la junte est soutenue par la milice ;
    2 ( finance) financer [project, undertaking] ;
    3 ( endorse) garantir [currency] ; to back a bill Comm, Fin endosser, avaliser une traite ;
    4 ( substantiate) justifier [argument, claim] (with à l'aide de) ;
    5 ( reverse) faire reculer [horse] ; to back the car into the garage rentrer la voiture au garage en marche arrière ; to back sb into/against sth faire reculer qn dans/contre qch ; to back oars ou water déramer ;
    6 ( bet on) parier sur [horse, favourite, winner] ; to back a loser [race goer] miser sur un cheval perdant ; fig ( invest ill-advisedly) mal placer son argent ; ( support a lost cause) soutenir une cause perdue d'avance ; to back the wrong horse lit, fig miser sur le mauvais cheval ;
    7 (stiffen, line) consolider, renforcer [structure] ; endosser [book] ; renforcer, entoiler [map] ; maroufler [painting] ; doubler [fabric] ;
    8 Mus accompagner [singer, performer] ;
    9 Naut masquer, coiffer [sail].
    F vi
    1 ( reverse) faire marche arrière ;
    2 Naut [wind] changer de direction.
    G - backed (dans composés)
    1 ( of furniture) a high-/low-backed chair une chaise avec un dossier haut/bas ;
    2 (lined, stiffened) canvas-/foam-backed doublé de toile/de mousse ;
    3 ( supported) UN-backed soutenu par l'ONU ;
    4 ( financed) government-backed financé par l'État.
    to break the back of a journey/task faire le plus gros du voyage/travail. ⇒ beyond, duck, hand, own, scratch, wall.
    ■ back away reculer ; to back away from lit s'éloigner de [person, precipice] ; fig prendre ses distances par rapport à [issue, problem] ; chercher à éviter [confrontation].
    ■ back down:
    ▶ back down ( give way) céder ; you can't back down now tu ne peux pas céder maintenant ; to back down from chercher à éviter [confrontation] ; to back down on ou over reconsidérer [sanctions, proposal, allegations] ;
    ▶ back down [sth] [person] descendre [qch] à reculons [slope] ; [car] descendre [qch] en marche arrière [drive, hill].
    1 ( move away) reculer ;
    2 fig ( climb down) se montrer plus coopérant ; to back off over céder sur [issue, matter].
    ■ back onto:
    ▶ back onto [sth] [house] donner sur [qch] à l'arrière [fields, railway].
    ■ back out:
    1 ( come out backwards) [person] sortir à reculons ; [car, driver] sortir en marche arrière ; to back out of [person] sortir de [qch] en reculant [room] ; [car, driver] sortir de [qch] en marche arrière [garage, parking space] ;
    2 ( renege on) se désister, reculer ; to back out of annuler [deal, contract] ; [competitor, team] se retirer de [event] ;
    ▶ back [sth] out faire sortir [qch] en marche arrière [vehicle] ; to back the car out of the garage faire sortir la voiture du garage en marche arrière.
    ■ back up:
    ▶ back up
    1 ( reverse) [driver, vehicle] reculer, faire marche arrière ; back up a few metres recule de quelques mètres ;
    2 US ( block) [drains] s'obstruer ;
    3 US ( tail back) [traffic] se bloquer ;
    ▶ back [sth] up, back up [sth]
    1 ( support) [facts, evidence] confirmer [claims, case, theory] ;
    2 Comput sauvegarder [data, file] ;
    ▶ back [sb] up soutenir [person].

    Big English-French dictionary > back

  • 64 up

    up [ʌp] (pt & pp upped, cont upping)
    A.
    ∎ all the way up, the whole way up, right up (to the top) (of stairs, hill) jusqu'en haut;
    ∎ he's on his way up il monte;
    ∎ they had coffee sent up ils ont fait monter du café;
    ∎ hang it higher up accrochez-le plus haut;
    ∎ wait till the moon comes up attends que la lune se lève;
    ∎ familiar he doesn't have very much up top c'est pas une lumière, il a pas inventé l'eau chaude ou le fil à couper le beurre;
    ∎ familiar she's got plenty up top elle en a dans le ciboulot
    (b) (in a higher position, at a higher level)
    ∎ she wears her hair up elle porte ses cheveux relevés;
    ∎ hold your head up high! redressez la tête!;
    ∎ heads up! attention!;
    ∎ up above au-dessus;
    ∎ the glasses are up above the plates les verres sont au-dessus des assiettes;
    ∎ up in the air en l'air;
    ∎ look at the kite up in the sky regardez le cerf-volant (là-haut) dans le ciel;
    ∎ I live eight floors up j'habite au huitième (étage);
    ∎ she lives three floors up from us elle habite trois étages au-dessus de chez nous;
    ∎ she's up in her room elle est en haut dans sa chambre;
    ∎ we spend our holidays up in the mountains nous passons nos vacances à la montagne;
    ∎ from up on the mountain du haut de la montagne;
    ∎ do you see her up on that hill? la voyez-vous en haut de ou sur cette colline?;
    ∎ what are you doing up there? qu'est-ce que vous faites là-haut?;
    ∎ the captain is up on deck le capitaine est en haut sur le pont;
    ∎ have you ever been up in a plane? avez-vous déjà pris l'avion?;
    ∎ up the top tout en haut;
    ∎ it's up on top of the wardrobe c'est sur le dessus de l'armoire;
    ∎ figurative she's up there with the best (of them) elle est parmi ou dans les meilleurs
    ∎ Charles has his hand up Charles a la main levée;
    ∎ wind the window up (in car) remontez la vitre;
    ∎ put your hood up relève ou mets ta capuche;
    ∎ she turned her collar up elle a relevé son col
    ∎ up you get! debout!;
    ∎ he helped me up il m'a aidé à me lever ou à me mettre debout;
    ∎ sit up straight! tiens-toi droit!;
    ∎ the trunk was standing up on end la malle était debout;
    ∎ familiar up and at them! grouillez-vous!
    ∎ get up! debout!;
    ∎ she got up late this morning elle s'est levée tard ce matin;
    ∎ she's always up and doing elle n'arrête jamais
    ∎ the body was lying face up le corps était couché sur le dos;
    ∎ I turned the poster right side up j'ai mis l'affiche dans le bon sens ou à l'endroit;
    ∎ put it the other way up retournez-le;
    ∎ he turned his hand palm up il a tourné la main paume vers le haut;
    ∎ familiar figurative he doesn't know which end is up il est bête comme ses pieds
    (g) (erected, installed)
    ∎ they're putting up a new hotel there ils construisent un nouvel hôtel là-bas;
    ∎ help me get the curtains/the pictures up aide-moi à accrocher les rideaux/les tableaux
    ∎ up on the blackboard au tableau;
    ∎ I saw an announcement up about it je l'ai vu sur une affiche
    ∎ careful, we've got some of the floorboards up attention au plancher, il manque des lattes;
    ∎ when we've got the carpet up… quand nous aurons enlevé la moquette…
    B.
    ∎ they came up for the weekend ils sont venus pour le week-end;
    ∎ it's cold up here il fait froid ici;
    ∎ up there là-bas;
    ∎ up north dans le nord
    (b) (in, to or from a larger place)
    ∎ up in Madrid à Madrid;
    ∎ she's up in Maine for the week elle passe une semaine dans le Maine;
    ∎ we're up from Munich nous venons ou arrivons de Munich;
    ∎ he was on his way up to town il allait en ville
    ∎ he's up at Oxford il est à Oxford
    ∎ there's a café up ahead il y a un café plus loin;
    ∎ the sign up ahead says 10 miles la pancarte là-bas indique 10 miles
    ∎ the clerk came up to him le vendeur s'est approché de lui ou est venu vers lui;
    ∎ a car drew up at the petrol pump une voiture s'est arrêtée à la pompe à essence;
    ∎ up came a small, blonde child un petit enfant blond s'est approché
    ∎ up close de près;
    ∎ I like to sit up front j'aime bien m'asseoir devant;
    ∎ when you get right up to her quand vous la voyez de près;
    ∎ they stood up close to one another ils se tenaient l'un contre l'autre ou tout près l'un de l'autre
    C.
    ∎ prices have gone up by 10 percent les prix ont augmenté ou monté de 10 pour cent;
    ∎ bread has gone up again le pain a encore augmenté;
    ∎ the temperature soared up into the thirties la température est montée au-dessus de trente degrés;
    ∎ they can cost anything from £750 up ils coûtent au moins 750 livres, on en trouve à partir de 750 livres;
    ∎ suitable for children aged seven and up convient aux enfants âgés de sept ans et plus;
    ∎ all ranks from sergeant up tous les rangs à partir de celui de sergent
    (b) (more loudly, intensely) plus fort;
    ∎ speak up parlez plus fort;
    ∎ he turned the radio up il a mis la radio plus fort
    D.
    ∎ drink up! finissez vos verres!;
    ∎ eat up your greens finis tes légumes;
    ∎ the river had dried up la rivière s'était asséchée
    ∎ he ripped the shirt up il a mis la chemise en lambeaux;
    ∎ I tore up the letter j'ai déchiré la lettre (en petits morceaux)
    ∎ add these figures up additionnez ces chiffres;
    ∎ the teacher gathered up his notes le professeur a ramassé ses notes
    E.
    ∎ he came up before the judge for rape il a comparu devant le juge pour viol;
    ∎ the murder case came up before the court today le meutre a été jugé aujourd'hui;
    ∎ she comes up before the board tomorrow elle paraît devant le conseil demain
    ∎ up (with) the Revolution! vive la Révolution!;
    ∎ Sport up the Lakers! allez les Lakers!
    A.
    ∎ the river is up le fleuve est en crue;
    ∎ the tide is up la marée est haute;
    ∎ before the sun was up avant le lever du soleil;
    ∎ prices are up on last year les prix ont augmenté par rapport à l'année dernière;
    ∎ the temperature is up in the twenties la température a dépassé les vingt degrés
    ∎ the blinds are up les stores sont levés;
    ∎ keep the windows up (in car) n'ouvrez pas les fenêtres;
    ∎ her hair was up (in a bun) elle avait un chignon;
    ∎ her hood was up so I couldn't see her face sa capuche était relevée, si bien que je ne voyais pas sa figure;
    ∎ figurative his defences were up il était sur ses gardes
    ∎ the up escalator l'escalier roulant qui monte
    ∎ the up train le train qui va en ville;
    ∎ the up platform le quai où l'on prend le train qui va en ville
    ∎ is she up yet? est-elle déjà levée ou debout?;
    ∎ we're normally up at 6 d'habitude nous nous levons à 6 heures;
    ∎ she was up late last night elle s'est couchée ou elle a veillé tard hier soir;
    ∎ they were up all night ils ne se sont pas couchés de la nuit, ils ont passé une nuit blanche
    ∎ was the ball up? la balle était-elle bonne?
    B.
    (a) (road) en travaux;
    ∎ road up (sign) travaux
    (b) (erected, installed)
    ∎ these buildings haven't been up long ça ne fait pas longtemps que ces immeubles ont été construits;
    ∎ are the new curtains up yet? les nouveaux rideaux ont-ils été posés?;
    ∎ when the tent's up quand la tente sera montée
    ∎ are the results up yet? les résultats sont-ils déjà affichés?
    C.
    (a) (finished, at an end) terminé;
    ∎ time is up! (on exam, visit) c'est l'heure!; (in game, on meter) le temps est écoulé!;
    ∎ when the month was up he left à la fin du mois, il est parti
    ∎ Madrid was two goals up Madrid menait de deux buts;
    ∎ Sport Georgetown was 13 points up on Baltimore Georgetown avait 13 points d'avance sur Baltimore;
    ∎ Golf to be one hole up avoir un trou d'avance;
    ∎ familiar I'm $50 up on you j'ai 50 dollars de plus que vous□ ;
    ∎ familiar to be one up on sb avoir un avantage sur qn□
    (c) familiar (ready) prêt□ ;
    ∎ dinner's up le dîner est prêt
    ∎ the computer's up again l'ordinateur fonctionne à nouveau
    D.
    ∎ he seemed very up when I saw him il avait l'air en pleine forme quand je l'ai vu
    ∎ to be up on sth être au fait de qch□ ;
    ∎ he's really up on history il est fort ou calé en histoire□ ;
    ∎ she's always up with the latest trends elle est toujours au courant de la dernière mode□
    E.
    ∎ to be up before a court/a judge comparaître devant un tribunal/un juge;
    ∎ she's up before the board tomorrow elle comparaît devant le conseil demain
    ∎ something's up (happening) il se passe quelque chose□ ; (wrong) quelque chose ne va pas□ ;
    ∎ what's up? (happening) qu'est-ce qui se passe?□ ; (wrong) qu'est-ce qu'il y a?□ ; American (as greeting) quoi de neuf?;
    ∎ what's up with you? (happening) quoi de neuf?; (wrong) qu'est-ce que tu as?□ ;
    ∎ do you know what's up? est-ce que tu sais ce qui se passe?□ ;
    ∎ something's up with Mum il y a quelque chose qui ne va pas chez maman□, maman a quelque chose□ ;
    ∎ there's something up with the TV la télé débloque
    ∎ we carried our suitcases up the stairs nous avons monté nos valises;
    ∎ he ran up the stairs il a monté l'escalier en courant;
    ∎ she was up and down stairs all day elle montait et descendait les escaliers toute la journée;
    ∎ I climbed up the ladder je suis monté à l'échelle;
    ∎ the cat climbed up the tree le chat a grimpé dans l'arbre;
    ∎ the smoke went up my nose la fumée m'est montée par le nez;
    ∎ the gas goes up this pipe le gaz monte par ce tuyau;
    ∎ further up the wall plus haut sur le mur;
    ∎ literary up hill and down dale par monts et par vaux
    ∎ her flat is up those stairs son appartement est en haut de cet escalier;
    ∎ the cat is up a tree le chat est (perché) sur un arbre;
    ∎ we walked up the street nous avons monté la rue;
    ∎ she pointed up the street elle a montré le haut de la rue;
    ∎ she lives up this street elle habite dans cette rue;
    ∎ the café is just up the road le café se trouve plus loin ou plus haut dans la rue
    ∎ up the river en amont;
    ∎ a voyage up the Amazon une remontée de l'Amazone
    (d) British familiar (at, to) à□ ;
    ∎ he's up the pub il est au pub;
    ∎ I'm going up the shops je vais faire les courses□
    ∎ up yours! va te faire voir!
    (a) (increase) augmenter;
    ∎ they have upped their prices by 25 percent ils ont augmenté leurs prix de 25 pour cent;
    ∎ also figurative to up the stakes monter la mise
    (b) (promote) lever, relever;
    ∎ the boss upped him to district manager le patron l'a bombardé directeur régional
    ∎ to up sticks plier bagages
    ∎ familiar she upped and left elle a fichu le camp;
    ∎ he just upped and hit him tout à coup il (s'est levé et) l'a frappé;
    ∎ he upped and married her en moins de deux, il l'a épousée
    6 noun
    (a) (high point) haut m;
    ∎ ups and downs (in land, road) accidents mpl; (of market) fluctuations fpl;
    ∎ I've had a lot of ups and downs in my life j'ai connu des hauts et des bas;
    ∎ we all have our ups and downs nous avons tous des hauts et des bas
    ∎ the market is on the up le marché est à la hausse;
    ∎ prices are on the up les prix sont en hausse
    (c) familiar (drug) amphet f, amphé f
    (a) (touching) contre;
    ∎ lean the ladder up against the window appuyez l'échelle contre la fenêtre
    ∎ you're up against some good candidates vous êtes en compétition avec de bons candidats;
    ∎ they don't know what they're up against! ils ne se rendent pas compte de ce qui les attend!;
    ∎ to be up against the law être dans l'illégalité;
    ∎ familiar to be up against it être dans le pétrin
    ∎ I've been up and about since 7 o'clock (gen) je suis levé depuis 7 heures;
    ∎ so you're up and about again? (after illness) alors tu n'es plus alité?
    ∎ he was jumping up and down il sautait sur place;
    ∎ she looked us up and down elle nous a regardés de haut en bas;
    ∎ the bottle bobbed up and down on the waves la bouteille montait et descendait sur les vagues;
    ∎ I was up and down all night (in and out of bed) je n'ai pas arrêté de me lever la nuit dernière
    (b) (to and fro) de long en large;
    ∎ I could hear him walking up and down je l'entendais faire les cent pas ou marcher de long en large;
    ∎ she walked up and down the platform elle faisait les cent pas sur le quai
    ∎ up and down the country dans tout le pays
    ∎ she's been very up and down lately elle a eu beaucoup de hauts et de bas ces derniers temps
    (a) (under consideration, about to undergo) à;
    ∎ the house is up for sale la maison est à vendre;
    ∎ the project is up for discussion on va discuter du projet;
    ∎ she's up for election elle est candidate ou elle se présente aux élections
    ∎ he's up for murder/speeding il va être jugé pour meurtre/excès de vitesse
    (c) familiar (interested in, ready for)
    ∎ are you still up for supper tonight? tu veux toujours qu'on dîne ensemble ce soir?□ ;
    ∎ he's up for anything il est toujours partant□ ;
    ∎ was she up for it? (willing to have sex) elle a bien voulu coucher?
    (a) (as far as) jusqu'à;
    ∎ he can count up to 100 il sait compter jusqu'à 100;
    ∎ the river is up to 25 feet wide le fleuve a jusqu'à 25 pieds de largeur;
    ∎ the bus can take up to 50 passengers le bus peut accueillir jusqu'à 50 passagers;
    ∎ I'm up to page 120 j'en suis à la page 120;
    ∎ up to and including Saturday jusqu'à samedi inclus;
    ∎ up to here jusqu'ici;
    ∎ up to or up until now jusqu'à maintenant, jusqu'ici;
    ∎ up to or up until then jusqu'alors, jusque-là;
    ∎ we were up to our knees in mud nous avions de la boue jusqu'aux genoux
    ∎ should he attend the meeting? - that's up to him est-ce qu'il doit assister à la réunion? - il fait ce qu'il veut ou c'est à lui de voir;
    ∎ which film do you fancy? - it's up to you quel film est-ce que tu veux voir? - c'est comme tu veux;
    ∎ it's entirely up to you whether you go or not il ne tient qu'à toi de rester ou de partir;
    ∎ if it were up to me… si c'était moi qui décidais ou à moi de décider…;
    ∎ it's up to them to pay damages c'est à eux ou il leur appartient de payer les dégâts
    ∎ to be up to doing sth être capable de faire qch;
    ∎ he's not up to heading the team il n'est pas capable de diriger l'équipe;
    ∎ my German is not up to translating novels mon niveau d'allemand ne me permet pas de traduire des romans;
    ∎ he's not up to it (not good enough) il n'est pas capable de le faire;
    ∎ are you going out tonight? - no, I don't feel up to it tu sors ce soir? - non, je n'en ai pas tellement envie;
    ∎ he's not up to the journey il n'est pas à même de faire le voyage;
    ∎ are you up to working or to work? êtes-vous capable de ou en état de travailler?;
    ∎ I'm not up to going back to work je ne suis pas encore en état de reprendre le travail;
    ∎ familiar the football team isn't up to much l'équipe de foot ne vaut pas grand-chose;
    ∎ familiar I don't feel up to much je ne me sens pas en super forme
    ∎ his work is not up to his normal standard son travail n'est pas aussi bon que d'habitude;
    ∎ the levels are up to standard les niveaux sont conformes aux normes;
    ∎ I don't feel up to par je ne me sens pas en forme
    (e) (engaged in, busy with)
    ∎ let's see what she's up to allons voir ce qu'elle fait ou fabrique;
    ∎ what have you been up to lately? qu'est-ce que tu deviens?;
    ∎ what's he been up to now? qu'est-ce qu'il a encore inventé?;
    ∎ what's he up to with that ladder? qu'est-ce qu'il fabrique avec cette échelle?;
    ∎ what are you up to with my girlfriend? qu'est-ce que tu lui veux à ma copine?;
    ∎ they're up to something ils manigancent quelque chose;
    ∎ she's up to no good elle prépare un mauvais coup;
    ∎ the things we got up to in our youth! qu'est-ce qu'on ou ce qu'on ne faisait pas quand on était jeunes!
    ►► Computing up arrow flèche f vers le haut;
    up arrow key touche f de déplacement vers le haut

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  • 65 Clerk, Sir Dugald

    [br]
    b. 31 March 1854 Glasgow, Scotland
    d. 12 November 1932 Ewhurst, Surrey, England
    [br]
    Scottish mechanical engineer, inventor of the two-stroke internal combustion engine.
    [br]
    Clerk began his engineering training at about the age of 15 in the drawing office of H.O.Robinson \& Company, Glasgow, and in his father's works. Meanwhile, he studied at the West of Scotland Technical College and then, from 1871 to 1876, at Anderson's College, Glasgow, and at the Yorkshire College of Science, Leeds. Here he worked under and then became assistant to the distinguished chemist T.E.Thorpe, who set him to work on the fractional distillation of petroleum, which was to be useful to him in his later work. At that time he had intended to become a chemical engineer, but seeing a Lenoir gas engine at work, after his return to Glasgow, turned his main interest to gas and other internal combustion engines. He pursued his investigations first at Thomson, Sterne \& Company (1877–85) and then at Tangyes of Birmingham (1886–88. In 1888 he began a lifelong partnership in Marks and Clerk, consulting engineers and patent agents, in London.
    Beginning his work on gas engines in 1876, he achieved two patents in the two following years. In 1878 he made his principal invention, patented in 1881, of an engine working on the two-stroke cycle, in which the piston is powered during each revolution of the crankshaft, instead of alternate revolutions as in the Otto four-stroke cycle. In this engine, Clerk introduced supercharging, or increasing the pressure of the air intake. Many engines of the Clerk type were made but their popularity waned after the patent for the Otto engine expired in 1890. Interest was later revived, particularly for application to large gas engines, but Clerk's engine eventually came into its own where simple, low-power motors are needed, such as in motor cycles or motor mowers.
    Clerk's work on the theory and design of gas engines bore fruit in the book The Gas Engine (1886), republished with an extended text in 1909 as The Gas, Petrol and Oil Engine; these and a number of papers in scientific journals won him international renown. During and after the First World War, Clerk widened the scope of his interests and served, often as chairman, on many bodies in the field of science and industry.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted 1917; FRS 1908; Royal Society Royal Medal 1924; Royal Society of Arts Alber Medal 1922.
    Further Reading
    Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society, no. 2, 1933.
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  • 66 Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent

    SUBJECT AREA: Chemical technology
    [br]
    b. 26 August 1743 Paris, France
    d. 8 May 1794 Paris, France
    [br]
    French founder of the modern science of chemistry.
    [br]
    As well as receiving a formal education in law and literature, Lavoisier studied science under some of the leading figures of the day. This proved to be an ideal formation of the man in whom "man of science" and "public servant" were so intimately combined. His early work towards the first geological map of France and on the water supply of Paris helped to win him election to the Royal Academy of Sciences in 1768 at the youthful age of 25. In the same year he used some of his private income to buy a part-share in the "tax farm", a private company which leased from the Government the right to collect certain indirect taxes.
    In 1772 Lavoisier began his researches into the related phenomena of combustion, respiration and the calcination or oxidation of metals. This culminated in the early 1780s in the overthrow of the prevailing theory, based on an imponderable combustion principle called "phlogiston", and the substitution of the modern explanation of these processes. At the same time, understanding of the nature of acids, bases and salts was placed on a sounder footing. More important, Lavoisier defined a chemical element in its modern sense and showed how it should be applied by drawing up the first modern list of the chemical elements. With the revolution in chemistry initiated by Lavoisier, chemists could begin to understand correctly the fundamental processes of their science. This understanding was the foundationo of the astonishing advance in scientific and industrial chemistry that has taken place since then. As an academician, Lavoisier was paid by the Government to carry out investigations into a wide variety of practical questions with a chemical bias, such as the manufacture of starch and the distillation of phosphorus. In 1775 Louis XVI ordered the setting up of the Gunpowder Commission to improve the supply and quality of gunpowder, deficiencies in which had hampered France's war efforts. Lavoisier was a member of the Commission and, as usual, took the leading part, drawing up its report and supervising its implementation. As a result, the industry became profitable, output increased so that France could even export powder, and the range of the powder increased by two-thirds. This was a material factor in France's war effort in the Revolution and the Napoleonic wars.
    As if his chemical researches and official duties were not enough, Lavoisier began to apply his scientific principles to agriculture when he purchased an estate at Frechines, near Blois. After ten years' work on his experimental farm there, Lavoisier was able to describe his results in the memoir "Results of some agricultural experiments and reflections on their relation to political economy" (Paris, 1788), which holds historic importance in agriculture and economics. In spite of his services to the nation and to humanity, his association with the tax farm was to have tragic consequences: during the reign of terror in 1794 the Revolutionaries consigned to the guillotine all the tax farmers, including Lavoisier.
    [br]
    Bibliography
    1862–93, Oeuvres de Lavoisier, Vols I–IV, ed. J.B.A.Dumas; Vols V–VI, ed. E.Grimaux, Paris (Lavoisier's collected works).
    Further Reading
    D.I.Duveen and H.S.Klickstein, 1954, A Bibliography of the Works of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier 1743–1794, London: William Dawson (contains valuable biographical material).
    D.McKie, 1952, Antoine Lavoisier, Scientist, Economist, Social Reformer, London: Constable (the best modern, general biography).
    H.Guerlac, 1975, Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, Chemist and Revolutionary, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (a more recent work).
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  • 67 wake

    I weik past tense - woke; verb
    (to bring or come back to consciousness after being asleep: He woke to find that it was raining; Go and wake the others, will you?) despertar(se)
    - wakefully
    - wakefulness
    - waken
    - wake up
    II weik noun
    (a strip of smooth-looking or foamy water left behind a ship.) estela
    wake vb despertar / despertarse
    could you wake me at six o'clock? ¿me puedes despertar a las seis?
    tr[weɪk]
    1 (for dead) velatorio
    transitive verb (pt woke tr[wəʊk], pp woken tr['wəʊkən])
    1 (awaken) despertar (up, -)
    2 (make alert) despertar (up, -), espabilar (up, -)
    1 (stop sleeping) despertarse (up, -)
    ■ wake up! it's late! ¡despiértate! ¡es tarde!
    2 (pay attention) despertarse, espabilarse
    ■ wake up you lot! ¡espabilaos!
    ————————
    tr[weɪk]
    1 (in water) estela
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    to leave something in its wake dejar una estela de algo
    wake ['weɪk] v, woke ['wo:k] ; woken ['wo:kə n] or waked ; waking vi or to wake up : despertar(se)
    he woke at noon: se despertó al mediodía
    wake up!: ¡despiértate!
    wake vt
    : despertar
    wake n
    1) vigil: velatorio m, velorio m (de un difunto)
    2) trail: estela f (de un barco, un huracán, etc.)
    3) aftermath: consecuencias fpl
    in the wake of: tras, como consecuencia de
    v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: woke, woken) = despertar v.
    n.
    • estela s.f.
    • vela s.f.
    • velorio s.m.
    • verbena s.f.
    • vigilia s.f.

    I
    1. weɪk
    (past woke; past p woken) transitive verb despertar*; see also wake up 1)

    2.
    vi
    a) ( become awake) despertar*, despertarse*
    b) ( be awake) (only in -ing form)
    Phrasal Verbs:

    II
    1) ( of ship) estela f

    in the wake of something: the hurricane left a trail of destruction in its wake el huracán dejó una estela de destrucción a su paso; in the wake of the revolution — tras la revolución

    2) ( for dead person) velatorio m, velorio m

    I
    [weɪk]
    N
    1) (Naut) estela f
    2) (fig)

    the tornado brought/left a trail of destruction in its wake — el tornado dejó una estela de destrucción a su paso

    in the wake of the storm/riots — tras la tormenta/los disturbios

    to come or follow in the wake of sth — producirse a raíz de algo


    II
    [weɪk]
    N (over corpse) velatorio m, vela f, velorio m (esp LAm)
    III [weɪk] (vb: pt woke or waked) (pp woken or waked)
    1.
    VI (also: wake up) despertar, despertarse

    to wake from a dream/deep sleep/coma — despertar(se) de un sueño/sueño profundo/coma

    2.
    VT (also: wake up) despertar
    * * *

    I
    1. [weɪk]
    (past woke; past p woken) transitive verb despertar*; see also wake up 1)

    2.
    vi
    a) ( become awake) despertar*, despertarse*
    b) ( be awake) (only in -ing form)
    Phrasal Verbs:

    II
    1) ( of ship) estela f

    in the wake of something: the hurricane left a trail of destruction in its wake el huracán dejó una estela de destrucción a su paso; in the wake of the revolution — tras la revolución

    2) ( for dead person) velatorio m, velorio m

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  • 68 Almeida, Antônio josé de

    (1866-1929)
       Leading political figure in the First Republic, stalwart of republican politics, and the only president of the republic to serve a full term of office during that political experience (1910-26). Like a number of the leading political figures of his generation, Almeida was educated at Coimbra University's medical school and was a staunch republican opponent of the monarchy. Almeida was reputedly the finest speaker and debater of the republican leaders. When the provisional government was named following the Republican Revolution of 5 October 1910, Almeida was included. Compared to Afonso Costa, a moderate republican, Almeida was involved in the fragmenting of the Republican Party (PRP) in 1911-12 and formed an alternate Republican Party, the Evolutionist Republican Party (PRE) or Evolutionists. Almeida headed one government as prime minister (1916-17), but rapidly became exhausted and disillusioned by the First Republic's unstable, ineffective politics and government. After the assassination of Sidónio Pais in late 1918, and the failed right-wing revolution of 1919, Almeida declared himself nonpartisan and his party, the PRE, was dissolved. Loyal to the idea of the republic, however, Almeida wished to serve in some capacity. Due to his image of being above the political fray, he was elected by the congress as president of the republic and served his full term (1919-23). Prematurely aged by the experience, he withdrew from politics and died in Lisbon in 1929.

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  • 69 Costa Gomes, Francisco da

    (1914-2001)
       Career military officer, key personality, and authority in transition from dictatorship to democracy, and president of the republic. Born in the remote, poor, Trás-Os-Montes district, Costa Gomes was trained as an army officer and gained experience and promotions in many postings in Portugal's overseas empire from Macau, China, to Angola and Mozambique. As a lieutenant colonel in the post of undersecretary of the army in April 1961, he was implicated in a military coup plot to overthrow Prime Minister Antônio de Oliveira Salazar. Although he was fired, Costa Gomes rebuilt his bridges, was promoted to brigadier general in 1964, and soon was appointed to important commands in the colonial wars in Portuguese Africa: first in Mozambique (1965-69) and then in Angola (1970-72). In September 1972, he returned to Portugal as head of the joint chiefs of staff, a post he kept until he broke with Prime Minister Marcello Caetano in early 1974.
       During the last part of Caetano's governance, General Costa Gomes, in tandem with his senior, more famous and charismatic colleague in arms, General Antônio de Spínola, was involved in activities that led to the organization of a successful military coup on 25 April 1974, which overthrew the 48-year-old Estado Novo. Although younger officers did most of the work organizing this action, Costa Gomes played a key role, including authorizing the publication of the sensational book by General Spínola, Portugal e o Futuro, published only two months before the Revolution of Carnations in February 1974. Spinola's book acknowledged that Portugal had to find a political not a military solution to the wars in her African colonies, and the public reception of the work helped prepare the atmosphere for a bloodless coup.
       After the successful coup by the Armed Forces Movement and the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Costa Gomes was appointed chief of defense staff. When General Spínola resigned in September 1974, Costa Gomes became president, a post he ably filled until June 1976, when General Ramalho Eanes was elected president of the republic. Costa Gomes soon withdrew from the public eye, but in 1981 was promoted to Portugal's highest military rank of marshal.

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  • 70 Eanes, Antonio Ramalho

    (1935-)
       Career army officer who played an important part in the Armed Forces Movement that organized the Revolution of 25 April 1974, a key figure in the defeat of a leftist military coup in 25 November 1975, and president of the republic during two terms. Eanes was born near Castelo Branco and entered the army school in 1953, at age 18. After promotion to lieutenant in 1957, he served for a period in Portuguese India. He served several tours in Portugal's African wars including Mozambique (1961-64 and 1966-68), Guinea (1969-71), and Angola (January 1974 until 25 April 1974). He participated in the Armed Forces Movement's conspiracy to topple the Estado Novo and later held important posts when the military governed Portugal during the period 1974-75. One key post was as head of the Portuguese Radio and Television system, an important position in the revolution's intense war of words and debates. In the failed leftist coup attempt on 25 November 1975, Eanes, now promoted to lieutenant colonel, played a pivotal role in the triumph of the moderate military party. In December 1975, he was named army chief of staff. General Ramalho Eanes was twice elected and served two full terms as president of the republic, in 1976-81 and 1981-86. In the 1976 presidential elections, Eanes received about 61 percent of the vote and in that of December 1980, 56.4 percent.

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  • 71 rise

    1. I
    1) too weak to rise слишком слаб, чтобы встать /подняться/; he rose and walked over to greet me он встал /поднялся/ и подошел ко мне поздороваться
    2) what tune do you usually rise? в котором часу /когда/ вы обычно встаете;
    3) a plane (a balloon, a lift, etc.) rises самолет и т.д. поднимается; bubbles (the fish, etc.) rise пузырьки и т.д. поднимаются (на поверхность); the lake rose and spread over the fields озеро вышло из берегов и затопило поля; the mercury /the glass, the barometer/ is rising барометр поднимается the mist /the fog/ is rising туман поднимается /рассеивается/; the bread has risen тесто поднялось /подошло/; the bread won't rise тесто никак не подходит /не поднимается/; yeast makes dough rise от дрожжей тесто поднимается; blisters rise волдыри появляются; what time does the sun rise? в котором часу /когда/ восходит солнце?
    4) prices and costs (demands, etc.) rise цены и т.д. растут; his anger (one's wrath, one's temper, heat, fever, etc.) rises его гнев /раздражение/ и т.д. растет /усиливается/; at this news my spirits rose от этой новости у меня поднялось /улучшилось/ настроение; his temperature is rising у него поднимается /растет/ температура; her voice rose она повысила голос; a wind (a breeze, a gale, etc.) rises ветер и т.д. усиливается; his colour rose он покраснел
    5) the people rose народ восстал
    6) where does the Nile rise? откуда берет начало /где начинается/ река Нил?; a storm began to rise начала разыгрываться буря; a rumour rose возник слух; a feud rose разгорелась вражда
    7) rise and come forward in the world приобретать вес и влияние в обществе; a man likely to rise человек с будущим, человек, который далеко пойдет
    2. II
    1) rise in some manner rise abruptly (reluctantly, majestically, unanimously, obediently, etc.) резко /внезапно/ и т.д. вставать (на ноги) /подниматься/; he fell never to riseI again он упал и больше уже не поднялся
    2) rise at some time rise early (very early, late, etc.) вставать рано и т.д.; the sun hasn't risen yet солнце еще не взошло
    3) rise in some manner the ground rose sharply поверхность земли /почва/ резко /круто/ поднялась the road began rising gradually дорога начала постепенно подниматься, начался пологий подъем (на дороге); the smoke from our fire rose straight up in the still air в неподвижном воздухе дым от нашего костра поднимался прямо вверх; the river is rising fast вода в реке быстро подымается /прибывает/; rise at some time new buildings are rising every day с каждым днем растут /подымаются/ новые здания; weeds rose overnight за ночь выросли сорняки; the fog rose at last наконец туман рассеялся; the curtain's already risen занавес уже поднялся, спектакль уже начался
    4) rise at some time the news made our spirits rise once again от этого сообщения у нас снова испортилось настроение; his passion rose from day to day с каждым днем страсть его становилась сильней
    3. III
    1) rise so many times they say a drowning man rises three times говорят, что утопающий всплывает /поднимается/ на поверхность три раза
    2) rise some distance the tree rises 20 feet дерево достигает высоты в 20 футов; the mountain rises a thousand feet эта гора возвышается на тысячу футов; the river (the flood, etc.) lias risen five feet вода в реке и т.д. поднялась на пять футов; rise for some amount rise two feet (one per cent, etc.) возрастать /увеличиваться/ на два фута и т.д.
    3) rise to some age usually in the Continuous she is rising twelve ей скоро будет двенадцать
    4. IV
    1) rise smth. at some time he did not rise a fish (a bird, etc.) all day за весь день он не поймал ни одной рыбы и т.д.
    2) rise some amount [for smth.] sugar has risen a penny a pound сахар подорожал на пенни за фунт
    5. XIII
    1) rise to do smth. rise to welcome smb. (to applaud, to answer, to help them, etc.) встать /подняться/, чтобы приветствовать кого-л. и т.д.
    2) rise to be smb. rise to be a general дослужиться до генерала, стать генералом; rise to be a partner (deputy to the Reichstag, President of the Republic, etc.) выдвинуться и стать компаньоном и т.д.
    6. XV
    1) the moon rose red взошла красная луна
    2) the morning rose fair and bright наступило хорошее утро
    7. XVI
    1) rise from smth. rise from one's knees (from one's feet, from a chair, etc.) подняться с колен и т.д., she was unable to rise from her seat она не смогла /была не в состоянии/ встать с места; rise from [the] table встать из-за стола, закончить еду; rise from one's dinner встать из-за стола после обеда; rise from the book with a feeling of satisfaction встать после чтения книги с чувством удовлетворения; he looks as though he had risen from the grave он выглядит так, словно встал из гроба; rise off /from/ smth. a bird (an aeroplane, an airship, etc.) rises from /off/ the ground птица и т.д. поднимается /взлетает/ с земли; smoke (vapour, mist, etc.) rises from the valleys дым и т.д. поднимается из долин; bubbles rose from the bottom of the lake со дна озера поднимались пузырьки; rise in (to) smth. a bird (an airship, a kite, the smoke, etc.) rises in (to) the air (into the sky, etc.) птица и т.д. поднимается в воздух и т.д.; the sun rises in the east солнце всходит на востоке; cork rises in water в воде пробка не тонет /всплывает наверх/; rise over smth. the sun rose over the wood солнце взошло /поднялось/ над лесом; rise on smth. the horse rose on its hind legs лошадь встала на дыбы; the hair rose on his head у него волосы встали дыбом; rise to smth. rise to one's feet встать /подняться/ на ноги; rise to one's knees подняться на колени (из лежачего положения); rise to the surface всплывать на поверхность
    2) rise at some time rise at dawn (in the morning, etc.) вставать /просыпаться/ на рассвете и т.д.; he rose at 7 and went to bed at 10 он встал в семь и лег спать в десять; rise with smth. rise with the sun вставать с восходом солнца /= с петухами/
    3) rise in (on, behind, above, etc.) smth., smb. rise in the foreground (in the distance, behind the school, out of a flat plain, from the very waterside, etc.) возвышаться /подниматься/ на переднем плане и т.д.; rise above the neighbouring peaks (above sea-level, above the sea, etc.) возвышаться над соседними вершинами и т.д.; houses are rising on the edge of town на краю города вырастают /поднимаются/ дома; a range of hills rose on our left слева от нас тянулась гряда холмов; a hill rises behind the house позади дома возвышается холм; the immense building rose before our eyes огромное здание подымалось у нас перед глазами: a picture (an idea, a thought, a lovely vision, a scene, etc.) rises before /in/ the /one's/ mind (in /before, within/ smb., etc.) в воображении и т.д. возникает картина и т.д., rise to smth. rise to a thousand feet (to a height /to an altitude/ of 60 feet, etc.) подниматься /возвышаться/ на тысячу футов и т.д.; rise to the highest level подняться на высший /самый высокий/ уровень; the tears rose to his eyes на глазах у него появились слезы; rise in some direction a road (a path, a line, a surface, the land, etc.) rises in this or that direction дорога и т.д. поднимается в этом или том направлении; a stately castle rose to the west of the town к западу от города возвышался величественный замок; a blister has risen on my heel на пятке у меня вскочил волдырь; rise at some time the curtain will rise at 8 занавес поднимется /откроется/ в восемь часов
    4) rise after smth. the river is rising after the heavy rain после сильного дождя уровень воды в реке поднимается /повышается, растет/; rise to smth. rise to six shillings the ounce (to l
    3)
    to a much higher price, etc.) возрастя /подняться/ в цене до шести шиллингов за унцию и т.д.; sugar has risen to twice its old price цена на сахар поднялась вдвое; his voice rose to a shriek голос его сорвался на крик; his language does not rise to the dignity of poetry его язык не достигает уровня подлинного поэтического языка; rise to the occasion оказаться на высоте положения; she always rises to an emergency в трудные моменты она умеет собраться; rise to one's responsibilities справиться со своими обязанностями; rise to the requirements оказаться способным отвечать предъявляемым требованиям; rise beyond smth. his expense rose beyond his expectations расходы у него выросли сверх его ожиданий; rise in smth. rise in anger (in excitement, in joy, etc.) подниматься /повышаться/ в гневе /раздражении/ и т.д. (о голосе); this author's style rises in force of expression стиль этого автора становится все более выразительным; rise with (at) smth. interest rises with each act of the play с каждым актом интерес к пьесе возрастает; his anger rose at that remark при этих словах в нем вспыхнул гнев; rise above smth. rise above prejudices (above petty jealousies, above mediocrity, above events, above the commonplace, etc.) быть выше предрассудков и т.д. || rise to /at/ the /a/ bait /to the fly/ попасться на удочку, клюнуть на что-л.; rise to it поддаться на провокацию
    5) rise in smth. rise in rebellion /in revolt/ поднять восстание; rise in revolution начать революцию; rise against smth., smb. rise against oppression (against nations, against an oppressor, against the government, against the tyrant, etc.) восставать против угнетения и т.д.; they rose against their cruel rulers они восстали /подняли восстание/ против своих жестоких правителей; rise against a resolution (against a bill, etc.) выступать против резолюции и т.д.; my whole soul /being/ rises against it все мое существо восстает против этого; rise at smth. my gorge rises at the thought при одной лишь мысли об этом я чувствую отвращение
    6) rise from (in) smth. the river rises from a spring (in the hills, in its bed, in a mountain, etc.) река берет свое начало из родника и т.д.; a quarrel (trouble, a difficulty, etc.) rises from a misunderstanding (from misapprehension, from mere trifles, etc.) ссора и т.д. возникает из-за того, что люди не понимают друг друга и т.д.; a sound of laughter rises in the next room в соседней комнате возникает /раздается/ смех; Tokyo rose from the ashes Токио поднялся из пепла; rise between smb. a quarrel rose between them между ними возникла ссора
    7) rise to smth. rise to a top position (to premiership, to great power, to supremacy, to a height of prosperity, to the rank of a first-class military power, etc.) достичь ведущего положения и т.д.; rise to greatness стать великим человеком /знаменитостью/; he rose to importance at an early age он выдвинулся еще в молодые годы; he rose to eminence at Paris as a journalist and author в Париже он стал знаменитым журналистом и писателем; he rose to international fame almost overnight он внезапно приобрел мировую известность; rise from smth. rise from a low position (from nothing, etc.) подняться из низов и т.д., выбиться в люди и т.д.; rise from the ranks стать офицером; rise from smb., smth. to smb., smth. rise from errand boy to president ( from small beginnings to take one's place among the first merchants of the city, from obscurity to national fame, etc.) подняться /продвинуться/ от рассыльного до президента и т.д.; rise in smth. rise in status занять более высокое положение; rise in.the world преуспеть, выбиться в люди; rise [immensely] in one's (smb.'s) estimation (in one's (smb.'s) opinion, in the scale of usefulness, etc.) [значительно] вырасти в своих собственных (в чьих-л.) глазах и т.д.; rise by smth. rise by merit only продвинуться в жизни только благодаря своем [собственным] заслугам
    8. XIX1
    rise like smth.
    1) tile building rose like a dream здание возникло, как сновидение
    2) rise like a phoenix from its ashes возродиться, как [птица] феникс из пепла
    9. XXI1
    rise smth. in some time the river rose thirty feet in eight hours за восемь часов вода в реке поднялась на тридцать футов; rise smth. in (to) smth. the Eiffel Tower rises 100 feet in (to) the air Эйфелева башня поднимается ввысь на сто футов
    10. XXV
    rise as...
    1) the men all rose as we came in когда мы вошли, все мужчины встали
    2) the path rises as it approaches the woods (the house) у леса (у дома) дорога подымается /идет вверх/; his voice rose as he saw their faces lengthening голос у него зазвучал громче, когда он увидел, как у них вытягиваются лица

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  • 72 Macau

       Portuguese colonial territory in south China. Portugal's last colony, in effect, and by agreement turned over to the People's Republic of China in 1999. Since Portuguese traders first settled in Macau in 1557, this tiny territory of 11 square kilometers (7 square miles) has been a Portuguese colony headed by a Portuguese administration. Long a dependency of the Viceroyalty of Goa, Portuguese India, Macau's prosperity depended on the vicissitudes of diplomatic and trade relations between China and the West. For nearly three centuries (ca. 1557-1842), Macau was the only Western entrepót-outpost-enclave-colony on the China coast. Even after Japan expelled Western traders in the 17th century, Macau had a key role as the link between China and the West. This role changed after Great Britain seized neighboring Hong Kong (1842) as a colony. Thereafter, Macau fell into the shadow of a booming Hong Kong.
       While it was a remote dependency of Portugal in the Far East, Macau has long played a multiplicity of roles: China's window on the West, preempted in the 1840s by Hong Kong; sanctuary and refuge for various waves of refugees from China or Hong Kong; because of its peculiar international status and location, a center of vice (gambling, smuggling, prostitution, and drug traffic); and a meeting place and exchange point for the Chinese and Portuguese civilizations.
       Following the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Lisbon offered to return Macau to mainland China, but the offer was refused, and negotiations between China and Portugal ensued. In the 1980s, China and Portugal negotiated a settlement whereby Portuguese sovereignty would continue until December 1999; "a Chinese territory under Portuguese administration" was the formula's general description. Chinese businessmen controlled Macau's economy, including its lucrative gambling and tourist industries, while Portugal provided nominal law and order. The settlement included a pledge by China that protection for the use of Portuguese language and the maintenance of democratic liberties would be continued for at least 50 years. In late December 1999, the last Portuguese governor-general hauled down the flag of Portugal, and the People's Republic of China assumed sovereignty over Macau. In effect, Portugal's formal overseas empire ceased with this historic change. During colonial times, Macau was known for its gambling casinos. Since its return to China, gambling has become its biggest industry and, in 2006, Macau overtook Las Vegas in gaming revenue.

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  • 73 PIDE

    (Political Police)
       Commonly known as the PIDE, the Estado Novo's political police was established in 1932. The acronym of PIDE stood for Polícia Internacional e de Defesa do Estado or International and State Defense State Police, the name it was known by from 1945 to 1969. From 1932 to 1945, it was known by a different acronym: PVDE or Polícia da Vigilância e de Defesa do Estado. After Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar was replaced in office by Marcello Caetano, the political police was renamed DGS, Direcção-Geral da Seguridade or Directorate General of Security.
       This force was the most infamous means of repression and a major source of fear among the opposition during the long history of the Estado Novo. While it was described as "secret police," nearly everyone knew of its existence, although its methods — in theory—were "secret." The PVDE/PIDE/DGS had functions much broader than purely the repression of any opposition to the regime. It combined the roles of a border police, customs inspectorate, immigration force, political police, and a regime vetting administration of credentials for government or even private sector jobs. Furthermore, this police had powers of arrest, pursued nonpolitical criminals, and administered its own prison system. From the 1950s on, the PIDE extended its operations to the empire and began to directly suppress oppositionists in various colonies in Africa and Asia.
       While this police became more notorious and known to the public after 1958-61, before that new outburst of antiregime activity, it was perhaps more effective in neutralizing or destroying oppositionist groups. It was especially effective in damaging the Communist Party of Portugal (PCP) in the 1930s and early 1940s. Yet, beginning with the unprecedented strikes and political activities of 194345, the real heyday had passed. During World War II, its top echelons were in the pay of both the Allies and Axis powers, although in later propaganda from the left, the PIDE's pro-Axis reputation was carefully groomed into a myth.
       As for its actual strength and resources, it seems clear that it employed several thousand officers and also had thousands of informants in the general population. Under new laws of 1945, this police force received the further power to institute 90-day detention without charge or trial and such a detention could easily be renewed. A who's-who of the political opposition emerges from those who spent years in PIDE prisons or were frequently arrested without charge. The PIDE remained numerous and well-funded into 1974, when the Revolution of 25 April 1974 overthrew the regime and abolished it. A major question remains: If this police knew much about the Armed Forces Movement coup conspiracy, why was it so ineffective in arresting known leaders and squashing the plot?

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  • 74 pattern

    A n
    1 ( decorative design) dessin m, motif m ; striped/floral pattern motif à rayures/de fleurs ; a pattern of roses un motif de roses ; he drew a pattern in the sand il a tracé une figure dans le sable ;
    2 ( regular or standard way of happening) pattern of behaviour, behaviour pattern mode m de comportement ; working patterns in industry l'organisation f du travail dans l'industrie ; the current pattern of events la situation actuelle ; the pattern of events leading to the revolution l'enchaînement des événements qui a conduit à la révolution ; a clear pattern emerges from these statistics une tendance nette ressort de ces statistiques ; the current scandal is part of a much wider pattern of corruption le scandale actuel s'inscrit dans un climat de corruption généralisée ; he could detect a pattern in the plot il arrivait à discerner une logique dans l'intrigue ; to follow a set pattern se dérouler toujours de la même façon ; traffic pattern distribution f de la circulation ; weather patterns tendances fpl climatiques ; ⇒ trade pattern ;
    3 (model, example) modèle m ; on the pattern of sur le modèle de ; to set the pattern for sth déterminer le modèle de qch ;
    4 ( in dressmaking) patron m ; ( in knitting) modèle m ;
    5 ( style of manufacture) style m ;
    6 ( sample) (of cloth, wallpaper etc) échantillon m ;
    7 Ling modèle m ;
    8 Tech ( for casting metal) modèle m.
    B vtr ( model) modeler (on, after sur).

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  • 75 Breguet, Abraham-Louis

    SUBJECT AREA: Horology
    [br]
    baptized 10 January 1747 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
    d. 17 September 1823 Paris, France
    [br]
    Swiss clock-and watchmaker who made many important contributions to horology.
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    When Breguet was 11 years old his father died and his mother married a Swiss watchmaker who had Paris connections. His stepfather introduced him to horology and this led to an apprenticeship in Paris, during which he also attended evening classes in mathematics at the Collège Mazarin. In 1775 he married and set up a workshop in Paris, initially in collaboration with Xavier Gide. There he established a reputation among the aristocracy for elegant and innovative timepieces which included a perpétuelle, or self-winding watch, which he developed from the ideas of Perrelet. He also enjoyed the patronage of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI. During the French Revolution his life was in danger and in 1793 he fled to Neuchâtel. The two years he spent there comprised what was intellectually one of his most productive periods and provided many of the ideas that he was able to exploit after he had returned to Paris in 1795. By the time of his death he had become the most prestigious watchmaker in Europe: he supplied timepieces to Napoleon and, after the fall of the Empire, to Louis XVIII, as well as to most of the crowned heads of Europe.
    Breguet divided his contributions to horology into three categories: improvements in appearance and functionality; improvements in durability; and improvements in timekeeping. His pendule sympathique was in the first category and consisted of a clock which during the night set a watch to time, regulated it and wound it. His parachute, a spring-loaded bearing, made a significant contribution to the durability of a watch by preventing damage to its movement if it was dropped. Among the many improvements that Breguet made to timekeeping, two important ones were the introduction of the overcoil balance spring and the tourbillon. By bending the outside end of the balance spring over the top of the coils Breguet was able to make the oscillations of the balance isochronous, thus achieving for the flat spring what Arnold had already accomplished for the cylindrical balance spring. The timekeeping of a balance is also dependent on its position, and the tourbillon was an attempt to average-out positional errors by placing the balance wheel and the escapement in a cage that rotated once every minute. This principle was revived in a simplified form in the karussel at the end of the nineteenth century.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Horloger de la marine 1815. Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur 1815.
    Bibliography
    Breguet gathered information for a treatise on horology that was never published but which was later plagiarized by Louis Moinet in his Traité d'horlogerie, 1848.
    Further Reading
    G.Daniels, 1974, The An of Breguet, London (an account of his life with a good technical assessment of his work).
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  • 76 Crompton, Samuel

    SUBJECT AREA: Textiles
    [br]
    b. 3 December 1753 Firwood, near Bolton, Lancashire, England
    d. 26 June 1827 Bolton, Lancashire, England
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    English inventor of the spinning mule.
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    Samuel Crompton was the son of a tenant farmer, George, who became the caretaker of the old house Hall-i-th-Wood, near Bolton, where he died in 1759. As a boy, Samuel helped his widowed mother in various tasks at home, including weaving. He liked music and made his own violin, with which he later was to earn some money to pay for tools for building his spinning mule. He was set to work at spinning and so in 1769 became familiar with the spinning jenny designed by James Hargreaves; he soon noticed the poor quality of the yarn produced and its tendency to break. Crompton became so exasperated with the jenny that in 1772 he decided to improve it. After seven years' work, in 1779 he produced his famous spinning "mule". He built the first one entirely by himself, principally from wood. He adapted rollers similar to those already patented by Arkwright for drawing out the cotton rovings, but it seems that he did not know of Arkwright's invention. The rollers were placed at the back of the mule and paid out the fibres to the spindles, which were mounted on a moving carriage that was drawn away from the rollers as the yarn was paid out. The spindles were rotated to put in twist. At the end of the draw, or shortly before, the rollers were stopped but the spindles continued to rotate. This not only twisted the yarn further, but slightly stretched it and so helped to even out any irregularities; it was this feature that gave the mule yarn extra quality. Then, after the spindles had been turned backwards to unwind the yarn from their tips, they were rotated in the spinning direction again and the yarn was wound on as the carriage was pushed up to the rollers.
    The mule was a very versatile machine, making it possible to spin almost every type of yarn. In fact, Samuel Crompton was soon producing yarn of a much finer quality than had ever been spun in Bolton, and people attempted to break into Hall-i-th-Wood to see how he produced it. Crompton did not patent his invention, perhaps because it consisted basically of the essential features of the earlier machines of Hargreaves and Arkwright, or perhaps through lack of funds. Under promise of a generous subscription, he disclosed his invention to the spinning industry, but was shabbily treated because most of the promised money was never paid. Crompton's first mule had forty-eight spindles, but it did not long remain in its original form for many people started to make improvements to it. The mule soon became more popular than Arkwright's waterframe because it could spin such fine yarn, which enabled weavers to produce the best muslin cloth, rivalling that woven in India and leading to an enormous expansion in the British cotton-textile industry. Crompton eventually saved enough capital to set up as a manufacturer himself and around 1784 he experimented with an improved carding engine, although he was not successful. In 1800, local manufacturers raised a sum of £500 for him, and eventually in 1812 he received a government grant of £5,000, but this was trifling in relation to the immense financial benefits his invention had conferred on the industry, to say nothing of his expenses. When Crompton was seeking evidence in 1811 to support his claim for financial assistance, he found that there were 4,209,570 mule spindles compared with 155,880 jenny and 310,516 waterframe spindles. He later set up as a bleacher and again as a cotton manufacturer, but only the gift of a small annuity by his friends saved him from dying in total poverty.
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    Further Reading
    H.C.Cameron, 1951, Samuel Crompton, Inventor of the Spinning Mule, London (a rather discursive biography).
    Dobson \& Barlow Ltd, 1927, Samuel Crompton, the Inventor of the Spinning Mule, Bolton.
    G.J.French, 1859, The Life and Times of Samuel Crompton, Inventor of the Spinning Machine Called the Mule, London.
    The invention of the mule is fully described in H. Gatling, 1970, The Spinning Mule, Newton Abbot; W.English, 1969, The Textile Industry, London; R.L.Hills, 1970, Power in the Industrial Revolution, Manchester.
    C.Singer (ed.), 1958, A History of Technology, Vol. IV, Oxford: Clarendon Press (provides a brief account).
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  • 77 Kilby, Jack St Clair

    [br]
    b. 8 November 1923 Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
    [br]
    American engineer who filed the first patents for micro-electronic (integrated) circuits.
    [br]
    Kilby spent most of his childhood in Great Bend, Kansas, where he often accompanied his father, an electrical power engineer, on his maintenance rounds. Working in the blizzard of 1937, his father borrowed a "ham" radio, and this fired Jack to study for his amateur licence (W9GTY) and to construct his own equipment while still a student at Great Bend High School. In 1941 he entered the University of Illinois, but four months later, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, he was enlisted in the US Army and found himself working in a radio repair workshop in India. When the war ended he returned to his studies, obtaining his BSEE from Illinois in 1947 and his MSEE from the University of Wisconsin. He then joined Centralab, a small electronics firm in Milwaukee owned by Globe-Union. There he filed twelve patents, including some for reduced titanate capacitors and for Steatite-packing of transistors, and developed a transistorized hearing-aid. During this period he also attended a course on transistors at Bell Laboratories. In May 1958, concerned to gain experience in the field of number processing, he joined Texas Instruments in Dallas. Shortly afterwards, while working alone during the factory vacation, he conceived the idea of making monolithic, or integrated, circuits by diffusing impurities into a silicon substrate to create P-N junctions. Within less than a month he had produced a complete oscillator on a chip to prove that the technology was feasible, and the following year at the 1ERE Show he demonstrated a germanium integrated-circuit flip-flop. Initially he was granted a patent for the idea, but eventually, after protracted litigation, priority was awarded to Robert Noyce of Fairchild. In 1965 he was commissioned by Patrick Haggerty, the Chief Executive of Texas Instruments, to make a pocket calculator based on integrated circuits, and on 14 April 1971 the world's first such device, the Pocketronic, was launched onto the market. Costing $150 (and weighing some 2½ lb or 1.1 kg), it was an instant success and in 1972 some 5 million calculators were sold worldwide. He left Texas Instruments in November 1970 to become an independent consultant and inventor, working on, amongst other things, methods of deriving electricity from sunlight.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Franklin Institute Stuart Ballantine Medal 1966. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers David Sarnoff Award 1966; Cledo Brunetti Award (jointly with Noyce) 1978; Medal of Honour 1986. National Academy of Engineering 1967. National Science Medal 1969. National Inventors Hall of Fame 1982. Honorary DEng Miami 1982, Rochester 1986. Honorary DSc Wisconsin 1988. Distinguished Professor, Texas A \& M University.
    Bibliography
    6 February 1959, US patent no. 3,138,743 (the first integrated circuit (IC); initially granted June 1964).
    US patent no. 3,819,921 (the Pocketronic calculator).
    Further Reading
    T.R.Reid, 1984, Microchip. The Story of a Revolution and the Men Who Made It, London: Pan Books (for the background to the development of the integrated circuit). H.Queisser, 1988, Conquest of the Microchip, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
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  • 78 Popov, Aleksandr Stepanovich

    [br]
    b. 16 March 1859 Bogoslavsky, Zamod, Ural District, Russia
    d. 13 January 1906 St Petersburg, Russia
    [br]
    Russian physicist and electrical engineer acclaimed by the former Soviet Union as the inventor of radio.
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    Popov, the son of a village priest, received his early education in a seminary, but in 1877 he entered the University of St Petersburg to study mathematics. He graduated with distinction in 1883 and joined the faculty to teach mathematics and physics. Then, increasingly interested in electrical engineering, he became an instructor at the Russian Navy Torpedo School at Krondstadt, near St Petersburg, where he later became a professor. On 7 May 1895 he is said to have transmitted and received Morse code radio signals over a distance of 40 m (130 ft) in a demonstration given at St Petersburg University to the Russian Chemical Society, but in a paper published in January 1896 in the Journal of the Russian Physical and Chemical Society, he in fact described the use of a coherer for recording atmospheric disturbances such as lightning, together with the design of a modified coherer intended for reception at a distance of 5 km (3 miles). Subsequently, on 26 November 1897, after Marconi's own radio-transmission experiments had been publicized, he wrote a letter claiming priority for his discovery to the English-language journal Electrician, in the form of a translated précis of his original paper, but neither the original Russian paper nor the English précis made specific claims of either a receiver or a transmitter as such. However, by 1898 he had certainly developed some form of ship-to-shore radio for the Russian Navy. In 1945, long after the Russian revolution, the communist regime supported his claim to be the inventor of radio, but this is a matter for much debate and the priority of Marconi's claim is generally acknowledged outside the USSR.
    [br]
    Bibliography
    1896, Journal of the Russian Physical and Chemical Society (his original paper in Russian).
    1897, Electrician 40:235 (the English précis).
    Further Reading
    C.Susskind, 1962, "Popov and the beginnings of radio telegraphy", Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers 50:2,036.
    ——1964, Marconi, Popov and the dawn of radiocommunication', Electronics and Power, London: Institution of Electrical Engineers, 10:76.
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  • 79 Zworykin, Vladimir Kosma

    [br]
    b. 30 July 1889 Mourum (near Moscow), Russia
    d. 29 July 1982 New York City, New York, USA
    [br]
    Russian (naturalized American 1924) television pioneer who invented the iconoscope and kinescope television camera and display tubes.
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    Zworykin studied engineering at the Institute of Technology in St Petersburg under Boris Rosing, assisting the latter with his early experiments with television. After graduating in 1912, he spent a time doing X-ray research at the Collège de France in Paris before returning to join the Russian Marconi Company, initially in St Petersburg and then in Moscow. On the outbreak of war in 1917, he joined the Russian Army Signal Corps, but when the war ended in the chaos of the Revolution he set off on his travels, ending up in the USA, where he joined the Westinghouse Corporation. There, in 1923, he filed the first of many patents for a complete system of electronic television, including one for an all-electronic scanning pick-up tube that he called the iconoscope. In 1924 he became a US citizen and invented the kinescope, a hard-vacuum cathode ray tube (CRT) for the display of television pictures, and the following year he patented a camera tube with a mosaic of photoelectric elements and gave a demonstration of still-picture TV. In 1926 he was awarded a PhD by the University of Pittsburgh and in 1928 he was granted a patent for a colour TV system.
    In 1929 he embarked on a tour of Europe to study TV developments; on his return he joined the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) as Director of the Electronics Research Group, first at Camden and then Princeton, New Jersey. Securing a budget to develop an improved CRT picture tube, he soon produced a kinescope with a hard vacuum, an indirectly heated cathode, a signal-modulation grid and electrostatic focusing. In 1933 an improved iconoscope camera tube was produced, and under his direction RCA went on to produce other improved types of camera tube, including the image iconoscope, the orthicon and image orthicon and the vidicon. The secondary-emission effect used in many of these tubes was also used in a scintillation radiation counter. In 1941 he was responsible for the development of the first industrial electron microscope, but for most of the Second World War he directed work concerned with radar, aircraft fire-control and TV-guided missiles.
    After the war he worked for a time on high-speed memories and medical electronics, becoming Vice-President and Technical Consultant in 1947. He "retired" from RCA and was made an honorary vice-president in 1954, but he retained an office and continued to work there almost up until his death; he also served as Director of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research from 1954 until 1962.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Zworykin received some twenty-seven awards and honours for his contributions to television engineering and medical electronics, including the Institution of Electrical Engineers Faraday Medal 1965; US Medal of Science 1966; and the US National Hall of Fame 1977.
    Bibliography
    29 December 1923, US patent no. 2,141, 059 (the original iconoscope patent; finally granted in December 1938!).
    13 July 1925, US patent no. 1,691, 324 (colour television system).
    1930, with D.E.Wilson, Photocells and Their Applications, New York: Wiley. 1934, "The iconoscope. A modern version of the electric eye". Proceedings of the
    Institute of Radio Engineers 22:16.
    1946, Electron Optics and the Electron Microscope.
    1940, with G.A.Morton, Television; revised 1954.
    Further Reading
    J.H.Udelson, 1982, The Great Television Race: History of the Television Industry 1925– 41: University of Alabama Press.
    KF

    Biographical history of technology > Zworykin, Vladimir Kosma

  • 80 Coimbra, University of

       Portugal's oldest and once its most prestigious university. As one of Europe's oldest seats of learning, the University of Coimbra and its various roles have a historic importance that supersedes merely the educational. For centuries, the university formed and trained the principal elites and professions that dominated Portugal. For more than a century, certain members of its faculty entered the central government in Lisbon. A few, such as law professor Afonso Costa, mathematics instructor Sidônio Pais, anthropology professor Bernardino Machado, and economics professor Antônio de Oliveira Salazar, became prime ministers and presidents of the republic. In such a small country, with relatively few universities until recently, Portugal counted Coimbra's university as the educational cradle of its leaders and knew its academic traditions as an intimate part of national life.
       Established in 1290 by King Dinis, the university first opened in Lisbon but was moved to Coimbra in 1308, and there it remained. University buildings were placed high on a hill, in a position that
       physically dominates Portugal's third city. While sections of the medieval university buildings are present, much of what today remains of the old University of Coimbra dates from the Manueline era (1495-1521) and the 17th and 18th centuries. The main administration building along the so-called Via Latina is baroque, in the style of the 17th and 18th centuries. Most prominent among buildings adjacent to the central core structures are the Chapel of São Miguel, built in the 17th century, and the magnificent University Library, of the era of wealthy King João V, built between 1717 and 1723. Created entirely by Portuguese artists and architects, the library is unique among historic monuments in Portugal. Its rare book collection, a monument in itself, is complemented by exquisite gilt wood decorations and beautiful doors, windows, and furniture. Among visitors and tourists, the chapel and library are the prime attractions to this day.
       The University underwent important reforms under the Pombaline administration (1750-77). Efforts to strengthen Coimbra's position in advanced learning and teaching by means of a new curriculum, including new courses in new fields and new degrees and colleges (in Portugal, major university divisions are usually called "faculties") often met strong resistance. In the Age of the Discoveries, efforts were made to introduce the useful study of mathematics, which was part of astronomy in that day, and to move beyond traditional medieval study only of theology, canon law, civil law, and medicine. Regarding even the advanced work of the Portuguese astronomer and mathematician Pedro Nunes, however, Coimbra University was lamentably slow in introducing mathematics or a school of arts and general studies. After some earlier efforts, the 1772 Pombaline Statutes, the core of the Pombaline reforms at Coimbra, had an impact that lasted more than a century. These reforms remained in effect to the end of the monarchy, when, in 1911, the First Republic instituted changes that stressed the secularization of learning. This included the abolition of the Faculty of Theology.
       Elaborate, ancient traditions and customs inform the faculty and student body of Coimbra University. Tradition flourishes, although some customs are more popular than others. Instead of residing in common residences or dormitories as in other countries, in Coimbra until recently students lived in the city in "Republics," private houses with domestic help hired by the students. Students wore typical black academic gowns. Efforts during the Revolution of 25 April 1974 and aftermath to abolish the wearing of the gowns, a powerful student image symbol, met resistance and generated controversy. In romantic Coimbra tradition, students with guitars sang characteristic songs, including Coimbra fado, a more cheerful song than Lisbon fado, and serenaded other students at special locations. Tradition also decreed that at graduation graduates wore their gowns but burned their school (or college or subject) ribbons ( fitas), an important ceremonial rite of passage.
       The University of Coimbra, while it underwent a revival in the 1980s and 1990s, no longer has a virtual monopoly over higher education in Portugal. By 1970, for example, the country had only four public and one private university, and the University of Lisbon had become more significant than ancient Coimbra. At present, diversity in higher education is even more pronounced: 12 private universities and 14 autonomous public universities are listed, not only in Lisbon and Oporto, but at provincial locations. Still, Coimbra retains an influence as the senior university, some of whose graduates still enter national government and distinguished themselves in various professions.
       An important student concern at all institutions of higher learning, and one that marked the last half of the 1990s and continued into the next century, was the question of increased student fees and tuition payments (in Portuguese, propinas). Due to the expansion of the national universities in function as well as in the size of student bodies, national budget constraints, and the rising cost of education, the central government began to increase student fees. The student movement protested this change by means of various tactics, including student strikes, boycotts, and demonstrations. At the same time, a growing number of private universities began to attract larger numbers of students who could afford the higher fees in private institutions, but who had been denied places in the increasingly competitive and pressured public universities.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Coimbra, University of

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