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  • 21 штатные должности

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  • 23 Historical Portugal

       Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.
       A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.
       Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140
       The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."
       In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.
       The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.
       Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385
       Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims in
       Portugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.
       The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.
       Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580
       The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.
       The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.
       What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.
       By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.
       Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.
       The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.
       By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.
       In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.
       Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640
       Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.
       Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.
       On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.
       Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822
       Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.
       Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.
       In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and the
       Church (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.
       Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.
       Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.
       Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910
       During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.
       Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.
       Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.
       Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.
       Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.
       As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.
       First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26
       Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.
       The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.
       Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.
       The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74
       During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."
       Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.
       For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),
       and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.
       The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.
       With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.
       During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.
       The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.
       At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.
       The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.
       Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76
       Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.
       Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.
       In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.
       In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.
       In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.
       The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict until
       UN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.
       Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000
       After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.
       From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.
       Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.
       Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.
       In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.
       In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.
       Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.
       Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.
       The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.
       Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.
       Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).
       All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.
       The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.
       After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.
       Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.
       Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.
       From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.
       Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.
       In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.
       An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU.

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    set
    1. present participle - setting; verb
    1) (to put or place: She set the tray down on the table.) poner, colocar
    2) (to put plates, knives, forks etc on (a table) for a meal: Please would you set the table for me?) poner
    3) (to settle or arrange (a date, limit, price etc): It's difficult to set a price on a book when you don't know its value.) poner, fijar, acordar
    4) (to give a person (a task etc) to do: The witch set the prince three tasks; The teacher set a test for her pupils; He should set the others a good example.) mandar
    5) (to cause to start doing something: His behaviour set people talking.) provocar
    6) ((of the sun etc) to disappear below the horizon: It gets cooler when the sun sets.) ponerse
    7) (to become firm or solid: Has the concrete set?) endurecer, cuajar
    8) (to adjust (eg a clock or its alarm) so that it is ready to perform its function: He set the alarm for 7.00 a.m.) poner
    9) (to arrange (hair) in waves or curls.) marcar
    10) (to fix in the surface of something, eg jewels in a ring.) montar, engastar
    11) (to put (broken bones) into the correct position for healing: They set his broken arm.) componer, encajar

    2. adjective
    1) (fixed or arranged previously: There is a set procedure for doing this.) fijo, determinado, establecido
    2) ((often with on) ready, intending or determined (to do something): He is set on going.) listo, preparado
    3) (deliberate: He had the set intention of hurting her.) deliberado
    4) (stiff; fixed: He had a set smile on his face.) fijo
    5) (not changing or developing: set ideas.) fijo
    6) ((with with) having something set in it: a gold ring set with diamonds.) engastado

    3. noun
    1) (a group of things used or belonging together: a set of carving tools; a complete set of (the novels of) Jane Austen.) juego, colección, equipo
    2) (an apparatus for receiving radio or television signals: a television/radio set.) aparato
    3) (a group of people: the musical set.) grupo, pandilla
    4) (the process of setting hair: a shampoo and set.) marcado
    5) (scenery for a play or film: There was a very impressive set in the final act.) decorado
    6) (a group of six or more games in tennis: She won the first set and lost the next two.) set
    •
    - setback
    - set phrase
    - set-square
    - setting-lotion
    - set-to
    - set-up
    - all set
    - set about
    - set someone against someone
    - set against someone
    - set someone against
    - set against
    - set aside
    - set back
    - set down
    - set in
    - set off
    - set something or someone on someone
    - set on someone
    - set something or someone on
    - set on
    - set out
    - set to
    - set up
    - set up camp
    - set up house
    - set up shop
    - set upon
    set1 n
    1. juego / colección
    2. aparato
    3. decorado / plató
    4. set
    game, set and match juego, set y partido
    set2 vb
    1. poner
    have you set the alarm clock? ¿has puesto el despertador?
    2. fijar / establecer
    3. ponerse


    set sustantivo masculino (pl
    ◊ sets) set

    set m Ten set ' set' also found in these entries: Spanish: acondicionar - ajedrez - ambientar - aparato - azuzar - camino - cartabón - componer - conjunta - conjunto - constituir - constituirse - dar - decorado - decorador - decoradora - dentadura - destinar - determinar - disponer - ejemplo - empeño - emprender - enfrentar - engarzar - equipo - erigirse - escala - escenografía - escuadra - establecer - examen - fijar - fijarse - fraguar - frase - granada - granado - grifería - grupo - hecha - hecho - hombro - hundida - hundido - incendiar - indisponer - inflamar - instalar - jet English: adventure - ascetic - backing - barricade - beset - cassette - cat - dead - deep-set - example - film set - fire - foundation - fund - gather in - goblet - heart - intentionally - jet-set - journey - light - loose - nationalist - odds - pace - paper - pattern - preset - radio set - radiocassette - reset - rest - sail - scene - set - set about - set against - set apart - set aside - set back - set book - set down - set in - set off - set on - set out - set up - set upon - set-up - setting
    tr[set]
    ■ shampoo and set, please lavar y marcar, por favor
    ■ all actors must be on the set at 9.00 am todos los actores deben estar en el plató a las 9.00
    3 (position, posture) postura, posición nombre femenino
    1 (placed) situado,-a
    2 (fixed, arranged) fijo,-a, determinado,-a, establecido,-a
    3 (rigid, stiff) rígido,-a, forzado,-a; (opinion) inflexible; (idea) fijo,-a
    4 SMALLEDUCATION/SMALL (book) prescrito,-a
    5 (ready, prepared) listo,-a (for/to, para), preparado,-a (for/to, para); (likely) probable
    ■ is everyone set to go? ¿todos estáis listos para salir?
    transitive verb (pt & pp set)
    1 (put, place) poner, colocar
    2 (prepare - trap) tender, preparar; (- table) poner; (- camera, video) preparar; (- clock, watch, oven, etc) poner
    ■ I've set the alarm clock for 6.00 am he puesto el despertador a las 6.00
    3 (date, time) fijar, señalar, acordar; (example) dar; (rule, record, limit) establecer; (precedent) sentar; (fashion) imponer, dictar
    ■ have you set a date for the wedding? ¿has fijado una fecha para la boda?
    4 (price) fijar; (value) poner
    5 (jewel, stone) montar, engastar
    7 SMALLMEDICINE/SMALL (broken bone) componer; (joint) encajar
    8 (exam, test, problem) poner; (homework) mandar, poner; (task) asignar; (text) prescribir; (target, aim) fijar, proponer
    9 (story, action) ambientar
    10 (provoke, start off) poner, hacer
    11 (provide music for) arreglar, poner música a
    12 (hair) marcar
    13 (make firm - jelly) cuajar; (- cement) hacer fraguar; (- teeth) apretar
    1 (sun, moon) ponerse
    2 (liquid, jelly) cuajar, cuajarse; (cement) fraguarse, endurecerse; (glue) endurecerse; (bone) soldarse
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    to be all set estar listo,-a, estar preparado,-a
    to be dead set against something oponerse rotundamente a algo
    to be set in one's ways tener unas costumbres muy arraigadas, ser reacio,-a al cambio
    to be set on doing something estar empeñado,-a en hacer algo, estar resuelto,-a a hacer algo
    to set fire to something prender fuego a algo
    to set free poner en libertad, liberar
    to set one's heart on something querer algo más que nada
    to set somebody's mind at rest tranquilizar a alguien
    to set the ball rolling / to set things in motion poner las cosas en marcha
    to set the pace marcar el paso
    to set the tone marcar las pautas
    set lunch menú nombre masculino del día
    set square cartabón nombre masculino, escuadra
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    tr[set]
    1 (of golf clubs, brushes, tools, etc) juego; (books, poems) colección nombre femenino; (of turbines) equipo, grupo; (of stamps) serie nombre femenino
    2 SMALLELECTRICITY/SMALL (apparatus) aparato
    3 SMALLMATHEMATICS/SMALL conjunto
    4 SMALLSPORT/SMALL (tennis) set nombre masculino
    5 SMALLMUSIC/SMALL (performance) actuación nombre femenino
    6 (of people) grupo; (clique) pandilla, camarilla
    7 (of pupils) grupo
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    to make a dead set at (attack) emprenderla con 2 (seduce) proponerse ligar con
    set ['sɛt] v, set ; setting vt
    1) seat: sentar
    2) or set down place: poner, colocar
    3) arrange: fijar, establecer
    to set the date: poner la fecha
    he set the agenda: estableció la agenda
    4) adjust: poner (un reloj, etc.)
    to set fire to: prenderle fuego a
    she set it free: lo soltó
    6) make, start: poner, hacer
    I set them working: los puse a trabajar
    set vi
    1) solidify: fraguar (dícese del cemento, etc.), cuajar (dícese de la gelatina, etc.)
    2) : ponerse (dícese del sol o de la luna)
    set adj
    1) established, fixed: fijo, establecido
    2) rigid: inflexible
    to be set in one's ways: tener costumbres muy arraigadas
    3) ready: listo, preparado
    set n
    1) collection: juego m
    a set of dishes: un juego de platos, una vajilla
    a tool set: una caja de herramientas
    2) or stage set : decorado m (en el teatro), plató m (en el cine)
    3) apparatus: aparato m
    a television set: un televisor
    4) : conjunto m (en matemáticas)
    adj.
    • fijo, -a adj.
    • puesto, -a adj.
    • resuelto, -a adj.
    • rígido, -a adj.
    n.
    • conjunto (Matemática) s.m.
    • equipo s.m.
    • grupo s.m.
    • juego s.m.
    • muestra s.f.
    • partida s.f.
    • serie s.m.
    • servicio de mesa s.m.
    pret., p.p.
    (Preterito definido y participio pasivo de "to set")
    v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: set) = encasar v.
    • engastar v.
    • poner v.
    (§pres: pongo, pones...) pret: pus-
    pp: puesto
    fut/c: pondr-•)
    set
    I
    1)
    a) (of tools, golf clubs, bowls, pens, keys) juego m; (of books, records) colección f; ( of stamps) serie f

    a set of cutlery — un juego de cubiertos, una cubertería

    b) ( Math) conjunto m
    3) (TV) aparato m, televisor m; ( Rad) aparato m, receptor m
    4) (in tennis, squash) set m; (before n)

    set point — bola f de set, punto m para set (Méx), set point m (CS)

    5)
    a) ( Theat) ( stage) escenario m; ( scenery) decorado m
    b) ( Cin) plató m
    6) ( in hairdressing) marcado m

    shampoo and set — lavado m y marcado


    II
    1) (established, prescribed) <wage/price> fijo

    set book — ( Educ) obra f prescrita or del programa

    we ordered the set menu — (BrE) pedimos el menú del día

    a) (ready, prepared)

    to be set — estar* listo, estar* pronto (RPl)

    is everything set for the meeting? — ¿está todo preparado or listo or (RPl) pronto para la reunión?

    all set (to go)? — ¿listos?

    b) (likely, about to) (journ)

    to be set to + inf — llevar camino de + inf

    c) (determined, resolute)

    he's dead set on going to college — está resuelto or decidido a ir a la universidad sea como sea

    3)
    a) (rigid, inflexible)

    to be set in one's ways — tener* costumbres muy arraigadas

    b) ( solid) <yoghurt/custard/jelly> cuajado

    III
    1.
    (pres p setting; past & past p set) transitive verb
    1) (put, place) poner*, colocar*
    2)
    a) (cause to be, become)

    to set somebody free — poner* en libertad or liberar a alguien

    to set somebody loose — soltar* a alguien

    to set fire to something, to set something on fire — prenderle fuego a algo

    b) (make solid, rigid) \<\<jelly/cheese\>\> cuajar; \<\<cement\>\> hacer* fraguar
    3)
    a) ( prepare) \<\<trap\>\> tender*; \<\<table\>\> poner*
    b) ( Med) \<\<bone\>\> encajar, componer* (AmL)
    c) \<\<hair\>\> marcar*
    d) ( Print) \<\<type\>\> componer*
    4) ( adjust) \<\<oven/alarm clock/watch\>\> poner*
    5)
    a) (arrange, agree on) \<\<date/time\>\> fijar, acordar*; \<\<agenda\>\> establecer*, acordar*
    b) (impose, prescribe) \<\<target\>\> establecer*
    c) ( allot) \<\<task\>\> asignar; \<\<homework\>\> mandar, poner*; \<\<exam/test/problem\>\> poner*; \<\<text\>\> prescribir*
    d) ( establish) \<\<precedent\>\> sentar*; \<\<record/standard\>\> establecer*; \<\<fashion\>\> dictar, imponer*

    to set a good example — dar* buen ejemplo

    e) (fix, assign) \<\<price/bail\>\> fijar
    6) (cause to do, start)

    to set something going — poner* algo en marcha

    a) \<\<book/film\>\> ambientar
    b) ( locate) \<\<building\>\> situar*
    8)
    a) (mount, insert) \<\<gem\>\> engarzar*, engastar; \<\<stake\>\> hincar*, clavar
    b)

    to set a poem to music — ponerle* música a un poema

    9) (turn, direct)

    we set our course for the nearest island — pusimos rumbo a la isla más cercana; sail I 1) a)


    2.
    vi
    1) ( go down) \<\<sun/moon\>\> ponerse*
    2)
    a) (become solid, rigid) \<\<jelly\>\> cuajar(se); \<\<cement\>\> fraguar*
    b) \<\<bone\>\> soldarse*
    •
    Phrasal Verbs:
    [set] (vb: pt, pp set)
    1. N
    1) (=matching series) [of golf clubs, pens, keys] juego m ; [of books, works] colección f ; [of tools] equipo m, estuche m ; [of gears] tren m ; [of stamps] serie f ; (Math) conjunto m

    • the sofa and chairs are only sold as a set — el sofá y los sillones no se venden por separado

    • a chess set — un ajedrez

    • I need one more to make up the complete set — me falta uno para completar la serie

    • a set of crockery — una vajilla

    • a set of cutlery — una cubertería

    • they are sold in sets — se venden en juegos completos

    • it makes a set with those over there — hace juego con los que ves allá

    • set of teeth — dentadura f

    • a train set — un tren eléctrico

    2) (Tennis) set m
    3) (Elec) aparato m ; (Rad) aparato m de radio; (TV) televisor m, televisión f
    4) (Theat) decorado m ; (Cine) plató m
    5) (Hairdressing)
    6) esp pej (=group) grupo m, pandilla f ; (=clique) camarilla f

    • the fast set — la gente de vida airada

    • the literary set — los literatos, la gente literaria

    • the smart set — el mundo elegante, los elegantes

    jet II, 4.
    7) (Brit) (Scol) clase f
    8)
    - make a dead set at sb
    9) (=disposition) [of tide, wind] dirección f ; [of fabric] caída f ; [of dress] corte m, ajuste m ; [of head] porte m, manera f de llevar; [of saw] triscamiento m ; mind-set
    10) (Hort) planta f de transplantar

    onion sets — cebollitas fpl de transplantar

    2. ADJ
    1) (=fixed) [price, purpose] fijo; [smile] forzado; [opinions] inflexible, rígido; [talk] preparado de antemano; [expression] hecho; [date, time] señalado; (Scol) [books, subjects] obligatorio; [task] asignado

    to be set in one's ways/opinions — tener costumbres/opiniones profundamente arraigadas

    • set books — (Scol, Univ) lecturas mpl obligatorias

    • with no set limits — sin límites determinados

    • set menu — menú m, comida f corrida (Mex)

    • a set phrase — una frase hecha

    • set piece — (Art) grupo m ; (=fireworks) cuadro m ; (Literat etc) escena f importante; (Sport) jugada f ensayada, jugada f de pizarra

    • at a set time — a una hora señalada

    • there's no set way to do it — no hay una forma establecida or determinada de hacerlo

    2) (=determined) resuelto, decidido

    • to be (dead) set against (doing) sth — estar (completamente) opuesto a (hacer) algo

    • to be set in one's purpose — tener un propósito firme, mantenerse firme en su propósito

    • to be (dead) set on (doing) sth — estar (completamente) decidido a or empeñado en (hacer) algo

    since you are so set on it — puesto que te empeñas en ello, puesto que estás decidido a hacerlo

    3) (=ready) listo

    • to be all set to do sth — estar listo para hacer algo

    all set? — ¿(estás) listo?

    • the scene was set for... — (fig) todo estaba listo para...

    4) (Culin)
    5) (=disposed)

    the tide is set in our favour — la marea fluye para llevarnos adelante; (fig) la tendencia actual nos favorece, llevamos el viento en popa

    3. VT
    1) (=place, put) poner

    • the film/ scene is set in Rome — la película/escena se desarrolla or está ambientada en Roma

    • to set fire to sth, set sth on fire — prender fuego a algo

    • a novel set in Madrid — una novela ambientada en Madrid

    • to set places for 14 — poner cubiertos para 14 personas

    • to set a poem to music — poner música a un poema

    • what value do you set on it? — ¿en cuánto lo valoras?; (fig) ¿qué valor tiene para ti?

    2) (=arrange) poner, colocar; (=adjust) [+ clock] poner en hora; [+ mechanism] ajustar; [+ hair] marcar, fijar; [+ trap] armar

    • the alarm clock is set for seven — el despertador está puesto para las siete

    • I'll set your room — (US) voy a limpiar y arreglar su habitación

    • to set the table — poner la mesa

    • he sets his watch by Big Ben — pone su reloj en hora por el Big Ben; see sail 1., 1)

    3) (=mount) [+ gem] engastar, montar
    4) (Med) [+ broken bone] encajar, reducir
    5) (Typ) [+ type] componer
    6) (=fix, establish) [+ date, limit] fijar, señalar; [+ record] establecer; [+ fashion] imponer; [+ dye, colour] fijar

    • to set a course for — salir rumbo a

    • to set one's heart on sth — tener algo como máximo deseo

    • to set limits to sth — señalar límites a algo

    • the meeting is set for Tuesday — (US) la reunión se celebrará el martes

    • to set a period of three months — señalar un plazo de tres meses

    • to set a record of ten seconds — establecer un récord de diez segundos

    • to set a time for a meeting — fijar una hora para una reunión

    example
    7) (=assign) [+ task] dar

    • to set an exam in French — preparar un examen de francés

    8) (=cause to start)

    • the noise set the dogs barking — el ruido hizo ladrar a los perros

    • to set a fire — (US) provocar un incendio

    • to set sth going — poner algo en marcha

    • to set sb laughing — hacer reír a algn

    • to set everyone talking — dar que hablar a todos

    • it set me thinking — me puso a pensar

    • to set sb to work — poner a algn a trabajar

    9) (=cause to pursue)

    • to set a dog on sb — azuzar un perro contra algn

    • we set the police on to him — le denunciamos a la policía

    what set the police on the trail? — ¿qué puso a la policía sobre la pista?

    10) (=make solid) [+ cement] solidificar, endurecer; [+ jelly] cuajar
    4. VI
    1) (=go down) [sun, moon] ponerse
    2) (=go hard) [concrete, glue] endurecerse; (fig) [face] congelarse
    3) (Med) [broken bone, limb] componerse
    4) (Culin) [jelly, jam] cuajarse
    5) (=begin)
    5.
    CPD

    set designer N — (Theat) director(a) m / f de arte, decorador(a) m / f

    set point N — (Tennis) punto m de set

    * * *
    [set]
    I
    1)
    a) (of tools, golf clubs, bowls, pens, keys) juego m; (of books, records) colección f; ( of stamps) serie f

    a set of cutlery — un juego de cubiertos, una cubertería

    b) ( Math) conjunto m
    3) (TV) aparato m, televisor m; ( Rad) aparato m, receptor m
    4) (in tennis, squash) set m; (before n)

    set point — bola f de set, punto m para set (Méx), set point m (CS)

    5)
    a) ( Theat) ( stage) escenario m; ( scenery) decorado m
    b) ( Cin) plató m
    6) ( in hairdressing) marcado m

    shampoo and set — lavado m y marcado


    II
    1) (established, prescribed) <wage/price> fijo

    set book — ( Educ) obra f prescrita or del programa

    we ordered the set menu — (BrE) pedimos el menú del día

    a) (ready, prepared)

    to be set — estar* listo, estar* pronto (RPl)

    is everything set for the meeting? — ¿está todo preparado or listo or (RPl) pronto para la reunión?

    all set (to go)? — ¿listos?

    b) (likely, about to) (journ)

    to be set to + inf — llevar camino de + inf

    c) (determined, resolute)

    he's dead set on going to college — está resuelto or decidido a ir a la universidad sea como sea

    3)
    a) (rigid, inflexible)

    to be set in one's ways — tener* costumbres muy arraigadas

    b) ( solid) <yoghurt/custard/jelly> cuajado

    III
    1.
    (pres p setting; past & past p set) transitive verb
    1) (put, place) poner*, colocar*
    2)
    a) (cause to be, become)

    to set somebody free — poner* en libertad or liberar a alguien

    to set somebody loose — soltar* a alguien

    to set fire to something, to set something on fire — prenderle fuego a algo

    b) (make solid, rigid) \<\<jelly/cheese\>\> cuajar; \<\<cement\>\> hacer* fraguar
    3)
    a) ( prepare) \<\<trap\>\> tender*; \<\<table\>\> poner*
    b) ( Med) \<\<bone\>\> encajar, componer* (AmL)
    c) \<\<hair\>\> marcar*
    d) ( Print) \<\<type\>\> componer*
    4) ( adjust) \<\<oven/alarm clock/watch\>\> poner*
    5)
    a) (arrange, agree on) \<\<date/time\>\> fijar, acordar*; \<\<agenda\>\> establecer*, acordar*
    b) (impose, prescribe) \<\<target\>\> establecer*
    c) ( allot) \<\<task\>\> asignar; \<\<homework\>\> mandar, poner*; \<\<exam/test/problem\>\> poner*; \<\<text\>\> prescribir*
    d) ( establish) \<\<precedent\>\> sentar*; \<\<record/standard\>\> establecer*; \<\<fashion\>\> dictar, imponer*

    to set a good example — dar* buen ejemplo

    e) (fix, assign) \<\<price/bail\>\> fijar
    6) (cause to do, start)

    to set something going — poner* algo en marcha

    a) \<\<book/film\>\> ambientar
    b) ( locate) \<\<building\>\> situar*
    8)
    a) (mount, insert) \<\<gem\>\> engarzar*, engastar; \<\<stake\>\> hincar*, clavar
    b)

    to set a poem to music — ponerle* música a un poema

    9) (turn, direct)

    we set our course for the nearest island — pusimos rumbo a la isla más cercana; sail I 1) a)


    2.
    vi
    1) ( go down) \<\<sun/moon\>\> ponerse*
    2)
    a) (become solid, rigid) \<\<jelly\>\> cuajar(se); \<\<cement\>\> fraguar*
    b) \<\<bone\>\> soldarse*
    •
    Phrasal Verbs:

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  • 25 post

    1. n
    1) должность, пост
    •

    to abandon one's post — оставлять пост, уходить с поста

    to abolish a post — отменять / упразднять пост / должность

    to appoint smb to a post — назначать кого-л. на должность

    to block smb from securing a post — мешать кому-л. занять должность

    to confirm smb in his post — утверждать кого-л. в должности

    to discharge smb from his post — освобождать кого-л. от занимаемой должности

    to give up one's post — отказываться от своего поста

    to hold a post — занимать должность / пост

    to job smb into a post — устраивать кого-л. на работу по протекции

    to leave one's post at one's request — уходить со своей должности по собственному желанию

    to move smb from one post to another — переводить кого-л. с одной должности на другую

    to nominate smb to a post — назначать кого-л. на должность

    to promote smb to a post — назначать кого-л. на более высокую должность

    to quit one's post — уходить в отставку

    to recommend smb for a post — рекомендовать кого-л. на какую-л. должность

    to re-confirm smb in his post — снова утверждать кого-л. в его должности

    to relegate smb to a post — переводить кого-л. на какую-л. должность

    to relieve smb of his post — освобождать кого-л. от занимаемой должности

    to relinquish one's post — оставлять свою должность / свой пост

    to remain at one's post — оставаться на своем посту

    to remove smb from his post — освобождать кого-л. от занимаемой должности

    to resign one's post / from a post — уходить с занимаемого поста; уходить в отставку

    to retain one's post — сохранять свой пост

    to stay (on) in one's post — оставаться на своем посту

    to strip smb of his post — лишать кого-л. его должности

    to surrender one's post — отказываться от своего поста

    to take on / up a post — вступать в должность

    - additional post
    - ambassadorial post
    - appointment to a post
    - authorized post
    - border control post
    - ceremonial post
    - command post
    - contender for a post
    - elimination of a post
    - established post
    - estimated post
    - executive post
    - extra-budgetary post
    - frontier post
    - general service post
    - government post
    - grade of post
    - high post
    - higher-level professional post
    - honorary post
    - lucrative post
    - monitoring post
    - operational post
    - overload post
    - police post
    - policy-making post
    - political post
    - post of a minister
    - posts subject to geographical distribution
    - provisional post
    - public post
    - range of posts
    - responsible post
    - sensitive post in the government
    - staging post
    - temporary post
    - tenure of post
    - titular post
    - top post     2. v
    1) объявлять, опубликовывать

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  • 26 Education

       In Portugal's early history, education was firmly under the control of the Catholic Church. The earliest schools were located in cathedrals and monasteries and taught a small number of individuals destined for ecclesiastical office. In 1290, a university was established by King Dinis (1261-1325) in Lisbon, but was moved to Coimbra in 1308, where it remained. Coimbra University, Portugal's oldest, and once its most prestigious, was the educational cradle of Portugal's leadership. From 1555 until the 18th century, primary and secondary education was provided by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). The Catholic Church's educational monopoly was broken when the Marquis of Pombal expelled the Jesuits in 1759 and created the basis for Portugal's present system of public, secular primary and secondary schools. Pombal introduced vocational training, created hundreds of teaching posts, added departments of mathematics and natural sciences at Coimbra University, and established an education tax to pay for them.
       During the 19th century, liberals attempted to reform Portugal's educational system, which was highly elitist and emphasized rote memorization and respect for authority, hierarchy, and discipline.
       Reforms initiated in 1822, 1835, and 1844 were never actualized, however, and education remained unchanged until the early 20th century. After the overthrow of the monarchy on the Fifth of October 1910 by Republican military officers, efforts to reform Portugal's educational system were renewed. New universities were founded in Lisbon and Oporto, a Ministry of Education was established, and efforts were made to increase literacy (illiteracy rates being 80 percent) and to resecularize educational content by introducing more scientific and empirical methods into the curriculum.
       Such efforts were ended during the military dictatorship (192632), which governed Portugal until the establishment of the Estado Novo (1926-74). Although a new technical university was founded in Lisbon in 1930, little was done during the Estado Novo to modernize education or to reduce illiteracy. Only in 1964 was compulsory primary education made available for children between the ages of 6 and 12.
       The Revolution of 25 April 1974 disrupted Portugal's educational system. For a period of time after the Revolution, students, faculty, and administrators became highly politicized as socialists, communists, and other groups attempted to gain control of the schools. During the 1980s, as Portuguese politics moderated, the educational system was gradually depoliticized, greater emphasis was placed on learning, and efforts were made to improve the quality of Portuguese schools.
       Primary education in Portugal consists of four years in the primary (first) cycle and two years in the preparatory, or second, cycle. The preparatory cycle is intended for children going on to secondary education. Secondary education is roughly equivalent to junior and senior high schools in the United States. It consists of three years of a common curriculum and two years of complementary courses (10th and 11th grades). A final year (12th grade) prepares students to take university entrance examinations.
       Vocational education was introduced in 1983. It consists of a three-year course in a particular skill after the 11th grade of secondary school.
       Higher education is provided by the four older universities (Lisbon, Coimbra, Oporto, and the Technical University of Lisbon), as well as by six newer universities, one in Lisbon and the others in Minho, Aveiro, Évora, the Algarve, and the Azores. There is also a private Catholic university in Lisbon. Admission to Portuguese universities is highly competitive, and places are limited. About 10 percent of secondary students go on to university education. The average length of study at the university is five years, after which students receive their licentiate. The professoriate has four ranks (professors, associate professors, lecturers, and assistants). Professors have tenure, while the other ranks teach on contract.
       As Portugal is a unitary state, the educational system is highly centralized. All public primary and secondary schools, universities, and educational institutes are under the purview of the Ministry of Education, and all teachers and professors are included in the civil service and receive pay and pension like other civil servants. The Ministry of Education hires teachers, determines curriculum, sets policy, and pays for the building and upkeep of schools. Local communities have little say in educational matters.

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  • 27 post

    1. n
    1) пост, должность
    2) пост; позиция; пункт
    •
    2. v
    объявлять, вывешивать объявления, рекламировать

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  • 28 East Timor

       Colony of Portugal from the 16th century to December 1975, with an area of 40,000 square kilometers (18,989 square miles). East Timor is located on the eastern portion of the island of Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. From 1975 to August 1999, when it was forcibly annexed and occupied by Indonesia, until May 2002, when it achieved full independence, East Timor was, in effect, a ward of the United Nations.
       In the 16th century, the Portuguese established trading posts on the island, but for centuries few Portuguese settled there, and the "colony" remained isolated and neglected. After the Dutch won control of Indonesia, there was a territorial dispute with Portugal as to who "owned" what on the island of Timor. In 1859, this question was decided as the Dutch and Portuguese governments formally divided the island into a Dutch portion (west) and the Portuguese colony (east) and established the frontier. From the late 19th century to World War I, Portugal consolidated its control of East Timor by means of military campaigns against the Timorese tribes. In addition to colonial officials, a few Portuguese missionaries and merchants occupied East Timor, but few Portuguese ever settled there.
       East Timor's geographic location close to the north coast of Australia and its sharing of one island in the Dutch colony catapulted it into world affairs early in World War II. To forestall a Japanese invasion of Timor, a joint Dutch-Australian expedition landed on 17 December 1941; the Portuguese authorities neither resisted nor cooperated. In February 1942, when Japanese troops landed in Timor, the small allied force fled to the hills and later was evacuated to Australia. Japan occupied all of Timor and the remainder of the Dutch East Indies until Japan's surrender in September 1945. Portugal soon reassumed control.
       After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, East Timorese nationalist parties hoped for rapid decolonization and independence with Lisbon's cooperation. But on 28 November 1975, before a preoccupied Portugal could work out a formal transfer of power, the Revolutionary Front of Independent East Timor (FRETILIN), then in control of the former colony's capital, declared independence, and, on 7 December 1975, Indonesian armed forces swiftly invaded, occupied, and annexed East Timor. In the following years, a tragic loss of life occurred. Portugal refused to recognize Indonesia's sovereignty over East Timor and claimed legal sovereignty before the United Nations.
       As Indonesia persistently and brutally suppressed Timorese nationalist resistance, world media attention focused on this still remote island. Several sensational international and Indonesian events altered the status of occupied East Timor, following the continuation of FRETILIN guerrilla resistance. In November 1991, world media disseminated information on the Indonesian forces' slaughter of East Timorese protesters at a cemetery demonstration in the capital of Dili. In 1996, two East Timorese, Bishop Belo and José Ramos Horta, each a symbol of East Timorese resistance and the desire for independence, shared the Nobel Peace Prize. Then, in 1998, in Indonesia, the Suharto regime collapsed and was replaced by a more democratic government, which in January 1999 pledged a free referendum in East Timor. On 30 August 1999, the referendum was held, and nearly 80 percent of the East Timorese voters voted for independence from Indonesia.
       However, Indonesian armed forces and militias reacted brutally, using intimidation, murder, mayhem, and razing of buildings to try to reverse the people's will. Following some weeks of confusion, a United Nations (UN) armed forces, led by Australia, took control of East Timor and declared it a UN protectorate, to last until East Timor was secure from Indonesian aggression and prepared for full independence. East Timor had changed from a Portuguese colony to an Indonesian protectorate/colony to a fledgling nation-in-the-making.
       The status of East Timor as a ward of the UN was made official on 25 October 1999, as the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor began to prepare the country for independence. Appalling conditions prevailed: 70 percent of the country's buildings had been destroyed and nearly half of the population of 800,000 had been driven out of East Timor into uneasy refuge in West Timor, under Indonesian control. A territory without an economy, East Timor lacked police, civil servants, schools, and government records.
       With UN assistance, general elections were held in the spring of 2002; the majority of parliamentary seats were won by FRETILIN, and José "Xanana" Gusmão was elected the first president. On 20 May 2002, East Timor became independent. World luminaries adorned the independence celebrations: UN secretary-general Kofi Annan, former U.S. president Bill Clinton, and other celebrities attended. But East Timor's travails continued with civil strife and uncertainty.

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  • 29 Kennedy, Sir Alexander Blackie William

    SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping
    [br]
    b. 17 March 1847 Stepney, London, England d. 1928
    [br]
    English marine engineer and educator.
    [br]
    Sir Alexander Kennedy was trained as a marine engineer. The son of a Congregational minister, he was educated at the City of London School and the School of Mines, Jermyn Street. He was then apprenticed to J. \& W.Dudgeon of Millwall, marine engineers, and went on to become a draughtsman to Sir Charles Marsh Palmer of Jarrow (with whom he took part in the development of the compound steam-engine for marine use) and T.M.Tennant \& Co. of Leith. In 1874 he was appointed Professor of Engineering at University College, London. He built up an influential School of Engineering, being the first in England to integrate laboratory work as a regular feature of instruction. The engineering laboratory that he established in 1878 has been described as "the first of its kind in England" (Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers). He and his students conducted important experiments on the strength and elasticity of materials, boiler testing and related subjects. He followed the teaching of Franz Reuleaux, whose Kinematics of Machinery he translated from the German.
    While thus breaking new educational ground at University College, Kennedy concurrently established a very thriving private practice as a consulting engineer in partnership with Bernard Maxwell Jenkin (the son of Fleeming Jenkin), to pursue which he relinquished his academic posts in 1889. He planned and installed the whole electricity system for the Westminster Electric Supply Corporation, and other electricity companies. He was also heavily involved in the development of electrically powered transport systems. During the First World War he served on a panel of the Munitions Invention Department, and after the war he undertook to record photographically the scenes of desolation in his book From Ypres to Verdun (1921). Towards the end of his life, he pursued his interest in archaeology with the exploration of Petra, recorded in a monograph: Petra. Its History and Monuments (1925). He also joined the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1879, becoming the President of that body in 1894, and he joined the Institution of Electrical Engineers in 1890. Kennedy was thus something of an engineering polymath, as well as being an outstanding engineering educationalist.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    FRS 1887. Knighted 1905. Member, Institution of Civil Engineers 1879; President, 1906. President, Institution of Mechanical Engineers 1894.
    Bibliography
    1921, From Ypresto Verdum.
    1925, Petra. Its History and Monuments.
    Further Reading
    DNB supplement.
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  • 30 Peter the Great (Pyotr Alekseyevich Romanov)

    SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping
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    b. 10 June 1672 (30 May 1672 Old Style) Moscow, Russia
    d. 8 February 1725 (28 January 1725 Old Style) St Petersburg, Russia
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    Russian Tsar (1682–1725), Emperor of all the Russias (1722–5), founder of the Russian Navy, shipbuilder and scientist; as a shipbuilder he was known by the pseudonym Petr Mikhailov.
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    Peter the Great was a man with a single-minded approach to problems and with passionate and lifelong interests in matters scientific, military and above all maritime. The unusual and dominating rule of his vast lands brought about the age of Russian enlightenment, and ensured that his country became one of the most powerful states in Europe.
    Peter's interest in ships and shipbuilding started in his childhood; c. 1687 he had an old English-built day sailing boat repaired and launched, and on it he learned the rudiments of sailing and navigation. This craft (still preserved in St Petersburg) became known as the "Grandfather of the Russian Navy". In the years 1688 to 1693 he established a shipyard on Lake Plestsheev and then began his lifelong study of shipbuilding by visiting and giving encouragement to the industry at Archangelsk on the White Sea and Voronezh in the Sea of Azov. In October 1696, Peter took Azov from the Turks, and the Russian Fleet ever since has regarded that date as their birthday. Setting an example to the young aristocracy, Peter travelled to Western Europe to widen his experience and contacts and also to learn the trade of shipbuilding. He worked in the shipyards of Amsterdam and then at the Naval Base of Deptford on the Thames.
    The war with Sweden concentrated his attention on the Baltic and, to establish a base for trading and for the Navy, the City of St Petersburg was constructed on marshland. The Admiralty was built in the city and many new shipyards in the surrounding countryside, one being the Olonez yard which in 1703 built the frigate Standart, the first for the Baltic Fleet, which Peter himself commanded on its first voyage. The military defence of St Petersburg was effected by the construction of Kronstadt, seawards of the city.
    Throughout his life Peter was involved in ship design and it is estimated that one thousand ships were built during his reign. He introduced the building of standard ship types and also, centuries ahead of its time, the concept of prefabrication, unit assembly and the building of part hulls in different places. Officially he was the designer of the ninety-gun ship Lesnoe of 1718, and this may have influenced him in instituting Rules for Shipbuilders and for Seamen. In 1716 he commanded the joint fleets of the four naval powers: Denmark, Britain, Holland and Russia.
    He established the Marine Academy, organized and encouraged exploration and scientific research, and on his edict the St Petersburg Academy of Science was opened. He was not averse to the recruitment of foreigners to key posts in the nation's service. Peter the Great was a remarkable man, with the unusual quality of being a theorist and an innovator, in addition to the endowments of practicality and common sense.
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    Further Reading
    Robert K.Massie, 1981, Peter the Great: His Life and Work, London: Gollancz.
    Henri Troyat, 1979, Pierre le Grand; pub. in English 1988 as Peter the Great, London: Hamish Hamilton (a good all-round biography).
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  • 31 charge

    tʃɑ:dʒ
    1. сущ.
    1) а) заряд charge of gunpowder ≈ пороховой заряд positive (negative) charge ≈ положительный (отрицательный) заряд б) амер. одна доза, инъекция наркотика;
    марихуана, особ. сигарета с марихуаной в) сл. заряд (имеющаяся или скопившаяся в человеке, художественном произведении и т. п. энергия) the deeply emotional charge of the drama ≈ огромный эмоциональный заряд драмы г) амер.;
    сл. возбуждение, приятное волнение He got a charge out of the game. ≈ Он почувствовал приятное возбуждение от игры. He was getting a charge out of being close to something big. ≈ Он испытывал приятное волнение, находясь рядом с чем-то большим. Syn: thrill, kick I
    1.
    2) допускаемая нагрузка, загрузка
    3) геральдика любой девиз, символ, фигура на геральдическом щите
    4) а) обязанности, ответственность;
    руководство He has charge of the home office. ≈ Он отвечает за главный офис. This ward of the hospital is in/under the charge of Dr. Green. ≈ Эта палата находится в ведении доктора Грина. Syn: commission
    1., trust
    1. responsibility, obligation, management, supervision б) забота, попечение, надзор, наблюдение (когда речь идет о человеке или животном) ;
    хранение (вещи) children in charge of a nurse ≈ дети под присмотром няни Mary was put in charge of the child. ≈ Мери поручили присматривать за ребенком. I hope you'll never become a charge on the public. ≈ Я надеюсь, что ты никогда не будешь просить милостыню. Syn: care
    1., custody, superintendence ∙ place in charge of put in charge of - take charge of give in charge
    5) а) подопечный young charges ≈ дети, находящиеся на попечении( у кого-л.) б) церк. паства
    6) а) указание, предписание;
    приказ;
    наказ Syn: precept, injunction, instruction, mandate
    1., order
    1., command
    1. б) юр. напутствие судьи присяжным в) церк. послание епископа к пастве
    7) а) цена;
    мн. расходы, издержки at his own charge ≈ на его собственный счет to make a charge ≈ сделать некоторые расходы to reverse( the) charges, to transfer( the) charges брит.≈ изменять цены exorbitant charge ≈ очень высокие цены reasonable charge ≈ разумная цена admission charge ≈ вступительный взнос service charge ≈ плата за обслуживание There will be no charge for installation. ≈ Установка будет осуществлена бесплатно. free of charge ≈ бесплатно, даром charges forward ≈ доставка за счет покупателя Syn: expense, cost
    1. б) занесение на счет
    8) налог
    9) а) обвинение to bring, level, make a charge ≈ предъявить обвинение to bring charges of forgery against smb. ≈ обвинить кого-л. в подделывании денег to concoct, cook up, fabricate, trump up a charge ≈ фабриковать обвинение They trumped up various charges against her. ≈ Они сфабриковали против нее целый ворох обвинений. to prove, substantiate a charge ≈ доказать обвинение to face a charge ≈ быть обвиненным в чем-либо;
    смело встречать обвинение to lay to smb.'s charge ≈ обвинять кого-л. to dismiss a charge, to throw out a charge ≈ отклонять обвинение, опровергать обвинение The judge dismissed all charges. ≈ Судья снял все обвинения. to drop, retract, withdraw a charge ≈ отказываться от обвинения to deny, refute, repudiate a charge ≈ отрицать обвинение baseless, fabricated, false, trumped-up charge ≈ лживое обвинение, сфабрикованное обвинение frivolous charge ≈ пустое, пустячное обвинение charge of murder ≈ обвинение в убийстве to be arrested on various charges ≈ быть арестованным на основании нескольких обвинений Syn: accusation б) (полиц. жаргон) обвиняемый One by one the 'charges' were brought in and set before him. ≈ Обвиняемых вводили одного за другим и ставили перед ним.
    10) а) воен. (стремительная) атака, наступление to lead a charge against, to make a charge against ≈ идти в атаку против кого-л. to fight off a charge, to repel a charge, to repulse a charge ≈ отражать атаку, отражать нападение, давать отпор bayonet charge ≈ штыковая атака cavalry charge ≈ кавалерийская атака infantry charge ≈ наступление пехоты б) атака, нападение (о крупных животных, игроках, напр., в футболе и т. п.) в) сигнал атаки a trumpet charge ≈ сигнал трубы к наступлению to sound the charge ≈ возвестить о начале наступления, дать сигнал к наступлению
    11) метал. шихта;
    колоша ∙ return to the charge
    2. гл.
    1) заряжать (оружие;
    аккумулятор) (with) The wire is charged with electricity. ≈ Этот провод под напряжением. The terrorists charged the bomb with an explosive substance. ≈ Террористы зарядили бомбу взрывчаткой. Syn: load
    2.
    2) а) нагружать;
    загружать (уголь в топку и т. п.) б) насыщать, наполнять (напр., воду минеральными веществами, воздух парами и т. д.) в) заполнять, наполнять, пронизывать;
    обременять The music is charged with excitement. ≈ Вся музыка проникнута трепетом. His poetry is charged with strength and feeling. ≈ Его поэзия блещет мощью и чувством. The stores of fact with which his memory was charged. ≈ Хранилище фактов, которыми была обременена его память.
    3) геральдика помещать на щите какой-л. символ
    4) поручать, давать поручение, возлагать( ответственность и т. п.) They chargeed him with the job of finding a new meeting place. ≈ Они поручили ему найти новое место для сборищ. to charge oneself with ≈ взять на себя заботу о чем-л., ответственность за что-л.
    5) а) указывать, предписывать;
    приказывать, требовать I charge you not to go. ≈ Я требую, чтобы вы остались. Syn: command
    2., order
    2., enjoin б) юр. напутствовать присяжных( о судье) в) наставлять паству (о епископе)
    6) а) назначать, запрашивать цену They charged us ten dollars for it. ≈ Они взяли с нас за это десять долларов. What do you charge for it? ≈ Сколько вы просите за это? Сколько это стоит? How much does the hotel charge for a room? ≈ Сколько стоит номер в этом отеле? to charge on ≈ взимать б) записывать в долг;
    записывать на чей-л. счет Charge the goods against/to my account. ≈ Запишите эти вещи на мой счет.
    7) а) порицать, осуждать;
    обвинять They charges him with armed robbery. ≈ Они обвиняют его в вооруженном ограблении. They were charged as being instigators. ≈ Им предъявили обвинение в подстрекательстве. Syn: blame
    2., censure
    2., accuse б) возлагать ответственность, приписывать charge her failure to negligence ≈ приписать неудачу ее халатности
    8) а) изготавливать( оружие) к бою б) воен. атаковать( особ. в конном строю) в) нападать, атаковать, набрасываться;
    напирать, наседать to charge at ≈ нападать на кого-л. You should have seen me run when that goat charged at me! ≈ Ты бы видел, как этот козел на меня побежал! to charge down ≈ кидаться к кому-л. When Mother returned from the hospital, the children charged down to meet her. ≈ Когда мама вернулась из больницы, дети ринулись ей навстречу. to charge into ≈ врываться ∙ Syn: attack
    2. ∙ charge against charge down charge off charge with нагрузка, загрузка;
    - * of surety( специальное) допускаемая нагрузка;
    - additional * (специальное) догрузка;
    - reactivity * (специальное) запас реактивности заряд - the emotional * of the drama эмоциональный заряд этой драмы сигарета с марихуаной приятное волнение, возбуждение;
    наслаждение, удовольствие;
    - to get a * out of smth. получать удовольствие от чего-л запись о выдаче книг абонементная запись (геральдика) фигура (техническое) шихта колоша (техническое) горючая смесь( горное) заряд шпура забота, попечение;
    надзор;
    хранение;
    - to be in * of иметь на попечении или на хранении;
    отвечать за( кого-л, что-л) преим. (американизм) быть на попечении, находиться на хранении;
    - I leave you in * of him я оставляю его на ваше попечение;
    - children in * of a nurse дети под присмотром няни;
    - I leave this in your * оставляю это вам на хранение;
    - to be in * находиться под арестом;
    - to give smb. in * передать кого-л. в руки полиции;
    - to give smb. * over smth. поручать кому-л. что-л.;
    отдать кому-л. всю власть над чем-л. лицо, состоящее на попечении;
    подопечный, питомец;
    - her little *s ее маленькие питомцы;
    - he became a public * заботу о нем взяло на себя общество( церковное) паства (разговорное) заключенный, арестант обязанности;
    ответственность;
    руководство;
    - to be in * заведовать, ведать;
    руководить;
    - I am in * of this office я заведую этим учреждением;
    - he is in sole * of the matter он несет единоличную ответственность за это дело;
    быть за старшего, стоять во главе;
    - who is in * here? (разговорное) кто здесь главный?, к кому здесь можно обратиться? дежурить, быть дежурным, нести дежурство;
    - officer in * дежурный офицер;
    быть в ведении;
    - this office is in my * это учреждение подчинено мне;
    - to put in * поставить во главе;
    - to have over-all * осуществлять общее руководство предписание;
    приказ;
    наказ;
    поручение;
    требование (юридическое) напутствование присяжных заседателей председателем суда( церковное) пастырское послание епископа обвинение;
    - to lay smth. to smb.'s * обвинять кого-л. в чем-л.;
    - to bring a * against smb. предъявлять кому-л. обвинение;
    - to be acquitted of the * быть оправданным;
    - he was arrested on a * of murder он был арестован по обвинению в убийстве;
    - what is the * against him? в чем он обвиняется? цена, плата;
    - free of * бесплатно;
    - no * for admission вход бесплатный;
    - * for admittance входная плата;
    - to be a * against smb. подлежать оплате кем-л. преим. pl расходы, издержки;
    - at one's own *(s) за свой счет;
    - he gave the banquet at his own * все расходы по банкету он взял на себя;
    - * forward расходы подлежат оплате грузополучателем;
    доставка за счет покупателя занесение на счет - the sum has been placed to your * сумма отнесена на ваш счет налог;
    сбор;
    начисление;
    - port *s портовые сборы;
    - there is a small * for registering the deed за регистрацию акта нужно уплатить небольшой сбор долговое обязательство, ипотека;
    обременение;
    дебет;
    - floating * краткосрочный государственный долг;
    - * sales продажа в кредит;
    - * file (несовременное) картотека книжных формуляров - * slip книжный формуляр (военное) атака;
    - to rush to the * броситься в атаку;
    - to return to the * возобновить атаку сигнал атаки;
    - to sound the * трубить атаку нападение наступление, нападение, атака нагружать, загружать;
    - the lorry was *d to the full грузовик был нагружен до предела обременять;
    - to * one's memory with trifles забивать голову пустяками насыщать;
    наполнять;
    пропитывать;
    пронизывать;
    - *d with electricity насыщенный электричеством;
    - the air was *d with steam в воздухе стоял пар;
    - he is always *d with energy and power он всегда полон энергии и силы наполнять (стакан) ;
    - * your glasses and drink to my health! налейте бокал и выпейте за мое здоровье! заряжать (оружие) поручать, вверять;
    вменять в обязанность;
    возлагать ответственность;
    - I am *d to give you this letter мне поручено передать вам это письмо;
    - he was *d with an important mission на него была возложена важная миссия;
    - he has *d me with his son он поручил мне своего сына;
    он оставил сына на мое попечение;
    - to * with individual responsibility возлагать личную ответственность;
    - to * oneself with smth. взять на себя заботу о чем-л предписывать, приказывать;
    требовать;
    предлагать;
    - I * you to open the door! приказываю вам открыть дверь!;
    - the watchmen were *d to remain at their posts караульным было приказано оставаться на своих постах;
    - his mother *d him to look out for his little brother мать велела ему присмотреть за братишкой;
    - I * you not to accept the gift я запрещаю вам принимать этот подарок( юридическое) обвинять;
    выдвигать или предъявлять обвинение;
    - to * smb. with a crime, to * a crime upon smb. обвинять кого-л в совершении преступления;
    - to * with murder обвинять в убийстве;
    - the crimes *d against them преступления, в которых они обвинялись;
    - we ought not to * what we cannot prove нельзя выдвигать бездоказательные обвинения;
    - to * that... (американизм) выдвигать обвинение в том, что... вменять в вину;
    возлагать ответственность;
    приписывать;
    - to * smb. with neglecting his duty обвинить кого-л в пренебрежении своими обязанностями;
    - to * a fault on smb. приписывать кому-л ошибку;
    возлагать на кого-л ответственность за ошибку назначать, запрашивать цену, плату;
    взимать;
    - to * a high price назначить высокую цену;
    - how much do you * for packing? сколько вы берете за упаковку? записывать в долг;
    относить или записывать на счет;
    (бухгалтерское) дебетовать;
    - to * to account поставить на счет;
    - * these goods to me запишите эту покупку на мой счет;
    счет за покупку пришлите мне;
    - shall I * it? прислать вам счет;
    - we shall * the loss against you убыток мы отнесем на ваш счет;
    - to * the public (американизм) относить за счет государства;
    - to * forward наложить платеж;
    взыскать наложенным платежом;
    - expenses *d forward с наложенным платежом за расходы (военное) атаковать;
    - our soldiers *d the enemy наши войска атаковали неприятеля нападать, атаковать, набрасываться;
    напирать, наседать;
    - the police *d the strikers полиция напала на стачечников;
    - the dog *d at me собака бросилась на меня;
    - the horses *d into the crowd лошади врезались в толпу;
    - our players * again and again наша команда снова и снова переходила в нападение газировать( воду) записывать выдачу книг, делать абонементную запись наводить, нацеливать( юридическое) напутствовать присяжных заседателей (геральдика) изображать на щите;
    - he *s three roses у него в гербе три золотые розы (разговорное) см. charge d'affaires account administration ~ плата за ведение счетов additional ~ доплата additional ~ надбавка additional management ~ дополнительные затраты на содержание управленческого аппарата administrative ~ административные расходы annual depreciation ~ годовая сумма начисленного износа ~ цена;
    pl расходы, издержки;
    at his own charge на его собственный счет;
    free of charge бесплатно;
    charges forward доставка за счет покупателя at no ~ бесплатно bank ~ банковские расходы bank ~ банковский комиссионный платеж bank ~ банковский сбор ~ обязанности;
    ответственность;
    I am in charge of this department этот отдел подчинен мне, я заведую этим отделом;
    to be in charge воен. быть за старшего, командовать be in ~ of быть на попечении be in ~ of иметь на попечении be in ~ of иметь на хранении be in ~ of находиться на хранении be in ~ of отвечать bring a ~ against предъявлять обвинение car hire ~ плата за прокат автомобиля card ~ оплата по карточке carriage ~ плата за перевозку carriage ~ стоимость перевозки carrying ~ процент, взимаемый брокерами за ссуду под ценные бумаги carrying ~ стоимость кредита при продаже товара в рассрочку carrying ~ стоимость хранения наличного товара carrying ~ стоимость хранения товара во фьючерсной торговле carrying ~ сумма, которую клиент платит брокеру при покупке ценных бумаг в кредит carrying ~ текущие расходы carrying ~ эксплуатационные расходы charge аргументация в исковом заявлении в опровержение предполагаемых доводов ответчика ~ воен. атаковать (особ. в конном строю) ~ взыскивать ~ вменять в обязанность ~ возлагать ответственность ~ возлагать расход ~ выдвигать обвинение ~ дебет ~ долговое обязательство ~ забота, попечение;
    надзор;
    хранение;
    children in charge of a nurse дети, порученные няне;
    a nurse in charge of children няня, которой поручена забота о детях ~ заведывание, руководство, попечение, ведение ~ заведывание ~ загружать ~ заключительное обращение судьи к присяжным ~ заключительное обращение судьи к присяжным заседателям ~ залоговое право ~ записывать в долг ~ записывать на дебет ~ запрашивать цену ~ лицо, находящееся на попечении ~ нагружать ~ назначать цену ~ начисление, начислять, сбор, налог, облагать ~ начислять сбор ~ обвинение ~ юр. обвинение ~ обвинять ~ обращение взыскания ~ обременение вещи, залоговое право ~ обременение вещи ~ юр. обязанность ~ обязательство ~ обязывать ~ юр. ответственность ~ относить на счет ~ письменная детализация требований стороны по делу ~ плата ~ попечение ~ поручать ~ поручение ~ предлагать ~ предписание ~ предписывать ~ предъявлять обвинение ~ пункт обвинения ~ расход ~ руководство ~ юр. заключительная речь судьи к присяжным ~ занесение на счет ~ записывать в долг ~ заряд ~ заряжать (оружие;
    аккумулятор) ~ лицо, состоящее на попечении;
    her little charges ее маленькие питомцы;
    young charges дети, находящиеся на (чьем-л.) попечении ~ нагружать;
    загружать;
    обременять (память) ;
    насыщать;
    наполнять (стакан вином при тосте) ~ нагрузка, загрузка;
    бремя ~ назначать цену, просить( for - за что-л.) ;
    they charged us ten dollars for it они взяли с нас за это десять долларов ~ налог ~ воен. нападение, атака (тж. перен.- в разговоре, споре) ;
    сигнал к атаке;
    to return to the charge возобновить атаку ~ юр. напутствовать присяжных (о судье) ~ обвинение;
    to lay to (smb.'s) charge обвинять (кого-л.) ~ обвинять;
    to charge with murder обвинять в убийстве ~ обязанности;
    ответственность;
    I am in charge of this department этот отдел подчинен мне, я заведую этим отделом;
    to be in charge воен. быть за старшего, командовать ~ церк. паства ~ поручать, вверять;
    to charge with an important mission давать важное поручение;
    to charge oneself (with smth.) взять на себя заботу (о чем-л.), ответственность (за что-л.) ~ церк. послание епископа к пастве ~ предписание;
    поручение;
    требование ~ предписывать;
    требовать (особ. о судье, епископе) ;
    I charge you to obey я требую, чтобы вы повиновались ~ сбор ~ тариф ~ требование ~ требовать оплату ~ требовать цену ~ цена;
    pl расходы, издержки;
    at his own charge на его собственный счет;
    free of charge бесплатно;
    charges forward доставка за счет покупателя ~ цена, назначать цену, расход, возлагать расход ~ цена ~ метал. шихта;
    колоша ~ d'affaires( pl charges d'affaires) фр. дип. поверенный в делах d'affaires: d'affaires: charge ~ поверенный в делах ~ for a call плата за телефонный разговор ~ for checking плата за проверку ~ of fraud обвинение в мошенничестве ~ on assets established by court order плата за фонды, установленная постановлением суда ~ поручать, вверять;
    to charge with an important mission давать важное поручение;
    to charge oneself (with smth.) взять на себя заботу (о чем-л.), ответственность (за что-л.) ~ to account относить на счет ~ to jury напутствие присяжных ~ to own capital относить на собственный капитал ~ поручать, вверять;
    to charge with an important mission давать важное поручение;
    to charge oneself (with smth.) взять на себя заботу (о чем-л.), ответственность (за что-л.) ~ обвинять;
    to charge with murder обвинять в убийстве ~ цена;
    pl расходы, издержки;
    at his own charge на его собственный счет;
    free of charge бесплатно;
    charges forward доставка за счет покупателя forward: charges ~ расходы подлежат оплате грузополучателем ~ забота, попечение;
    надзор;
    хранение;
    children in charge of a nurse дети, порученные няне;
    a nurse in charge of children няня, которой поручена забота о детях clearance ~ стоимость таможенной очистки COD ~ сбор за отправление наложенным платежом collection ~ затраты на инкассирование collection ~ затраты на сбор страховых взносов community ~ местный налог customs clearance ~ уплата таможенной пошлины customs formality ~ таможенная пошлина daily wagon-hire ~ суточная плата за аренду вагона delinquency ~ взимание просроченного платежа delinquency ~ пеня за задержку платежа delivery ~ плата за доставку demand ~ платеж по требованию deny the ~ отрицать обвинение deny: ~ отрицать;
    to deny the charge отвергать обвинение depositary's ~ плата за хранение в депозитарии detention ~ возмещение за простой судна сверх контрсталии dismiss the ~ отклонять обвинение dispatch ~ плата за отправку dispatching ~ стоимость отправки drop-off ~ плата за возврат контейнера dunning ~ взыскиваемый налог dunning ~ востребованный налог effluent ~ плата за выбросы в окружающую среду empty equipment handover ~ расходы на порожние перевозки express delivery ~ почт. сбор за срочную доставку extra ~ дополнительная плата fixed ~ постоянные затраты fixed ~ постоянные издержки fixed ~ финансовые платежи с фиксированными сроками уплаты flat ~ разовый платеж floating ~ краткосрочный государственный долг ~ цена;
    pl расходы, издержки;
    at his own charge на его собственный счет;
    free of charge бесплатно;
    charges forward доставка за счет покупателя free: ~ of charge безвозмездный ~ of charge бесплатно ~ of charge бесплатный;
    free of debt не имеющий долгов, задолженности ~ of charge бесплатный freight ~ плата за провоз this is left in my ~ and is not my own это оставлено мне на хранение, это не мое;
    to give (smb.) in charge передать (кого-л.) в руки полиции handling ~ транс. плата за обработку грузов handling ~ транс. плата за перевалку грузов handling ~ транс. плата за перегрузку handling ~ плата за погрузочно-разгрузочные работы ~ лицо, состоящее на попечении;
    her little charges ее маленькие питомцы;
    young charges дети, находящиеся на (чьем-л.) попечении ~ обязанности;
    ответственность;
    I am in charge of this department этот отдел подчинен мне, я заведую этим отделом;
    to be in charge воен. быть за старшего, командовать ~ предписывать;
    требовать (особ. о судье, епископе) ;
    I charge you to obey я требую, чтобы вы повиновались in ~ of ответственный за initial ~ первоначальный сбор issue ~ эмиссионный сбор land ~ налог с земельной собственности ~ обвинение;
    to lay to (smb.'s) charge обвинять (кого-л.) leasing ~ плата за аренду legal ~ судебная пошлина legal ~ судебный сбор loading ~ надбавка к тарифной ставке, компенсирующая расходы по страхованию loading ~ плата за погрузочные работы loading ~ плата за управление капиталом, внесенным в общий инвестиционный траст-фонд lowest ~ самая низкая плата maintenance ~ плата за техническое обслуживание minimum ~ минимальный тариф minimum ~ наименьшая плата за перевозку груза minimum utilization ~ минимальная плата за использование контейнера monthly licence ~ (MLC) ежемесячная плата за лицензию nonrecurring ~ разовый расход ~ забота, попечение;
    надзор;
    хранение;
    children in charge of a nurse дети, порученные няне;
    a nurse in charge of children няня, которой поручена забота о детях one-time ~ (OTC) разовый сбор OTC: OTC, one-time charge разовый сбор operating ~ текущий сбор overdraft ~ комиссионный сбор за предоставление кредита по текущему счету parking ~ плата за парковку penalty ~ штраф per diem ~ плата на основе суточных ставок per diem ~ суточный тариф prefer a ~ выдвигать обвинение prior ~ предварительный платеж protest ~ комиссионный платеж за оформление протеста векселя quarrying ~ плата за разработку карьера reduced ~ льготный тариф refrigerated vehicle ~ тариф за перевозки в авторефрижераторе refrigerator wagon ~ фрахт за перевозки в вагоне-рефрижераторе renewal ~ возобновительный взнос rent ~ плата за прокат rental ~ плата за прокат ~ воен. нападение, атака (тж. перен.- в разговоре, споре) ;
    сигнал к атаке;
    to return to the charge возобновить атаку road ~ дорожный сбор road maintenance ~ плата за содержание дорог sales ~ комиссионный сбор, уплачиваемый инвестором брокеру при покупке или продаже участия во взаимном инвестиционном фонде service ~ затраты на обслуживание service ~ плата за обслуживание service ~ расходы на обслуживание service ~ сбор за обслуживание service ~ тариф за обслуживание stand-by arrangement ~ затраты на содержание резервной мощности state ~ государственные расходы statutory ~ установленный платеж statutory ~ установленный сбор statutory ~ установленный тариф storage ~ плата за хранение storage ~ складские расходы street ~ неофициальный платеж take-off ~ сбор за взлет tax ~ начисление налога telephone ~ плата за телефонный разговор ~ назначать цену, просить (for - за что-л.) ;
    they charged us ten dollars for it они взяли с нас за это десять долларов this is left in my ~ and is not my own это оставлено мне на хранение, это не мое;
    to give (smb.) in charge передать (кого-л.) в руки полиции trade ~ почтовый сбор utilization ~ стоимость утилизации wagon demurrage ~ плата за простой вагона warehousing ~ складской сбор what do you ~ for it? сколько вы просите за это?, сколько это стоит? withdraw a ~ отказываться от обвинения ~ лицо, состоящее на попечении;
    her little charges ее маленькие питомцы;
    young charges дети, находящиеся на (чьем-л.) попечении

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > charge

  • 32 post

    n
    - consular posts консульські представництва, консульські заклади
    - established post штатна посада
    - top leadership post керівна посада
    - to take up a post зайняти посаду

    English-Ukrainian diplomatic dictionary > post

  • 33 planted

    ['plɑːntɪd]
    прил.
    1) насаженный, посаженный ( о деревьях); засаженный ( о территории)

    In the newly planted alleys of Versailles. — На новых аллеях Версаля, только что засаженных деревьями.

    2) расположенный, размещённый, поставленный
    Syn:
    4)
    а) (тайно) засланный, подосланный ( о человеке)
    б) (тайно) подброшенный, подкинутый ( о предмете)

    Англо-русский современный словарь > planted

  • 34 precedence

    n
    1) старшинство; более высокое положение; градация рангов
    - take the precedence of smb.
    - have the precedence of smb.
    - notify internal order of precedence to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the state of residence
    2) первоочерёдность; предпочтение; приоритет
    •

    English-russian dctionary of diplomacy > precedence

  • 35 Guinea-Bissau

       Former West African colony of Portugal until its independence in September 1974, Guinea-Bissau (not to be confused with Guinea-Conakry, its neighbor to the east and south) was the scene of Portuguese activity, at least on the coast, since the mid-l5th century. Its area is about 22,256 square kilometers (14,000 square miles). Portugal established a few forts and trading posts on the coast of what became Guinea-Bissau, and the slave trade became the major economic activity until the mid l9th century. Portugal's coastal presence was not expanded to the tropical interior until the 19th century, when Lisbon supported various so-called "pacification" campaigns. African resistance continued, however, to 1936.
       With the formation of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAICG), the principal nationalist movement, in 1956, African resistance increased. Between 1963 and 1974, a war of insurgency against Portuguese colonial rule was fought in the country. Unlike Portugal's territories in southern Africa— Angola and Mozambique — Guinea-Bissau did not have Portuguese settlement of any consequence, and the major private company that dominated the territory's economy (Companhia União Fabril) withdrew most of its assets by 1972. An important part of the alienation and radicalization of the Armed Forces Movement's officers took place in the grueling bush war in Guinea-Bissau. After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal granted independence to this colony.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Guinea-Bissau

  • 36 Bodmer, Johann Georg

    [br]
    b. 9 December 1786 Zurich, Switzerland
    d. 30 May 1864 Zurich, Switzerland
    [br]
    Swiss mechanical engineer and inventor.
    [br]
    John George Bodmer (as he was known in England) showed signs of great inventive ability even as a child. Soon after completing his apprenticeship to a local millwright, he set up his own work-shop at Zussnacht. One of his first inventions, in 1805, was a shell which exploded on impact. Soon after this he went into partnership with Baron d'Eichthal to establish a cotton mill at St Blaise in the Black Forest. Bodmer designed the water-wheels and all the machinery. A few years later they established a factory for firearms and Bodmer designed special machine tools and developed a system of interchangeable manufacture comparable with American developments at that time. More inventions followed, including a detachable bayonet for breech-loading rifles and a rifled, breech-loading cannon for 12 lb (5.4 kg) shells.
    Bodmer was appointed by the Grand Duke of Baden to the posts of Director General of the Government Iron Works and Inspector of Artillery. He left St Blaise in 1816 and entered completely into the service of the Grand Duke, but before taking up his duties he visited Britain for the first time and made an intensive five-month tour of textile mills, iron works, workshops and similar establishments.
    In 1821 he returned to Switzerland and was engaged in setting up cotton mills and other engineering works. In 1824 he went back to England, where he obtained a patent for his improvements in cotton machinery and set up a mill near Bolton incorporating his ideas. His health failing, he was obliged to return to Switzerland in 1828, but he was soon busy with engineering works there and in France. In 1833 he went to England again, first to Bolton and four years later to Manchester in partnership with H.H.Birley. In the next ten years he patented many more inventions in the fields of textile machinery, steam engines and machine tools. These included a balanced steam engine, a mechanical stoker, steam engine valve gear, gear-cutting machines and a circular planer or vertical lathe, anticipating machines of this type later developed in America by E.P. Bullard. The metric system was used in his workshops and in gearing calculations he introduced the concept of diametral pitch, which then became known as "Manchester Pitch". The balanced engine was built in stationary form and in two locomotives, but although their running was remarkably smooth the additional complication prevented their wider use.
    After the death of H.H.Birley in 1846, Bodmer removed to London until 1848, when he went to Austria. About 1860 he returned to his native town of Zurich. He remained actively engaged in all kinds of inventions up to the end of his life. He obtained fourteen British patents, each of which describes many inventions; two of these patents were extended beyond the normal duration of fourteen years. Two others were obtained on his behalf, one by his brother James in 1813 for his cannon and one relating to railways by Charles Fox in 1847. Many of his inventions had little direct influence but anticipated much later developments. His ideas were sound and some of his engines and machine tools were in use for over sixty years. He was elected a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1835.
    [br]
    Bibliography
    1845, "The advantages of working stationary and marine engines with high-pressure steam, expansively and at great velocities; and of the compensating, or double crank system", Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers 4:372–99.
    1846, "On the combustion of fuel in furnaces and steam-boilers, with a description of Bodmer's fire-grate", Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers 5:362–8.
    Further Reading
    H.W.Dickinson, 1929–30, "Diary of John George Bodmer, 1816–17", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 10:102–14.
    D.Brownlie, 1925–6, John George Bodmer, his life and work, particularly in relation to the evolution of mechanical stoking', Transactions of the Newcomen Society 6:86–110.
    W.O.Henderson (ed.), 1968, Industrial Britain Under the Regency: The Diaries of Escher, Bodmer, May and de Gallois 1814–1818, London: Frank Cass (a more complete account of his visit to Britain).
    RTS

    Biographical history of technology > Bodmer, Johann Georg

  • 37 Cushing, Harvey Williams

    SUBJECT AREA: Medical technology
    [br]
    b. 8 April 1869 Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    d. 7 October 1939 New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    [br]
    American neurosurgeon and innovator of antihaemorrhagic techniques including the use of electrocoagulation.
    [br]
    Cushing graduated in medicine from Harvard University in 1895, having already acquired an arts degree at Yale (1891). He held posts in Boston and at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, from 1897 until 1890, and then travelled abroad. After studying in Germany and England he returned to Baltimore to become Assistant Professor of Surgery in 1903 working under W.S. Halsted, a post he held until 1912. In 1905 he started specializing in neurosurgery, undertaking much experimental work and developing new instruments and techniques, such as spinal anaesthesia and in particular the electrosurgical methods pioneered by W.T. Bovie.
    Returning to Harvard as Professor of Surgery, he established a renowned school of neurosurgery. He retired from Harvard in 1932, becoming Stirling Professor of Neurosurgery until 1937 and then Director of Studies in the History of Medicine at Yale.
    His researches in neurophysiology were extensive and the eponymous pituitary syndrome is only one of a large number of discoveries in the field. He was awarded numerous honours, both American and international. He was a noted bibliophile, particularly of medical books and manuscripts, and his own extensive collection was bequeathed to Yale, becoming an important part of the Historical Medical Library.
    [br]
    Bibliography
    1928, "Electrosurgery as an aid to the removal of intracranial tumours", Surg. Gynec. Obstet.
    Further Reading
    J.F.Fulton, 1946, Harvey Cushing: A Biography.
    MG

    Biographical history of technology > Cushing, Harvey Williams

  • 38 Fermi, Enrico

    [br]
    b. 29 September 1901 Rome, Italy
    d. 28 November 1954 Chicago, USA
    [br]
    Italian nuclear physicist.
    [br]
    Fermi was one of the most versatile of twentieth-century physicists, one of the few to excel in both theory and experiment. His greatest theoretical achievements lay in the field of statistics and his theory of beta decay. His statistics, parallel to but independent of Dirac, were the key to the modern theory of metals and the statistical modds of the atomic nucleus. On the experimental side, his most notable discoveries were artificial radioactivity produced by neutron bombardment and the realization of a controlled nuclear chain reaction, in the world's first nuclear reactor.
    Fermi received a conventional education with a chemical bias, but reached proficiency in mathematics and physics largely through his own reading. He studied at Pisa University, where he taught himself modern physics and then travelled to extend his knowledge, spending time with Max Born at Göttingen. On his return to Italy, he secured posts in Florence and, in 1927, in Rome, where he obtained the first Italian Chair in Theoretical Physics, a subject in which Italy had so far lagged behind. He helped to bring about a rebirth of physics in Italy and devoted himself to the application of statistics to his model of the atom. For this work, Fermi was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1938, but in December of that year, finding the Fascist regime uncongenial, he transferred to the USA and Columbia University. The news that nuclear fission had been achieved broke shortly before the Second World War erupted and it stimulated Fermi to consider this a way of generating secondary nuclear emission and the initiation of chain reactions. His experiments in this direction led first to the discovery of slow neutrons.
    Fermi's work assumed a more practical aspect when he was invited to join the Manhattan Project for the construction of the first atomic bomb. His small-scale work at Columbia became large-scale at Chicago University. This culminated on 2 December 1942 when the first controlled nuclear reaction took place at Stagg Field, Chicago, an historic event indeed. Later, Fermi spent most of the period from September 1944 to early 1945 at Los Alamos, New Mexico, taking part in the preparations for the first test explosion of the atomic bomb on 16 July 1945. President Truman invited Fermi to serve on his Committee to advise him on the use of the bomb. Then Chicago University established an Institute for Nuclear Studies and offered Fermi a professorship, which he took up early in 1946, spending the rest of his relatively short life there.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Nobel Prize for Physics 1938.
    Bibliography
    1962–5, Collected Papers, ed. E.Segrè et al., 2 vols, Chicago (includes a biographical introduction and bibliography).
    Further Reading
    L.Fermi, 1954, Atoms in the Family, Chicago (a personal account by his wife).
    E.Segrè, 1970, Enrico Fermi, Physicist, Chicago (deals with the more scientific aspects of his life).
    LRD

    Biographical history of technology > Fermi, Enrico

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