program class

(19061980)

   Marcello Caetano, as the last prime minister of the Estado Novo, was both the heir and successor of Antônio de Oliveira Salazar. In a sense, Caetano was one of the founders and sustainers of this unusual regime and, at various crucial stages of its long life, Caetano's contribution was as important as Salazar's.

   Born in Lisbon in 1906 to a middle-class family, Caetano was a member of the student generation that rebelled against the unstable parliamentary First Republic and sought answers to Portugal's legion of troubles in conservative ideologies such as integralism, Catholic reformism, and the Italian Fascist model. One of the most brilliant students at the University of Lisbon's Law School, Caetano soon became directly involved in government service in various ministries, including Salazar's Ministry of Finance. When Caetano was not teaching full-time at the law school in Lisbon and influencing new generations of students who became critical of the regime he helped construct, Caetano was in important government posts and working on challenging assignments. In the 1930s, he participated in reforms in the Ministry of Finance, in the writing of the 1933 Constitution, in the formation of the new civil code, of which he was in part the author, and in the construction of corporativism, which sought to control labor-management relations and other aspects of social engineering. In a regime largely directed by academics from the law faculties of Coimbra University and the University of Lisbon, Caetano was the leading expert on constitutional law, administrative law, political science, and colonial law. A prolific writer as both a political scientist and historian, Caetano was the author of the standard political science, administrative law, and history of law textbooks, works that remained in print and in use among students long after his exile and death.

   After his apprenticeship service in a number of ministries, Caetano rose steadily in the system. At age 38, he was named minister for the colonies (1944 47), and unlike many predecessors, he "went to see for himself" and made important research visits to Portugal's African territories. In 1955-58, Caetano served in the number-three position in the regime in the Ministry of the Presidency of the Council (premier's office); he left office for full-time academic work in part because of his disagreements with Salazar and others on regime policy and failures to reform at the desired pace. In 1956 and 1957, Caetano briefly served as interim minister of communications and of foreign affairs.

   Caetano's opportunity to take Salazar's place and to challenge even more conservative forces in the system came in the 1960s. Portugal's most prominent law professor had a public falling out with the regime in March 1962, when he resigned as rector of Lisbon University following a clash between rebellious students and the PIDE, the political police. When students opposing the regime organized strikes on the University of Lisbon campus, Caetano resigned his rectorship after the police invaded the campus and beat and arrested some students, without asking permission to enter university premises from university authorities.

   When Salazar became incapacitated in September 1968, President Américo Tomás named Caetano prime minister. His tasks were formidable: in the midst of remarkable economic growth in Portugal, continued heavy immigration of Portuguese to France and other countries, and the costly colonial wars in three African colonies, namely Angola, Guinea- Bissau, and Mozambique, the regime struggled to engineer essential social and political reforms, win the wars in Africa, and move toward meaningful political reforms. Caetano supported moderately important reforms in his first two years in office (1968-70), as well as the drafting of constitutional revisions in 1971 that allowed a slight liberalization of the Dictatorship, gave the opposition more room for activity, and decentrali zed authority in the overseas provinces (colonies). Always aware of the complexity of Portugal's colonial problems and of the ongoing wars, Caetano made several visits to Africa as premier, and he sought to implement reforms in social and economic affairs while maintaining the expensive, divisive military effort, Portugal's largest armed forces mobilization in her history.

   Opposed by intransigent right-wing forces in various sectors in both Portugal and Africa, Caetano's modest "opening" of 1968-70 soon narrowed. Conservative forces in the military, police, civil service, and private sectors opposed key political reforms, including greater democratization, while pursuing the military solution to the African crisis and personal wealth. A significant perspective on Caetano's failed program of reforms, which could not prevent the advent of a creeping revolution in society, is a key development in the 1961-74 era of colonial wars: despite Lisbon's efforts, the greater part of Portuguese emigration and capital investment during this period were directed not to the African colonies but to Europe, North America, and Brazil.

   Prime Minister Caetano, discouraged by events and by opposition to his reforms from the so-called "Rheumatic Brigade" of superannuated regime loyalists, attempted to resign his office, but President Américo Tomás convinced him to remain. The publication and public reception of African hero General Antônio Spinola's best-selling book Portugal e Futuro (Portugal and the Future) in February 1974 convinced the surprised Caetano that a coup and revolution were imminent. When the virtually bloodless, smoothly operating military coup was successful in what became known as the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Caetano surrendered to the Armed Forces Movement in Lisbon and was flown to Madeira Island and later to exile in Brazil, where he remained for the rest of his life. In his Brazilian exile, Caetano was active writing important memoirs and histories of the Estado Novo from his vantage point, teaching law at a private university in Rio de Janeiro, and carrying on a lively correspondence with persons in Portugal. He died at age 74, in 1980, in Brazil.

    See also Empire, Portuguese overseas.

call

A n

1 Telecom appel m (téléphonique) (from de) ; business call appel professionnel ; private ou personal call appel privé ; (tele)phone call appel m (téléphonique) ; I have a call for you j'ai un appel pour vous ; to make a call appeler, téléphoner ; to make a call to Italy appeler l'Italie, téléphoner en Italie ; to receive/take a call recevoir/prendre un appel ; to give sb a call appeler qn ; to return sb's call rappeler qn ; to put a call through to sb passer un appel à qn ;

2 ( audible cry) ( human) appel m (for à) ; ( animal) cri m ; to give sb a call appeler qn ;

3 ( summons) appel m, this is the last call for passengers to Berlin Aviat ceci est le dernier appel pour les passagers à destination de Berlin ; this is your ten minute call Theat en scène dans dix minutes ; to put out a call for sb ( over public address) faire appeler qn ; ( over radio) lancer un appel à qn ; the Red Cross has put out a call for blankets la Croix Rouge a lancé un appel pour obtenir des couvertures ;

4 ( visit) visite f ; social call visite f de courtoisie ; to make ou pay a call lit rendre visite (on à) ; to pay a call euph aller aux toilettes ; to return sb's call rendre sa visite à qn ;

5 ( demand) demande f ; the strikers' call for a pay rise la demande d'augmentation de salaire de la part des grévistes ; there were calls for his resignation sa démission a été réclamée ; a call for reform une demande de réforme ; she has many calls on her time elle est très sollicitée ; there's no call for it Comm il n'y a pas de demande (pour cet article) ; we don't get much call for that nous n'avons guère de demande pour cela ; to have first call on sth avoir la priorité sur qch ;

6 ( need) there's no call for sth/to do il n'y a pas de raison pour qch/de faire ; there was no call for her to say that elle n'avait aucune raison or aucun besoin de dire cela ;

7 ( allure) (of mountains, sea, the unknown) appel m (of de) ;

8 Sport décision f ;

9 Fin ( for repayment of loan) demande f de remboursement ; ( request) appel m ; ( right to buy) option f d'achat ; money at ou on call argent à court terme or au jour le jour ; on three months' call à trois mois ; payable at call remboursable sur présentation or à vue ; a call for capital/tenders un appel de fonds/d'offres ;

10 ( duty) to be on call [doctor] être de garde ; [engineer] être de service ;

11 Relig ( vocation) vocation f.

B vtr

1 ( say loudly) ( also call out) appeler [name, number] ; crier [answer, instructions] ; annoncer [result] ; Games parier [heads, tails] ; annoncer [flight] ; to call the register Sch faire l'appel ; he called (out) ‘Goodbye’ il a crié ‘au revoir’ ;

2 ( summon) appeler [lift] ; ( by shouting) appeler [person, animal, witness] ; ( by phone) appeler [person, police, taxi] ; ( by letter) convoquer [applicant, candidate] ; he was called before the committee il a été convoqué devant la commission ; the boss called me into his office le chef m'a fait venir dans son bureau ; the police were called to the scene la police a été appelée sur les lieux ; I've called you a taxi je vous ai appelé un taxi ; come when you're called venez quand on vous appelle ; call the next witness appelez le témoin suivant ; you may be called to give evidence il se peut que vous soyez convoqué pour témoigner ;

3 ( telephone) ( also call up) appeler [person, institution, number] (at à ; from de) ; don't call us, we'll call you hum (n'appelez pas) nous vous appellerons ;

4 ( give a name) appeler [person, baby, animal, place, product] (by par) ; intituler [book, film, music, play] ; she prefers to be called by her maiden name elle préfère qu'on l'appelle par son nom de jeune fille ;

5 ( arrange) organiser [strike] ; convoquer [conference, meeting, rehearsal] ; fixer [election] ;

6 ( waken) réveiller [person] ; what time shall I call you in the morning? à quelle heure voulez-vous que je vous réveille? ;

7 ( describe as) to call sb stupid/a liar traiter qn d'imbécile/de menteur/-euse ; I wouldn't call it spacious/beautiful je ne dirais pas que c'est vaste/beau ; do you call that plate clean? tu appelles ça une assiette propre? ; it's not what you'd call an exciting film on ne peut pas dire que ce film soit passionnant ; it's what you might call a delicate situation c'est ce qui s'appelle une situation délicate ; call that a garden ○ ! tu appelles ça un jardin! ; call it what you will appelle ça comme tu veux ; parapsychology or whatever they ou you call it ○ la métapsychologie ou quelque chose dans ce goût-là ○ ; (let's) call it £5 disons cinq livres sterling ; he hasn't a place to call his own il n'a pas de chez-lui ;

8 Sport [referee, linesman] déclarer ; the linesman called the ball in le juge de ligne a déclaré que la balle était bonne ;

9 Fin demander le remboursement de [loan] ;

10 Comput appeler [file, program].

C vi

1 ( cry out) ( also call out) [person, animal] appeler ; ( louder) crier ; [bird] crier ; London calling Radio ici Londres ;

2 ( telephone) appeler ; where are you calling from? d'où appelez-vous? ; I'm calling about your advertisement j'appelle au sujet de votre annonce ; thank you for calling merci d'avoir appelé ; please call back in an hour rappelez dans une heure s'il vous plaît, veuillez rappeler dans une heure fml ; to call home appeler chez soi or à la maison ; who's calling? qui est à l'appareil? ;

3 ( visit) passer ; to call at [person] passer chez [person, shop] ; [person] passer à [bank, library, town] ; [train] s'arrêter à [town, station] ; [boat] faire escale à [port] ; the London train calling at Reading and Slough le train à destination de Londres desservant les gares de Reading et Slough ;

4 (tossing coins, racquet) parier ; you call, heads or tails? à toi de parier, pile ou face?

D v refl to call oneself se faire appeler [Smith, Bob] ; ( claim to be) se dire, se prétendre [poet, designer] ; he calls himself a writer but… il se dit or se prétend écrivain mais… ; call yourself a sailor ○ ? et tu te prétends marin? ; I am proud to call myself European je suis fier d'être européen.

it was a close call c'était de justesse.

■ call away:

▶ call [sb] away appeler ; to be called away être obligé de s'absenter.

■ call back:

▶ call back

1 ( on phone) rappeler ;

2 ( return) repasser ;

▶ call [sb] back

1 (summon by shouting, phone back) rappeler [person] ;

2 ( recall) rappeler [representative, diplomat].

■ call by passer.

■ call down:

▶ call down ( shout from above) appeler ;

▶ call down [sth], call [sth] down appeler [blessing, curse, vengeance] (on sur).

■ call for:

▶ call for [sth]

1 ( shout) appeler à [help] ; appeler [ambulance, doctor] ;

2 ( demand) [person] demander [food, drink, equipment, tool] ; [report, article, politician, protesters] réclamer [changes, improvements] ; they are calling for talks to be extended ils réclament la prolongation des négociations ;

3 ( require) [situation, problem, conditions] exiger [treatment, skill, action, understanding] ; nécessiter [change, intervention, improvements] ; this calls for a celebration! ça se fête! ; that was not called for c'était déplacé ;

4 ( collect) passer prendre [person] ; passer chercher [object].

■ call forth littér:

▶ call forth [sth], call [sth] forth susciter.

■ call in:

▶ call in

1 ( visit) passer ;

2 ( telephone) appeler ; to call in sick [employee] appeler pour dire qu'on est malade ;

▶ call in [sb], call [sb] in

1 lit ( summon inside) faire rentrer [person, animal] ; faire entrer [candidate, client, patient] ;

2 ( send for) faire appel à [expert, police, engineer] ;

▶ call in [sth], call [sth] in

1 ( recall) demander le retour de [library book, ticket, surplus, supplies] ; retirer [qch] de la circulation [currency] ; retirer [qch] du commerce [product] ;

2 Fin demander le remboursement de [loan].

■ call off:

▶ call off [sth], call [sth] off

1 lit rappeler [dog, attacker] ;

2 fig ( halt) interrompre [arrangement, deal, plan, search, investigation, strike] ; ( cancel) annuler [show, meeting, wedding] ; to call off one's engagement rompre ses fiançailles ; to call off a strike annuler un ordre de grève ; let's call the whole thing off laissons tomber.

■ call on:

▶ call on [sb/sth]

1 ( visit) ( also call in on) rendre visite à [relative, friend] ; visiter [patient, client] ;

2 ( invite) demander à [speaker, lecturer] (to do de faire) ;

3 ( urge) demander à (to do de faire) ; ( stronger) enjoindre fml (to do de faire) ; he called on his colleagues to oppose it il a demandé à ses collègues de s'y opposer ;

4 (appeal to, resort to) s'adresser à [person] ; avoir recours à [services] ; faire appel à [moral quality] ; neighbours she can call on des voisins à qui elle peut s'adresser ; we will call on your services nous aurons recours à vos services ; you will have to call on all your patience and courage il faudra faire appel à toute ta patience et tout ton courage.

■ call out:

▶ call out ( cry aloud) appeler ; ( louder) crier ;

▶ call out [sb], call [sb] out

1 ( summon outside) appeler ; the teacher called me out to the front of the class le professeur m'a fait venir devant le reste de la classe ;

2 ( send for) appeler [expert, doctor, emergency service, repairman, troops] ;

3 Ind [union] lancer un ordre de grève à [members] ; to call sb out on strike lancer un ordre de grève à qn ;

▶ call [sth] out, call out [sth] appeler [name, number].

■ call over:

▶ call over to [sb] appeler ;

▶ call [sb] over appeler.

■ call round ( visit) venir.

■ call up:

▶ call up appeler ;

▶ call up [sb/sth], call [sb/sth] up

1 ( on phone) appeler ;

2 ( summon) appeler [reserves, reinforcements] ; appeler [qn] sous les drapeaux [soldier] ; invoquer [ghost, spirit] ;

3 ( evoke) rappeler [memory, past event, scene] ;

4 Comput appeler (à l'écran), afficher [data, file, menu] ;

5 Sport sélectionner [player].

■ call upon = call on.

background ['bækgraʊnd]

1 noun

(a) (scene, view) fond m, arrière-plan m; (sound) fond m sonore; Theatre fond m;

∎ yellow flowers on a green background des fleurs jaunes sur fond vert;

∎ in the background dans le fond, à l'arrière-plan;

∎ music was playing in the background il y avait de la musique en bruit de fond;

∎ there was a lot of noise in the background il y avait beaucoup de bruit de fond;

∎ figurative his wife remains very much in the background sa femme est très effacée ou reste à l'écart;

∎ he's rather faded into the background since then on n'entend plus tellement parler de lui depuis

(b) (of person → history) antécédents mpl; (→ family) milieu m socioculturel; (→ experience) formation f, acquis m; (→ education) formation f, bagage m;

∎ people from a working-class background gens mpl de milieu ouvrier;

∎ she has a good background in history elle a une bonne formation en histoire;

∎ what is the candidate's background? (social) à quel milieu social appartient le candidat?; (professional) quelle est la formation du candidat?

(c) (of event, situation) contexte m, climat m;

∎ the economic background to the crisis les raisons économiques de la crise;

∎ the talks are taking place against a background of political tensions les débats ont lieu dans un climat de tension politique;

∎ the report looks at the background to the unrest le rapport examine l'historique de l'agitation

(d) Computing arrière-plan m;

∎ the program works in the background le programme est exécuté en arrière-plan

2 adjective

(a) (unobtrusive → noise) de fond;

∎ background colour couleur f de fond

(b) (facts, material) de base, de fond;

∎ background information éléments mpl de référence ou de base;

∎ I need a bit more background information j'ai besoin de plus de données

►► Computing background job tâche f de fond;

background light éclairage m d'ambiance;

Computing background (mode) printing impression f en arrière-plan;

background music musique f d'ambiance ou de fond; Cinema & Theatre fond m sonore;

Computing background processing traitement m de données en tâches de fond;

Physics background radiation rayonnement m naturel;

background reading lectures fpl complémentaires;

Computing background task tâche f d'arrière-plan

executive [ɪg'zekjʊtɪv]

1 noun

(a) (person) cadre m;

∎ a business executive un cadre commercial;

∎ she looked the executive type elle avait l'allure d'un cadre

(b) (body) corps m exécutif; Politics (branch of government) exécutif m;

∎ American Politics the executive l'exécutif m, le pouvoir exécutif

(c) (of political party, union) bureau m, comité m central;

∎ the union's national executive le bureau national du syndicat

2 adjective

(a) (dining room, washroom etc) des cadres, de la direction; (desk, chair) de luxe;

∎ executive model or version (of car) modèle m grand luxe

(b) (function, role) exécutif;

∎ an executive officer in the civil service un cadre de l'administration;

∎ he's not good at making executive decisions il n'est pas doué pour prendre des décisions importantes;

∎ we need an executive decision il faut trancher;

∎ humorous you'll have to make an executive decision il va falloir que tu prennes une décision capitale ou déterminante

►► Commerce executive board directoire m;

executive briefcase attaché-case m;

Aviation executive class classe f affaires;

Commerce executive director directeur m exécutif;

executive jet jet m privé;

executive lounge salon m classe affaires;

Commerce executive officer cadre m supérieur;

American Politics executive privilege privilège m de l'exécutif (droit dont bénéficie l'exécutif de limiter l'accès du Congrès, des tribunaux et du public à l'information, pour des raisons d'intérêt national);

Cinema executive producer producteur m délégué;

Computing executive program programme m d'exécution;

Commerce executive secretary secrétaire mf de direction;

American executive session (of Senate) séance f à huis clos;

executive suite (in hotel) suite f de luxe; (in company) bureaux mpl de la direction;

executive toy gadget m pour cadres

a methodology aimed at reducing waste in the form of overproduction, excessive lead time, or product defects in order to make a business more effective and more competitive. Lean production originates in the production systems established by Toyota in Japan in the 1950s.

     In the early 1980s there was a significant increase in the application of lean production in Western companies. Lean production is characterized by lean operations with low inventories, quality management through prevention of errors, small batch runs, just-in-time production, high commitment human resource policies, team-based working, and close relations with suppliers. The term was popularized by researchers on the International Motor Vehicle Program of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in their book The Machine That Changed the World. Concepts that can help an organization move toward lean production include continuous improvement and world class manufacturing.

Also known as lean manufacturing

[ˈju:nɪt]

accounting unit единица выбытия основного капитала accounting unit единица учета реального основного капитала accounting unit заменяющая единица основного капитала accounting unit счет, отражающий себестоимость объекта address unit вчт. адресуемая единица addressing unit вчт. наименьший адресуемый элемент arithmetic unit вчт. арифметический блок arithmetic unit вчт. арифметическое устройство arrived unit вчт. поступившее требование arriving unit вчт. поступающее требование audio response unit вчт. устройство речевого вывода bad unit вчт. неверное имя устройства bargaining unit участник переговоров unit rule амер. положение, по которому все делегаты штата голосуют за кандидата большинства; to be a unit амер. быть единодушным bearer unit партия ценных бумаг на предъявителя bonus unit премиальный фонд buffer unit вчт. буферный блок central processing unit, CPU вчт. центральный процессор central processing unit вчт. центральный процессор central unit вчт. центральный блок collection unit статистическая единица compilation unit вчт. единица компиляции computing unit вчт. вычислительный блок contract unit партия ценных бумаг, реализуемая по единой цене control unit блок управления control unit вчт. устройство управления cost unit единица стоимости central processing unit, CPU вчт. центральный процессор cubic unit единица объема currency unit денежная единица data flow unit вчт. блок потока данных data service unit вчт. устройство обработки данных data unit вчт. единица данных data unit вчт. элемент данных delayed unit вчт. ожидающее требование disk unit вчт. дисковое запоминающее устройство display unit вчт. дисплей display unit вчт. устройство отображения dwelling unit жилая секция dwelling unit жилой отсек economic unit экономический объект execution unit вчт. исполнительное устройство execution unit вчт. функциональный модуль facsimile unit аппарат факсимильной связи first-class unit вчт. требование с высшим приоритетом foreign unit иностранная денежная единица functional unit вчт. функциональное устройство graph unit вчт. графический модуль high-priority unit вчт. требование с высоким приоритетом identation unit вчт. отступ information unit вчт. элемент информации input unit вчт. блок ввода input unit вчт. входное устройство input unit вчт. входной блок input unit вчт. устройство ввода insertion unit вчт. вставной блок labour unit единица затрат труда lexical unit лексическая единица locking unit вчт. область блокирования logical unit name вчт. логическое имя устройства magnetic tape unit вчт. блок магнитной ленты magnetic-tape unit вчт. лентопротяжное устройство main control unit вчт. главное устройство управления management unit административное подразделение memory unit вчт. блок памяти memory unit запоминающее устройство memory unit вчт. запоминающее устройство modular unit модульная единица; подразделение модульной программы профобразования modular unit вчт. модульное устройство monitor unit вчт. монитор natural unit вчт. натуральная единица nonpriority unit вчт. требование не обладающее приоритетом off unit вчт. выключенное устройство on unit вчт. включенное устройство on-line unit вчт. подключенное устройство operational unit вчт. операционный блок option currency unit опционная денежная единица outgoing unit вчт. требование покидающее систему output unit вчт. блок вывода output unit вчт. выходное устройство output unit вчт. выходное утсройство output unit вчт. выходной блок output unit вчт. устройство вывода peripheral control unit вчт. контроллер внешнего устройства peripheral unit вчт. периферийное устройство power supply unit блок питания preempted unit вчт. требование с прерванным обслуживанием preempted units вчт. требования с прерванным обслуживанием priority unit вчт. требование с приоритетом processing unit вчт. блок обработки данных processing unit вчт. процессор processing unit вчт. устройство обработки данных product unit единица продукции production unit единица измерения продукции production unit предприятие production unit производственная единица program unit вчт. модуль программы purchasing unit потребительская единица raster unit вчт. шаг растра referral unit справочное бюро reporting unit единица отчетности resident unit вчт. резидентный модуль sample unit вчт. элемент выборки scaling unit вчт. пересчетное устройство sensory unit вчт. сенсорное устройство shaping unit вчт. формирователь share unit минимальное количество акций, являющееся единицей торговли на бирже statistical unit единица статистического учета storage unit вчт. запоминающее устройство terminal unit вчт. абонентский пункт terminal unit вчт. оконечное устройство terminal unit вчт. терминал thermal unit единица теплоты, калория time unit вчт. единица времени time unit вчт. такт unit тех. агрегат, секция, блок, узел, элемент unit агрегат unit блок unit мат., мед. единица unit единица; целое unit единица unit единица измерения; a unit of length единица длины unit изделие unit амер. количество часов классной работы, требуемое для получения зачета unit комплект unit вчт. модуль unit организационная единица unit партия ценных бумаг, реализуемая по единой цене unit подразделение unit секция unit структурная единица unit узел unit целое unit воен. часть; подразделение; соединение unit элемент выборки unit in service вчт. обслуживаемое требование unit of account (UA) расчетная денежная единица unit of allocation вчт. элемент размещения unit of currency денежная единица unit of currency единица валюты unit of homogeneous production единица однородной продукции unit of language вчт. языковая единица unit единица измерения; a unit of length единица длины unit of operation вчт. единица действия unit of production единица измерения продукции unit of production производственная единица unit of quantity единица количества unit of unit trust доля в общем инвестиционном траст-фонде (Великобритания) unit of value единица стоимости unit of value единица ценности unit rule амер. положение, по которому все делегаты штата голосуют за кандидата большинства; to be a unit амер. быть единодушным