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CERN scientists discover new particle
C.A. 1. Lisa Randall explaining what the Large Hardon Collider is
1. Donne un maximum d’informations permettant de décrire le LHC (0’00’’ 0’45’’)
2. Quelle est l’ « idée », l’objectif derrière ce projet? (0’55’’)
3. Quels sont les éléments qu’essaient de comprendre les scientifiques impliqués dans ce
projet? (1’10’’)
C.L. Higgs boson: it’s unofficial! CERN scientists discover missing particle
Ian Sample 4 July, 2012
• 1 There comes a time in a scientist’s life when the weight of evidence can no longer be
ignored. That moment has come for physicists at CERN, near Geneva, home of the Large
Hadron Collider, who have announced overwhelming evidence for the obscure but
profoundly important Higgs boson, the particle that led to the greatest hunt in modern
science.
• §2 In presentations given to a packed auditorium at the laboratory, and webcast around the
world, the leaders of two research teams, who worked independently of each other, said
they had spotted a new particle amid the microscopic flashes created inside the world’s
most powerful atom smasher. CERN stopped short of claiming official discovery of the Higgs
boson, even as many physicists conceded the evidence was now so compelling they had
surely found the missing particle.
• §3 Formal confirmation of the discovery is expected within months, though it could take
several years for scientists to work out whether they have found the simplest kind of Higgs
particle that theories predict, or part of a more complex picture: for example, one of a larger
family of Higgs bosons. The discovery of more than one kind of Higgs particle would open the
door to an entirely new area of physics.
• §4 The queue for the auditorium left some physicists struggling for a seat to hear the
announcement. Those inside broke into applause when Peter Higgs, the 83-year-old father
of the particle, entered the room. “CERN should really build a larger auditorium. The present
one is nice and cosy, but it is embarrassing and sad to see many distinguished colleagues
queueing up at five in the morning knowing that they have a slim chance to get a seat, after
working for 20 years on finding the Higgs boson,” said Tommaso Dorigo, a scientist at CERN.
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• §5 The particle, which is unlike any other known to exist, was proposed in 1964, when
physicists worked on the laws of nature with pen and paper instead of the laptops they carry
around today. The hunt has taken decades and occupied thousands of researchers from tens
of countries. For some, this has been their life’s work.
• §6 There is never a bad time for good news, but CERN will be relieved to have made the
breakthrough before the machine shuts down for almost two years at the end of 2012, when
engineers move in to carry out work for the accelerator to run at its full design energy.
• §7 The discovery of the Higgs particle is one of the most important scientific advances of the
past 100 years. It proves there is an invisible energy field that pervades the vacuum of the
known universe. This field is thought to give mass to the smallest building blocks of matter,
the quarks and electrons that make up atoms. Without the field, or something like it, there
would be no planets, stars or life as we know it.
• §8 Peter Higgs at Edinburgh University was the first to point out in 1964 that a new particle,
the boson, was a by-product of the mass-giving field. That was a crucial step, because it gave
scientists a smoking gun to hunt for in their experiments. Peter Higgs said: “I am astounded
at the amazing speed with which these results have emerged. They are a testament to the
expertise of the researchers and the elaborate technologies in place. I never expected this to
happen in my lifetime.”
• §9 According to the theory, all of the particles in the newborn universe were massless and
hurtled around at the speed of light. But one trillionth of a second after the big bang, the
Higgs field switched on, turning the vacuum of space into a kind of cosmic glue.
• §10 Some particles feel the Higgs field more than others. The quarks that make up atomic
nuclei feel a lot of drag from the field, and become heavy for subatomic particles. Others,
such as electrons, feel less drag and gain much less weight. Particles of light, called photons,
feel no drag at all, and so remain massless and keep moving at the speed of light.
• §11 To find the Higgs particle, physicists at CERN sifted through the subatomic debris of
more than 1,000 trillion proton collisions inside the Large Hadron Collider. Occasionally,
these collisions might create a Higgs boson, which immediately disintegrates into more
familiar particles. To spot the boson, the scientists have to look for unusual excesses of the
particles it decays into, which appear as bumps in their data.
• §12 Particle physicists use a “sigma” scale to rank the certainty of their results which ranges
from one to five. One-and two-sigma results come and go and are often no more than
statistical fluctuations in the data. A three-sigma result counts as an official “observation”,
but five sigma is usually needed to claim a discovery, amounting to less than a one-in-a-
million chance that it is wrong.
• §13 At the end of the announcement, the room erupted into a standing ovation of whoops,
cheers and whistles. Jeff Forshaw, a physicist at Manchester University, said: “This is
sensational news and quite brilliant science. Without doubt, CERN has delivered us a new
particle that looks every bit like the long-sought-after Higgs boson, which is absolutely
central to our understanding of how the universe works at its most elemental level. I have
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waited over 20 years for this moment and am thrilled by the news. The excitement will
continue now, as we all try to figure out just how this thing behaves.”
• Overwhelming evidence
• Compelling evidence
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C.A.2 and group discussion: Walter Bisshop
• What is Walter Bisshop trying to explain? What is he talking about?
• Does such a theory make any sense to you? Do you think it could actually be true?
C.A.3: Prof. Dr. Michio Kaku on « déjà vu »
Dr. Michio Kaku (born January 24, 1947) is an American theoretical physicist, the Henry Semat Professor of Theoretical Physics in the City College of New York of City University of New York, a futurist, and a "communicator" and "popularizer" of science. He has written several books about physics and related topics; he has made frequent appearances on radio, television, and film; and he writes extensive online blogs and articles. He has written two New York Times best sellers, Physics of the Impossible (2008) and Physics of the Future (2011). He has hosted several TV specials for BBC-TV, the Discovery Channel, and the Science Channel. Kaku graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University in 1968 and was first in his physics class. He attended the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley and received a Ph.D. in 1972, and in 1972 he held a lectureship at Princeton University. Kaku has had over 70 articles published in physics journals such as Physical Review, covering topics such as superstring theory, supergravity, supersymmetry, and hadronic physics.[6] In 1974, along with Prof. Keiji Kikkawa of Osaka University, he authored the first papers describing string theory in a field form.[7][8] Kaku is the author of several textbooks on string theory and quantum field theory. Source: wikipedia
Video Kaku. Micro-écoute
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C.A.4. BBC Horizon: Parallel Universes
1. Retranscris le plus fidèlement possible (en anglais) l’introduction du reportage (0’00’’ jusqu’à
1’53’’)
2. De quel rêve parle-t-on au début du reportage? Quel lien existe-t-il entre ce rêve et les
physiciens? ( 4’43’’)
3. Comment Michio Kaku (sur les patins) nous décrit-il l’univers au moment de sa création.
4. Quelle histoire Michio Kaku nous relate-t-il lorsqu’il avait 8 ans?
5. Quelle était la quête, le but ultime d’Albert Einstein?
6. Quelle révolution s’est produite durant les années 80?
7. Comment – d’après Burt Ovrut - la matière a été généralement décrite depuis l’avènement
de la physique. Cette description est-elle toujours actuelle? Explique
8. Que prétend la théorie des cordes?
9. A quoi Michio Kaku compare-t-il l’univers?
10. Quel test la théorie des cordes doit-elle passer pour être considérée comme valide?
11. Quel est l’objet d’étude de la cosmologie? Quelles informations nous sont données
concernant les scientifiques travaillant dans cette branche? ( 10’37’’)
12. Quel est l’objet principal de la théorie du Big Bang? Quid de la théorie des cordes? (
11’43’’)
13. Quelles difficultés les scientifiques ont-ils rencontrées en essayant de combiner ces deux
théories? Quels sont les éléments problématiques ou toujours inconnus? ( 13’46’’)
14. Qu’est-ce que la Singularity? ( 14’21’’)
15. Quel espoir était lié initialement à la théorie des cordes? Par quoi cet espoir s’est vu
menacé? ( 15’33’’)
16. Quelle nouvelle théorie vint « à la rescousse »? (16’26’’)
17. En quoi la carrière de Michael Duff n’a pas toujours été facile? Donne quelques exemples.
18. Quel était le point de désaccord principal entre la théorie défendue par Michael Duff et la
théorie des cordes?
19. Que suggérait déjà Einstein concernant les différentes dimensions? ( 18’28’’)
20. Quelles descriptions nous sont faites de ces dimensions supplémentaires? ( 18’48’’)
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21. retranscris le passage suivant:
19’53’’ 20’19’’
While string theory was... …would be at the heart of things
22. Comment les choses ont-elles évolué ensuite? ( 21’31’’)
23. Quel sentiment Michael Duff partage-t-il dès lors? (21’55’’ 22’03’’)
24. Retranscris le passage suivant:
22’10’’ 22’30’’
The two camps… …again
25. Quelle conclusion est dès lors tirée de la réconciliation des deux théories jusqu’alors
antagonistes? Quelle est désormais la description faite de notre univers? Quelle nouvelle
théorie découle de ce nouveau constat? ( 23’57’’).
26. Quelle question concernant notre univers a dès lors découlé de la M-theory? ( 26’37’’)
27. Quel phénomène a interpellé Lisa Randall? (27’20’’)
28. Quel constat nous livre-t-elle ensuite – ainsi que son collègue – concernant la gravité?
(28’37’’)
29. Quelle hypothèse Randall et son collègue émettent-ils? (29’10’’)
30. Quel élément peut être expliqué grâce à la théorie des univers parallèles? ( 30’46’’)
31. Que dit-on de la vie dans ces univers parallèles? (31’55’’)
32. Que nous dit ensuite Michio Kaku? (32’07’’)
33. Quelle idée est proposée pour expliquer la naissance de notre univers? ( 37’45’’)
34. Qu’est-ce (en gros) que le « Multivers »?
35. Qu’envisage de faire le dernier scientifique interrogé?
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!!2 listes de vocabulaire:
36. la « vôtre », construite au fur et à mesure de la leçon, reprenant le voc des textes et ex
faits dans cette présentation ppt
37. La liste en lien avec le documentaire de la BBC
Audition: The Big Bang Theory
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VOC BBC Parallel universes
This theory is breathtaking [ˈbreθˌteɪkɪŋ] Impressionnant, à couper le souffle
To be haunted by a dark secret [ˈhɔ:ntɪd] Être hanté par
There might be mysterious hidden worlds beyond our human senses Some other useful examples: Answering such a question falls beyond the scope of the present article major changes are foreseen for 1999 and beyond To be beyond reproach
[bɪˈjɒnd] Au-delà de ----------------------------------------------- des changements importants sont prévus pour 1999 et au-delà être au-dessus de tout soupçon.
To claim [kleɪm] Prétendre, déclarer
To argue [ˈɑ:gju:] Soutenir, affirmer (= to maintain)
Physicists have been trying to make sense of an uncomfortable discovery
Comprendre, dégager le sens de
To make sense Some examples can you make (any) sense of this message? it makes/doesn't make sense to wait
Avoir du/un sens, être sensé est-ce que vous arrivez à comprendre ce message? c'est une bonne idée (+/- ça a du sens)/idiot d'attendre
physicist [ˈfɪzɪsɪst] Physicien(ne)
physician [fɪˈzɪʃn] Médecin
They tried to pinpoint the exact location of atomic particles like electrons, they found it was utterly1 impossible
[ˈpɪnpɔɪnt] Localizer; mettre le doigt sur Tout à fait
There’s an old proverb that says: be careful what you wish for in case your wish comes true.
Au cas où
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I kept a place for you, in case you were late In case of in case of emergency/fire
je t'ai gardé une place, au cas où tu serais en retard en cas de en cas d'urgence/d'incendie
Albert Einstein could never achieve his goal2
Atteindre son but
Some have thought they were on the brink of this ultimate achievement e.g. the country is on the brink of war/of a recession to be on the brink of doing something
Sur le point de le pays est au bord or à la veille de la guerre/d'une récession être sur le point de faire quelque chose
Everything was about to be explained to be about to
Être sur le point de
They felt they were on the verge of a great triumph.
Sur le point de
Physics seemed to be on the edge of glory to be on the edge of [war, disaster, madness]
Au bord de Être au bord de [d’une guerre, d’un désastre, de la folie]
It was always wishful thinking C’était prendre ses rêves pour la réalité
A revolution occurred (to occur) in the 1980s
[əˈkɜ:ɼ] Se produire, avoir lieu
For years, it had been an article of faith that all the matter in the universe was made of tiny invisible particles
See appendix 2!
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Conventional wisdom
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2 A few other frequent verbs collocating with goal: to score, to reach, to pursue, to hit, to miss…
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To address conventional wisdom To question conventional wisdom As usual, conventional wisdom may not be wholly right. Or so goes the conventional wisdom. It seems to be a conventional wisdom that relations with the media are absolutely crucial for a prime minister.
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At the beginning of 2001, the received wisdom was that the 11th dimension was a tranquil place
= conventional wisdom
If string theory was to become Einstein’s missing theory of everything, it would have to pass one test
≠ to take a test
It was surely a foregone conclusion it was a foregone conclusion
Issue certaine, prévisible c'était gagné d'avance
Try as they might, they could not manage to get the two ideas to merge
See appendix 3
The big bang is the aftermath of some encounter between two parallel worlds
La suite immédiate, le contrecoup
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APPENDIX ONE: Utterly
Collocation patterns
Some of the most frequent collocates of utterly (adjectives only here, R1 position) (query conducted
on the BNC Web database):
There are 1925 different types in your collocation database for the query "[word="utterly"%c]". (Your
query "utterly" returned 1247 hits in 653 different texts, sorted on position +1 with tag-restriction
any adjective (756 hits))
The selected range was 1 to 1.
Corpus basis for calculation: the whole BNC.
Type of calculation: Log-likelihood
Tag restriction: any adjective
Collocates occur at least 5 times in the whole BNC.
Words collocate at least 2 times.
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No. Word n n expected n observed n texts Coll. value
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1 different 47521 0.320 27 24 187.0339
2 ridiculous 1774 0.012 13 12 156.1055
3 miserable 1135 0.008 10 9 123.7378
4 disgraceful 298 0.002 7 6 100.4144
5 impossible 6811 0.046 11 10 98.7956
6 ruthless 632 0.004 7 7 89.8058
7 dependent 3671 0.025 8 7 76.6009
8 unexpected 2017 0.014 7 7 73.5241
9 alien 913 0.006 6 6 70.6823
10 convincing 1205 0.008 6 6 67.3466
11 silent 3489 0.024 7 7 65.8615
12 wrong 14385 0.097 9 9 63.8478
13 unable 6134 0.041 7 6 57.9915
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14 stupid 3084 0.021 6 6 56.0765
15 desolate 256 0.002 4 4 54.0714
16 incomprehensible 347 0.002 4 4 51.6229
17 irresponsible 418 0.003 4 4 50.1267
18 inadequate 2283 0.015 5 5 47.9054
19 convinced 2381 0.016 5 5 47.4859
20 alone 6381 0.043 6 6 47.3894
21 hateful 107 0.001 3 3 44.0942
22 unreasonable 978 0.007 4 4 43.312
23 repulsive 126 0.001 3 3 43.1008
24 appalling 1010 0.007 4 4 43.0543
25 foolish 1094 0.007 4 2 42.4151
26 expressionless 148 0.001 3 3 42.1248
27 free 19433 0.131 7 7 42.02
28 devoted 1202 0.008 4 4 41.6621
29 unacceptable 1219 0.008 4 4 41.5498
30 defenceless 164 0.001 3 3 41.5031
31 useless 1253 0.008 4 4 41.3298
32 inaccessible 338 0.002 3 2 37.1378
33 futile 349 0.002 3 3 36.945
34 incompetent 369 0.002 3 3 36.6095
35 ludicrous 415 0.003 3 3 35.9025
36 compelling 432 0.003 3 3 35.661
37 remote 2813 0.019 4 4 34.8739
38 mad 2958 0.020 4 4 34.4735
39 pointless 533 0.004 3 3 34.3978
40 wretched 570 0.004 3 3 33.9945
41 clueless 26 0.000 2 1 33.5313
42 brilliant 3398 0.023 4 4 33.3693
43 false 3530 0.024 4 4 33.066
44 opposed 715 0.005 3 3 32.6334
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45 ignorant 724 0.005 3 3 32.5583
46 cynical 740 0.005 3 3 32.4271
47 baseless 35 0.000 2 2 32.301
48 incapable 823 0.006 3 3 31.7891
49 unmediated 41 0.000 2 2 31.6508
50 amazed 845 0.006 3 3 31.6308
51 absurd 926 0.006 3 3 31.0818
52 captivating 54 0.000 2 2 30.5252
53 delightful 1066 0.007 3 3 30.2376
54 self-destructive 60 0.000 2 2 30.0962
55 delicious 1092 0.007 3 3 30.0932
56 reprehensible 61 0.000 2 2 30.029
57 besotted 63 0.000 2 2 29.8979
58 unaware 1133 0.008 3 3 29.8723
59 enthralling 69 0.000 2 2 29.5284
60 inappropriate 1236 0.008 3 3 29.3509
61 beguiling 78 0.001 2 2 29.0313
62 irrelevant 1330 0.009 3 3 28.9119
63 dejected 82 0.001 2 2 28.8288
64 reasonable 6065 0.041 4 4 28.7682
65 unforgivable 89 0.001 2 1 28.4973
66 content 1495 0.010 3 3 28.2117
67 repugnant 96 0.001 2 2 28.1912
68 boring 1545 0.010 3 3 28.0148
69 secure 1773 0.012 3 3 27.1912
70 intolerant 126 0.001 2 2 27.0939
71 Dependable 129 0.001 2 2 26.999
72 destitute 130 0.001 2 2 26.9679
73 transcendent 134 0.001 2 2 26.8458
74 fearless 154 0.001 2 2 26.2857
75 incongruous 167 0.001 2 2 25.9597
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76 inhuman 185 0.001 2 2 25.5481
77 vulnerable 2398 0.016 3 3 25.3865
78 scandalous 195 0.001 2 2 25.3366
79 serene 210 0.001 2 2 25.0389
80 disillusioned 212 0.001 2 2 25.0008
81 frivolous 215 0.001 2 2 24.9444
82 distraught 251 0.002 2 2 24.3229
83 dissimilar 277 0.002 2 2 23.9275
84 wasteful 284 0.002 2 2 23.8274
85 sane 286 0.002 2 2 23.7993
86 bemused 286 0.002 2 2 23.7993
87 misguided 302 0.002 2 2 23.581
88 impoverished 335 0.002 2 2 23.1653
89 improper 377 0.003 2 2 22.6921
90 devoid 391 0.003 2 2 22.5461
91 ghastly 398 0.003 2 2 22.475
92 barren 405 0.003 2 2 22.4052
93 childish 443 0.003 2 2 22.0461
94 unknown 4266 0.029 3 3 21.9537
95 powerless 456 0.003 2 2 21.9303
96 sincere 457 0.003 2 2 21.9216
97 obscene 472 0.003 2 2 21.7923
98 bewildered 501 0.003 2 2 21.5537
99 unbelievable 532 0.004 2 2 21.3135
100 horrified 532 0.004 2 2 21.3135
101 unrealistic 577 0.004 2 2 20.9887
102 vital 5033 0.034 3 1 20.9716
103 meaningless 639 0.004 2 2 20.5806
104 depressing 640 0.004 2 2 20.5744
105 unlike 650 0.004 2 2 20.5124
106 selfish 653 0.004 2 2 20.494
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107 unpredictable 673 0.005 2 2 20.3734
108 hopeless 708 0.005 2 2 20.1708
109 pragmatic 763 0.005 2 2 19.8719
110 destructive 777 0.005 2 1 19.7992
111 feminine 780 0.005 2 2 19.7838
112 devastating 786 0.005 2 2 19.7532
113 helpless 791 0.005 2 2 19.7279
114 terrified 802 0.005 2 2 19.6727
115 new 113561 0.766 7 7 18.5614
116 calm 1108 0.007 2 2 18.3827
117 disastrous 1109 0.007 2 2 18.3791
118 beautiful 8377 0.056 3 3 17.959
119 loyal 1327 0.009 2 2 17.6635
120 charming 1330 0.009 2 2 17.6545
121 determined 1568 0.011 2 2 16.9988
122 peaceful 1603 0.011 2 2 16.9109
123 characteristic 1678 0.011 2 2 16.7289
124 confused 1857 0.013 2 2 16.3256
125 unfair 1897 0.013 2 2 16.2409
126 happy 11316 0.076 3 3 16.1938
127 reliable 2201 0.015 2 2 15.6501
128 desperate 2430 0.016 2 2 15.2571
129 consistent 3071 0.021 2 2 14.329
130 foreign 15943 0.108 3 3 14.199
131 bloody 4930 0.033 2 2 12.4601
132 empty 5011 0.034 2 2 12.396
133 clear 22211 0.150 3 3 12.2936
134 dry 5252 0.035 2 2 12.2113
135 sure 23174 0.156 3 3 12.0519
136 unlikely 5538 0.037 2 2 12.003
137 quiet 5822 0.039 2 2 11.8068
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138 lovely 6008 0.041 2 2 11.6835
139 strange 6039 0.041 2 2 11.6633
140 safe 6334 0.043 2 2 11.4765
141 essential 8626 0.058 2 2 10.2717
142 simple 13693 0.092 2 2 8.4913
143 other 135478 0.914 2 2 0.9627
Utterly: Distribution Spoken or Written:
Category No. of words No. of hits Dispersion (over files) Frequency per
million words
Written 87,903,571 728 449/3,140 8.28
Spoken 10,409,858 28 23/908 2.69
total 98,313,429 756 472/4,048 7.69
Derived text type:
Category No. of words No. of hits Dispersion (over files) Frequency per
million words
Fiction and verse 16,143,913 279 148/452 17.28
Non-academic prose and biography 24,178,674 190 114/744 7.86
Newspapers 9,412,174 62 43/486 6.59
Other published written material 17,924,109 113 83/710 6.3
Academic prose 15,778,028 81 58/497 5.13
Other spoken material 6,175,896 25 20/755 4.05
Spoken conversation 4,233,962 3 3/153 0.71
Unpublished written material 4,466,673 3 3/251 0.67
total 98,313,429 756 472/4,048 7.69
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Appendix 2: Article of Faith
No
Hits 1 to 28 Page 1 / 1
1 this way, lest it become an unthinking orthodoxy — a
mere article of faith . To submit the free speech principle to such a test is
2 of the legislature in modern democracies, it has
become a casual article of faith that parliaments, including Westminster, have become ever
more supine in
3 discuss women's writing and feminist literary theory.
It was an article of faith with this circle that women must free themselves from the erotic
patronage
4 the job, held his readers' adoration of royalty as an article of faith . He decided to use the letter; the editor of his
5 and the post-classical, for which ‘precatory, words
became an article of faith in construing a disposition as a trust. This is quite clear
6 creed would then become accepted as axiomatic and
be regarded as an article of faith , although, to those who closely examine the propositions they
may
7 ideals. For Youth Allyah , Zionism came before all, an
article of faith expressed with terrifying force by David Ben-Gurion, Jewish
leader in Palestine
8 to the very principle of fostering refugee children. It
was an article of faith which led to disputes with the RCM and lively discussions
between Rebecca
9 Lord Robertson had held for many years a belief
amounting to an article of faith that Meehan and Griffiths had committed the Ayr murder, and
that
10 and the class struggle, and it is so far only an article of faith to suppose that they can be refined to a point where one
11 and the members of an evergrowing number of other
occupations with an article of faith with which to justify their claim to superior status and special
privileges
12 Palumbo is very independent; others argue the reverse.
The main article of faith for recent Conservative governments financial good
housekeeping with great emphasis on public
13 Wordsworth provided it. It used to be respectable, an
acceptable article of faith even, to quote Wordsworth. Indeed, two of the great
14 Japan of foreign advances in Asia, seclusion remained
for many an article of faith . Sporadic attempts by Western nations to penetrate Japan's
isolation from
15 By its insistence on the generalized imminence of
revolution — more an article of faith than a result of pragmatic observation — the Comintern was at
least
16 between stellar mass loss and the H-H objects has
become a widespread article of faith . In principle, the generation of any supersonic disturbance of a
17 But I love them,’ said Julia. It was an article of faith . ‘And they are — and always have been — very
18 honest and realistic scrutiny must entail our
preparedness to challenge the ultimate article of faith in primary education: the inviolability of the class-teacher
system. TEACHERS
19 adamantine opposition to unionism, which had
become a fixed and immovable article of faith among many of the great industries of the United States’ (
20 It is a scientific law. [protagonist:] — An article of faith . — Until disproved. In the meantime, we are content
21 to turn away the wrath of strangers. It would be an article of faith with him to believe that. He would have said those nomads
22 LS, *under review GARDENS EDITORIAL Small is
beautiful is almost an article of faith in Britain. The quality of even our grandest scenery owes much
23 and West African territories. In China and Japan it was
an article of faith to replace European railway workers by local employees as
soon as possible
24 home.’ In a voice that made it sound like an article of faith , Christine said: ‘We both know that your father did
25 than life in a hospital has, for decades, been an article of faith for mental health workers. Cohorts of social workers whose
training expounded
26 loved her grandmother; she had tried to believe, as an article of faith , that she loved her mother equally. Whenever the two women
27 not take away the powers of local government. That is article of faith for him. Therefore, he has a problem with the Labour
19
an
28 the newer generations in this place, it's not longer an article of faith er but a part of the political landscape that has to be
APPENDIX 3: Try as I/you/…/they might N
o Hits 1 to 50 Page 1 / 2
1 in their opposition to father, whose influence naturally
remained dominant,
try as they
might
to escape; and this imbalance distorted their view of
relationships and
2 washbasins and tiles to the Land of the Rising Sun. But
try as they
might
, they can't persuade the Japanese to buy English
loos!
3 at her, until she could have screamed with irritation, and
try as she
might
to ignore it, there was no doubt in her mind that
4 in the palm of her hand. Except for one member. Try as she
might
, she couldn't stop her eyes from straying back in his
5 is displayed most vividly over Mr Heseltine's coal mine
dilemma.
Try as he
might
it is clear that he cannot make the economic figures
add
6 the young Campbell lass found herself caught up in the
arrangements.
Try as she
might
, memories of her true love faded before the
fascination of satin
7 something else, a rootlessness, an atemporality about
my life.
Try as I
might
to be in the present, to subsume myself to history,
8 very publicly condemned by his own club. The England
management,
try as they
might
, can hardly ignore such damning evidence. And that
is a
9 it. So for girls, worth and beauty are interwoven. Try as we
might
to tell ourselves that it's ‘what's on the inside
10 a world that it be lovable by beings like us.’ Try as I
might
, I can attach no definite meaning to this rather grand
sentence
11 he knew what had stopped her dead in her tracks. And try as she
might
she could not detach her eyes from the object on the
table
12 brassy! ‘Did you want something, Mr Burns?’ Try as she
might
to sound polite but distant, she couldn't help but hear
13 got into top gear and came through into second place,
but
try as he
might
he could never pose a threat to Pinza, who galloped
on
14 's in the group and how they interact with each other
and
try as one
might
, I suppose I play th-- the leading role in this group
20
15 both he didn't decide to play the Highland Fling!’ Try as she
might
, Rory couldn't help but giggle at the ridiculous
picture that
16 he had come straight home or stayed out drinking —
that,
try as he
might
, Parker could not remember. The room was strewn
with his
17 said tentatively. ‘I know you mean well, but, try as I
might
, I can't think that what you are suggesting would be
18 looked down at the red wrinkled face of the sleeping
child.
Try as he
might
, George could find nothing attractive in the frowning
features and almost
19 cannot recommend that the union continues to finance
the claim.
Try as we
might
, we cannot win every case. With the best will