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Record 1 2018-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Contests (Recreation)
DEF

A contest of basic cowboy skills that is indigenous to the ranges of the Western United States and Canada.

OBS

The term "rodeo" comes from a Spanish word meaning "roundup", and the sport developed from the natural competitive urges of cowboys involved in mass roundups on the western plains. The principal events of rodeos today are bull riding, saddle bronc riding, bareback [bronc] riding, calf roping, and steer wrestling, with steer roping and team roping contests often added to the list. Many rodeos add some other popular events such as barrel riding(a slalom-like race for women on horseback around a number of barrels), wild-horse racing, and wild-cow milking contests essentially for the amusement of the audiences. Organized rodeos go back to the 19th century; the principal feature of Buffalo Bill Cody's famous Wild West show, which began in 1883, was the rodeo.

OBS

Canada. Rodeos are generally divided into 5 events: bareback bronc riding, saddle bronc riding, bull riding, calf roping, and steer wrestling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Concours (Loisirs)
DEF

Fête qui coïncide avec le marquage du bétail où les cow-boys pratiquent divers tours d'adresse de leur métier.

OBS

États-Unis. Comporte : maîtriser une bête, se tenir sur un cheval sauvage, un bœuf, en se tenant d'une main, etc.

OBS

Canada. Habituellement, un rodéo comprend 5 épreuves : se maintenir sur un cheval sauvage sans selle, se maintenir sur un cheval sauvage avec selle, se maintenir sur un taureau sauvage, prendre un veau au lasso et terrasser un bouvillon.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Naval Forces
CONT

The Sea Training job... entailed sailing on all ships at one time or another and putting them "through their paces" to ensure they were combat ready and safe to go to sea as a ship of war.... We also conducted SRI(Sea Readiness Inspections) onboard small reserve vessels in Halifax and inland to Ottawa, Kingston, Montreal and Windsor. [We] would also go to the west coast to conduct AWUPS(annual workups-two weeks duration) of a ship while the west coast equivalent would be conducting WUPS(full workups-4 weeks duration) on another ship.

OBS

The annual workup will also occur shortly after a submarine docking period. It will consist of ten days of watchkeeping/command team training, followed by one week of at-sea safety operational training.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forces navales

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

Competing and partnering with companies simultaneously.

DEF

Uneasy alliance formed between large companies who find it necessary to work together for mutual benefits.

CONT

Bell Atlantic and US West are building separate electronic highways, for example, even as the two firms are allied in a project to provide wireless phone service. Time Warner and TCI are archrivals, yet they have teamed with Sega of America to form the Sega Channel, which could go out over the companies’ superhighways. Entanglements like these have given rise to a new term : coopetition. Notes communications consultant Jeffrey Kagan :"It can be very difficult to share secrets with a partner and keep them away from a competitor when they’re one and the same company. "

CONT

Precautions keep creative co-opetition from gobling up the smaller partner.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
OBS

Mots valises construits par télescopage de compétition + coopération ou de coopération + compétition, c'est-à-dire compétition coopérative, coopération compétitive.

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Climatology
DEF

An interruption of the normal west-to-east flow at middle and high latitudes.

OBS

It [blocking pattern] persists from one to several weeks.... there are three kinds of blocks :... a high-over-low block in which the flow splits, one branch taking a poleward excursion and the other branch an equatorward excursion. Any traveling storms that approach the block from the west, tend to weaken and go either over the ridge(top of the block) or pass through the trough on the south side.... An "omega" block so named because the flow about this block resembles the Greek letter "Omega". Cyclonic(counterclockwise) circulations can occur both southwest and southeast of the block(where low pressure is indicated on the diagram), and the weather near them can be stormy. Within the block, however, the weather is benign and warmer than normal.... A stationary high-amplitude ridge. Such a ridge often forms just off the West Coast of North America in winter. If it persists, it steers Pacific storms far to the north and keeps the weather in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest anomalously dry and mild.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Climatologie
OBS

[Situation qui résulte de] l'obstruction de la marche normale ouest-est des cyclones et des anticyclones migrateurs.

Spanish

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Record 5 1997-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
CONT

The remainder were released and were given "No Go" to the area of 100 East Hastings. The conditions for release were on their own recognizance, a small cash bail or with one surety. In each instance, a "No Go" order was issued for the area encompassed by Main on the east, Pender on the south, Cambie on the west, and Cordova on the north.

OBS

an order given to an accused person upon release from custody to stay away from a certain area known for drug-trafficking or other illegal activities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal

Spanish

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