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  I. Notre Dame. Book III. Hugo, Victor Marie. 1917. Notre Dame de Paris. Vol. XII. Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction
Notre Dame has not, like the Abbey of Tournus, the grave and massive squareness, the round, wide, vaulted roof, the frigid nudity, the majestic simplicity of the edifices which have their origin in the Roman arch.
Notre Dame de Paris, in particular, is a curious specimen of this variety.
Such is Notre Dame of Paris, a Gothic structure, rooted by its earliest pillars in that Roman zone in which the portal of Saint-Denis and the nave of Saint-Germain-des-Prés are entirely sunk.
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 QUEBEC - LoveToKnow Article on QUEBEC
(3) The Notre Dame Mountains and the Eastern Townships.
To the south-east of the Notre Dame Mountains is an undulating country known as the Eastern Townships.
In the belt of the Notre Dame Mountains the country is not in the strict sense of the terrp a mountainous one, but rather a rolling country containing much good farming and pasture land, while the Eastern Townships is a fine agricultural country, embracing some of the best farming and grazing land in the Dominion.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Q/QU/QUEBEC.htm   (7989 words)

  
 Appalachian Mountains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
The Appalachian Mountains are a system of North American mountains running from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada to Alabama in the United States, although the northernmost mainland portion ends at the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec.
In addition to the true folded mountains, known as the ridge and valley province, the area of dissected plateau to the north and west of the mountains is usually grouped with them.
In the folded mountains the coal is in metamorphosed form as anthracite represented by the coal fields of northeastern Pennsylvania.
www.newlenox.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Appalachian   (990 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Appalachian Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains are a system of North American mountains running from Quebec, Canada to Alabama in the United States.
South of New York, the mountains are loosely organized into two large plateau regions, the Allegheny Plateau in western Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia, and the Cumberland Plateau in southern West Virginia, western Virginia, eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina.
These mountains are a geographical boundary between the eastern seaboard of the U.S. and the Midwestern regions of the country.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Appalachian_Mountains   (738 words)

  
 RecSports - University of Notre Dame Department of Athletics
Notre Dame's Leigh Hellrung finished 45th nationally in the Giant Slalom among the top 90 skiers at the UCSCA Championships in Maine.
Notre Dame was the only club team to qualify for one of the nineteen spots, and the Irish finished 12th in the Alpine Combined overall standings.
Notre Dame was the only club team to qualify for one of the nineteen spots, and the Irish finished 12th in the Alpine Combined overall standings, among an elite field of varsity teams.
recsports.nd.edu /programs/club/results/skiing.html   (3539 words)

  
 Appalachian Mountains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
With the formation of the United States of America, an important first phase of westward expansion in the late 18th century and early 19th century consisted of the migration of European-descended settlers westward across the mountains into the Ohio Valley through the Cumberland Gap and other mountain passes.
In the folded mountains the coal is in metamorphosed form as anthracite represented by the Coal Region of northeastern Pennsylvania and discovered by Necho Allen.
The coal fields of western Pennsylvania, southeastern Ohio, eastern Kentucky, and West Virginia are bituminous coal, which is the sedimentary form.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Appalachian_Mountains   (970 words)

  
 Notre Dame -- Foundations: 4.2
Needless to say, such an increase was gratifying to those at Notre Dame, for it promised a continuity and a stability of enrollment, and it forecast the day when the majority of students could be expected to remain in the school for at least two years.
He freely donated two horses and a wagon to Notre Dame so that the whole expedition could be said to have been sent out at the expense of and under the jurisdiction of the community at Notre Dame du Lac.
In 1850 there was one other society already in existence at Notre Dame, the Archconfraternity of the Sacred and Immaculate Heart of Mary, but this was a religious society rather than an academic one, and it was under the careful sponsorship of the administration and faculty and was open to the whole school.
lysy2.archives.nd.edu /wack/wack10.htm   (2896 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Institute of Notre-Dame de Namur
This is the origin of the congregation of Sisters of Notre Dame, whose mother-house is at Coesfield, and who have large schools in Cleveland, Covington, and other cities of the Middle West.
1907), the Sisters of Notre Dame, at the request of Leopold II of Belgium, took charge of the girls' schools in the Jesuit missions of the Congo Free State, where three houses were established.
Annals of the Mother-House of Notre Dame, Namur, Belgium; SISTER OF NOTRE DAME, Life of the Blessed Julie Billiart (London, 1909); SISTER OF NOTRE DAME, Life of the Rev. Mother St. Joseph (Namur, l850); MANNIX, Memoir of Sister Louise (Boston, 1906); CLARKE, The Hon.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/11128b.htm   (2355 words)

  
 Notre Dame Mountains --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The mountains are a continuation of the Green Mountains of Vermont, U.S., and an outcrop of the northern Appalachians.
Quebec, projecting into Gulf of St. Lawrence, and consisting of an elevated plateau traversed by Notre Dame Mountains, a continuation of the Appalachians of the U.S.; lumbering and fishing; visited by tourists because of scenery and picturesque villages; city of Gaspé (pop.
It was founded in 1851 by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur and was one of the first four colleges in California chartered to grant bachelor's degrees.
www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9056344   (811 words)

  
 Notre Dame des Neiges Abbey (Our Ladie of Snow) in Ardeche, France.
The high Vivarais Mountains situated between the rivers Loire and Allier have sheltered Cistercian monasteries from the 12th Century to the French Revolution.
At Notre Dame des Neiges the financial situation began to improve and it possessed a large and fervent community.
It was decided to evict the monks of Notre Dame des Neiges and the date was set for the beginning of November.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Congregation of Notre Dame de Montreal
This mission, under the auspices of the priests of St. Sulpice, was removed in 1701 to Sault au Rocollet, and in 1720 to the Lake of Two Mountains.
The two towers still standing on the grounds of Montreal College were part of a stone fort built to protect the colony from the attacks of their enemies; they were expressly erected for the sisters of that mission: one for their residence, the other for their classes.
The Notre Dame Ladies College was inaugurated in 1908.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/11127a.htm   (1217 words)

  
 The University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame was founded through an Act of the Western Australian Parliament in 1990 and Notre Dame (Fremantle) commenced teaching in 1992.
Notre Dame's admission policy extends beyond the use of a single score like the Tertiary Entrance Rank for admission.
Notre Dame considers academic results and records, motivation, willingness to participate along with personal qualities and accomplishments as a true indication of a student's ability to succeed at University.  
www.goingtouni.gov.au /Main/CoursesAndProviders/ProvidersAndCourses/HigherEducationProviders/ListAll/TheUniversityOfNotreDame.htm   (399 words)

  
 :: Christendom College - Notre Dame Graduate School ::
The Notre Dame Graduate School (NDGS) is Christendom College's graduate school of theology and catechetics.
In 1969, the Sisters of Notre Dame in Chardon, Ohio, and Msgr.
The Notre Dame Graduate School is located in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., in the eastern, "Alexandria" section of Fairfax County.
www.christendom.edu /grad/index.shtml   (984 words)

  
 Notre Dame de Paris Historic Overview - Earthlore Exploations Gothic Dreams Feature
Vista of Notre Dame from the Southwest -
Vista of Notre Dame from the Seine -
Exemplified in Notre Dame, a pure style, whose utility did not sacrifice its visual significance, could still be recognized.
www.elore.com /Gothic/History/Overview/paris.htm   (2713 words)

  
 Notre Dame's Grotto 2
From the day Rev. Edward F. Sorin, founder of Notre Dame du Lac, embarked from Le Havre, France, bound for his mission in the New World, Mary, the Mother of God, was his guiding star.
Our Lady of Lourdes was quickly accepted at Notre Dame, and honor to her under this title became the dominant Marian devotion on the campus.
No tour of Notre Dame would be complete without a visit to this peaceful shrine nestled among the trees in the shadow of the Golden Dome.
www.nd.edu /~wcawley/corson/grott002.htm   (689 words)

  
 Peakware - Appalachian Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains, located in Eastern North America, extend 1600 north-south miles from Quebec to Georgia.
The most popular attraction for mountain hiking enthusiasts is the Appalachian Trail, a 2,100-mile hiking trail that winds through forested mountains from Springer Mountain in Northern Georgia to Mount Katahdin, Maine.
Of these ranges, the Blue Ridge Mountains are the easternmost and highest range, and are protected in part by two national parks, Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Tennessee/North Carolina), and Shenandoah National Park (Virginia), as well as many national and state forests.
www.peakware.com /encyclopedia/ranges/appalachian.htm   (175 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Notre Dame
Notre Dame, cathedral of Notre Dame (Our Lady), on the island called Île de la Cité at the heart of Paris.
France in the Middle Ages, when Notre Dame was built
Hugh Capet’s establishment of the Capetian dynasty changed little in the political, social, or economic structure of West Francia.
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 Notre Dame Sisters of Omaha, Nebraska
To reach Sulaco, an agricultural community in the mountainous inner region of Honduras, I traveled about 150 km on roads that were either pot-holed pavement or gravel roads with deep ruts.
The Notre Dame Sisters are helping in the effort to build an emergency hospital to provide at least minimal health care.
Joan would love to obtain several mountain bikes (these are real mountains) for the girls to use for transportation to and from school.
www.notredamesisters.org /honduras/news.htm   (2838 words)

  
 Office of Undergraduate Admissions - University of Notre Dame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Notre Dame's campus is located about 5 miles from the South Bend regional airport, which has flights to most major cities.
Notre Dame is an hour and a half's drive from Chicago, which isn't bad if you've got a day to blow.
Notre Dame also offers the largest five on five outdoor basketball tournament in the world every spring it is called bookstore basketball and it is in the Guinness Book of world records.
admissions.nd.edu /chattime/chatarchive.cfm?chatID=15J24644AE6E641   (15789 words)

  
 Notre Dame and 19th Century Transits of Venus
However, I am sure the astronomers at Notre Dame will engaged in observing the transit and I am trying to arrange to utilize our old telescope in some way to commemorate the occasion.
To help organize the school, several members of the Notre Dame Community were recruited for the faculty.
Author Robert Havlik describes the history of the Napoleon III telescope to University of Notre Dame visitors.
www.transitofvenus.org /nd1800s.htm   (6530 words)

  
 Twillingate to St. Anthony   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Notre Dame Bay had both smiled on me and toasted me with hardly a hint of a ripple.
The light was fading fast behind the mountains, and I must have looked a rare sight to them as I came ashore.
That's not to say I want use their sheltered passageways during stormy weather, but normally I stay on their seaward side and go island hopping across large bays, but Notre Dame Bay was the exception.
www.berniehowgate.com /nfld5.htm   (1206 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - New Notre Dame coach learned about life at home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Notre Dame AD Kevin White: Willingham done in by won-loss record
So part of what the father has been as an offensive guru with the Patriots, part of what he will take to Notre Dame as the newest fix-it hope, comes from the daughter.
Who attended Notre Dame not as a football star, but a speech and drama major, watching the games from the 59th row with future accountants and insurance agents.
www.usatoday.com /sports/columnist/lopresti/2004-12-13-lopresti-weis_x.htm   (669 words)

  
 Rio de Janeiro Brazil - International Study Programs - University of Notre Dame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Noting the interest among students at Notre Dame and other universities to pursue service-learning opportunities, four universities have teamed up to create a unique international study program.
The University of Notre Dame has formed a partnership with Harvard University, the Universidade de São Paulo (USP) and Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), to offer the Brazil program.
Notre Dame students will participate in the Brazil program during the spring semester (fall and academic year students will be considered under special circumstances).
www.nd.edu /%7Eintlstud/locations/brazil/riodejaneiro.html   (778 words)

  
 thedailytimes.com - Notre Dame's image a little more tarnished these days   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
For all its rich history and tradition, Notre Dame's football program is now like so many others in need of a rehab.
The Rev. Edward Malloy, Notre Dame's president, was prepared, saying he was ``embarrassed'' by the firing and hadn't supported it.
But Meyer was already leaning toward Florida when Willingham was fired, and his meeting with Notre Dame officials turned out to be little more than a show of respect.
www.thedailytimes.com /sited/story/html/181153   (1545 words)

  
 thedailytimes.com - Notre Dame beats top-seeded FSU   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Notre Dame (49-16) has won 31 of its last 35 as it heads for Omaha, Neb., and a first-round game against Stanford.
Sollmann singled in Notre Dame's first run in the third inning and his sacrifice fly in the seventh scored the final Irish run.
Javier Sanchez gave Notre Dame a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning with a single to right that scored Kris Billmaier.
www.thedailytimes.com /sited/story/html/95355   (411 words)

  
 University of Notre Dame Archives: Calendar (1816)
(Flaget) informs Bruté that he is traveling among high mountains and deep valleys which are suffering from a drought but has received, for the past two days, so much rain that it is now possible to float frigates in rivers where one could hardly have found enough water to wash his hands.
She and the girls undertook a walking trip to the top of the mountain but stopped on the way to pick flberries.
They began climbing rocks from the foot of the mountain, when there was another snake alarm, this time true.
cawley.archives.nd.edu /calendar/cal1816.htm   (10556 words)

  
 Ten Days in Notre Dame Bay
For more than a week we had spent the better part of our daytime hours in the tight confines of our small boats as we paddled our way in and out of the peninsulas and islands of Newfoundland's Notre Dame Bay.
This day, we gave our legs a workout and crossed the narrow channel to the western island for a walk to a lighthouse on the other side.
Gerald volunteered his home's driveway for our car, took us on a tour of the local historical park (Pan Am took off for the first Trans-Atlantic flying boat trip from Botwood and the site was later a military sea plane base), then actually invited us in to share Sunday dinner.
voeller.r.home.mindspring.com /Newfoundland/Newfoundland.htm   (978 words)

  
 Notre Dame Archives: Louisiana
England would thus be hemmed in between the Atlantic Ocean and the Appalachian range of mountains.
La Salle endeavoured to carry out this scheme in 1684, but his colony, Fort Louis, established by mistake on the coast of what is now Texas, perished when its founder was murdered on the Trinity River by some of his own men on 19 March, 1687.
Louisiana of the seventeenth century extended from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, and from the Rio Grande and Gulf of Mexico to British America.
lysy2.archives.nd.edu /mano/louisian.htm   (5760 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Notre Dame College
Notre Dame College, private, coeducational institution in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Encarta and The Princeton Review offer a variety of tools for college-bound students, including a database of college information, an online...
College of Notre Dame (California), private, coeducational institution in Belmont, California, affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church.
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 Fine art of Donald Flather - Granitic Outcropping -Notre Dame Mountains original oil painting.
Fine art of Donald Flather - Granitic Outcropping -Notre Dame Mountains original oil painting.
Granitic Outcropping of the Southeast Sector of the "Lady Mountains".
Notre Dame Mountains about 15 miles southeast of Riviere Du Loup.
www.groupofsevenart.com /Paintings_For_Sale/Flather_Granitic_Outcropping.html   (205 words)

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