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Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar
(Encyclopedia) Bernhard of Saxe-WeimarBernhard of Saxe-Weimarsăksˈ–wīˈmär, zäksˈə-vīˈmär [key], 1604–39, Protestant general in the Thirty Years War, duke of Weimar. Under Ernst von Mansfeld and the…Brewer's: Bathos
[Greek, bathos, depth]. A ludicrous descent from grandiloquence to commonplace. A literary mermaid. Humano capiti cervicem pictor equinam Jungere si velit ... ut turpiter atrum Desinat in…Courland
(Encyclopedia) Courland or KurlandCourlandboth: kûrˈlănd, Ger. k&oomacr;rˈlänt [key], Latvian Kurzeme, historic region and former duchy, in Latvia, between the Baltic Sea and the Western Dvina…monism
(Encyclopedia) monismmonismmōˈnĭzəm [key] [Gr.,=belief in one], in metaphysics, term introduced in the 18th cent. by Christian von Wolff for any theory that explains all phenomena by one unifying…sensationalism
(Encyclopedia) sensationalism, in philosophy, the theory that there are no innate ideas and that knowledge is derived solely from the sense data of experience. The idea was discussed by Greek…Boston Marathon
April 21, 2014 Men Time Meb Keflezighi, United States 2:08:37 Wheelchair- Ernst Van Dyk…surrealism
(Encyclopedia) surrealismsurrealismsərēˈəlĭzəm [key], literary and art movement influenced by Freudianism and dedicated to the expression of imagination as revealed in dreams, free of the conscious…Virginia Mayo 2005 Deaths
Virginia MayoAge: 84 film actress whose beauty prompted the sultan of Morocco to write that she was “tangible proof of the existence of God.” She played the unfaithful wife of World War II…Andrew Alford
Andrew Alford Born: 1904Birthplace: Samara, Russia Localizer antenna system—Alford invented and developed antennas for radio navigation systems, including VOR and instrument landing systems,…Financial Advisor (#2)
A. Maronge Tell us about your work-what do you do? I am a financial auditor for Ernst & Young . What skills are…Trending
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