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Karlsruhe

(Encyclopedia) KarlsruheKarlsruhekärlsˈr&oomacr;ə [key], city (1994 pop. 278,000), Baden-Württemberg, SW Germany, on the northern fringes of the Black Forest, connected by canal with a port on…

Eschenbach, Christoph

(Encyclopedia) Eschenbach, Christoph, 1940–, German conductor and pianist, b. Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), as Christoph Ringmann. Orphaned during World War II, he was adopted by Wallydore…

Baeck, Leo

(Encyclopedia) Baeck, LeoBaeck, Leolāˈō bĕk [key], 1873–1956, German rabbi and scholar. He studied at the conservative Jewish Theological Seminary of Breslau and then at the liberal Hochschule für…

Snow White

Snow White is a character from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (originally "Schneewittchen" or "Schneeweissen"), one of the folk tales collected and published by The Brothers Grimm in the early…

Brewer's: Wilfrid

(St.). Patron saint of bakers, being himself of the craft. (634-709.) St. Wilfrid's Needle is a narrow passage in the crypt of Ripon cathedral…

Brewer's: Will not when They may

Those who will not when they may, when they will they shall have nay. “Qui ne prend le bien quand il peut, il ne l'a pas quand il veut…

The All-Star Game

The All-Star Game Baseball’s first All-Star Game was held on July 6, 1933, before 47,595 at Comiskey Park in Chicago. From that year on, the All- Star Game has matched the best players in the…

Bleuler, Eugen

(Encyclopedia) Bleuler, EugenBleuler, Eugenoiˈgən bloiˈ lər [key], 1857–1939, Swiss psychiatrist. He taught (1898–1927) at the Univ. of Zürich, serving concurrently as director of Zürich's Burghölzi…

taxidermy

(Encyclopedia) taxidermytaxidermytăkˈsĭdûrˌmē [key], process of skinning, preserving, and mounting vertebrate animals so that they still appear lifelike. The fur or feathers are cleaned, and the skin…

Simms, William Gilmore

(Encyclopedia) Simms, William Gilmore, 1806–70, American novelist, b. Charleston, S.C. He wrote prolifically, both prose and poetry, but it is for his historical romances about his own state that he…