39 résultats pour "brief"
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Brief an Georg Erdmann - Texte.
- Christoph Willibald Gluck: Brief an Bailly du Rolly - Texte.
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Brief an den Erzbischof von Salzburg - Texte.
- Anton Bruckner: Brief an Moritz von Mayfeld - Texte.
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Brief an den Vater - Texte.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero - Geschichte.
und Akadmie einander gegenüberstellte. Daran schlossen sich die zwei Bücher De Divinatione (44 v. Chr.; Über die Weissagung ) an, ein Dialog über Sinn und Zweck der Weissagungen, sowie das nur fragmentarisch überlieferte, nicht dialogische De fato (44 v. Chr.; Über das Schiksal ). 44 v. Chr. entstanden auch die beiden kleineren, wieder auf ethische Fragen zurückgreifenden Dialoge Cato maior de senectude (Cato der Ältere, über das Greisenalter) und Laelius de amicitia (Laelius, über di...
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Österreichische Literatur (Sprache & Litteratur).
Hugo von Hofmannsthal: Ein BriefHugo von Hofmannsthals so genannter Chandos-Brief über die Unmöglichkeit, mit Worten das Wesentliche der Dingwelt zu erfassen,steht am Anfang einer spezifisch österreichischen Sprachskepsistradition, die bis zur Gegenwartsliteratur, namentlich bis zu PeterHandke, weiterreicht. Am Ende des Briefs steht der Wunsch nach einer unmittelbaren „Sprache des Herzens”, die keiner vomIndividuellen abstrahierenden Worte oder starren Begrifflichkeiten mehr bedarf. Parallel zu...
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Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th president of the United States (1861-1865) and one of the great leaders in American history.
fence in 4 hectares (10 acres) to grow corn. Then he hired out to neighbors, helping them to split rails. That year, Lincoln attended a political rally and was persuaded tospeak on behalf of a local candidate. It was his first political speech. A witness recalled that Lincoln “was frightened but got warmed up and made the best speech of theday.” In 1831 Lincoln made a second trip to New Orleans. He was hired, along with his stepbrother and a cousin, by Denton Offutt, a Kentucky trader and specul...
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Abraham Lincoln.
fence in 4 hectares (10 acres) to grow corn. Then he hired out to neighbors, helping them to split rails. That year, Lincoln attended a political rally and was persuaded tospeak on behalf of a local candidate. It was his first political speech. A witness recalled that Lincoln “was frightened but got warmed up and made the best speech of theday.” In 1831 Lincoln made a second trip to New Orleans. He was hired, along with his stepbrother and a cousin, by Denton Offutt, a Kentucky trader and specul...
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Abraham Lincoln
fence in 4 hectares (10 acres) to grow corn. Then he hired out to neighbors, helping them to split rails. That year, Lincoln attended a political rally and was persuaded tospeak on behalf of a local candidate. It was his first political speech. A witness recalled that Lincoln “was frightened but got warmed up and made the best speech of theday.” In 1831 Lincoln made a second trip to New Orleans. He was hired, along with his stepbrother and a cousin, by Denton Offutt, a Kentucky trader and specul...
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Abraham Lincoln - USA History.
fence in 4 hectares (10 acres) to grow corn. Then he hired out to neighbors, helping them to split rails. That year, Lincoln attended a political rally and was persuaded tospeak on behalf of a local candidate. It was his first political speech. A witness recalled that Lincoln “was frightened but got warmed up and made the best speech of theday.” In 1831 Lincoln made a second trip to New Orleans. He was hired, along with his stepbrother and a cousin, by Denton Offutt, a Kentucky trader and specul...
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Synthese de l'histoire des EU ("A brief History of the USA Michael Moore's movie)
This document is a humoristic cartoon which comes from Michael Moore’s movie: Bowling for Columbine. It is a documentary which focuses on the origin of violence in the USA and especially the environment in which the massacre of Columbine took place. This movie was directed and produced by Michael Moore. He won prizes as 55th Anniversary Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival and the César Award for Best Foreign Film . This movie has been really criticized too. In this film,...
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Französische Literatur (Sprache & Litteratur).
Inbegriff allerhöchster Tugend ) und von Louise Labé ( Sonnetts, 1555; 24 Sonette ) sowie das Werk des in der Nachfolge Ariostos schreibenden Philippe Desportes zu sehen. In der Prosa der Zeit orientierte sich Margarete von Navarra bei Heptaméron (herausgegeben 1559) an Boccaccios Novellenzyklus Decamerone. François Rabelais wiederum ließ sich für die sinnenfroh-überbordende Phantastik und den Wortwitz seiner von satirischer Gesellschafts- und Kirchenkritik durchsetzten Renaissanceromane...
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Oper: Falstaff - Texte.
Da die gewisse Stunde naht, wird die Szene für die Falle, die man Falstaff stellen will, vorbereitet: Ein großer Korb mit schmutziger Wäsche und ein offenerWandschirm werden aufgestellt. Die Fröhlichkeit der Frauen wird nur von der Besorgnis Nannettas getrübt. Sie ist in den jungen Fenton verliebt, während ihr Vatersie mit Doktor Cajus verheiraten will. Frau Quickly, die am Fenster Wache hält, meldet die Ankunft Falstaffs; alle verstecken sich rasch, außer Alice natürlich, die sich mit einer Lau...
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Millennium: Literatur (Sprache & Litteratur).
Naturnachahmung (Mimesis), das noch in den Realismustheorien des 19. Jahrhunderts nachwirkte und erst im 20. Jahrhundert – aber auch nur im Rahmen der literarischenAvantgarde – abgelöst wurde von Positionen, die den Zeichencharakter von Literatur hervorheben. Dass die Poetik des Aristoteles nur fragmentarisch erhalten geblieben istund dass gerade die Abschnitte zur Komödie und zur Natur des Lachens verloren gegangen sind, könnte im Blick auf diese Wirkungsgeschichte als folgenschwer betrachtetwe...
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Oper: Die sizilianische Vesper - Texte.
Gerade in diesem Augenblick erscheint Elena mit einem Dolch, um den Gouverneur zu erstechen. Arrigo verhindert die Tat. Elena, Procida und die anderen Verschwörer werden verhaftet. Arrigo möchte ihnen helfen, aber die Herzogin und Procida weisen ihn mit Verachtung zurück. Der verzweifelte Arrigo wirft sich in die Arme des Vaters. Vierter Akt Im Hof einer Festung Arrigo nähert sich dem Gefängnis, wo Elena und die anderen Patrioten auf die Hinrichtung warten. Elena wird geholt, aber auf die Bitten...
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Franz Kafka (Sprache & Litteratur).
2 WERK Kafka hatte testamentarisch ausdrücklich verfügt, dass sein umfangreicher unveröffentlichter Nachlass nach seinem Tod vernichtet werden sollte. Sein Freund Max Brodwidersetzte sich diesem Wunsch und publizierte posthum die Romanfragmente Der Prozess (1925), Das Schloss (1926) und Amerika (1927). Mit der Herausgabe der Gesammelten Schriften (1935-1937, sieben Bände, mit einer Biographie von Brod) leitete er die weltweite Rezeption des zu Lebzeiten wenig beachteten Schriftstellers e...
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Oper: La traviata - Texte.
Violetta liest wieder und wieder den liebevollen Brief, den der alte Germont ihr geschickt hat: Er dankt, dass sie das Versprechen gehalten habe. Der Baron sei imDuell verwundet worden. Alfredo, dem er endlich die Wahrheit gesagt habe, komme bald zu ihr, um ihre Vergebung zu erbitten. Während von der Straße das Echo des Pariser Karnevals heraufklingt, betrachtet Violetta traurig ihr blasses Gesicht im Spiegel und erinnert sich schmerzhaft derglücklichen Tage ihres Lebens. Plötzlich erscheint Ann...
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Uwe Johnson (Sprache & Litteratur).
Frühlings erstreckt. Letztlich aber geht es in den Jahrestagen um die durch den Einmarsch russischer Truppen in die Tschechoslowakei am 21. August 1968 scheinbar negativ beantwortete Frage, ob ein demokratisch geprägter „Sozialismus mit menschlichem Antlitz” real überhaupt zu verwirklichen sei. Von New York aus beobachtetGesine über Massenmedien indirekt das Zeitgeschehen (Vietnamkrieg, Rassenproblematik, die Ermordung John F. Kennedys und Martin Luther Kings etc.), bewertet es aushumanistisch...
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Uwe Johnson (Sprache & Litteratur).
Frühlings erstreckt. Letztlich aber geht es in den Jahrestagen um die durch den Einmarsch russischer Truppen in die Tschechoslowakei am 21. August 1968 scheinbar negativ beantwortete Frage, ob ein demokratisch geprägter „Sozialismus mit menschlichem Antlitz” real überhaupt zu verwirklichen sei. Von New York aus beobachtetGesine über Massenmedien indirekt das Zeitgeschehen (Vietnamkrieg, Rassenproblematik, die Ermordung John F. Kennedys und Martin Luther Kings etc.), bewertet es aushumanistisch...
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (Sprache & Litteratur).
übersetzt. Eine Umsetzung wesentlicher Elemente seiner Dramentheorie versuchte Lessing in Emilia Galotti (1772), seinem zweiten bürgerlichen Trauerspiel, dessen Stoff auf den römischen Historiker Livius zurückgeht und das den Konflikt zwischen menschlicher Privatheit und einer durch höfische Willkür aufgedrückten Etikette thematisiert – einehöfische Wertvorstellung, die aber weit ins Private hinüberreicht und die Familie über den Ehrenkodex ihres Oberhaupts in die Krise stürzt. Gerade im Fürst...
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Affirmative Action.
hiring, purchasing, and other government business. In 1998 Washington State voters passed Initiative 200, a measure that banned affirmative action in state and localgovernment hiring, contracting, and education. Around the same time, federal courts began considering lawsuits from white students denied admission to state universities with affirmative action programs. In somecases, the courts have invalidated such programs on the grounds that they promote reverse racial discrimination. For example...
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Quark
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INTRODUCTION
Quark, smallest known building block of matter.
Constituents of MatterMatter is composed of tiny particles called quarks. Quarks come in six varieties: up (u), down (d), charm (c), strange (s),top (t), and bottom (b). Quarks also have antimatter counterparts called antiquarks (designated by a line over the lettersymbol). Quarks combine to form larger particles called baryons, and quarks and antiquarks combine to form mesons.Protons and neutrons, particles that form the nuclei of atoms, are examples of baryons. Positive and negative kaons aree...
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Slovenia - country.
Democratic Party of Slovenia, the Christian Democratic Party, United List, the Slovenian National Party, the Democratic Party of Slovenia, and Greens of Slovenia. Slovenia has eight trial courts, four appellate courts, and a Supreme Court. The Assembly appoints all judges, including the justices of the Supreme Court. Slovenia hasan extensive network of social service programs sponsored by the government, including low-cost medical coverage and retirement pensions. Slovenia had an army of 6,550 a...
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Babylonia - USA History.
Pharmacology, too, doubtless had made considerable progress, although the only major direct evidence of this comes from a Sumerian tablet written several centuriesbefore Hammurabi. C Legal System and Writing Law and justice were key concepts in the Babylonian way of life. Justice was administered by the courts, each of which consisted of from one to four judges. Often theelders of a town constituted a tribunal. The judges could not reverse their decisions for any reason, but appeals from their...
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Estonia - country.
protest the expansion of open-pit phosphorite mining in northeastern Estonia. Their success in stopping the expansion prompted further demonstrations as part of thecountry’s independence movement. Since independence Estonia has taken measures to protect the environment. The government has ratified international agreementsto reduce emissions of hazardous wastes and greenhouse gases, as well as to protect biodiversity, wetlands, and endangered species. Estonians cherish thecountryside, and 31 perc...
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Bibel - Religion.
in Deinem Zorn, und züchtige mich nicht in Deinem Grimm.” Das andere wichtige Merkmal hebräischer Dichtung ist ein charakteristischer Rhythmus, ein metrisches Maß,das durch die Anzahl der Betonungen in jeder Zeile bestimmt wird. Eines der verwendeten Versmaße ist der so genannte qina oder Klagegesang, bei dem die erste Zeile drei Hebungen oder akzentuierte Silben aufweist und die zweite Zeile zwei. Die lyrische (gesungene) Dichtung stellt eine der frühesten Formen der Gottesverehrung dar: Diem...
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Zachary Taylor.
army fled back across the Río Grande into Mexico. When Polk got word of the victories, he promoted Taylor to major general. Congress awarded him two gold medals. B1 Battle of Monterrey In September 1846, Taylor began an invasion of northern Mexico. His army of 6000 consisted of regulars and volunteers. On September 21 he attacked the fortifiedcity of Monterrey, which was defended by more than 7000 Mexicans under General Pedro de Ampudia. Taylor divided his army, giving Brigadier General William...
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Zachary Taylor
army fled back across the Río Grande into Mexico. When Polk got word of the victories, he promoted Taylor to major general. Congress awarded him two gold medals. B1 Battle of Monterrey In September 1846, Taylor began an invasion of northern Mexico. His army of 6000 consisted of regulars and volunteers. On September 21 he attacked the fortifiedcity of Monterrey, which was defended by more than 7000 Mexicans under General Pedro de Ampudia. Taylor divided his army, giving Brigadier General William...
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Supreme Court of the United States.
The Constitution does not specify formal qualifications for membership on the Supreme Court. From the beginning, though, justices have all been lawyers, and mostpursued legal and political careers before serving on the Court. Many justices served as members of Congress, governors, or members of the Cabinet. One president,William Howard Taft, was later appointed chief justice. Some justices came to the Court from private law practice, and others were appointed from positions as lawprofessors. Man...
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Dog.
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Dog, mammal generally considered to be the first domesticated animal.
French word for butterfly because it has ears that resemble butterfly wings, is a happy, friendly dog, suitable for small living spaces. The final dog group, nonsporting ,includes a wide variety of purebreds that differ in size, coat, overall appearance, and personality, from the shorthaired spotted dalmatian to the curly-haired poodle. V DOG BEHAVIOR Instinctive behaviors of the domestic dog are comparable to those of its wild relatives, the wolf, coyote, fox, and jackal. Unlike trained behavi...
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Dog - biology.
French word for butterfly because it has ears that resemble butterfly wings, is a happy, friendly dog, suitable for small living spaces. The final dog group, nonsporting ,includes a wide variety of purebreds that differ in size, coat, overall appearance, and personality, from the shorthaired spotted dalmatian to the curly-haired poodle. V DOG BEHAVIOR Instinctive behaviors of the domestic dog are comparable to those of its wild relatives, the wolf, coyote, fox, and jackal. Unlike trained behavi...
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Bolivia - country.
E Plants and Animals Because of the wide variations in elevation, plant and animal species of nearly every climatic zone are found in Bolivia. A coarse grass, called ichu, grows on the largelybarren high plateau in the west. Para rubber trees, more than 2,000 species of hardwood trees, and vanilla, sarsaparilla, and saffron plants are common in the tropicalforests of the east. The llama, found chiefly on the Altiplano, is an efficient beast of burden. Alpacas and vicuñas also inhabit the platea...
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Oscar-Preisträger.
Beste RegieJAHR NAME ORIGINALTITEL DEUTSCHER TITEL 1929 Lewis MilestoneFrank Borzage Two Arabian KnightsSeventh Heaven SchlachtenbummlerIm siebenten Himmel 1930 Frank Lloyd The Divine Lady Die ungekrönte Königin 1930 Lewis Milestone All Quiet on the Western Front Im Westen nichts Neues 1931 Norman Taurog Skippy - 1932 Frank Borzage Bad Girl - 1934 Frank Lloyd Cavalcade Cavalcade 1935 Frank Capra It Happened One Night Es geschah in einer Nacht 1936 John Ford The Informer Der Verräter 1937 Frank C...
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Elementary Particles
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Structure of Matter
Modern physics has revealed successively deeper layers of structure in ordinary matter.
The most fundamental particles that make up matter fall into the fermion category. These fermions cannot be split into anything smaller. The particles that carry theforces acting on matter and antimatter are bosons called force carriers. Force carriers are also fundamental particles, so they cannot be split into anything smaller.These bosons carry the four basic forces in the universe: the electromagnetic, the gravitational, the strong (force that holds the nuclei of atoms together), and the wea...
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Florida - USA History.
accidentally introduced into the region in the 1880s, and it spread with alarming rapidity throughout the upper reaches of the river. The plant is very difficult toeradicate, and it has also clogged the channels of other Florida rivers. To increase drainage of the Everglades, which drain naturally to Florida Bay and the Gulf ofMexico, a number of drainage channels and canals have been built across southern Florida. Among the rivers flowing from the peninsula to the Gulf of Mexico are the Suwanne...
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United States Government.
Article II establishes an executive department headed by a president and vice president. The article further describes the powers of the offices, the manner of election,and the qualifications for office. Of special significance is the president’s constitutional role as commander of the nation’s armed forces, which assures civilian controlover the military. Because the president is the head of the armed forces and only Congress can declare war, the authority of the military is diffused and its po...
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Communism.
In Britain, Robert Owen, a philanthropic Welsh manufacturer, strove against the social problems brought about by the Industrial Revolution and sought to improve thewelfare of workers. As manager of a cotton mill, he enhanced the environment of his workers by improving their housing, modernizing mill equipment for greater safetyand sanitation, and establishing low-priced stores for the workers and schools for their children. Owen believed that workers, rather than governments, should createthe in...
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Communism .
In Britain, Robert Owen, a philanthropic Welsh manufacturer, strove against the social problems brought about by the Industrial Revolution and sought to improve thewelfare of workers. As manager of a cotton mill, he enhanced the environment of his workers by improving their housing, modernizing mill equipment for greater safetyand sanitation, and establishing low-priced stores for the workers and schools for their children. Owen believed that workers, rather than governments, should createthe in...