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Cet article formule les architectoniques de la memoire a Berlin par l'intermediaire de deux memoriaux controversies engages apres l'unificati...
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The unified city now replaces broken west traffic men with their cuddly eastern cousin, said an official of a Berlin design firm that copyrighted the symbol. The Ampelmann's form and image is used on lamps, cookie cutter molds, bookends, and every imaginable object sold in the firm's stores around Berlin.
At the other end, Museum Island's image is defined by the Altes (old) Museum, a neo-classical gem with a facade 18 columns wide. Built in 1830 to display the king's art collection, it now houses Berlin's Egyptology collection, starring the famous bust of the Egyptian Queen Nefertiti.
Despite the panic-inducing list of things to see -- don't forget shows and museums -- Berlin has quiet retreats worth a detour. One is the Dorotheen cemetery with luminaries such as philosopher George Hege...
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Supreme Court of Canada
Town of Berlin v. Berlin and Waterloo St. Ry. Co., 42 S.C.R. 581
Date: 1910-02-22
The Town of Berlin (Plaintiffs) Appellants;...
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2I want to wash my hands, my face and hair with snow...
I long to clear a path and lift a spade of snow."
Tell us about it. Many members of Thursday's...
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The establishment of the Berlin Wall was one of the seminal moments of the Cold War. Not only did the wall serve as the most powerful symbol of the pr...
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Sensational photos, superb maps, and prose that's authoritative,'' said the San Francisco Chronicle.
"The assistance is essential to Vietnam Airlines in its efforts to open direct flights to the United States," said Lai Xuan Thanh, deputy director of the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam, or CAAV. "We need more direct flights to match the fine growing economic ties between Vietnam and the United States.
"The United States stands ready to help the CAAV and Vietnam Airlines upgrade its safety capacity and looks forward to the opening of direct service to the United States," the embassy statement said.
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REQUIRING passports at U.S. land border crossings will turn the world's longest, undefended border into "a financial Berlin Wall" for some families in both Canada and the United States, Premier Gary Doer said Thursday.
We believe north-south tourism and trade will dramatically decline if a passport is required for access," said Doer.
"That's where we're going to have real damage," he said. "And you know, kids who visit each other's country in the long run become better neighbours.
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..., Manifesto Project (MRG/CMP/MARPOR), Berlin: Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung (...
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[Prudence Johnson] is no stranger to interpretations of the music of the great 20th-century composers, with recording credits that include Moon Glow, a CD of Hoagy Carmichael's music, and s'Gershwin, on which she interprets the music of the great George Gershwin. She has toured the world singing the music of the legendary songwriters.
Berlin's classic compositions include White Christmas, Blue Skies, Cheek to Cheek, Puttin' on The Ritz and Steppin' Out.
Also, coming up on May 27, is the Manitoba Conservatory of Music & Arts (MCMA) Jazz Vocal Showcase. Hosted by Helen White, the vocal coach at the jazz institute at the MCMA, this concert features 12 of her students, who will be backed by a quartet of Rick Boughton (piano), Steve Hamilton (bass), Jordy McIntyre (drums) and Janice F...
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Madonna's debut movie as a director will have its world première at the annual Berlin film festival in February.