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Berlin
Berlin , city (1994 pop. 3,475,400), capital of Germany, coextensive with Berlin state (341 sq mi/883 sq km), NE Germany, on the Spree and Havel rivers. Formerly divided into East Berlin (156 sq mi/404 sq km) and West Berlin (185 sq mi/479 sq km), the city was reunified along with East and West Germ... Read more
Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin , 1888-1989, American songwriter, b. Russia. Berlin's surname was originally Baline. Of his nearly 1,000 songs, Alexander's Ragtime Band (1911) was his first outstanding hit. In 1918, while he was in the army, he wrote, produced, and acted in Yip, Yip, Yaphank, which he rewrote in ... Read more
Berlin airlift
Berlin airlift 1948-49, supply of vital necessities to West Berlin by air transport primarily under U.S. auspices. It was initiated in response to a land and water blockade of the city that had been instituted by the Soviet Union in the hope that the Allies would be forced to abandon West Berlin. T... Read more
Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall 1961-89, a barrier first erected in Aug., 1961, by the East German government along the border between East and West Berlin, and later along the entire border between East Germany and West Germany. At first constructed of barbed wire, the wall was built to halt large numbers of defectio... Read more
Congress of Berlin
Congress of Berlin 1878, called by the signers of the Treaty of Paris of 1856 (see Paris, Congress of ) to reconsider the terms of the Treaty of San Stefano , which Russia had forced on the Ottoman Empire earlier in 1878. Great Britain and Austria-Hungary were the powers most insistent on revisio... Read more
Sir Isaiah Berlin
Sir Isaiah Berlin 1909-97, English political scientist, b. Riga, Latvia (then in Russia). His family moved to St. Petersburg when he was a boy and emigrated to London in 1921. He was educated at Oxford, where he became a fellow (1932), a professor of social and political theory (1957-67), and presi... Read more
Emmy Destinn
Emmy Destinn (Ema Kittl) , 1878-1930, Czechoslovakian soprano. She debuted in Berlin in 1898 before singing the title role in the London production of Madame Butterfly in 1905. She also sang the title role in the Berlin and Paris premieres of Richard Strauss's Salome in 1906. She debuted (1908... Read more
Wolfgang Kapp
Wolfgang Kapp , 1858-1922, German right-wing politician. In 1920 he led the uprising known as the Kapp putsch, an armed revolt in Berlin aimed at restoring the German monarchy. He seized the Berlin government, but a general strike broke his power. Kapp fled to Sweden, returned (1922) to Germany, and... Read more
Herbert von Karajan
Herbert von Karajan , 1908-89, Austrian conductor. Karajan began his conducting career in 1927. After World War II his reputation spread through Europe to the United States. He toured with various orchestras (notably the Berlin Philharmonic) and participated in many of Europe's music festivals. He w... Read more
Arthur Rubinstein
Arthur Rubinstein 1887-1983, Polish-American pianist, b. Łódź. Rubinstein studied in Warsaw and Berlin, making his debut in 1900 with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Joachim. He first played in the United States in 1906, achieving great acclaim there in 1937, especially... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Berlin,"

Berlin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Berlin , city (1994 pop. 3,475,400), capital of Germany, coextensive with Berlin state (341 sq mi/883 sq km), NE Germany...and Havel rivers. Formerly divided into East Berlin (156 sq mi/404 sq km) and West Berlin (185...
Irving Berlin
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Irving Berlin The American composer Irving Berlin (1888-1989) produced about 800 songs, many of which attained...epitomize the mass American sentiments of the era. Irving Berlin was born Israel Baline in Tyumen, Russia, on May 11, 1888...
Berlin, Irving
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography Irving Berlin Born: May 11, 1888 Temun, Russia Died...songwriter The American composer Irving Berlin produced over eight hundred songs, many...Americans at the time. Early struggles Irving Berlin was born Israel Baline in Temun, Russia...
Berlin Crises
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History Berlin Crises (1958, 1962).The Berlin Crises involved mounting tension between the Soviet Union and the Western Allies over West Berlin. Since the 1948–49 blockade, West Berlin had become...
Isaiah Berlin
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Isaiah Berlin British philosopher, Isaiah Berlin (born 1909), wrote widely on topics involving the history...principles to secure individual conformity to social values. Isaiah Berlin was born in Riga, Latvia, on June 9, 1909. The family moved...
Berlin Wall
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security Berlin Wall █ DAVID TULLOCH In the early...between the eastern Soviet Occupied Zone of Berlin and the western American, British and French...wire was used to separate East from West Berlin, but over time this was replaced by concrete...
Berlin, fall of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II Berlin, fall of (see Map 16). To Germany's opponents, Berlin was the centre of Prussian, Imperial, and Nazi militarism...aggrandizement. Hitler had proposed some day to make Berlin the architectural symbol of Germany, but preferring...
Berlin Airlift
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security Berlin Airlift █ ADRIENNE WILMOTH LERNER...zones under the control of Allied nations. Berlin, the nation's key city, was also divided...to attempt to take over control of all of Berlin. When France, Britain, and the United...
Berlin Blockade
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History BERLIN BLOCKADE In 1945 the victorious World War...arrangement that was reflected in the division of Berlin, as the national capital, into four sectors...was likewise supposed to manage affairs in Berlin. For a variety of political and economic...
Berlin Blockade and Airlift
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History Berlin Blockade and Airlift (1948–...routes from the western zones of Germany into Berlin. In reaction, the three Western occupying...a third world war. The Soviets acted in Berlin in response to the London decisions of June...

Dictionary entries related to "Berlin,"

Berlin, Irving
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers BERLIN, Irving Composer and Songwriter. Nationality: American...Original Story: 1926 Stop, Look and Listen Publication: On BERLIN: books— Freedland, Michael, Irving Berlin, London, 1974. Woollcott, Alexander, The Story of...
Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grossstadt
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers BERLIN: DIE SINFONIE DER GROSSSTADT (Berlin: Symphony of a City) Germany, 1927 Director: Walter Ruttmann...length: 1440 meters. Released September 1927. Filmed in Berlin. Producer: Karl Freund; screenplay: Karl Freund and Walter...
Berlin
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Berlin The German capital which came to epitomize the cold war...the West German currency was also carried out in western Berlin. In an attempt to assert its control over all of Berlin, the USSR closed all roads, canals, and railway lines...
Berlin Wall
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History BERLIN WALL BERLIN WALL. A product of the prolonged Berlin crisis period from 1958 to 1962, the Berlin Wall came to symbolize the Cold War division of Germany and the world between the communist and noncommunist blocs. Having repeatedly threatened...
Berlin Airlift
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History BERLIN AIRLIFT BERLIN AIRLIFT. The Berlin Blockade of 1948 to 1949 became one of the earliest tests of the U.S. Cold War policy of containment of the Soviet Union. The U.S. response to the challenge, history's largest exclusively aerial...
Der Himmel Über Berlin
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers DER HIMMEL ÜBER BERLIN (Wings of Desire) Germany, 1987 Director...Wim Wenders Production: Road Movies (Berlin), Argos Films (Paris), Westdeutscher...18 May 1987. Filmed on location in Berlin. Cost: $3–3.5 million...
Berlin, Treaty of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History BERLIN, TREATY OF BERLIN, TREATY OF. After the U.S. Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles...two nations agreed to a formal peace treaty, which they signed in Berlin. The Treaty of Berlin was unique because, as an index treaty, it...
Berlin Crises
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Berlin Crises heightened periods of tension between...States and the USSR over the status of West Berlin. The first crisis, in 1958, came about...campaigned to reduce the Allied presence in West Berlin and to encourage the West to recognize the...
Berlin Painter
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art Berlin Painter. Greek vase painter, active in...c. 480 bc) in the Antikenmuseum, Berlin, featuring a group of Hermes, a satyr...lithe, elegant figure on either side. The Berlin Painter is often compared and contrasted...
Berlin, Naphtali Zevi Judah
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Berlin, Naphtali Zevi Judah (known as ha-Neziv...the yeshivah was closed. His son, Meir Berlin (Bar-Ilan), 1880–1949...Mizraḥi movement, first in Berlin, then (1915–26) in the USA...

Thesaurus entries related to "Berlin,"

composer
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus composer • noun  Berlin was one of the most prolific composers in the history of American music synonyms : songwriter, melodist, symphonist, songster, writer; informal tunesmith, songsmith.
post
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...posts! synonyms : (assigned) position, station, observation post. • verb   1. he'd been posted to Berlin synonyms : send to, assign to a post in/at, dispatch to.   2. armed guards were posted beside the exit synonyms...

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Berlin: vital, pulsing, unfulfilled For many in Germany's still-divided capital, the world has changed too fast
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/21/1993; ; 700+ words ; BERLIN -- At 2:30 a.m., long after Saturday...Air Ministry, near the ruins of the old Berlin Wall. Plumes of cigarette smoke pour from...through the smoke they plunge into one of Berlin's hippest dance clubs, an abandoned underground...
BERLIN IN EXPO SEASON: WWW.BERLIN.DE AND THE NEW BERLIN IN THE INTERNET GIVE VISITORS A TASTE FOR THE CITY ON SHOW.
PR Newswire; 5/22/2000; 700+ words ; ...22. This press release is transmitted on behalf of Berlin.de Berlin - On June 1 2000 a world exhibition will be opened in Germany for the first time. Berlin is taking part as an ''external pavilion''. With...
Berlin's Victory As Germany regains its old capital, the Brandenburg Gate is restored
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/16/1991; ; 700+ words ; BERLIN -- Continuing its march back as Germany's capital, Berlin got its chariot back yesterday. Hoisted atop the Brandenburg...Goddess of Victory resumed her place overlooking eastern Berlin after an 18-month renovation that repaired damage...
BERLIN PARTNER ORGANIZES CHINA TRIP FOR BERLIN ECONOMICS SENATOR.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 11/5/2007; 700+ words ; (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) Berlin Partner Organizes China Trip for Berlin Economics Senator Harald Wolf BERLIN, Nov 5 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Good Perspectives for Sino-Berlin Business...
IRVING BERLIN COMMEMORATIVE ISSUED TODAY; BERLIN WROTE MANY SONGS, INCLUDING "WHITE CHRISTMAS" AND "GOD BLESS AMERICA.".(Stars)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 9/15/2002; 700+ words ; ...music. He was insecure. Yet, Irving Berlin became one of America's most popular...learn that there was no stamp honoring Berlin, who scored his first big hit at age...he was embarrassed to later learn that Berlin was still alive (U.S. policy calls...
Berlin chosen German seat of government
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/21/1991; ; 700+ words ; BERLIN -- Casting aside the ghosts of the darkest...move the country's government back to Berlin. The 337-to-320 vote by the Bundestag...took the floor to call for the return to Berlin and, by extension, the start of a new...
Berlin, N.J., Thrives with New Urban, Home Development.(Originated from The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 10/13/1996; ; 700+ words ; BERLIN, N.J.--Oct. 13--The South Jersey...nicely, thank you. Today, its name is Berlin, and the Camden County borough, at the...interest and a pride in living here," Berlin Mayor Millard Wilkinson Jr. said. Wilkinson...
Berlin rebuilds and redefines.(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Europe; 5/1/1995; ; 700+ words ; Berlin is busy rebuilding and redefining itself...symbolic dividing line between East and West, Berlin is the new political, cultural, and architectural...business centers in all of Europe. Today, Berlin's skyline is dotted with cranes and scaffolding...
REMEMBERING BERLIN, COMPOSER FOR THE MASSES
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/24/1989; ; 700+ words ; As a lyricist, Irving Berlin's music was not as sophisticated as...whistled or hummed them for eight decades. Berlin's prodigiously creative output has...American composer Jerome Kern once said: "Berlin has no place in American music; he...
Berlin for everybody
Magazine article from: The Virginia Quarterly Review; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; BERLIN FOR EVERYBODY Berlin. By David Clay Large. Basic Books. $40.00. When you see a 706...books, I'll get to it .... Don't put David Clay Large's Berlin on a shelf. The writing is, shall I say, "dismounted"; it...