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Dresden
Dresden City on the River Elbe, capital of Saxony state,
se Germany. First settled by Germans in the early 13th century. It suffered almost total destruction from Allied bombing during World War II. Dresden china, famous since the 18th century, is in fact manufactured in Meissen. Industries: optical and precision instruments, glass, chemicals. Pop. (1999) 477,700.
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Dresden gears up for celebrations
Newspaper article from: China Daily; 1/14/2006; 648 words
; DRESDEN: Dresden, "Florence on the Elbe" as the city was once known, is celebrating...written record of it as a place. Originally a Slavic fishing village, Dresden still had no city charter when its name appeared in a legal document...
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Dresden extends its olive branch to royalty
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/11/1996; 700+ words
; The last time British royalty came to Dresden - in 1992 - things did not go well. Angry...Kent attends a series of ceremonies in Dresden on Monday, the desire for reconciliation...fiftieth anniversary of the nightmare of Dresden, on 13 February 1945. At least 35...
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Dresden/Saxony. (Germany)(Column)
Magazine article from: International Travel News; 3/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Politics overwhelmed you when you entered Dresden's Railroad Museum before Germany's...too late for Western planners to connect Dresden to the German high-speed train network...carriage and the political slogans from Dresden's Verkehrsmuseum (Transportation Museum...
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Dresden: Tuesday, February 13, 1945
Magazine article from: Air & Space Power Journal; 10/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; Dresden: Tuesday, February 13, 1945 by Frederick...surrounding the Allied bombing raids of Dresden, Germany, in February 1945. Just the...civilian refugees after the bombing raids. Dresden's raging firestorm is true-and the...
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Dresden Architects Perfect Art of Restoring Without Replicating
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/4/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...battered by war almost 60 years ago: Dresden, Germany. During the night of Feb...War II, waves of Allied planes bombed Dresden and set it ablaze, not because the city...to more quickly ask for peace. Whether Dresden's destruction and the deaths of tens...
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DRESDEN BUILDS A FUTURE GERMAN CITY RECONSTRUCTS ITS DEMOLISHED PAST
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 3/5/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Kurt Vonnegut "Slaughterhouse Five" DRESDEN, Germany - When you walk from the east...Augustus Bridge toward the Old Town of Dresden, you're following in the footsteps...more than two centuries the skyline of Dresden was one of the wonders of Europe: a poem...
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DRESDEN SHUTDOWN COULD JOLT TAX BODIES COMED PLANT: MAJOR ECONOMIC, TAX IMPACT
Newspaper article from: Herald-News (Joliet, IL); 4/17/1997; 700+ words
; COAL CITY -- Dresden Nuclear Power Station is the biggest...beginning to worry about a future without Dresden. "It'd be devastating," said Tom...of my position." Property taxes from Dresden make up about 70 percent of the school...
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Label says 'Dresden,' but 'Dresden' it is not
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 4/27/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Bergen County, NJ) 04-27-2006 Label says 'Dresden,' but 'Dresden' it is not By HELAINE FENDELMAN and JOE ROSSON...TREASURES IN THE ATTIC Q. We have three pieces of Dresden porcelain that we have been told are old and worth...
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Dresden Reactors Out of Service in Heat Wave // Plant Plagued by Big Repair Bills And Shutdowns
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 7/19/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...full bore to meet record demand. Except the chronically troubled Dresden nuclear station. One of Dresden's reactors was down for repairs and the other was being refueled. Dresden, 50 miles southwest of Chicago, long has been the lemon of Edison...
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Philadelphia Museum of Art and Dresden State Art Collections Announce Return Of Five Pieces of Armor to Germany.
PR Newswire; 5/30/2000; 700+ words
; ...Museum of Art and the State Art Collections in Dresden, Germany (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden), jointly announced today an agreement whereby...State Art Collections will be returned to Dresden from Philadelphia, where they have been on...
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Dresden
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
DRESDEN DRESDEN. Dresden's development was determined by its rulers. In 1485 what had been a small market town on the River Elbe became the permanent residence of the Albertine Dukes of Saxony. Under Duke George the Bearded (ruled 1500...
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Dresden, raid on
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
Dresden, raid on. This historic German city was...Saxony and situated on the River Elbe, Dresden was particularly noted for its splendid...Harris's intention had been to strike Dresden first, but weather conditions were initially...
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Dresden Amen
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Dresden Amen. Setting of Amen comp. by J. G. Naumann (1741–1801) in Threefold Amen of Royal Chapel of Dresden. Quoted by Mendelssohn in his Reformation Sym . (1830–2) and by Wagner in Parsifal (1878–82).
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Dresden Raid
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
Dresden Raid (World War II) (13–14 Feb. 1945) The main air raid on the city of Dresden, until then considered safe because of its unique architectural beauty, and its relative strategic unimportance. It was carried out by over...
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Dresden raid
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Dresden raid (February 1945) One of the heaviest air-raids on Germany in World...was anxious to link up with the advancing RED ARMY in south Germany, and Dresden came to be regarded as strategically important as a communications centre...
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