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She hitched her career to the stars
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Dorrit Hoffleit sat outside on a mid-August night with her caustic
Prussian mother and brilliant brother watching the Perseid meteor
shower when she saw something that few human eyes have witnessed. Two
shooting stars, each no larger than a grain of sand, plunged into the
upper atmosphere from opposite sides of the sky and collided,
vanishing silently in a meager shower of sparks.
Her prized brother - "He was a boy!" - was looking away and missed
the near-miracle.
That night in 1920, Dorrit decided to become an astronomer.
The problem, and it was a big one, her mother reminded her, was ...
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Bismarck teenagers create americas's first driver's ed training promoting cellular phone safety
PR Newswire
; BISMARCK TEENAGERS CREATE AMERICA'S FIRST DRIVER'S ED TRAINING PROMOTING...American teenager. But now, thanks to the joint efforts of nine Bismarck, N.D., teenagers, Bismarck's KXMB-TV and the local office of U S WEST Cellular, that...
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BISMARCK SUNK AFTER 1,750-MILE CHASE; ADMIRALTY TELLS HOW SHE WAS BROUGHT TO ACTION FRANTIC EFFORTS TO SHAKE OFF SHADOWERS.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England)
; ...the 35,000-ton German battleship Bismarck was sunk yesterday morning. She had...on the pursuit and destruction of the Bismarck, issued last night, said: Air reconnaissance...S. Sheffield made contact with the Bismarck and proceeded to shadow her. Within...
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The Bismarck Myth: Weimar Germany and the Legacy of the Iron Chancellor.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History
; The Bismarck Myth: Weimar Germany and the Legacy...Robert Gerwarth's study of the Bismarck myth is a valuable addition to our understanding...political culture. He examines the use of Bismarck as a "German national myth" (p. 8...
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Bismarck-Mandan, N.D., Business Scene Saw Much Activity in 2003.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
; By Mark Hanson, The Bismarck, N.D., Tribune Knight Ridder...the local retail scene. Why can't Bismarck-Mandan attract this company or that...that one? While some look at what Bismarck-Mandan doesn't have, the local...
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Bismarck and the German right: Robert Gerwarth looks at the ways in which Otto von Bismarck was turned into a mythical hero-figure of the right and shows how the 'Bismarck myth' contributed to the widespread hunger in German society for a towering leader.(Inventing the Iron Chancellor)
Magazine article from: History Today
; ...Reich to visit the birthplace of Otto von Bismarck (1815-98) in the north German village...that Hitler would ultimately destroy Bismarck's proud Reich of 1871, von Hassel...During recent years I have studied Bismarck, and his stature as a statesman grows...
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Bismarck and the making of modern Germany.(The Bismarck Myth: Weimar Germany and the Legacy of the Iron Chancellor)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review
; The Bismarck Myth: Weimar Germany and the Legacy...more than Germany has in Prince Otto von Bismarck. Of course there are far more famous...the history of the last two centuries. Bismarck's claim to fame is secure: alone he...
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Bismarck's Seeks Return in Germany
News Wire article from: AP Online
; ...century power, but Carl-Eduard von Bismarck thinks it is time the family had a hand...married a Swiss commoner he met in Monaco, Bismarck returned last year to the ancestral castle...roots and organize his campaign. The Bismarck name is not only an advantage, he said...
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Bismarck family seeks return to politics more than a century after Germany's 'Iron Chancellor'
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...century power, but Carl-Eduard von Bismarck thinks it is time the family had a hand...married a Swiss commoner he met in Monaco, Bismarck returned last year to the ancestral castle...roots and organize his campaign. The Bismarck name is not only an advantage, he said...
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TBS `Bismarck' special follows search for German battleship
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; The Search for the Battleship Bismarck (STAR) (STAR) (STAR) (STAR...presentation of "Search for the Battleship Bismarck," debuting from 8 to 9:30 p...happened? "Search for the Battleship Bismarck" undertakes the challenge of unlocking...
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Operator of Bismarck, N.D., bus stop aims to serve small towns.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
; By Tom Rafferty, The Bismarck Tribune, N.D. Knight Ridder...decided to provide bus service from Bismarck to Fargo and Billings, Mont., he...Stages Trailways, which took over the Bismarck stop from Greyhound nearly two months...
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