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Her heavenly peace; The folk hymn that has brought harmony to generations also brings composer's Wisconsin kin together
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Wauwatosa - Alice Schmidt's fingers danced atop the piano keys as
she warmed up for a musical journey through her family's roots to
the Austrian church where the hymn "Silent Night" was first
performed on Christmas Eve 189 years ago.
On the genealogical charts she is 95 years old. But such
pulseless paper does not tell a story of the heart.
The glow in her eyes, the animated smile on her lips and the
seemingly ageless movement of her hands spoke more eloquently.
She was "in the zone," as a younger generation might say. And
perhaps in the mystical metaphysics of Christmases past and present,
so ...
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Walcheren Hospital Deploys Trapeze's Wireless LAN
Newspaper article from: Wireless News
; Wireless News 07-11-2006 Walcheren Hospital Deploys Trapeze's Wireless LAN WIRELESS NEWS-July 11, 2006-Walcheren Hospital Deploys Trapeze's Wireless...Mobility System, announced that Walcheren Hospital in Vlissingen, the Netherlands...
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 "South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)")
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MEMORIES OF A DARING MISSION.(News)
Newspaper article from: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
; ...bombers on a mission to flood the island of Walcheren, off the Dutch coast. It was the base...up the island's sea wall - and flood Walcheren. The raid took place on October 3...flew 30 missions in six months, the Walcheren raid being one of his last. He left...
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The normandy invasion from the ground. (Reviews).(Review)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review
; ...Vlissingen, is a town on the Dutch island of Walcheren. To me, a school-boy in World War...on its successful attack, described Walcheren as 'the world's most strongly defended...on 19 October 1944 in time to join the Walcheren invasion. As Peter White wrote in his...
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 "Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)")
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Force suffered heavy losses
Newspaper article from: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)
; ...liberation. For our part, we had to take Walcheren Island, which defended the approach...Flushing and one to land at Westkapple, on Walcheren. We loaded up on landing craft in Ostend and sailed to Walcheren. Minesweepers cleared the way to the...
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Marching to help the heroes
Newspaper article from: The Northern Echo
; ...were landed on the Dutch island of Walcheren in 1809, with the intention of seizing...with thousands dying of so- called Walcheren Fever. Two centuries on, men from the...of the 68th DLI Society will travel to Walcheren on Wednesday, July 8. To sponsor them...
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ROSS SYSTEMS SIGNS INTERNATIONAL DEALS VALUED AT MORE THAN $500,000
PR Newswire
; ...planning and control system. Ziekenhais Walcheren, a hospital located in Vlissingen...Renaissance CS Financials. Ziekenhais Walcheren will implement the software on an Alpha...Ross Systems. "The sale to Ziekenhais Walcheren is our first in the healthcare market...
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 "Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)")
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GRASSROOTS: EX-SERVICE NOTES: Ceremony to honour fallen commandos.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
; ...of battle, but particularly in 1944-1946 in Normandy and Walcheren, where they sustained heavy casualties. On Saturday and...Marines in the North West European Campaign-Normandy and Walcheren 1944-1946". Details of the event, meals and hotel accommodation...
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 "The Racing Post (London, England)")
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Former trainer Sandy Carlos Clarke dies at 87.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England)
; ...that last role he led his unit on many raids, including the Walcheren raid on that Dutch island in November 1944, one of the greatest...Kleist, a German officer who Carlos Clarke had captured at Walcheren, turned up in Wales on an army training exercise and they...
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Ross Systems Strengthens Position In Healthcare Market
PR Newswire
; ...healthcare organization in continental Europe from Ziekenhais Walcheren of Holland. "Today's healthcare organizations face rapid...Health Commission -- South Cheshire Health Holland Ziekenhais Walcheren Ross Systems, Inc. develops and markets a broad range of...
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 "Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)")
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Hop over to Holland.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
; ...resort is a five-star holiday park on the coastline of Walcheren. It has 500 metres of sandy beaches and it is only a...roof villas at the Hof Domburg resort on the coast of Walcheren RESTORED the historic town hall of Middelburg
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