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Berlin Walls Tumble -- and Rise Up; Reconstruction of Historic German Capital Is Booming, and Drawing Some Boos
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For much of this century, Berlin has exerted a unique
influence on the world. From the 1920s, when its glitzy cabarets
transformed art into decadence, to the smoking ruins of World War II
and the 99-mile concrete wall that served as fault line between East
and West, its landscape has helped define the times.
Now, seven years after the wall collapsed, Berlin is creating
an urban showcase for the 21st century. An extraordinary building
boom is in full swing, epitomized by 1,000 towering construction
cranes winching up concrete and steel as massive surgery is
performed on the heart of ...
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Katharine Dexter McCormick: Pioneer for Women's Rights.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Historian
; Katharine Dexter McCormick: Pioneer for Women...2003. Pp. xii, 336. $49.95. Katharine Dexter McCormick, an heiress in her...1875 to a wealthy Midwestern family, Katharine grew up in Chicago familiar with the...
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Mother Katharine Drexel's beatification celebrated by her third cousin, D.C. resident Livingston Biddle Jr., in Rome.
PR Newswire
; MOTHER KATHARINE DREXEL'S BEATIFICATION CELEBRATED BY...Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Mother Katharine Drexel (1858-1955), an heiress who...s Cathedral will be some 22 of Mother Katharine's closest living relatives, including...
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Katharine Drexel: learning to love the poor.
Magazine article from: Catholic Education
; Although born into privilege, Katharine Drexel was blessed with parents, siblings...was a responsibility of the rich, and Katharine learned this value at the hands of her...written in French, 9-year-old Katharine Drexel promised, "I am trying to study...
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FEW ACCOUNTS EXIST ABOUT KATHARINE'S LIFE.(LOCAL)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot
; ...CHRIS KIDDER THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT Katharine Wright was the only living daughter and...family circle. So it was not unusual that Katharine lived at home with her father and two...Oberlin in 1898. In December 1898, Katharine was called to Steele High School in Dayton...
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Before the Art Institute of Chicago: Katharine Kuh's early career and American art.
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques
; Katharine Kuh (see Fig. 1) made her name as...that would span the rest of her life. Katharine Woolf was born on July 15, 1904, in...moved to Chicago, and five years later Katharine contracted paralytic polio. The family...
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Relatives of Mother Katharine Drexel continue to celebrate her beatification in Rome.
PR Newswire
; RELATIVES OF MOTHER KATHARINE DREXEL CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE HER BEATIFICATION...PRNewswire/ -- Relatives of Mother Katharine Drexel (1858-1955), the heiress...Indians, from the first school Mother Katharine founded (in New Mexico), performed...
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Mother Katharine Drexel's beatification celebrated by Drexel University here and in Rome.
PR Newswire
; MOTHER KATHARINE DREXEL'S BEATIFICATION CELEBRATED BY...PRNewswire/ -- Philadelphia's Mother Katharine Drexel (1858-1955) will be formally...s Cathedral will be some 22 of Mother Katharine's closest living relatives, including...
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Saint-in-waiting.(Mother Katharine Drexel may become second American-born saint )(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report
; ...the nuns described the jeers to Mother Katharine Drexel, she simply asked, "Did you...by few. Still, three days a week, Katharine's stepmother opened the doors of their...clothing, and cash to the needy. When Katharine was in her early 20s, her stepmother...
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Profile: Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham has died at the age of 84...
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered
; ...0000 Profile: Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham has died at the age of 84 Host...00-10:00 PM ROBERT SIEGEL, host: Katharine Graham, the longtime publisher of The...SUSAN STAMBERG reporting: In the 1970s, Katharine Meyer Graham helped make journalistic...
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Profile: Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham has died at the age of 84
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered
; ...0000 Profile: Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham has died at the age of 84 Host...00-10:00 PM ROBERT SIEGEL, host: Katharine Graham, the longtime publisher of The...SUSAN STAMBERG reporting: In the 1970s, Katharine Meyer Graham helped make journalistic...
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