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Bonsai Artistry Difficult to Master, Easy to Enjoy
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'Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined " I was reminded
of this quote from Alexander Pope earlier this year when I attended
the Northwest Flower Garden Show. I was drawn to one tree in the
bonsai exhibit in particular because of its stark beauty. In my
mind's eye I could picture it struggling for its life high on a wind-
swept mountain ridge. (I have to confess -- Pope never captivated me
like that bonsai did.)
I had been vaguely aware that pruning the roots and crown limit
the bonsai's size and that limbs are often wired to train them to a
desired shape. But I was not even sure ...
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The Great War, Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Military Review
; THE GREAT WAR, Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, Charles Messenger, ed., Greenhill Books, London...Great War is an edited single volume of Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg's memoirs, which were originally published in...
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Hindenburg: Icon of German Militarism
Magazine article from: Air & Space Power Journal
; Hindenburg: Icon of German Militarism by Dennis E. Showalter and...The subtitle of this wonderful, short biography of Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg-the victor of the battle of Tannenburg in August 1914...
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`Hindenburg' at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...the spectacular crash of the "Hindenburg" dirigible in 1937 to animated...bystanders fleeing as the flaming Hindenburg threatened to smother them...and the aging German president Paul von Hindenburg. Abetted by Reich's music...
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The German High Command at War: Hindenburg and Ludendorff Conduct World War I.
Magazine article from: The Historian
; Generals Paul von Hindenburg and Erich von Ludendorff, forever associated with...1914 as chief of staff to General von Prittwitz. Wilhelm Liebknecht...Karl late in 1918. The claim that Hindenburg replaced Falkenhayn as chief of the...
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Zeppelin Hindenburg Sails for U.S
Newspaper article from: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA
; ...Germany's giant new airship, the Hindenburg, pointed its nose Wednesday...commander who has supervised the Hindenburg's construction and flight trials...of the late German President Paul von Hindenburg, move slowly from its hangar...
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Hindenburg; icon of German militarism.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News
; 1574886533 Hindenburg; icon of German militarism. Astore, William J. and Dennis E...American military historians Astore and Showalter offer a biography of Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934), who to Germans during and after World War I was...
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IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO1932: Hindenburg Re-elected
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
; ...International Herald Tribune 04-11-2007 BERLIN: Marshal Paul von Hindenburg was reelected to the presidency of the German republic...is for seven years. The final official figures: Hindenburg: 19,359,642 ballots; Hitler: 13,417,460...
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Clausewitz's Schwerpunkt: mistranslated from German--Misunderstood in English.( Carl von Clausewitz)
Magazine article from: Military Review
; ...without character.] --Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg AS THE U.S. ARMY moves forward...concept widely attributed to Carl von Clausewitz and now regarded as the...intent) from Field Marshal Alfred von Schlieffen's time as chief of the...
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The big picture
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...potent mix of music and video, "Hindenburg," at the North Shore Center...Twenty-five minutes long, "Hindenburg" combines Reich's score...1937. The work also focuses on Paul von Hindenburg, the much-decorated German...
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The Great War.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Parameters
; The Great War. By Paul von Hindenburg. St. Paul, Minn.: MBI Publishing, 2006...the most controversial issues in Hindenburg's life." So says the omnipresent...and the Path to Verdun: Erich von Falkenhayn and the Development...
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