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waltz waltz
waltz romantic dance in moderate triple time. It evolved from the German Ländler and became popular in the 18th cent. The dance is smooth, graceful, and vital in performance. The waltz in Vicente Martin's opera Una cosa rara, produced in Vienna (1776), is regarded as the first Viennese... Read more
Strauss Strauss
Strauss , family of Viennese musicians. Johann Strauss, 1804-49, learned to play the violin against his parents' wishes. In 1819 he joined the dance orchestra of Josef Lanner (1801-43), whom he later rivaled. In 1826 Strauss organized his own orchestra. His waltzes won him fame that was extended... Read more
Levi Strauss Levi Strauss
Levi Strauss Born: February 26, 1829Buttenheim, Germany Died: September 26, 1902San Francisco, CaliforniaFounder, Levi Strauss & Company Levi Strauss's life is one of the great examples of the American immigrant success story. Through hard work, the willingness to take risks, and... Read more
Levi Strauss Co Levi Strauss Co
Levi Strauss & Co. 1155 Battery StreetSan Francisco, California 94111U.S.A.(415) 544-6000Fax: (415) 544-1693 Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Levi Strauss Associates Inc. Incorporated: 1890Employees: 37,648Sales: $6.7 billion (1995)SICs: 2325 Men Read more
Pavlovsk Pavlovsk
Pavlovsk , city (1989 pop. 25,500), NW Russia, a summer resort near St. Petersburg. Founded by Catherine the Great in 1777, it was named for Czar Paul I, for whose country estate it was intended. In 1796 it became the royal summer residence, and in the 19th cent. it also served as a summer residence... Read more
Franz Josef Strauss Franz Josef Strauss
Franz Josef Strauss , 1915-88, West German political figure, leader of the Christian Social Union. He became prominent in the Bavarian Christian Social Union (the Bavarian wing of the Christian Democratic Union) after World War II. Elected to the Bundestag in 1949, he became (1956) minister of... Read more
Leo Strauss Leo Strauss
Leo Strauss 1899-1973, American philosopher, b. Hesse, Germany. Strauss fled the Nazis and in 1938 came to the United States, where he taught at the New School in New York City (1938-48) and the Univ. of Chicago (1949-68). He is known for his often controversial interpretations of political... Read more
Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss
Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss , 1896-1974, American financier, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (1953-58), b. Charleston, W.Va. In World War I he served under Herbert Hoover on the Belgian Relief Commission and the Allied Supreme Economic Council. He was a special assistant to Secretary of the... Read more
Franz von Lenbach Franz von Lenbach
Franz von Lenbach , 1836-1904, German portrait painter. He studied in Munich and Rome and from 1863 to 1868 worked as a copyist of old masters in Italy and Spain. His early work was in genre, but later he devoted himself to portraiture, in a style derivative of Titian and Rembrandt. Lenbach executed... Read more
Robert Haas Robert Haas
Robert Haas 1942– Chairman of the board, Levi Strauss & Company Nationality: American. Born: 1942, in San Francisco, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley, BS, 1964; Harvard Graduate School of Business, MBA, 1968. Family: Son of Walter Haas Jr. (chief... Read more

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