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41Nils Granlund — Nils T. Granlund (September 29, 1890–April 21, 1957) was an American Broadway show producer, radio industry pioneer, a publicist for Marcus Loew who formed Loews Theatres and Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM). Although his name was actually Nils Theodore …
42Rhythms of resistance — Berlin auf dem Mayday 2005 Rhythms of Resistance oder kurz RoR ist ein Netzwerk politischer Trommelgruppen, die Demonstrationen oder direkte Aktionen unterstützen. Inhaltsverzeichnis …
43levity — /lev i tee/, n., pl. levities. 1. lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness. 2. an instance or exhibition of this. 3. fickleness. 4. lightness in weight. [1555 65; < L levitas lightness, frivolity,… …
44literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
45Fashions — ▪ 2009 The faltering global economy determined the direction of fashion during 2008. Initially, the euro s significant appreciation against the dollar proved a boon to style conscious travelers who, visiting the U.S. from abroad as the year …
46Klemens von Metternich — Metternich redirects here. For other uses, see Metternich (disambiguation). Klemens Wenzel von Metternich Portrait of Prince Metternich (c. 1825) by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Prince of Metternich …
47Religion (Philosophies of) — Philosophies of religion Marcel, Jaspers, Levinas William Desmond Gabriel Marcel (1889–1973), Karl Jaspers (1883–1969) and Emmanuel Levinas (1906–) seem like a mere aggregate of thinkers. Jaspers, a German thinker who coined the phrase Existenz… …
48froth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. foam, suds, lather, spume; head, cream, collar; scum; levity, triviality, frivolity. v. i. foam, spume, effervesce, ferment, bubble, fizz. See agitation, unimportance. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bubbles …
49levity — (n.) want of seriousness, frivolity, 1560s, from L. levitatem (nom. levitas) lightness, frivolity, from levis light in weight (see LEVER (Cf. lever)) + ITY (Cf. ity) …
50serious — serious, grave, solemn, somber, sedate, staid, sober, earnest may be applied to persons, their looks, or their acts with the meaning not light or frivolous but actually or seemingly weighed down by deep thought, heavy cares, or purposive or… …
