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(Encyclopedia) ReichstagReichstagrīkhsˈtäk [key] [Ger.,=imperial parliament], name for the diet of the Holy Roman Empire, for the lower chamber of the federal parliament of the North German…Walter Reed Army Medical Center
(Encyclopedia) Walter Reed Army Medical Center, former major military hospital complex in Washington, D.C., and Forest Glen, Md. The original facility, Walter Reed General Hospital, named for U.S.…Flemish art and architecture
(Encyclopedia) Flemish art and architecture, works of art and structures produced in the region of Europe known for centuries as Flanders. Netherlandish art is another term sometimes used for these…Schongauer, Martin
(Encyclopedia) Schongauer, MartinSchongauer, Martinmärˈtēn shōnˈgou-ər [key], 1430–91, German engraver and painter, son of a goldsmith of Colmar, Alsace. Schongauer's only certain painting is Madonna…Kerr, Jean Collins
(Encyclopedia) Kerr, Jean Collins, 1923–2003, American comic author and playwright, b. Scranton, Pa., wife of Walter Kerr. Kerr had a knack for finding wry humor in the worlds of marriage, suburbia,…Dutch and Flemish literature
(Encyclopedia) Dutch and Flemish literature, literary works written in the standard language of the Low Countries since the Middle Ages. It is conventional to use the term Dutch when referring to the…Weinberg, Steven
(Encyclopedia) Weinberg, Steven, 1933–, American nuclear physicist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Princeton, 1957. Since 1982 he has been a professor at the Univ. of Texas at Austin, having previously been…Vermeer, Jan
(Encyclopedia) Vermeer, Jan or JohannesVermeer, Jan or Johannesvərmērˈ, Dutch yän vərmārˈ, yōhänˈəs [key], 1632–75, Dutch genre and landscape painter. He was born in Delft, where he spent his entire…Hollein, Hans
(Encyclopedia) Hollein, Hans, 1934–2014, Austrian architect and designer. He studied with Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Richard Neutra. Opening his own practice in 1964, he established…Brno
(Encyclopedia) Brno Brno bûrˈnô [key], Ger. Brünn, city, SE Czech Republic, at the confluence…Trending
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