Charles Moses Strauss (April 15, 1840 – March 13, 1892) was an American businessman and politician. Moving to Arizona Territory for health reasons, he...
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Levi Strauss (/ˈliːvaɪ ˈstraʊs/ LEE-vy STROWSS; born Löb Strauß, German: [løːp ˈʃtʁaʊs]; February 26, 1829 – September 26, 1902) was a German-born American...
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Richard Georg Strauss (German: [ˈʁɪçaʁt ˈʃtʁaʊs]; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer and conductor best known for his tone poems and...
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Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss (/ˈstrɔːz/ STRAWZ; January 31, 1896 – January 21, 1974) was an American government official, businessman, philanthropist, and...
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Johann Baptist Strauss I (German: [ˈjoːhan bapˈtɪst ˈʃtʁaʊs]; 14 March 1804 – 25 September 1849), also known as Johann Strauss Sr., the Elder or the Father...
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The Strauss–Howe generational theory, devised by William Strauss and Neil Howe, describes a theorized recurring generation cycle in American history and...
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Joseph Baermann Strauss (January 9, 1870 – May 16, 1938) was a German-American structural engineer who revolutionized the design of bascule bridges. He...
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Also sprach Zarathustra (redirect from Also Sprach Zarathustra (Strauss))
by Richard Strauss, composed in 1896 and inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical 1883–1885 novel Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Strauss conducted its...
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Dominique Gaston André Strauss-Kahn (French: [dɔminik stʁos kan]; born 25 April 1949), also known as DSK, is a French economist and politician who served...
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Peter Lawrence Strauss (born February 20, 1947) is an American television and film actor, known for his roles in several television miniseries in the...
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David Friedrich Strauss (German: Strauß [ˈdaːvɪt ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ʃtʁaʊs]; 27 January 1808 – 8 February 1874) was a German liberal Protestant theologian and...
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USS Joseph Strauss (DDG-16), named for Admiral Joseph Strauss USN (1861–1948), was a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyer of the United States...
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Leo Strauss (September 20, 1899 – October 18, 1973) was an American scholar of political philosophy. Born in Germany to Jewish parents, Strauss later...
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Look up Strauss or Strauß in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Strauss is a common Germanic surname. Strauss or Straus may also refer to: Strauss Group,...
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Franz Josef Strauss (26 February 1822 – 31 May 1905) was a German musician. He was a composer, a virtuoso horn player and accomplished performer on the...
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Munich Airport (redirect from Franz Josef Strauss International Airport)
Munich Airport (German: Flughafen München „Franz Josef Strauß“) (IATA: MUC, ICAO: EDDM) is an international airport serving Munich and Upper Bavaria. To...
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Battle of Tours (category Charles Martel)
158 Gustave, Louis and Strauss, Charles Moslem and Frank; or, Charles Martel and the rescue of Europe p. 122 Oman, Charles History of the Art of War...
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William Strauss (December 5, 1947 – December 18, 2007) was an American author, playwright, theater director, and lecturer. As an author, he is known for...
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German composer Richard Strauss (1864–1949) was prolific and long-lived, writing 16 operas from 1892 up until his death in 1949. Strauss "emerged soon after...
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divulges itself. Strauss achieves this by a sophisticated merging of both rondo and sonata form principles. Musicologists Bryan Gilliam and Charles Youmans described...
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Isidor Straus (redirect from Isidor Strauss)
Georgians Died on Titanic (1994) Encyclopedia Titanica Biography of Isidor Strauss United States Congress. "Isidor Straus (id: S001000)". Biographical Directory...
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E. Haas, who was the great-grandnephew of Levi Strauss, the founder of denim manufacturer Levi Strauss & Co. She was born Miriam Ruchwarger in 1946 in...
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Anselm Leonard Strauss (December 18, 1916 – September 5, 1996) was an American sociologist professor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)...
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux (redirect from Farrar, Strauss, and Girioux)
James Schuyler (1981) Charles Fuller (1982) Marsha Norman (1983) Thomas L. Friedman (1983, 1988, 2002) Oscar Hijuelos (1990) Charles Wright (1998) Michael...
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At the 1893 Parliament of the World's Religions, a Jewish man named Charles Strauss declared himself a Buddhist following talks by Buddhist delegates Soyen...
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Robert Schwarz Strauss (October 19, 1918 – March 19, 2014) was an influential figure in American politics, diplomacy, and law whose service dated back...
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Murder, Inc.[page needed] The group had a number of members, although Harry Strauss was the most prolific killer, committing over 100 murders—and some historians...
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(formerly USS Joseph Strauss) Themistoklis (D221) (formerly USS Berkeley) The Lütjens-class destroyer was a modification of the Charles F. Adams class for...
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The People of the State of New York v. Strauss-Kahn was a criminal case relating to allegations of sexual assault and attempted rape made by a hotel maid...
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Edmonton, Alberta by Charles A. Graham and Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first Premier of Alberta. The company was acquired by Levi Strauss, starting in 1961...
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