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Kristallnacht (German pronunciation: [kʁɪsˈtalnaχt] ⓘ lit. ' crystal night ') or the Night of Broken Glass, also called the November pogrom(s) (German: Novemberpogrome, pronounced [noˈvɛm.bɐ.poˌɡʁoːmə] ⓘ), [1] [2] [3] was a pogrom against Jews carried out by the Nazi Party's Sturmabteilung (SA) and Schutzstaffel (SS) paramilitary forces along with some participation from the ...
The video for "Walking on Broken Glass", showing Lennox. Directed by British director Sophie Muller, the music video for "Walking on Broken Glass" is based in part on the 1988 film Dangerous Liaisons, and on period films dealing with the late 18th century, such as Amadeus. John Malkovich, who starred in the former film, is joined by Hugh Laurie ...
Glass disease, also referred to as sick glass or glass illness, is a degradation process of glass that can result in weeping, crizzling, spalling, cracking and fragmentation. [ 1][ 2] Glass disease is caused by an inherent instability in the chemical composition of the original glass formula. [ 3] Properties of a particular glass will vary with ...
A glass harp, an ancestor of the glass armonica, being played in Rome.The rims of wine glasses filled with water are rubbed by the player's fingers to create the notes.. The name "glass harmonica" (also "glass armonica", "glassharmonica"; harmonica de verre, harmonica de Franklin, armonica de verre, or just harmonica in French; Glasharmonika in German; harmonica in Dutch) refers today to any ...
The riddle's solution has to do with double letters. Look at the words "green," "glass" and "door." They all have double letters. If a word has a double letter, it can go through the green glass ...
The cover is purple, with green pieces of broken glass. The glass is shaped to form the symbols of the Cahill branches - Tomas, Janus, Ekaterina, Lucian, and Madrigal. However, at the end of the book, a note is attached that reads: "Sirs, The time has come to wake the dragon. X." The letter also has the Ekaterina branch symbol, which is a dragon.
Birches at Wikisource. " Birches " is a poem by American poet Robert Frost. First published in the August 1915 issue of The Atlantic Monthly together with "The Road Not Taken" and "The Sound of Trees" as "A Group of Poems". It was included in Frost's third collection of poetry Mountain Interval, which was published in 1916.
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord ( / ˌtælɪrænd ˈpɛrɪɡɔːr /, [ 1] French: [ʃaʁl mɔʁis də tal (ɛ)ʁɑ̃ peʁiɡɔʁ, – moʁ-]; 2 February 1754 – 17 May 1838), 1st Prince of Benevento, then Prince of Talleyrand, was a French secularized clergyman, statesman, and leading diplomat. After studying theology, he became Agent ...