Word: hanse
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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It was the kind of coincidence that police often depend upon to solve difficult crimes. A 22-year-old woman was walking along a street in central Stockholm shortly before midnight on Feb. 28 when a man ran by her and paused under a streetlight. In that brief instant, she...
Police Commissioner Hans Holmer told reporters that two bullets recovered at the scene of the late Friday night shooting--a downtown sidewalk--were fashioned from an unusual combination of metals and may have been hand-made.
The sale follows a major scandal in which the Flick group was alleged to have made millions of dollars' worth of secret political contributions. Former Economics Ministers Otto Lambsdorff and Hans Friderichs are currently facing charges about favorable tax credits made available to Flick. These were allegedly given in exchange...
The Renaissance in Northern Europe was different from the more celebrated period in Italy. Its humanism was tempered by a deep and chillier current of < piety, and its themes still reflected the medieval preoccupation with death and judgment. In Northern Renaissance Art (Abrams; 560 pages; $45), Art Historian James Snyder...
Chess-playing computers generally use a brute-force approach. Looking four to eight moves ahead, they examine every possible play and counterplay and choose the move that minimizes their opponent's gain. The Cray, scanning 100,000 chess moves per sec., can usually come up with a winner. Hitech lacks...