Word: johannes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Johann Buddenbrook. The son of the founder of the firm. "A kind papa, a worthy man." A German of the old 18th Century school who "never in all his life has worn a pair of trousers." Able in business, he has raised the Buddenbrooks to their important position. What if he is a rough diamond, who sometimes forgets himself and relapses into low German dialect before the fine guests...
Johonn Buddenbrook, the Younger. The son of old Johann. More refined than Johann, he is just as able. His only trouble is that he believes God is personally supervising all the decisions he makes. A belief which sometimes leads him to attach undue importance to them...
...interesting summary of the careers of the Cologne officials of the Separatist "Government" was given by the Rhineland correspondent of the London Times: "Chief of Police-Joseph Heimann, assistant waiter, three times sentenced, including a sentence of five years' imprisonment for highway robbery. Public Security-Johann Nowack, shoemaker, four times convicted, and sentenced to ten years' penal servitude for manslaughter. Religion and Education-Alex Henderkott, keeper of disorderly houses, 22 convictions. Health-Heinrich Groll, manservant, twelve convictions. Traffic-Johann Paffenholz, messenger, 23 convictions. Art-Ludwig Schulz, trumpeter, 13 convictions. Guardian of the Poor-Ferdinand Graf, painter and decorator, six convictions...
...That the English physicist, Henry Cavendish (1731-1810), and the German mathematician, Johann von Soldner, especially the latter, anticipated Einstein by 120 years in calculating the effect of gravitation on light rays and in deriving the formulas on which his work is based. Einstein never mentions von Soldner in his writings, and he even copies an error which von Soldner made in his formula, and which was exposed in recent years...
...whom 72,000 occupied free seats. The profits were over $40,000-a remarkable achievement, especially as there were many rainy nights last summer in St. Louis. Plans for the coming season are already fixed, and include the works of such composers as Herbert, De Koven, Ludar, Lehar, Johann and Oscar Strauss. Only two of the operas, The Chocolate Soldier and Sweethearts have been seen on that stage before. The Municipal Opera stage, located in beautiful Forest Park, is unique in this country. It has a natural background of splendid trees, a bridge spanning a stream, and an amphitheatre capable...