Word: poetes
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...French lawyer, poet, classicist and mathematician named Pierre de Fermat declared that such solutions exist only for squares. Raise the exponent to any number higher than 2 -- change the equation to x 7 + y 7 = z 7, for example, or x 12 + y 12 = z 12 -- said Fermat, and no combination of integers will work. "I have found a truly wonderful proof," wrote Fermat in the margin of a book, "which this margin is too small to contain." He lived until 1665 but never did write it down -- evidence, many believe, that he hadn't proved the proposition after...
...perhaps the most important reason for Korngold's loss of nerve may be this: despite some sumptuous melodies and opulent orchestration, Heliane is simply not very good. It suffers from an incomprehensible libretto, based on a murky "miracle play" by a minor Expressionist poet, Hans Kaltneker. Korngold's literary instincts were never very sharp, and it was not until he turned to films that his natural dramatic gifts found their true outlet...
Aidid's real name is Hassan. Following a common custom, his mother chose a nickname for him that she thought expressed his uncommon determination: Aidid means "one with no weaknesses." He fancies himself a poet in a country nourished on oral tradition and lives the spartan life of a nomad. In the 1950s he served in the Italian colonial police force and as a general in Siad Barre's army in the war with Ethiopia. But as a tribal rival of Siad Barre's Darod clan family, he was never fully trusted and was imprisoned without trial for six years...
Soyinka is a Nigerian dramatist, novelist and poet who became the first African to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature...
...risen in stature through the years and has now passed the word that she will be Owada's ally. Says Inoguchi: "The royal family are guardians of tradition, but in wider choices, they go ahead. Michiko dared to bring up her own children. Naruhito is marrying a career woman." Poet Machi Tawara, who is Owada's contemporary, notes that she "chose her own timing. We can identify with that. There's a lot of talk about the crown prince saying 'I will put all my might in protecting you my entire life.' Some of my friends said, 'I want someone...