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Strauss

[ strous German shtrous ]

noun

  1. Da·vid Frie·drich [dah, -veet , free, -d, r, i, kh], 1808–74, German theologian, philosopher, and author.
  2. Jo·hann [yoh, -hahn], 1804–49, Austrian orchestra conductor and composer.
  3. his son Johann The Waltz King, 1825–99, Austrian orchestra conductor and composer.
  4. Levi, 1829?–1902, U.S. pants manufacturer: developed Levis.
  5. Ri·chard [rikh, -ah, r, t], 1864–1949, German orchestra conductor and composer.


Strauss

/ ʃtraus; straʊs /

noun

  1. StraussDavid Friedrich18081874MGermanRELIGION: theologian David Friedrich (ˈdaːfɪt ˈfriːdrɪç). 1808–74, German Protestant theologian: in his Life of Jesus (1835–36) he treated the supernatural elements of the story as myth
  2. StraussJohann18041849MAustrianMUSIC: composer Johann (joˈhan). 1804–49, Austrian composer, noted for his waltzes
  3. StraussJohann18251899MAustrianMUSIC: composer his son, Johann, called the Waltz King. 1825–99, Austrian composer, whose works include The Blue Danube Waltz (1867) and the operetta Die Fledermaus (1874)
  4. StraussRichard18641949MGermanMUSIC: composer Richard (ˈrɪçart). 1864–1949, German composer, noted esp for his symphonic poems, including Don Juan (1889) and Till Eulenspiegel (1895), his operas, such as Elektra (1909) and Der Rosenkavalier (1911), and his Four Last Songs (1948)


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“People who didn’t think about these issues before have started to make the connection that what they see nationally is actually happening right here,” Strauss said.

It “seems sort of counterintuitive if animals benefit from living socially,” Strauss says.

The Associated General Contractors also argued the state law, AB 1290, illegally favored union over non-union contractors, but Strauss ruled against that argument, too.

So Strauss formed a new one for employees and ran it for 18 months.

Strauss, Nolde, and Barlach would sign an August 1934 petition supporting Hitler as the next head of state.

He thus appointed Strauss to the post of president of the Reich Chamber of Music in 1933.

Goebbels was also instrumental in the initial success Strauss had under the Nazis.

But the case against Lagarde, 58, is nothing like the showstopper Strauss-Kahn provided.

Over at The Week, Elissa Strauss wrote that the show was evidence that “the cult of natural childbirth has gone too far.”

Now Wilde and Strauss have simply drawn an erotic and half-deranged Oriental woman as they imagine she may have been.

Excommunication or abuse does no good on such men as Bauer, Strauss, and Schwegler; and it answers none of their questions.

I am only inclined to vow that I will never translate again, if I live to correct the sheets for Strauss.

They were away from the 14th to the 28th, and on returning to Coventry Strauss was taken up again.

Then I sicken at the idea of having Strauss in my head and on my hands for a lustrum, instead of saying good-bye to him in a year.

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StrausStrauss, Johann, the Younger