Berlin, Sir Isaiah 1909-1997.
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Russian-born British political philosopher and historian best known for his distinction between positive and negative liberty and for his view that values are plural and conflicting. |
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ber·lin or ber·line  (b ər-l ĭn )
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n. A four-wheeled closed carriage with an exposed seat to the rear.
[After Berlin, Germany.]  (click for a larger image) berlin |
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Berlin, Irving Originally Israel Baline. 1888-1989.
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Russian-born American songwriter who wrote more than 1,000 songs, including "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (1911), and several musical comedies, such as Top Hat (1935) and Annie Get Your Gun (1946). |
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Ber·lin  (bûr-l ĭn )
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The capital and largest city of Germany, in the northeast part of the country. Founded in the 13th century, it was the capital of the kingdom of Prussia from 1701 and the capital of the German Empire (1871-1918), the Weimar Republic (1919-1933), and the Third Reich (1933-1945). The city was divided between 1945 and 1990 into East Berlin and West Berlin, which division grew out of the zones of occupation established at the end of World War II. The Berlin Wall, a wire and concrete barrier, was erected by the East German government in August 1961 and dismantled in November 1989. |
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