02/01/12 * “Gerhard Richter: Panorama” The Tate presented a retrospective of the work of Gerhard Richter‚ which featured his abstraction work alongside landscapes and portraits. The exhibition was undoubtedly popular; when I visited the rooms where packed with visitors all viewing Richter’s photopaintings‚ questioning amongst themselves whether they were real paintings or if they were photographs. In the same way that an amateur photographer blurs a photograph‚ Richter creates a haze of paint
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Alcoholism in Hungary The effects of excessive drinking among young people. Bad influence or just having occasional fun? 1. Introducing the problem Immoderate drinking and its consequences cause a lot of problem today in Hungary. Approximately every tenth person has problems with alcohol and beside this our society is very forgiving towards this fact. 8000 people die because of drinking every year. Average a Hungarian person drinks 12 liters of clean alcohol yearly‚ and this is higher and higher
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Randolph L Braham describes the Holocaust in Hungary as being “replete with paradoxes.” Explain and evaluate this statement in relation to both the German policy towards the Jews in Hungary in March to July 1944 and the Hungarian Jewish response. The Holocaust in Hungary represents its own late‚ brutal‚ chapter in the full‚ appalling story of the Nazi genocide of the Jews of Europe. Conducted with an alliance of diplomacy and cold-blooded‚ ruthless efficiency‚ it was in some respects‚ the apotheosis
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This is true in Hungary as well. But there is a huge difference between the sport life of Hungary and the sport life of the western countries‚ both in their efficiency and their structure. In western countries sport organizations have transformed into businesses in the capitalism‚ which means they all have their own revenues‚ costs‚ profits and their own markets. As a result the state does not have to play a role in the lives of these sport organizations. In contrast to this in Hungary the sport organizations
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of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] Spring 09 Wellness Hotel Balf **** 08 Fall Location and History Balf‚ located in North-Western Hungary is a historic Hungarian village: it was first mentioned in 1199‚ but it is known that the ancient Romans already inhabited the area: they were the first to explore the region’s healthy sulphuric springs. It became an important township in this region
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long ago of Hungary were nomadic. They came from the east and moved to the Carpathian Basin. The main ethnic group is the Magyars. Also‚ there were a good amount of Romanies‚ who came from Italy and Gypsies‚ who came from India. The main language of Hungary is Hungarian. The Hungarian language was formed in the 19th century. It is borrowed from the Slavic‚ Latin‚ and German language. Also‚ the Hungarian language uses words from the Turkish language. Some of the main foods in Hungary are stuffed cabbage
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Austria Hungary in 1914 The Dual Monarchy before WWI The Austro-Hungarian Empire was established in 1867 by the Ausgleich (Compromise) by Austria and Hungary. They both became self-governing states under a common monarch‚ the ruling Habsburg. Each had its own parliament for internal affairs‚ but foreign policy‚ war and finance were decided by common ministers. In the summer of 1914‚ on June 28th the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was attending army maneuvers in Bosnia. He was accompanied by
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Hungary Year of EU entry: 2004 Member of Schengen area:Yes Political system: Republic Capital city: Budapest Total area: 93 000 km² Population: 10 million Currency: forint official EU language: Hungarian Hungary is a landlocked state with many neighbours – Slovakia‚ Ukraine‚ Romania‚ Serbia‚ Croatia‚ Slovenia and Austria. It is mostly flat‚ with low mountains in the north. Lake Balaton‚ a popular tourist centre‚ is the largest lake in central Europe. The ancestors of ethnic Hungarians
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To what extent did nationalism within the Austria-Hungarian Empire contribute to the outbreak of war in 1914? Nationalism within Austria-Hungary: a struggle for self-determination. But Austria-Hungary was brave to meet the challenge and to struggle for preservation of the Empire. Result: internally‚ proposal of extending the dual rule to a triple or a quadruple one; externally‚ nationalistic rivalries started between Austria and Serbia‚ between Austria and Russia. Her solution was
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Berta of Hungary: Trickery According to Webster’s Dictionary‚ trickery is the use of tricks and stratagem to deceive. It is used mainly for personal gain in which the “trick-er” acquires something of desire from the “trick-ie”. This use of misleading information is common in money schemes and magic shows alike‚ but it can also be found in the hearts of conniving servants and even that of a desperate princess. Because many characters in Berta of Hungary use treachery and deception to satisfy their
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