Word: jakob
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Beyond research, the Web is a genealogists' agora, invaluable for trading information and connecting with living relatives. Dave Distler, who works at an electronics firm in Greenwood, Ind., lost track of a great-great-great-grandfather, Friedrich Jakob Distler, who was born in 1814 in Germany, Prussia, Rhineland or Northern Bavaria, according to vague records. Surfing the Net, he found an organization, Palatines to America, which referred him to a German genealogist who found his grandfather's hometown, Hinterweidenthal. When he entered the village name in a search engine, he found a private e-mail address. Three weeks after...
...name really fast, and people will think you're talking about Austin Powers. The Harvard University Art Museum proudly presents "The Annual E. Power Biggs Memorial Bach Recital," with Werner Jakob, founder and artistic director of Nuremberg's Musica Sacra Festival. Adolphus Busch Hall, 29 Kirkland St. 495-4544. 3 p.m. $8 students...
...creation of such a confident narrativevoice attests to Golden's diligence and skill as afiction writer. While Golden's name and the words"a novel" appear on the cover of Memoirs ofa Geisha, the novel begins with a translator'snote, convincingly signed by "Jakob Haarhuis,Arnold Rusoff Professor of Japanese History, NewYork University." The story begins from there asthe ever hopeful, bitterly realistic voice ofSayuri takes over, and the reader finds himself sotaken by the enveloping prose, quietly blendingthe "superlative degree of comparison" present inDickens's opening in A Tale of Two Citieswith the seducing party-haze of wealth...
...Jakob E. Grose '01, who also lives in H-Entryway, said after the burglary was discovered "a policewoman told us to keep our doors closed...
...Music Hall -- and out the door. Of her award, Colvin, the veteran folk artist, said, "It's been a long road and this does matter. I appreciate it." Meanwhile, veteran folk-rocker Bob Dylan won best album and best contemporary folk album for "Time Out of Mind." His son, Jakob, was honored as a composer of the best rock song, "One Headlight," performed by his band, the Wallflowers. Father and son took home a total of five Grammys, three and two respectively. Rapper Puff Daddy, Lilith Fair founder Sarah McLachlan, country-bluegrass performer Alison Krauss, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, soul...