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51 matches to Tell
Meredith, George. 1828-1909. English manners novelist. Intellectual, witty and poetic. Ordeal 1859. Egoist 1879. Dianna of the Crossways 1885.
Metaphysical Poets. 17C. Witty English intellectual lyric poets. Donne.
Metellus, Macedonicus. -115BC. Roman censor. Advocated compulsory marriage to increase birthrate 131BC.
MI5. 1909. British Security Service responsible for counterintelligence and internal security.
MI6. 1912. British Secret Intelligence Service. Overseas intelligence and strategic services. Continuation of 16C Secret Service.
Minimalism. 1960s. US movement of simplified non-expressive art. Kelly. Stella.
Narrative Art. Late 19C. Pictures should tell a story. Hogarth.
Neoplatonism. 3C Plotinus’ philosophy of the “One”. Union with the “Good” by using intelligence.
Pickering, Edward. 1846-1919. US pioneer of stellar spectroscopy, photometry.
Pleiades. 7 Greek mythological daughters of Atlas, became constellation.
Plotinus. 205-270. Greek philosopher. His Neoplatonism influenced Islam, Christianity. Quest for Good through intelligence. “Creation is fall from God. Evil is the nature of man. Good is freedom from senses.”
Poisons Affair. 1679. French scandal. Nobles using love potions and poisons from fortune tellers. Mme de Montespan implicated. La Voisin. Brinvilliers.
Pompadour, Mme de. 1721-64. Louis XV’s intelligent, beautiful mistress. Built École Militaire. Sponsored Petit Trianon, Place de la Concorde.
Pueblo. US intelligence ship siezed 1968 by North Korea.
Renaissance Architecture. Italy 15C-. England 1558-1702. Intellectual search for harmony with Roman and mathematical proportions. Michelangelo. Bramante. Brunelleschi. Manetti.
Rossini, Gioacchino. 1792-1868. Italian opera composer: Barber of Seville 1816. William Tell 1829.
Russell, Henry. 1877-1957. US astronomer. Evolution of universe. Stellar Evolution 1929.
Schiller, Friedrich. 1759-1805. German Romantic writer of historical dramas and lyric poetry. Popularized William Tell 1804. -“inner direction” Wallenstein 1800.
Slavophile. 19C Russian intellectual movement. Believed in superiority of Russian culture.
Sputnik. 1957. Russia launches first artificial satellite.
Tell, William. 13-14C/Legendary Swiss hero of Altdorf. Shot apple off son’s head on orders of Austrian governor, Gessler.
Teller, Edward. 1908-. Hungarian/US physicist. Manhattan project. Supported H-bomb.
Telstar. 1962. First satellite TV between North America, Europe. First public telephone by satellite.
Thorndike, Edward. 1874-1949. US psychologist. Developed children’s intelligence test. Animal Intelligence 1898-1901.
Verdi, Giusseppe. 1813-1901. Italian Nationalist operatic composer. Otello. Rigoletto 1851. Traviata 1853. Aida 1871.