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	Karl Straub, Songwriter
		Karl Straub is a D.C. area songwriter whose material has been covered by numerous artists, including Last Train Home, Mary Battiata and Little Pink, the Grandsons, Mark Noone,Virginia Coalition, Kevin Johnson, Lisa Moscatiello, the Kennedys, Cowlick Lucy, Eugene Chadbourne, and Lee Wilhoit.
		His best-known songs are often witty novelties like "Backwards Town" and "Don't Take Advice," prompting his mother's complaint that she "couldn't hear the words because people were laughing so loud." Straub's humor is definitely not from the smirky smartass school, however.
		In the meantime, Straub is performing with his Karl Straub Combo.
	www.karlstraubmusic.com (417 words)

	The Midtown Book - Plaza Hotel (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the 1890’s {sculptor Karl] Bitter was one of the leading figures in the campaign to block construction of both the Heine monument and the Soldier’s and Sailors’ Memorial in the Plaza.
		Bitter imagined the Plaza as a forecourt to the park, half embedded in the urban grid, half in greenery.
		Bitter was recommended by a committee, but was against the plan because it did not take into consideration the entire space.
	www.thecityreview.com /plaza.html (1123 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Bitter
		Bitter, Karl Theodore Francis BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS [Bitter, Karl Theodore Francis] 1867-1915, American sculptor, b.
		The extract containing complex terpenoid compounds called quassinoids is used medicinally as a bitter tonic and a pinworm remedy; it is also used in insecticides, e.g., in flypaper and against aphids.
		Bitter faces steep hurdles on road to U.S. comeback.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Bitter (579 words)

	Karl Bitter
		Karl Bitter (December 6, 1867 — April 9, 1915) was an Austrian born United States sculptor best known for his architectural sculpture, memorials and residential work.
		Upon arriving in America Bitter was quickly discovered by Richard Morris Hunt, the architect of choice of many of New York’s rich and famous.
		Although Bitter arose out of the Classical/Naturalist styles he was increasingly turning towards amore modern approach to sculpture.
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/k/ka/karl_bitter.html (511 words)

	Penn History--William Pepper Memorial Statue
		Bitter for a bust to be presented to the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania at the following June Commencement.
		Bitter stated that, owing to the size of the monument as then planned, the space between the arches in the centre of the reading room of the library was, in his opinion, the most suitable place for its erection.
		Bitter for a bronze statue, with the understanding that it should be designed of a size and material suitable for placing on the grounds if deemed advisable.
	www.library.upenn.edu /exhibits/pennhistory/pepper/pepper.memorial.html (2329 words)

	Karl Bitter
		Karl Theodore Francis Bitter (1867-1915) was born in Vienna, Austria.
		Bitter, of Viennese birth, had been in America for only ten years, but had already enjoyed major success with crucial artistic projects: he had provided sculptural enhancements for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and had designed decorations for the Administration Building at the Chicago's World's Fair.
		Bitter envisioned a profusion of statuary and fountains decorating the grounds, illustrating in allegory the Progress of man. The concept not only supported but extended the principal theme of the Exposition: "To celebrated the achievements of civilization during 100 years of development in the western hemisphere"
	ah.bfn.org /h/panam/panwho/bitter/bitter.html (349 words)

	New York Public Art Curriculum \| Art Works
		Both architect and sculptor were interested in creating a cohesive space at the southeast corner of Central Park, taking into account the sculpture of General William Tecumseh Sherman, which was already located on the adjacent plaza between 59th and 60th Streets.
		Bitter had actually been interested in the development of this particular space for years before the project was even proposed [3].
		After Bitter's death, the sculpture was enlarged, with minor adjustments made by artists Karl Gruppe and Isidore Konti [6].
	www.blueofthesky.com /publicart/works/pulitzer.htm (477 words)

	Karl Kraus
		When examining the life and work of Karl Kraus, the question arises whether he was a man who sought reform through conservatism (in language) and liberalism (in the realm of women's liberation and pacifism), or merely a sardonic wit who relished pointing out the evil and hypocrisy in the world.
		His constructionist attempts such as the annihilation of corruption and ignorance, the education of the public and the spreading of the truth may have been in vain, but it was certainly not hypocritical.
		Karl Kraus, Apolyptic Satirist: Culture and catastrophe in Habsburg Vienna.
	www.theabsolute.net /minefield/kraus.html (3758 words)

	Bitter Creek Western Railroad (BCWRR): About
		The Bitter Creek Western Railroad (BCWRR) is a 7.5-inch gauge railroad located on the Nipomo Mesa just outside Arroyo Grande, CA about halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco along Highway 101 [map].
		Karl bought the BCWRR from Doug Chancey in June of 1999.
		It is owned and operated by Karl Hovanitz for the benefit of all his friends that like to play trains.
	www.bittercreekwesternrr.org /about.html (201 words)

	NCAW Spring 03 \| Michael Leja on Progress and Evolution at the World's Fairs (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Karl Bitter designed monumental sculptural groups, about thirty-four feet high, for the four entrances of this building.
		Bitter was the preeminent figure in exposition sculpture in the U. during this period.
		Now the exposition's director of sculpture, Bitter was one of the planners of the sculptural group arrayed in the large esplanade and reflecting pool before the U.S. Government Building.
	www.19thc-artworldwide.org /spring_03/articles/leja.html (5040 words)

	Architecture of Holy Trinity
		Above is a tympanum with a bas-relief of Christ commissioning the eleven apostles to teach and baptize with the legend "Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." Matthew 28:19.
		Bitter was a well known and prolific artist who designed, among other public sculpture, the statue of Pomona on the fountain outside the Plaza Hotel.
		The baptismal font was the work of Karl Bitter and installed soon after the church was built.
	www.holytrinity-nyc.org /history/arch/architecture.shtml (1381 words)

	KARL MARX: The Almost Capitalist By Louis O. Kelso.
		KARL MARX: The Almost Capitalist By Louis O. Kelso.
		Beginnning slowly during the first seventy-five years of the eighteenth century and reaching a crescendo during the last quarter of that century and the first half of the nineteenth century, incalculable changes took place in the lives of laboring people.
		Karl Marx, as he reflected upon the causes of economic injustice in the first century of capitalism, came to a conclusion as momentous as it was mistaken.
	www.cesj.org /thirdway/almostcapitalist.htm (6459 words)

	DNZB / BIOGRAPHY
		Karl Raimund Popper was born in Vienna, Austria, on 28 July 1902, the son of Simon Siegmund Carl Popper, a lawyer, and his wife, Jenny Schiff.
		He was pleased to be safe from the war and from anti-Semitic persecution, but interpreted the lack of appreciation as hostility to him and his wife, as well as to what he had to offer.
		He found it hard to accept that, having made his mark in Europe, he should be inferior in status to a man he regarded as an academic nonentity.
	www.dnzb.govt.nz /dnzb/Essay_Body.asp?PersonEssay=4P18&QuickSearch=true (1593 words)

	Bitter, Karl Theodore Francis - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS [Bitter, Karl Theodore Francis] 1867-1915, American sculptor, b.
		At the height of his career he was struck and killed by an automobile.
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Bitter, Karl Theodore Francis" at HighBeam.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-e-bitterktf.html (263 words)

	Pulitzer Fountain, Grand Army Plaza, Midtown
		In choosing the Plaza, Pulitzer threw down one last challenge to his bitter rival, William Randolph Hearst, who'd just erected the unfortunate Maine Memorial on Columbus Circle...He asked that his fountain resemble those on the Place de la Concorde.
		It is called the Fountain of Abundance, and shows Pomona, protectress of fruit trees and therefore identified as Goddess of Abundance, atop a fountain of five concentric rings of Hautville stone.
		The day Bitter finished the clay model for the sculpture; he was run over and killed by a car in New York, giving his assistant the task of completing the fountain.
	www.nycjpg.com /2003/pages/0818.html (326 words)

	Content Frame for the Finding Aid to the Papers of Francis Bitter, 1925-1967 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		These papers document the career of Francis Bitter, who helped establish the National Magnet Laboratory at M.I.T. The bulk of the collection postdates 1934 when Bitter came to M.I.T. The papers consist primarily of correspondence to colleagues, professional societies, and concerns that hired him as a consultant.
		Francis Bitter (FB) was born in Weehawken, N. on July 22, 1902 to Karl Bitter, the sculptor, and Marie Schevill Bitter.
		The Francis Bitter Papers were given to the Institute Archives and Special Collections by Donald Stevenson of the Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory sometime before 1970.
	www.aip.org /history/ead/mit_bitter/19990034_content.html (2654 words)

	Karl Bitter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After working as a sculptor at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 and as director at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York in 1901, Bitter’s extraordinary organizational skills led him to be named head of the sculpture programs at both the 1904 St.
		Although Bitter arose out of the Classical/Naturalist styles he was increasingly turning towards a more modern approach to sculpture.
		Bitter's own description of his Sculpture Plan for the 1901 Buffalo world's fair
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Karl_Bitter (542 words)

	Spillrorna av Karls planet
		Jag kanske låter bitter, men i själva verket önskar jag ju bara att jag kunde få bli överraskad av en bra debutant.
		Jag kan inte annat än sympatisera med dem och spelar Mozarts requiem.
		Du kommer att sluta ensam och bitter på ett hem.”
	karlsplanet.blogspot.com (3370 words)

	Karl Lassiter New Western Fiction Releases (Site not responding. Last check: )
		First Cherokee Rifles tells the story of Stand Watie and his rise to be the first Cherokee general in the Confederate Army.
		More than the fight of North against South, the Cherokees fought one another in a bitter conflict for political supremacy within their tribe.
		John Ross, Watie's life-long bitter opponent, never lived to see Watie's triumph, his election to be principal chief of the Cherokee.
	www.karllassiter.com /whatsnew.htm (378 words)

	Pulitzer Fountain
		When newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer died in 1911, he bequeathed $50,000 "for the erection of a fountain like those in the Place de la Concorde, Paris, France." Pulitzer probably got the idea to locate the fountain in Grand Army Plaza from Karl Bitter, the Austrian sculptor, who proposed a symmetrical plaza for this area.
		After a closed design competition it was not surprising that Bitter and the architect Thomas Hastings were commissioned to create the fountain.
		To make the plaza symmetrical, the Sherman monument was moved 16 feet west to its present location.
	www.centralparknyc.org /virtualpark/southend/pulitzerfountain (198 words)

	Craftsman Karl Kitchens - Kitchen and Bath Remodeling
		Craftsman Karl Kitchens is a privately owned business that has been dedicated to customer service and
		Karl and his "dream team" will remodel your kitchen or bath to suit your personal
		Karl's personal touch and creative mind helps to distinguish his work in good craftsmanship, beauty and perfection.
	www.craftsmankarl.com (117 words)

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