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  HUNGARY FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Therefore, Hungarian politics and culture of the interwar period were saturated with irredentism and revisionism (the restoration of 19th century "greater Hungary" by whatever means necessary).
Hungarian sovereign debt was upgraded in 2000 to the second-highest rating among all the Central European transition economies.
Several large Hungarian minority populations exist across the borders in neighbouring countries, notably in Ukraine (in Transcarpathia), Slovakia, Romania (in Transylvania), and Serbia (in Vojvodina).
www.witwib.com /?s=Hungary   (2167 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: List of Hungarians   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Csontváry Kosztka Tivadar [] (1853-1919) was a Hungarian painter.
List of Hungarian rulers This is a list of all rulers of Hungary since Árpád.
Sigismund Bathory (1572-1613) (Báthory Zsigmond in Hungarian), Prince of Transylvania and of the Holy Roman Empire, was the son of Christopher, prince of Transylvania, and nephew of the Stefan Batory, elected king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-Hungarians   (9348 words)

  
 Hungary
Hungarian politics and culture of the era was saturated with irredentism and revisionism (the resurrection of pre-Trianon sized Hungary by whatever means it takes).
This led to the 1956 Hungarian Revolution/revolt and announced withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact which were met with military intervention by the Soviet Union.
Several large Hungarian minorities exist across the border in neighbouring countries, notably in Ukraine (in Transcarpathia), Slovakia, Romania (in Transylvania), Serbia (in Vojvodina) and a smaller ones in Austria (in Burgenland), Croatia and Slovenia.
creekin.net /n83-hungary.html   (1683 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Hungarian Literature
Hungarian, in spite of a certain harshness, is particularly well suited for oratory and for serious poetry, especially since it has been systematically developed and enriched by Révai, Kazinczy, and a school of so-called neologists, c.
Hungarian literature, a markedly national product, was always in closest contact with the historical development of the people, and accordingly may be divided into five periods.
In 1830 there were in all only 10 Hungarian newspapers and magazines; in 1840 there were 26; in 1848-49, the year of the Revolution, 86; only 9 in 1850; 52 in 1861; 80 in 1867 (year of the settlement); l40 in 1868; 368 in 1880; 636 in 1890; 1132 in 1900; 2069 in 1907.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/07560a.htm   (2728 words)

  
 Journal of the Institute For Hungarian Studies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Hungarian rovás letters and numbers proceed from right to left rather than from left to right, as was the case with most ancient writings.
Later when the ancestors of the Hungarians started to write on the bark of the birch-tree and on wash-leather, they developed variations in their letters which were more useful for that kind of writing.
Other people who were in contact with the Hungarians took over the carving of numbers and the expression of carving (rovás) from the Hungarians, and this was done not lately, nor all of a sudden, but in the most ancient of times through thousands of years.
www.acronet.net /~magyar/english/96-10/magyarad.htm   (5672 words)

  
 हंगरी - Wikipedia
A period of red terror began; the Romanian army invaded, the communist forces were defeated and the Soviet Republic toppled on August 6 1919.
Over a decade later, Horthy made a limited alliance with Nazi Germany in the 1930s, in the hope of revising the territorial losses that had followed World War I. Hungary was rewarded by Germany with territories belonging to Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Romania, and took an active part in World War II.
Several large Hungarian minorities exist across the border in neighbouring countries, notably in Ukraine (in Transcarpathia), Slovakia, Romania (in Transylvania) and Serbia (in Vojvodina).
sa.wikipedia.org /wiki/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80   (673 words)

  
 American Hungarian Educators' Association (AHEA)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Hungarians joining the labor force after June 30, 1998 were required to join the new pension system; the system was optional for those already working prior to this date.
Hungarians represented a relatively small proportion of these refugees in the first year, but by 1947 they had also become the most prominent infiltrees, illegally making their way to the West.
A delegation from the Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Society presented a small replica of the statue to the city of Karcag in May 2004 in commemoration of Kovats death in the battle of Charleston SC in 1779.
hungaria.org /ahea/index.php?halid=11&menuid=402   (6446 words)

  
 Hungary biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Hungarian independence ended with the Ottoman conquest at the beginning of the 16th century; the parts of Hungary that were not conquered by the Ottomans were annexed by Austria, the rulers of which were Hungarian kings at the same time.
Hungarian statedom was preserved by the Principality of Erdély (Transylvania).
After 150 years, Austria and her christian allies eventually retook all Hungarian territory by the end of the 17th century from the Ottoman Empire.
hungary.biography.ms   (1520 words)

  
 Central Europe Review - Hungarians Read their Way to Success
Ninety four Hungarian publishers had booths at the Fair and it was an ideal opportunity for Hungary to promote its writers and publishing houses, as well as the culture and country as a whole.
Hungarian writers, poets, and intellectuals have traditionally been elevated to the stature of heroes and the most important cultural authorities.
A list of Hungarian exhibitors can be found in the Frankfurt 1999 exhibitors index.
www.ce-review.org /99/24/chapman24.html   (2280 words)

  
 Hungary -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Hungarian culture influenced others, for example the (additional info and facts about Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
This government proved to be short lived; the (A native or inhabitant of Romania) Romanian army invaded, the communist forces were defeated and the Soviet Republic was toppled on August 6, 1919.
For some 95% of the population, mostly (A native or inhabitant of Hungary) Hungarians, the mother tongue is (A native or inhabitant of Hungary) Hungarian, a (additional info and facts about Finno Ugric) Finno Ugric language unrelated to any neighbouring language.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hu/hungary.htm   (2124 words)

  
 CONTEXT: Issue No. 14
Writers, like their creative colleagues elsewhere in the Soviet bloc, used explicitly historical subjects as pretexts for articulating coded criticism of the régime, being able to count on a public with long practice in reading between the lines.
This group of a Hungarian, a Jew, a Serb, a Croat, and a Bosnian, each of whom sheds tears with strange qualities (fl grit, ice, spontaneously combusting honeydew, etc.)—“their wailing [is] one long story, alpha and omega, without a moment’s respite.
The approaches and types of subject encompassed by these contemporary Hungarian writers are not too many miles – perhaps not five miles, but not 5,000 miles either – from the general area of operations staked out by, say, John Barth, Robert Coover, Donald Barthelmé, William Gaddis, and David Foster Wallace.
www.centerforbookculture.org /context/no14/wilkinson.html   (3808 words)

  
 The Nation: The other Europeans. (evaluations of modern Hungarian writers) (includes list of recent American journals ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Touchy East Europeans regularly argue that the reason their literature is not better known in the West has less to do with cultural and linguistic barriers than with the simple fact that the countries of their region don't much matter to the West and never have.
Hungarians are especially prone to this kind of defensive rationalization.
Fiercely proud of their cultural heritage, they are also dubious about the international appeal of their literary treasures, and endlessly agonize over what constitutes world-class literature.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:5225917&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (219 words)

  
 Hungarian literature
The establishment of a national theater and the founding in 1825 of the Hungarian Academy of Science assured the development of a national literature.
Between the two World Wars, novelists were divided into three groups—the Horthy regime defenders; the Populists, who sought improvement of the peasants' lot; and the Communists.
The revolt of Oct., 1956, whose participants included a number of prominent writers, was followed by a gradual easing of censorship; with the collapse of the Communist regime, censorship ended.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/ent/A0824542.html   (248 words)

  
 MovieBytes - Screenwriting Contests, Screenwriting Competitions, Screenwriting Markets Online
The writers we enjoy are the ones that write well and don't feel that their concept alone will sell their script.
Writers who are always open to suggestion, and are willing to collaborate with our on-staff writers, need apply.
The writers who thrive in our environment not only have great talent and express themselves in exciting and dynamic voices, but are highly motivated, prolific, intelligent, and ego-free about their writing process.
www.moviebytes.com /WritersWanted.cfm   (5629 words)

  
 Hungary LANGUAGE SCHOOL EXPLORER
This government, like its predecessor, proved to be short lived; after some initial military successes against the Czechoslovak army, the Romanians attacked to prevent a campaign in Transylvania.
Ultimately, however, during the German occupation, the Arrow Cross Party and government authorities participated fully in the Holocaust: in May and June of 1944, Hungarian police deported nearly 440,000 Jews in more than 145 trains, mostly to Auschwitz [1].
This led to the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and an announced withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact which were met with a massive military intervention by the Soviet Union.
language.school-explorer.com /info/Hungary   (2245 words)

  
 Category flatten - Meta
If we want to have good lists, we have to list a hungarian sci-fi writer in all of these categories (and "hungarian sci-fi writers" and more too).
In my point of view, there wouldn't be a need for a category "list" if there would be a functional "tree" (lists are just degenerated trees, so they are included).
To sum it up, the highest category would need to list all articles in wikipedia, which is probably not a good idea, especially considering the higher levels are ripe with circular categorizations (notably, Pokémon is child of Pokemon and vice-versa).
meta.wikimedia.org /wiki/Category_flatten   (663 words)

  
 Inquiry and Analysis Series - No. 160
First, MEMRI is not responsible for the accuracy of the details with regard to the names listed or the amount of oil granted.
Second, all names listed in the original were in Arabic.
Finar Holdings, which is listed in Lugano, Switzerland, and is under liquidation, received 1 million barrels.
memri.org /bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=ia&ID=IA16004   (2245 words)

  
 Lists of authors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following are lists of authors and writers:
List of Japanese authors: A B C D E F G H I J K M N O R S T U W Y Z
This page was last modified 23:50, 11 November 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_authors   (118 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Hungary Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In March 1919 the communists joined the government, and in April, Béla Kun proclaimed the Hungarian Soviet Republic.
Inflation and unemployment - both priority concerns in 2001 - have declined substantially.
Several ethnic minorities exist, such as those of the Roma (4%), Germanss (2.6%), Serbs (2%), Croats (0.9%), Slovaks (0.8%) and Romanians (0.7%), though most speak Hungarian.
www.ipedia.com /hungary.html   (1056 words)

  
 HUNGARY - Hungarian Online Resources (Magyar Online Forrás)
In Buda, Gellért Hill gives a wonderful view of the city, river and mountains; on the hill is the Citadella, a fort built after the unsuccessful 1848 uprising, and a number of thermal baths including the great Gellért Baths adjoining the hotel of that name.
Also one this side of the Danube is the rampart of Halászbástya (Fisherman's Bastion), so called because it was the duty of the city's fishermen to protect the northern side of the Palace during the Middle Ages, and the great Mátyás templon (church) with its multicoloured tiled roof.
On the Pest side are the Parliament; the Hungarian National Museum, containing remarkable treasures ranging from the oldest skull found in Europe to Franz Liszt's gold baton; the Belvárosi Templom, Hungary's oldest church, dating from the 12th century, the Museum of Fine Arts housing European paintings and the Ethnographic Museum.
hungaria.org /hal/hungary/index.php?halid=14&menuid=298   (1546 words)

  
 Lifechanges ... Delayed: November 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Often it is written by someone whose first language is not English and, in many cases, the writer is writing directly into English, but their native language peeks through the text in phrases, constructions, and word choice.
My list of Harry Potter in translation was mentioned by Languagehat yesterday, garnering me more hits than any previous day.
Looking in the Shorter OED, cobbler is listed as "origin unknown," but its use to describe a deep-dish fruit pie with a thick crust dates to the mid 19th Century United States.
lifechange.blogspot.com /2003_11_01_lifechange_archive.html   (11625 words)

  
 American Hungarian Educators' Association (AHEA)
The American Hungarian Educators' Association (AHEA) is a professional and scholarly organization devoted to the teaching and dissemination of Hungarian culture--history, folklore, literature, language, fine arts, music and scientific achievements.
The AHEA acts as a clearinghouse on Hungarian studies and provides information on Hungary and Hungarian educational or scholarly associations to both the government and the private sector.
It supports the rights of Hungarian minorities in Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, and Croatia, and brings information on the problems of this population to the appropriate forums.
hungaria.org /ahea/index.php?halid=11&menuid=402   (674 words)

  
 F-Secure : News from the Lab - June of 2004
A Hungarian teenagers has been senteced today to two years probation for writing the Magold virus.
The virus writer said he just wanted to prove himself after failing four subjects in hight school, reports the hungarian daily Népszabadság.
Montp trojan is even more powerful using a large list of banks and utilizing stealth techniques.
www.f-secure.com /weblog/archives/archive-062004.html   (1391 words)

  
 Study Abroad Hungary
All courses (except Hungarian) are taught in English, and all students will receive a transcript from the fully accredited university.
Hungarian higher education achived a very high standard of excellence in the past and as a result enjoyed an outstanding reputation throughout the region and the entire world.
Budapest is listed within the ten most popular sites for conferences in Europe. The majestic River Danube seperates hilly and residential Buda from lively and cultural Pest.
www.studyabroad.com /simplehtml/Hungary.html   (2977 words)

  
 Hungary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
During the Holocaust more than 400,000 Jews and several tens of thousands of Roma perished in Hungary, but the Jewish population of Budapest (approx.200,000) wasn't let to be transported into eliminatory camps because Horthy hindered it.
This led to the 1956 Hungarian Revolution/revolt and announced withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact were met with military intervention by the Soviet Union and the deposition and execution of the reform-minded communist prime minister Imre Nagy.
Hungarian History (Turanian Lands, Turanian Peoples) — Note: POV content
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/H/Hungary.htm   (1888 words)

  
 New York State Writers Institute - Amos Oz
First appearing in January 1987, it immediately went to No. 1 on the best seller lists in Israel and remained there for longer than any previous book.
At its peak it was selling 500 copies a day and sales in just four months approached 70,000 copies, extraordinary for a country with a population of only 4,000,000 people.
Amos Oz was a visiting writer at the New York State Writers Institute on October 28, 1997.
www.albany.edu /writers-inst/oz.html   (2022 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Red Shoes (1993) : Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Red Shoes was one of the best ventures by The Archers, the joint production company by Briton Michael Powell and Hungarian emigre to Britain Emeric Pressburger, considered to be the definitive film marrying ballet and cinema.
The story of the Red Shoes by Hans Christian Andersen forms the basis for the story of aspiring dancer Victoria Page, aspiring composer Julian Crasster, and ballet company impresario Boris Lermontov, who takes on the latter two under his wing.
Product offered violates Amazon.com's policy on items that can be listed for sale.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6300217728?v=glance   (3702 words)

  
 SI.com - Writers - Eliot: Last minute reading list for hockey enthusiasts - Wednesday December 22, 2004 7:36PM
It has everything to do, however, with final gift ideas for the forlorn and forsaken NHL fan on your shopping list, who instead of experiencing the game would be inclined to read about it from a few diverse and interesting perspectives.
Unfortunately, as enjoyable as I found all three of them to be in their own right, none are predictive regarding the future of today's NHL.
Well, from a hockey perspective, Attila and his teammates prove that one characteristic is universal -- no matter the locale or the level of play.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2004/writers/darren_eliot/12/22/eliot.122204   (1128 words)

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