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• stern|post — «STURN POHST», noun. the upright timber or metal bar at the stern of a ship. It extends from the keel to the deck, and it usually supports the rudder …   Useful english dictionary

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• stern — 1. adj. severe, grim, strict; enforcing discipline or submission (a stern expression; stern treatment). Phrases and idioms: the sterner sex men. Derivatives: sternly adv. sternness n. Etymology: OE styrne, prob. f. a Gmc root = be rigid 2. n. 1… …   Useful english dictionary

• Stern — 1. adj. severe, grim, strict; enforcing discipline or submission (a stern expression; stern treatment). Phrases and idioms: the sterner sex men. Derivatives: sternly adv. sternness n. Etymology: OE styrne, prob. f. a Gmc root = be rigid 2. n. 1… …   Useful english dictionary

• STERN, JOSEPH — (1803–1858), Hungarian rabbi. Stern was the son in law of menahem stern . He studied with Ḥayyim of Kosov in the home of his father Menahem Mendel of Kosov. Stern claimed that he had studied the Shulḥan Arukh, Yoreh De ah, 140 times and the other …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• STERN, JULIUS — (1820–1883), conductor and teacher. Born in Breslau, Stern founded the Stern scher Gesangverein in 1847, and conducted it until 1874. The choir s performance of Mendelssohn s Elijah in 1847 established his reputation as a conductor. In 1850 he… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• STERN-TAEUBLER, SELMA — (1890–1981), German historian. Selma Stern Taeubler, born in Kippenheim (Baden), was the first girl to attend the Gymnasium in Baden Baden. She then studied history and languages at the universities of Heidelberg and Munich, graduating in 1913.… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Stern — Stern, n. [Icel. stj[=o]rn a steering, or a doubtful AS. ste[ o]rn. [root]166. See {Steer}, v. t.] 1. The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) The after or rear end of a ship or other… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• STERN, MENAHEM — (d. 1834), Hungarian rabbi. Stern was born in a small village near Sziget (Sighet). Among his teachers were Moses Leib of Sasov, the Maggid of Kuzhnitz (Kozienice), and Menahem Mendel of Kosov, and he was ordained rabbi by Meshullam Igra of… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• POST-MODERN ARCHITECTURE —    Post Modern architecture was established in the 1970s to bring historicism and playful ornamentation to the more austere modern International style. International style was increasingly considered too intellectualized, serious, and repetitive …   Historical Dictionary of Architecture

• Stern Review — The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change is a 700 page report released on October 30, 2006 by economist Lord Stern of Brentford for the British government, which discusses the effect of climate change and global warming on the world… …   Wikipedia