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111youth culture — Though Spain has an ageing population and the lowest fertility rate in Europe (see also demographic indicators), the effects of this will only be seen in the twenty first century, as the birth rate in the 1970s was relatively high, leading to… …
112film music — Though the first cinema films had no sound track, the early picture palaces were not silent. To blot out noise from the projector and the audience and also to create atmosphere, a piano, organ or band, sometimes with many instrumentalists,… …
113French Socialist Party — Though there had been socialist parties in France since the 1880s, the first mass Marxist organization was launched in 1905 under the leadership of Jean Jaurés as the Socialist Party–French Section of the Workers International (Section… …
114Anschluss — Though the term is especially associated with the Nazi takeover of Austria on 11 March 1938, the notion of Anschluss, from the German anschliessen (Eng.: to connect), has a long history in Austrian thinking. For centuries the Austrian lands… …
115Art — Though Austria has a long and rich tradition in painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts, the country’s enormous collections are, on the whole, more notable than individual Austrian artists. There is a fine gallery dedicated to Austrian… …
116July Putsch — Though National Socialism had been outlawed in Austria since 1933, an Austrian National Socialist (DNSAP) overthrow of the government of Engelbert Dollfuss and the installation of a Nazi regime had been discussed since the late winter of 1934 …
117Trade — Though centrally placed in Europe, Austria was historically a side road in European and worldwide trading patterns. Vienna and Linz, both on the Danube River, had lively mercantile communities in the Middle Ages, but their turnover did not… …
118NATURE — Though the Bible is full of the awareness and appreciation of nature from the creation narrative up to the Psalmist s declaration, The heavens declare the glory of God… (Ps. 19:2), it does not profess a comprehensive doctrine of nature in… …
119Ligne de Sceaux — though the name is still used informally.The line originally opened in 1846, built under the supervision of chief engineer Jean Claude Arnoux. It ran from a Paris terminal near the present day metro station of Denfert Rochereau through Bourg la… …
120Female gladiator — Though rare in the Roman world, female gladiators or gladiatrices (sing. gladiatrix) did exist, and are attested in archaeology and literature. In classical literatureJulio Claudian eraThe Larinum decree under Tiberius banned senators daughters,… …
