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Bari
Seaport city (pop., 1996: 337,000), and capital of Puglia region, SE Italy. Evidence shows that the site may have been inhabited since 1500 BC. Under the Romans it became an important port. In the 9th cent. AD it was a Moorish stronghold, but it was taken by the Byzantines in 885. Peter the Hermit preached the First Crusade there in 1096. Razed by the Sicilians in 1156, it acquired new greatness in the 13th cent. under Frederick II. It became an independent duchy in the 14th cent., passed to the Kingdom of Naples in 1558, and became part of the Italian kingdom in 1861.
bearing
In machine construction, a connector (usually a support) that permits the connected members to rotate or to move in a straight line relative to one another. Often one of the members is fixed, and the bearing acts as a support for the moving member. Most bearings support rotating shafts against either transverse (radial) or thrust (axial) loads. To minimize friction, the contacting surfaces in a bearing may be separated by a film of oil or gas; these are sliding bearings (see oil seal). In ball bearings and roller bearings, the surfaces are separated by balls or rollers.
Berain
French decorator and designer. Trained under C. Le Brun, he was appointed chief designer to the court of Louis XIV in 1674. He was skilled in designing tapestries, accessories, furniture, costumes, and elaborate stage settings for operas and extravagant theatrical productions, filled with fantastic iconography. He satisfied the king's appetite for splendor and inspired such other cabinetmakers as A.-C. Boulle.
Berg
Former duchy, Holy Roman Empire. Located on the Rhine River, the area now lies in the districts of D\u00fc sseldorf and Cologne, Germany. In the 11th cent. the counts of Berg acquired Westphalian lands east of Cologne; these were incorporated into a duchy in 1380. Berg became a leading iron and textile manufacturing center in the 17th-18th cent. In 1806 Napoleon made it a grand duchy in his Confederation of the Rhine. Following the Congress of Vienna in 1814-15, it became part of Prussia.
Austrian composer. Born in Vienna, he was largely self-taught musically until he met A. Schoenberg at 19. This would prove the decisive event in his life, and Schoenberg would remain his teacher for eight years. Under his influence, Berg's early late-Romantic tonal works give way to increasing atonality and finally (1925) to twelve-tone composition. His Expressionist opera Wozzeck (1922) would become the most universally acclaimed post-Romantic opera. His second opera, Lulu, on which he worked six years, remained unfinished at his death at 50, which resulted from septicemia caused by an abscess. His other works include two string quartets, incl. the Lyric Suite (1926); Three Pieces for Orchestra (1915); and a violin concerto (1935).
Beria
Soviet politician and director of the Soviet secret police. He worked ...
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