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Adorno
German philosopher. He was educated at Johann Wolfgang Goethe Univ. and taught briefly at the Univ. of Frankfurt before emigrating to England in 1934 to escape Nazism. He lived 10 years in the U.S. (1938-48) before returning to Frankfurt, where he taught and headed the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research (see Frankfurt school). He is notable for his books and essays on philosophy, literature, psychology, sociology, and music (which he studied with A. Berg). For Adorno, the great task of modernist music, literature, and art was to keep alive the possible social alternatives to capitalism, which philosophy and political theory could no longer imagine. His works include Dialectic of Enlightenment (1947; with M. Horkheimer), Minima Moralia (1951), and Notes to Literature (4 vols., 1958-74).
Capri
Island, S Italy. Located at the S entrance to the Bay of Naples, it has an area of 4 sq mi (10 sq km). Cliffs on the E side rise 900 ft (275 m); its highest point is 1,923 ft (586 m). It was a colony of ancient Greece; later it became a favorite resort of Roman emperors. In the Middle Ages it belonged to the abbey of Montecassino and to the republic of Amalfi before passing to the kingdom of Naples. Its rocky shores abound with caves, notably the famous Blue Grotto. Capri is one of Italy's most popular resorts.
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Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). A CD-ROM drive uses a low-power laser beam to read digitized (binary) data that have been encoded onto an optical disc in the form of tiny pits, then feeds the data to a computer for processing. Because it uses digital data, a CD-ROM can store images and sound in addition to text and is thus used in video and audio devices to store music, graphics, and movies (see compact disc). Unlike conventional magnetic-storage technologies (e.g., hard disks), CD-ROM drives cannot write information (that is, accept the input of new data), hence the tag "read-only." Recordable compact discs (called CD-R) must be written on a CD-R recorder and can be played on any CD-ROM drive.
Cyprus
Island nation, NE Mediterranean Sea. Area: 3,572 sq mi (9,251 sq km). Population (1997): 860,000 (whole island). Capital: Nicosia (Lefkosia). Cyprus is currently divided into two de facto states. The Republic of Cyprus, the internationally recognized government, occupies the S two-thirds of the island. Its population (1997: 662,000) is predominantly Greek. Language: Greek (official). Religion: Eastern Orthodoxy. Currency: Cyprus pound. The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus occupies the N third of the country. Its population (1997: 198,000) is overwhelmingly Turkish. Language: Turkish (official), English. Religion: Islam. Currency: Turkish lira. The third-largest island in the Mediterranean, Cyprus lies about 40 mi (65 km) south of Turkey. It is largely mountainous, with a fertile heartland and coastal plains. Mt. Olympus is its ...
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