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Bavaria
State (pop., 1996 est.: 11,996,000), S Germany. Conquered by the Romans in the 1st cent. BC (see Noricum and Raetia), the area was taken by Charlemagne and incorporated into his empire in 788. It became one of the great duchies of the Holy Roman Empire. Under Maximilian I, Bavaria led the Catholic League in the Thirty Years' War. It was overrun repeatedly in the context of larger wars in the 18th cent. It joined the German empire in 1871, while remaining a kingdom. The king was overthrown in 1918; after a brief period of instability, Bavaria joined the Weimar Republic in 1919. A. Hitler had his first power base there in the 1920s. It adopted a new constitution in 1946, and became a state of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949. It has long been Germany's most Roman Catholic area. Its largest cities are Munich (its capital), Augsburg, and Nuremberg. Notable regions include the Bavarian Alps, the Black Forest, and the Bohemian Forest. Bavaria is famous for the beauty of its rolling landscape and the charm of its villages.


Bayard
U.S. statesman, diplomat, and lawyer. Born in Wilmington, Del., to a family prominent in Delaware politics, he succeeded his father in the U.S. Senate (1869-85). He served as secretary of state 1885-89 and as ambassador to Britain 1893-97, the first to hold that title. A champion of arbitration, he was critical of the aggressive position of Pres. G. Cleveland in the dispute with Britain over the Venezuelan boundary (1895).


cabaret
Restaurant that serves liquor and offers light musical entertainment. The cabaret originated in France in the 1880s as a small club that presented amateur acts and satiric skits lampooning bourgeois conventions. The first German Kabarett was opened in Berlin c.1900 by Baron Ernst von Wolzogen and accompanied its musical acts with biting political satire. It became the center for underground political and literary expression and a showcase for the works of such social critics as B. Brecht and K. Weill, a decadent but fertile artistic milieu later portrayed in the musical Cabaret (1966). The English cabaret derived from concerts given in city taverns in the 18th-19th cent. and evolved into the music hall. In the U.S., the cabaret developed into the nightclub, where comedians, singers, or musicians performed. Small jazz and folk clubs and, later, comedy clubs evolved from the original cabaret.


Camargo
French ballerina noted for her technical innovations. She made her Paris Opera debut in 1726, going on to dance in 78 ballets and operas before her retirement in 1751. Admired for her speed and agility, she executed jumping steps previously performed only by male dancers, shortening her skirts and removing the heels from her slippers to do so. Her name was adopted in 1930 by a British ballet group, the Camargo Society.


Canaris
German naval officer. Under A. Hitler, Canaris became head of military ...

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