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berg
1[ burg ]
Berg
2[ bergor, German berk burg ]
noun
- Al·ban [ahl-, bahn, ahl, -bahn], 1885–1935, Austrian composer, noted for bringing expressive emotion to the twelve-tone technique.
- Patricia Jane Patty, 1918–2006, U.S. golfer: a founding member of the LPGA.
- Paul, 1926–2023, U.S. biochemist: shared Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1980.
berg
1/ bɜːɡ /
berg
2/ bɜːɡ /
noun
- a South African word for mountain
Berg
3/ bɜːɡ; bɛrk /
noun
- BergAlban (Maria Johannes)18851935MAustrianMUSIC: composer Alban ( Maria Johannes ) (ˈalbaːn). 1885–1935, Austrian composer: a pupil of Schoenberg. His works include the operas Wozzeck (1921) and Lulu (1935), a violin concerto (1935), chamber works, and songs
- BergPaul1926MUSSCIENCE: biologist Paul . born 1926, US molecular biologist, the first to identify transfer RNA (1956). Nobel prize for chemistry 1980
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In the 2004 video, 26-year-old American businessman Nick Berg also wears an orange jumpsuit.
And the first two episodes were directed by Peter Berg of Friday Night Lights, who is a master of small-town pathos.
Berg: And the idea of a Tom Perkins character crusading for the rights of the rich seems like a very funny idea.
Berg: We have a big screening tomorrow night up in Redwood City.
Berg: We also wanted it to play totally real, which is how satire works.
Profiting by this, Benjy quietly moved away round a colossal buttress of the berg, and took refuge in an ice-cave.
In a few minutes, however, he had it again under control, and they soon reached the berg.
The return journey was almost as trying as the outward one, but he reached Vreede Berg (Africaner's village) in safety.
Then Berg gestured him to follow and they went down a cord ladder hanging from the window sill.
And Berg sat there, smiling, pouring out those damnable cynicisms.
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