Richter

[ rik-ter; German rikh-tuhr; Russian ryeekh-tyir ]

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Burton, 1931–2018, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1976.
Conrad, 1890–1968, U.S. novelist.
Franz Xa·ver [ksah, -v, uh, r], 1709–89, German composer, born in Moravia.
Jean Paul Frie·drich [zhah, n, poul , free, -d, r, i, kh], Jean Paul, 1763–1825, German author.
Svia·to·slav (Te·o·fi·lo·vich) [svee-, at, -, uh, -slahf tey-, uh, -, fee, -l, uh, -vich, svyi-tuh-, slahf, tyi-uh-, fyee, -l, uh, -vyich], 1915–97, Russian pianist.

Richter

ˈrɪktə RichterBurton1931MUSSCIENCE: physicist Burton . born 1931, US physicist: shared the 1976 Nobel prize for physics with Samuel Tring for discovering the subatomic particle known as the J/psi particle
ˈrɪçtər RichterJohann Friedrich17631825MGermanWRITING: novelist Johann Friedrich (joˈhan ˈfriːdrɪç), wrote under the name Jean Paul . 1763–1825, German romantic novelist. His works include Hesperus (1795) and Titan (1800–03)
ˈrixtɪr RichterSviatoslav19151997MUkrainianRussianMUSIC: concert pianist Sviatoslav (svɪtaˈslaf). 1915–97, Ukrainian concert pianist

The most recent activity had a high point of 3.6 on the Richter Scale.

It was an avalanche in lower Manhattan, reaching 2.4 on the Richter scale.

Richter had left behind the Hollywood lifestyle to live in a van off “eight bucks a day for dinner,” he recalls.

But after years touring the country, Richter caught the acting bug again.

“It makes me feel old, dude,” Richter, who is now 33 and diving headfirst back into an acting career, tells The Daily Beast.

But Richter, the type of the university-bred revolutionist which emigrated after '48, is drawn more or less from life.

"Nothing can embellish a beautiful face more than a narrow band drawn over the brow," says Richter.

They circle about Kitty and Richter, and pelt them with paper flowers.

"Love lessens woman's delicacy and increases man's," says Richter.

This opera was produced with success in several other German towns, and finally in Vienna, under Richter.

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