Wagner
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Honus John Peter, 1874–1955, U.S. baseball player.
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Otto 1841–1918, Austrian architect.
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Richard 1813–83, German composer.
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Robert F(erdinand), 1877–1953, U.S. politician.
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his son Robert F(erdinand), Jr., 1910–91, U.S. politician: mayor of New York City 1954–65.
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Otto. 1841–1918, Austrian architect, whose emphasis on function and structure in such buildings as the Post Office Savings Bank, Vienna (1904–06), influenced the development of modern architecture
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( Wilhelm ) Richard (ˈrɪçart). 1813–83, German romantic composer noted chiefly for his invention of the music drama. His cycle of four such dramas The Ring of the Nibelung was produced at his own theatre in Bayreuth in 1876. His other operas include Tannhäuser (1845; revised 1861), Tristan and Isolde (1865), and Parsifal (1882)
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Nvidia isn’t exactly sitting on its cash, Wagner told MarketWatch in emailed comments, noting that the chip maker has committed tens of billions of dollars to strategic investments and capital deployments just this year.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
Kevin Wagner, vice president of the medical sterilizer company Sterigenics, messaged asking that nine facilities emitting the carcinogenic gas ethylene oxide, including near Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, Charlotte and Atlanta, be exempted.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
Wagner said it was hoped once the new fleet is delivered in 2028, larger AirAsia aircrafts will be freed up to focus on long-haul routes to North America, Australia and Europe.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
It’s as if an opera house devoted its entire season to three Puccini standards without even a glance at the works of Mozart, Verdi or Wagner.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Audience members saw themselves as communicants, humble supplicants at the high altar, even while Wagner was still very much flesh and blood.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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