A Modest Proposal

A Modest Proposal For preventing the Children of Poor People From being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and For making them Beneficial to the Publick, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729. The essay suggests that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food to rich gentlemen and ladies. This satirical hyperbole mocked heartless attitudes towards the poor, predominantly Irish Catholic as well as British policy toward the Irish in general.

César Award for Best Poster

The César Award for Best Poster is a former category of the César Awards, France's national film award. The nominations were selected by members of the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinema

Schwabenhass

Schwabenhass is a neologism referring to the aversion to the approximately 300,000-strong Swabian diaspora in Berlin and elsewhere in Germany outside of Swabia. In 2013, the so-called Spätzle-streit gained nationwide attention

Schwarzenburg District

Schwarzenburg District was one of the 26 administrative districts in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. Its capital was the town of Schwarzenburg, located in the municipality of Wahlern. The district had an area of 157 km² and consisted of 4

Corticiasca

Corticiasca was a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland

Helga (call)

Calling „Helga!“ is a running gag at German concerts and festivals

Cavallo's multiplier

Cavallo's multiplier was an early electrostatic influence machine, invented in 1795 by the Anglo-Italian natural philosopher Tiberius Cavallo. Its purpose was to multiply, or amplify, a small electric charge to a level where it was detectable by the

Jonathan Landgrebe

Jonathan Landgrebe is a German economist and publisher and leads Suhrkamp Verlag in Berlin

Precontract

A precontract is a legal contract that precedes another; in particular it can refer to an existing promise of marriage with another. Such a precontract would legally nullify any later marriages into which either party entered. The practice was common in

Obersimmental District

Obersimmental District was one of the 26 administrative districts in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. Its capital was Blankenburg in the municipality of Zweisimmen. The district had an area of 334 km² and consisted of 4 municipalities

Andre Anthony

Andre Anthony is an American football outside linebacker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He previously played college football at LSU before being selected by the Buccaneers in the seventh round of the 2022 NFL Draft