text: "Class Reunion (That Used to Be Us)" is a song recorded by American country music band Lonestar. It was released in January 2005 as the third single from their album "Let's Be Us Again". Lead singer Richie McDonald co-wrote the song with Frank J. Myers and Don Pfrimmer.

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text: Richard Vance "Richie" McDonald (born February 6, 1962) is an American country music singer and songwriter. From 1992 until his departure in 2007, he was the lead singer of the group Lonestar, which recorded seven studio albums on BNA Records during his tenure as lead vocalist. McDonald co-wrote several of the band's singles, and sang lead on all but one of them; he would rejoin the band in 2011. Outside Lonestar, he has charted twice as a guest vocalist on others' songs, in addition to releasing two independent albums and four solo singles.

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text: McAlyster was an American country music group founded in Pensacola, Florida. Its members comprised Cody Collins, Josh Walther, Leigh Usilton and Valerie Gills. They were signed to MCA Nashville Records in 2000. Their debut single, "I Know How the River Feels", was previously a No. 32 country single in 1999 for Diamond Rio, and was originally recorded by Ty Herndon on his 1996 album "Living in a Moment". McAlyster's demo rendition was released as a single, peaking at No. 69 on the country charts. In 2007, former member Cody Collins succeeded Richie McDonald as lead singer of the group Lonestar, while Walther began a solo career and forming the cover band Phase 5 which shared the stage with Paul McCartney at an event in 2015.

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text: Country music is a genre of United States popular music that originated in the southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from the southeastern genre of United States, such as folk music (especially Appalachian folk music), and blues music. Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history. Country music often consists of ballads and dance tunes with generally simple forms and harmonies accompanied by mostly string instruments such as banjos, electric and acoustic guitars, dobros and fiddles as well as harmonicas. According to Lindsey Starnes, the term "country music" gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to the earlier term "hillbilly music"; it came to encompass Western music, which evolved parallel to hillbilly music from similar roots, in the mid-20th century. The term "country music" is used today to describe many styles and subgenres. The origins of country music are the folk music of working-class Americans, who blended popular songs, Irish and Celtic fiddle tunes, traditional English ballads, and cowboy songs, and various musical traditions from European immigrant communities. In 2009 country music was the most listened to rush hour radio genre during the evening commute, and second most popular in the morning commute in the United States.

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text: Let's Be Us Again is the fifth studio album released by the American country music group Lonestar. It was released in 2004 on BNA Records, and has been certified gold by the RIAA in the United States. The album produced three singles for the group on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs charts: the title track (number 4), "Mr. Mom" (number 1), and "Class Reunion (That Used to Be Us)" (number 16). Additionally, "Somebody's Someone" charted at number 53 from unsolicited airplay.

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text: BNA Records, formerly known as BNA Entertainment, was a label group that shared ties with Arista Nashville and RCA Nashville from parent company Sony Music Nashville, which itself is a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, BNA featured country music acts on its roster. The company derived its name from the IATA and ICAO airport codes for Nashville International Airport.

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text: The word Dobro is, in popular usage, the generic term for a wood-bodied, single cone resonator guitar. It is also an American brand of resonator guitar, currently owned by the Gibson Guitar Corporation. The Dobro was originally made by the Dopyera brothers when they formed the Dobro Manufacturing Company. Their design, with a single inverted resonator, was introduced in competition to the patented Tricone and biscuit designs produced by the National String Instrument Corporation. The Dobro name appeared on other instruments, notably electric lap steel guitars and solid body electric guitars and on other resonator instruments such as Safari resonator mandolins.

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text: Fiddle is another name for the bowed string musical instrument more often called a violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music. Fiddle playing, or fiddling, refers to various styles of music. Fiddle is also a common term among musicians who play folk music on the violin. The fiddle is part of many traditional (folk) styles of music which are aural traditions, taught 'by ear' rather than via written music. Fiddle is normally the term used for Irish Traditional Music.

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text: The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. There are many types of harmonica, including diatonic, chromatic, tremolo, octave, orchestral, and bass versions. A harmonica is played by using the mouth (lips and tongue) to direct air into or out of one or more holes along a mouthpiece. Behind each hole is a chamber containing at least one reed. A harmonica reed is a flat elongated spring typically made of brass, stainless steel, or bronze, which is secured at one end over a slot that serves as an airway. When the free end is made to vibrate by the player's air, it alternately blocks and unblocks the airway to produce sound.

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text: Europe is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia. Europe is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. To the east and southeast, Europe is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways of the Turkish Straits. Yet the non-oceanic borders of Europea concept dating back to classical antiquityare arbitrary. The primarily physiographic term "continent" as applied to Europe also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent's current overland boundaries.

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text: John Rich (born January 7, 1974) is an American country music singer-songwriter. From 1992 to 1998, he was a member of the country music band Lonestar, in which he played bass guitar and alternated with Richie McDonald as lead vocalist. After departing from the band in 1998, he embarked on a solo career on BNA Records in the late 1990s, releasing two singles for the label and recording "Underneath the Same Moon", which was not released until 2006. By 2003, he joined Big Kenny to form the duo Big & Rich, who released three albums on Warner Bros. Records as well as ten singles, including the Number One "Lost in This Moment". After Big & Rich went on hiatus in 2007, Rich began work on a second solo album, "Son of a Preacher Man", which has produced two more chart singles. In 2011, Rich released two Extended Plays, "Rich Rocks" and "For the Kids" before re-establishing Big & Rich in 2012.

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text: Lonestar is an American country music group consisting of Richie McDonald (lead vocals, acoustic guitar), Michael Britt (lead guitar, background vocals), Keech Rainwater (drums), and Dean Sams (keyboards, background vocals). Before the group's foundation in 1992, both Rainwater and Britt were members of the group Canyon. John Rich (bass guitar, lead and background vocals) was a member until he left in 1998, and later became one half of the duo Big & Rich, as well as a Nashville songwriter and record producer. Between 2007 and 2011, McDonald exited the band for a solo career, with former McAlyster lead singer Cody Collins replacing him until McDonald rejoined.

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text: Acharya Kundakunda is the most revered Digambara Jain monk , who lived in around 1st century B.C. He authored many Jain texts such as : Samayasara , Niyamasara , Pancastikayasara , Pravachanasara , Atthapahuda and Barasanuvekkha . He occupies the highest place in the tradition of the Jain acharyas .

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text: Niyamasara is a Jain text authored by "Acharya Kundakunda", a Digambara Jain acharya. It is described by its commentators as the Bhagavat Shastra. It expounds the path to liberation.

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text: In Indian religions and society, an acharya (IAST: ) is a preceptor or instructor in religious matters; founder, or leader of a sect; or a highly learned man or a title affixed to the names of learned men. The designation has different meanings in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and secular contexts. It is also a Brahmin surname found in Nepal and across India, including Odisha, West Bengal and Maharashtra.

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text: Hinduism is a religion, or a way of life, found most notably in India and Nepal. Hinduism has been called the oldest religion in the world, and some practitioners and scholars refer to it as "", "the eternal law," or the "eternal way," beyond human origins. Scholars regard Hinduism as a fusion or synthesis of various Indian cultures and traditions, with diverse roots and no founder. This "Hindu synthesis" started to develop between 500 BCE and 300 CE following the Vedic period (1500 BCE to 500 BCE).

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text: Jainism (or ), traditionally known as Jain Dharma, is an ancient Indian religion belonging to the "ramaa" tradition. The central tenet is non-violence and respect towards all living beings. The three main principles of Jainism are "ahimsa" (non-violence), "anekantavada" (non-absolutism) and "aparigraha" (non-possessiveness). Followers of Jainism take five main vows: "ahimsa" (non-violence), "satya" (not lying), "asteya" (not stealing), "brahmacharya" (chastity) and "aparigraha" (non-attachment). Jain monks and nuns observe these vows absolutely whereas householders ("rvakas") observe them within their practical limitations. Self-discipline and asceticism are thus major focuses of Jainism. Notably, Mahatma Gandhi was greatly influenced by Jainism and adopted many Jain principles in his life.

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text: Indian religions, also termed as Dharmic faiths or religions, are the religions that originated in the Indian subcontinent; namely Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism that follow the rules of Dharma. These religions are also classified as Eastern religions. Although Indian religions are connected through the history of India, they constitute a wide range of religious communities, and are not confined to the Indian subcontinent.

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text: discontinuities

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text: continent

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text: France, officially the French Republic, is a country with territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories. The European, or metropolitan, area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. Overseas France include French Guiana on the South American continent and several island territories in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. France spans and had a total population of almost 67 million people as of January 2017. It is a unitary semi-presidential republic with the capital in Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre. Other major urban centres include Marseille, Lyon, Lille, Nice, Toulouse and Bordeaux.

text: France

text: officially

text: the

text: French

text: Republic

text: is

text: country

text: with

text: territory

text: in

text: western

text: Europe

text: and

text: several

text: overseas

text: regions

text: and

text: territories

text: The

text: European

text: or

text: metropolitan

text: area

text: of

text: France

text: extends

text: from

text: the

text: Mediterranean

text: Sea

text: to

text: the

text: English

text: Channel

text: and

text: the

text: North

text: Sea

text: and

text: from

text: the

text: Rhine

text: to

text: the

text: Atlantic

text: Ocean

text: Overseas

text: France

text: include

text: French

text: Guiana

text: on

text: the

text: South

text: American

text: continent

text: and

text: several

text: island

text: territories

text: in

text: the

text: Atlantic

text: Pacific

text: and

text: Indian

text: oceans

text: France

text: spans

text: and

text: had

text: total

text: population

text: of

text: almost

text: million

text: people

text: as

text: of

text: January

text: It

text: is

text: unitary

text: semi

text: presidential

text: republic

text: with

text: the

text: capital

text: in

text: Paris

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text: country

text: 's

text: largest

text: city

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text: main

text: cultural

text: and

text: commercial

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text: major

text: urban

text: centres

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text: Marseille

text: Lyon

text: Lille

text: Nice

text: Toulouse

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text: Bordeaux

text: Geneva (, , , ) is the second most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and is the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situated where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva.

text: Geneva

text: is

text: the

text: second

text: most

text: populous

text: city

text: in

text: Switzerland

text: after

text: Zürich

text: and

text: is

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: city

text: of

text: Romandy

text: the

text: French

text: speaking

text: part

text: of

text: Switzerland

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text: where

text: the

text: Rhône

text: exits

text: Lake

text: Geneva

text: it

text: is

text: the

text: capital

text: of

text: the

text: Republic

text: and

text: Canton

text: of

text: Geneva

text: German is a West Germanic language that is mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and (co-) official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, South Tyrol (Italy), the German-speaking Community of Belgium, and Liechtenstein; it is also an official, but not majority language of Luxembourg. Major languages which are most similar to German include other members of the West Germanic language branch, such as Afrikaans, Dutch, and English. It is the second most widely spoken Germanic language, after English.

text: German

text: is

text: West

text: Germanic

text: language

text: that

text: is

text: mainly

text: spoken

text: in

text: Central

text: Europe

text: It

text: is

text: the

text: most

text: widely

text: spoken

text: and

text: co-

text: official

text: language

text: in

text: Germany

text: Austria

text: Switzerland

text: South

text: Tyrol

text: Italy

text: the

text: German

text: speaking

text: Community

text: of

text: Belgium

text: and

text: Liechtenstein

text: it

text: is

text: also

text: an

text: official

text: but

text: not

text: majority

text: language

text: of

text: Luxembourg

text: Major

text: languages

text: which

text: are

text: most

text: similar

text: to

text: German

text: include

text: other

text: members

text: of

text: the

text: West

text: Germanic

text: language

text: branch

text: such

text: as

text: Afrikaans

text: Dutch

text: and

text: English

text: It

text: is

text: the

text: second

text: most

text: widely

text: spoken

text: Germanic

text: language

text: after

text: English

text: Vitus is a drama film written and directed by Fredi M. Murer . It was released on February 2 , 2006 , in Switzerland . It stars real - life piano prodigy Teo Gheorghiu , Bruno Ganz , Julika Jenkins , and Urs Jucker .

text: Vitus

text: is

text: drama

text: film

text: written

text: and

text: directed

text: by

text: Fredi

text: Murer

text: It

text: was

text: released

text: on

text: February

text: in

text: Switzerland

text: It

text: stars

text: real

text: life

text: piano

text: prodigy

text: Teo

text: Gheorghiu

text: Bruno

text: Ganz

text: Julika

text: Jenkins

text: and

text: Urs

text: Jucker

text:
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a federal republic in Europe. It consists of 26 cantons, and the city of Bern is the seat of the federal authorities.
The country is situated in Western-Central Europe, and is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning an area of . While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately eight million people is concentrated mostly on the plateau, where the largest cities are to be found: among them are the two global cities and economic centres Zürich and Geneva.

text: Switzerland

text: officially

text: the

text: Swiss

text: Confederation

text: is

text: federal

text: republic

text: in

text: Europe

text: It

text: consists

text: of

text: cantons

text: and

text: the

text: city

text: of

text: Bern

text: is

text: the

text: seat

text: of

text: the

text: federal

text: authorities

text: The

text: country

text: is

text: situated

text: in

text: Western

text: Central

text: Europe

text: and

text: is

text: bordered

text: by

text: Italy

text: to

text: the

text: south

text: France

text: to

text: the

text: west

text: Germany

text: to

text: the

text: north

text: and

text: Austria

text: and

text: Liechtenstein

text: to

text: the

text: east

text: Switzerland

text: is

text: landlocked

text: country

text: geographically

text: divided

text: between

text: the

text: Alps

text: the

text: Swiss

text: Plateau

text: and

text: the

text: Jura

text: spanning

text: an

text: area

text: of

text: While

text: the

text: Alps

text: occupy

text: the

text: greater

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: territory

text: the

text: Swiss

text: population

text: of

text: approximately

text: eight

text: million

text: people

text: is

text: concentrated

text: mostly

text: on

text: the

text: plateau

text: where

text: the

text: largest

text: cities

text: are

text: to

text: be

text: found

text: among

text: them

text: are

text: the

text: two

text: global

text: cities

text: and

text: economic

text: centres

text: Zürich

text: and

text: Geneva

text: The Alps are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries: Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Slovenia, and Switzerland. The mountains were formed over tens of millions of years as the African and Eurasian tectonic plates collided. Extreme shortening caused by the event resulted in marine sedimentary rocks rising by thrusting and folding into high mountain peaks such as Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn. Mont Blanc spans the FrenchItalian border, and at is the highest mountain in the Alps. The Alpine region area contains about a hundred peaks higher than 4000 metres (just over 13,000 feet).

text: The

text: Alps

text: are

text: the

text: highest

text: and

text: most

text: extensive

text: mountain

text: range

text: system

text: that

text: lies

text: entirely

text: in

text: Europe

text: stretching

text: approximately

text: across

text: eight

text: Alpine

text: countries

text: Austria

text: France

text: Germany

text: Italy

text: Liechtenstein

text: Monaco

text: Slovenia

text: and

text: Switzerland

text: The

text: mountains

text: were

text: formed

text: over

text: tens

text: of

text: millions

text: of

text: years

text: as

text: the

text: African

text: and

text: Eurasian

text: tectonic

text: plates

text: collided

text: Extreme

text: shortening

text: caused

text: by

text: the

text: event

text: resulted

text: in

text: marine

text: sedimentary

text: rocks

text: rising

text: by

text: thrusting

text: and

text: folding

text: into

text: high

text: mountain

text: peaks

text: such

text: as

text: Mont

text: Blanc

text: and

text: the

text: Matterhorn

text: Mont

text: Blanc

text: spans

text: the

text: FrenchItalian

text: border

text: and

text: at

text: is

text: the

text: highest

text: mountain

text: in

text: the

text: Alps

text: The

text: Alpine

text: region

text: area

text: contains

text: about

text: hundred

text: peaks

text: higher

text: than

text: metres

text: just

text: over

text: feet

text: Bruno Ganz (born 22 March 1941) is a Swiss actor, who has been a prominent figure in German language film and television for over fifty years. He has collaborated several times with filmmaker Wim Wenders, first as Jonathan Zimmerman in "The American Friend" (1977) and again as Damiel the Angel in both "Wings of Desire" (1987) and "Faraway, So Close!" (1993).

text: Bruno

text: Ganz

text: born

text: March

text: is

text: Swiss

text: actor

text: who

text: has

text: been

text: prominent

text: figure

text: in

text: German

text: language

text: film

text: and

text: television

text: for

text: over

text: fifty

text: years

text: He

text: has

text: collaborated

text: several

text: times

text: with

text: filmmaker

text: Wim

text: Wenders

text: first

text: as

text: Jonathan

text: Zimmerman

text: in

text: The

text: American

text: Friend

text: and

text: again

text: as

text: Damiel

text: the

text: Angel

text: in

text: both

text: Wings

text: of

text: Desire

text: and

text: Faraway

text: So

text: Close

text: The Canton of Zürich has a population (as of ) of . The canton is located in the northeast of Switzerland and the city of Zürich is the capital of the canton. The official language is German. The local Swiss German dialect called "Züritüütsch" is commonly spoken. In English the name of the canton is often written without an umlaut.

text: The

text: Canton

text: of

text: Zürich

text: has

text: population

text: as

text: of

text: of

text: The

text: canton

text: is

text: located

text: in

text: the

text: northeast

text: of

text: Switzerland

text: and

text: the

text: city

text: of

text: Zürich

text: is

text: the

text: capital

text: of

text: the

text: canton

text: The

text: official

text: language

text: is

text: German

text: The

text: local

text: Swiss

text: German

text: dialect

text: called

text: Züritüütsch

text: is

text: commonly

text: spoken

text: In

text: English

text: the

text: name

text: of

text: the

text: canton

text: is

text: often

text: written

text: without

text: an

text: umlaut

text: Wings of Desire ("The Sky/Heaven Over Berlin") is a 1987 Franco-German romantic fantasy film directed by Wim Wenders. The film is about invisible, immortal angels who populate Berlin and listen to the thoughts of the human inhabitants and comfort those who are in distress. Even though the city is densely populated, many of the people are isolated or estranged from their loved ones. One of the angels, played by Bruno Ganz, falls in love with a beautiful, lonely trapeze artist. The angel chooses to become human so that he can experience the human sensory pleasures, ranging from enjoying food to touching a loved one, and so that he can experience human love with the trapeze artist. The film is shot in both a rich, sepia-toned black-and-white and color, with the former being used to represent the world as experienced by the angels. Wim Wenders won best director award both at Cannes film festival and European film Awards for the film. The film was selected as the West German entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Academy award and BAFTA award, and was accepted as a nominee for the latter. The film has cult status and is included in Criterion Collection since 2009.

text: Wings

text: of

text: Desire

text: The

text: Sky

text: Heaven

text: Over

text: Berlin

text: is

text: Franco

text: German

text: romantic

text: fantasy

text: film

text: directed

text: by

text: Wim

text: Wenders

text: The

text: film

text: is

text: about

text: invisible

text: immortal

text: angels

text: who

text: populate

text: Berlin

text: and

text: listen

text: to

text: the

text: thoughts

text: of

text: the

text: human

text: inhabitants

text: and

text: comfort

text: those

text: who

text: are

text: in

text: distress

text: Even

text: though

text: the

text: city

text: is

text: densely

text: populated

text: many

text: of

text: the

text: people

text: are

text: isolated

text: or

text: estranged

text: from

text: their

text: loved

text: ones

text: One

text: of

text: the

text: angels

text: played

text: by

text: Bruno

text: Ganz

text: falls

text: in

text: love

text: with

text: beautiful

text: lonely

text: trapeze

text: artist

text: The

text: angel

text: chooses

text: to

text: become

text: human

text: so

text: that

text: he

text: can

text: experience

text: the

text: human

text: sensory

text: pleasures

text: ranging

text: from

text: enjoying

text: food

text: to

text: touching

text: loved

text: one

text: and

text: so

text: that

text: he

text: can

text: experience

text: human

text: love

text: with

text: the

text: trapeze

text: artist

text: The

text: film

text: is

text: shot

text: in

text: both

text: rich

text: sepia

text: toned

text: black

text: and

text: white

text: and

text: color

text: with

text: the

text: former

text: being

text: used

text: to

text: represent

text: the

text: world

text: as

text: experienced

text: by

text: the

text: angels

text: Wim

text: Wenders

text: won

text: best

text: director

text: award

text: both

text: at

text: Cannes

text: film

text: festival

text: and

text: European

text: film

text: Awards

text: for

text: the

text: film

text: The

text: film

text: was

text: selected

text: as

text: the

text: West

text: German

text: entry

text: for

text: the

text: Best

text: Foreign

text: Language

text: Film

text: Academy

text: award

text: and

text: BAFTA

text: award

text: and

text: was

text: accepted

text: as

text: nominee

text: for

text: the

text: latter

text: The

text: film

text: has

text: cult

text: status

text: and

text: is

text: included

text: in

text: Criterion

text: Collection

text: since

text: Faraway, So Close! is a 1993 film by German director Wim Wenders. The screenplay is by Wenders, Richard Reitinger and Ulrich Zieger. The film is a sequel to Wenders' 1987 film "Wings of Desire". Actors Otto Sander and Bruno Ganz reprise their roles as angels visiting Earth. The film also stars Nastassja Kinski, Willem Dafoe and Heinz Rühmann (in his last film role). It won the "Grand Prix du Jury" at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.

text: Faraway

text: So

text: Close

text: is

text: film

text: by

text: German

text: director

text: Wim

text: Wenders

text: The

text: screenplay

text: is

text: by

text: Wenders

text: Richard

text: Reitinger

text: and

text: Ulrich

text: Zieger

text: The

text: film

text: is

text: sequel

text: to

text: Wenders

text: film

text: Wings

text: of

text: Desire

text: Actors

text: Otto

text: Sander

text: and

text: Bruno

text: Ganz

text: reprise

text: their

text: roles

text: as

text: angels

text: visiting

text: Earth

text: The

text: film

text: also

text: stars

text: Nastassja

text: Kinski

text: Willem

text: Dafoe

text: and

text: Heinz

text: Rühmann

text: in

text: his

text: last

text: film

text: role

text: It

text: won

text: the

text: Grand

text: Prix

text: du

text: Jury

text: at

text: the

text: Cannes

text: Film

text: Festival

text: Liechtenstein , officially the Principality of Liechtenstein, is a doubly landlocked German-speaking microstate in Central Europe. It is a constitutional monarchy with the rank of principality, headed by the Prince of Liechtenstein.

text: Liechtenstein

text: officially

text: the

text: Principality

text: of

text: Liechtenstein

text: is

text: doubly

text: landlocked

text: German

text: speaking

text: microstate

text: in

text: Central

text: Europe

text: It

text: is

text: constitutional

text: monarchy

text: with

text: the

text: rank

text: of

text: principality

text: headed

text: by

text: the

text: Prince

text: of

text: Liechtenstein

text: Teo Gheorghiu is a Swiss-Canadian pianist and actor, born on August 12, 1992 in Männedorf in Canton of Zürich, Switzerland from Romanian and Canadian parents.

text: Teo

text: Gheorghiu

text: is

text: Swiss

text: Canadian

text: pianist

text: and

text: actor

text: born

text: on

text: August

text: in

text: Männedorf

text: in

text: Canton

text: of

text: Zürich

text: Switzerland

text: from

text: Romanian

text: and

text: Canadian

text: parents

annotations: likely multiple

question: original_language_of_work vitus

answer: swiss german

text: swiss german


text: Virginia Sorensen, née Eggertsen, also credited as Virginia Sorenson (February 17, 1912, in Provo, Utah  December 24, 1991), was the author of the 1957 John Newbery Medal winning "Miracles on Maple Hill", based in the Erie, Pennsylvania region where she lived at the time. She grew up in Manti and American Fork, Utah. Her first novel, "A Little Lower Than the Angels", was written and published in 1942 while she resided in Terre Haute, Indiana, with her first husband Frederick C. Sorensen, a professor at Indiana State Teachers College, now Indiana State University. With its publication, Alfred Knopf declared, "I have seldom introduced a new novelist with the confidence I feel in the author of this remarkable book. It marks the debut, I believe, of a major American writer." She is considered "one of Utah's premiere gifts to literary America." Her first book for children, "Curious Missy", grew out of her efforts with a bookmobile in Alabama. She later divorced Sorensen and married Alec Waugh, son of Arthur Waugh and brother of Evelyn Waugh, in 1969. Her books are usually Mormon-themed. She received two Guggenheim fellowships, one in 1946 to study tribe of Mexican Indians, and one in 1954 to study in Denmark as regards the history of Sanpete Valley's settlers.

text: Virginia

text: Sorensen

text: née

text: Eggertsen

text: also

text: credited

text: as

text: Virginia

text: Sorenson

text: February

text: in

text: Provo

text: Utah

text: December

text: was

text: the

text: author

text: of

text: the

text: John

text: Newbery

text: Medal

text: winning

text: Miracles

text: on

text: Maple

text: Hill

text: based

text: in

text: the

text: Erie

text: Pennsylvania

text: region

text: where

text: she

text: lived

text: at

text: the

text: time

text: She

text: grew

text: up

text: in

text: Manti

text: and

text: American

text: Fork

text: Utah

text: Her

text: first

text: novel

text: Little

text: Lower

text: Than

text: the

text: Angels

text: was

text: written

text: and

text: published

text: in

text: while

text: she

text: resided

text: in

text: Terre

text: Haute

text: Indiana

text: with

text: her

text: first

text: husband

text: Frederick

text: Sorensen

text: professor

text: at

text: Indiana

text: State

text: Teachers

text: College

text: now

text: Indiana

text: State

text: University

text: With

text: its

text: publication

text: Alfred

text: Knopf

text: declared

text: have

text: seldom

text: introduced

text: new

text: novelist

text: with

text: the

text: confidence

text: feel

text: in

text: the

text: author

text: of

text: this

text: remarkable

text: book

text: It

text: marks

text: the

text: debut

text: believe

text: of

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text: American

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text: She

text: is

text: considered

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text: of

text: Utah

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text: premiere

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text: America

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text: first

text: book

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text: Curious

text: Missy

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text: out

text: of

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text: efforts

text: with

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text: in

text: Alabama

text: She

text: later

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text: Sorensen

text: and

text: married

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text: John Newbery (9 July 1713  22 December 1767), called "The Father of Children's Literature", was an English publisher of books who first made children's literature a sustainable and profitable part of the literary market. He also supported and published the works of Christopher Smart, Oliver Goldsmith and Samuel Johnson. In recognition of his achievements in children's publishing, the Newbery Medal was named after him.

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text: Miracles on Maple Hill is a 1956 novel by Virginia Sorensen that won the 1957 Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature. The book was illustrated by Beth and Joe Krush.

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text: Brideshead Revisited, The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder is a novel by English writer Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1945. It follows, from the 1920s to the early 1940s, the life and romances of the protagonist Charles Ryder, including his friendship with the Flytes, a family of wealthy English Catholics who live in a palatial mansion called Brideshead Castle. Ryder has relationships with two of the Flytes: Sebastian and Julia. The novel explores themes including nostalgia for the age of English aristocracy, Catholicism, and the nearly overt homosexuality of Sebastian Flyte's coterie at Oxford University. A faithful and extremely well-received television adaptation of the novel was done in an 11-part miniseries by Granada Television in 1981.

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The John Newbery Medal is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The award is given to the author of "the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children." Named for John Newbery, an 18th-century English publisher of juvenile books, the Newbery was proposed by Frederic G. Melcher in 1921, making it the first children's book award in the world. The medal was designed by Rene Paul Chambellan and depicts an author giving his work (a book) to a boy and a girl to read.
The Newbery and the Caldecott Medal are considered the two most prestigious awards for children's literature in the United States. Many bookstores and libraries have Newbery sections; popular television shows interview the winners; textbooks include lists of Newbery winners, and many master's and doctoral theses are written about them.

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text: Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (28 October 1903  10 April 1966) was an English writer of novels, biographies and travel books. He was also a prolific journalist and reviewer of books. His most famous works include the early satires "Decline and Fall" (1928) and "A Handful of Dust" (1934), the novel "Brideshead Revisited" (1945) and the Second World War trilogy "Sword of Honour" (195261). Waugh is recognised as one of the great prose stylists of the English language in the 20th century.

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text: Arthur Waugh (1866  1943) was an English author, literary critic, and publisher. He was the father of the authors Alec and Evelyn Waugh.

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text: Alexander Raban `` Alec '' Waugh ( 8 July 1898 -- 3 September 1981 ) , was a British novelist , the elder brother of the better - known Evelyn Waugh and son of Arthur Waugh , author , literary critic , and publisher . His first wife was Barbara Jacobs ( daughter of the writer William Wymark Jacobs ) , his second wife was Joan Chirnside and his third wife was Virginia Sorenson , author of the Newbery Medal -- winning Miracles on Maple Hill .

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