Sentences with phrase «german descent»

I'm of German descent, so this would be extra special for me to display — probably in some form in my kitchen — a wall hanging or something.

Because I am of German descent AND I had the opportunity to visit Germany this year, my heart is pitter - pattering!

Cindy is originally from Los Angeles and is of Salvadoran, Colombian and German descent and is Queer.

An American of German descent, Dreier had very close relationships with Josef and Anni Albers, and also — on even more personal terms — with Walter and Ise Gropius, and their daughter Ati, who graduated from Black Mountain College in 1946 and who was the godmother of the Dreiers» daughter.

His father was an insurance company executive of Scots - Irish and German descent.

[1] He was of English, Irish, and German descent, and grew up as a Roman Catholic in Our Lady of the Snows Parish.

Born in Czechoslovakia in 1931 to a family of German descent, Frömel moved to Ireland in 1956 and lived here for the remainder of her life.

His father was a bank worker and his mother, who was of Swedish and German descent, was a chiropodist.

Of German descent, they became popular in the late 18th century as a hunting breed.

Now, every dog has his own speciality, and being of German descent, Boz's specialty is speed; his acute understanding of yaw and lateral acceleration — and how to combat them with appropriate lean angles — has made him famous in canine social circles.

In the bilingual public schools of St. Louis, one - fourth of the students during the second half of the 19th century were not of German descent, reminiscent of the present trend of what we call today «two - way dual - language,» a type of bilingual education where students of ethnolinguistic minorities and English - speaking majorities are educated jointly to develop the bilingualism of all.

Both parents were of German descent.

Im a brunette of good German descent, a little shorter than average, not too fat or too skinny.

I am a brunette of French and German descent, I am average height not too tall but not too short, average build.

Born and raised with her family in St. Louis, MO, she is of German descent.

Mayor de Blasio — who was born Warren Wilhem and is of German descent — did not appear at city's annual celebration of German pride.

My four opponents, one a woman, one an African American, one openly gay, and one of German descent, they did not waste any time to paint me, as the worst enemy of each of their respective communities and ethnic group.

When asked about the statue, de Blasio, who is of Italian and German descent, has repeatedly deferred to the panel, saying they will be tasked with examining the issue.

«Thousands of Arlington Heights residents are of German descent.

I am from German descent so I am quite proud that this hugely affordable pump gives pricier pumps like Medela is good run for the money

Whilst his parents are both of German descent, his grandmother on his father's side was in fact an Ent from Fangorn forest, Middle Earth.

The small town I grew up in is most German descent, and the shenanigans of St. Pat's just...

As an American of Slovak - German descent living in Belgium, I might actually be the last person you'd want to consult for advice on truly authentic Mexican cuisine.

«We do make a couple ales that are of German descent — that's our history — and so that's sort of where we've put our stake in the ground,» he says.

Going to try this recipe for St Nick's tonight (being of German descent we most certainly celebrate it here!)

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But he underestimates both the language and the ethnic barriers, since so much of the Pietist influence came in Dutch and German packaging — languages and cultures that did not count for much among those of English descent.

That's because the Germans at the time considered both Poles and Slavs to be inferior to those of alleged «Aryan» descent, like the Dutch, the Danes and the English.

Others joined the less extreme Faith Movement of the German Christians, which confined its membership to those of Aryan descent, cut off all connections with Freemasons and vigorously denounced Communism, whilst supporting Hitler.

In this city settled and inhabited by people of German, Scandinavian, Eastern European descent, rye is the bread of choice.

I can guarantee you that if a British player costing say # 25M was doing EXACTLY the same job at say Liverpool then he would be a media darling — bit harder for a # 42M German muslim of Turkish descent.

But the German born player of Ethiopian descent did not see his first team career take off like the Spaniard's had and an injury early in the following season did not help.

The likes of Mesut Ozil, of Turkish descent, and Jerome Boateng, whose half - brother Kevin - Prince Boateng opted to play for Ghana despite being a regular for the German youth squad, are celebrated as heroes.

Neither Albert Awuku, 43, nor his bride — of Ghanaian descent but a German citizen who can live in the UK under EU free movement rules — needed to be present at their nuptials in Ghana in February 2013.

Having grown up in the Midwest and being of German and Dutch descent, I LOVE all things bread.

The main ethnic groups of Southern Brazil are Brazilians of Italian, Portuguese, German, Polish and Ukrainian descent.

I am easy going, I love the outdoors, I am of hungarian German and Irish descent, and I would love to travel all I can.

German American Descent, Love City Life - Movies, Theatre Workout three times a week Love to socialize and cuddle Work in business side of theatre but still have creative aspirations 5» 9» 165 # Graying Light Hair, hazel eyes

Baker's combination of acute emotional intelligence and raucous, often bawdy humor sometimes brings to mind Fatih Akin, a German filmmaker of Turkish descent who also likes to set his films (Head - On, The Edge of Heaven, Soul Kitchen) in tough urban areas where conflicting cultural value systems meet and clash.

It is through this lens that Akin (German - born and of Turkish descent) refracts such staggering statistics in his humane portrayal of a family torn apart by unspeakable horror and one woman's attempt to put together the pieces.

Schmidt (Daniel Bruhl) and Tam (Ziyi Zhang) are math whizzes of German and Chinese, respectively, descent.

His father is of Italian descent and his mother has German / Austrian / Croatian and Armenian ancestry.

To get the measure of these two supersonic German super sports cars, we set out on a two day, dawn - to - dusk test run that included lengthy flat - out stints, tasty stretches of Austrian back roads, climbs and descents packed with curves of all shapes and sizes, and syrupy city crawling.

The German luxury SUV comes with every safety feature abbreviation available on the planet including front and side airbags, ABS with Brake Assist, Cornering Brake Control (CBC), Dynamic Traction Control (DTC), Dynamic Stability Control (DSC), Hill Descent Control (HDC), Attentiveness Assist, Fading Compensation, Brake Drying, etc..

The characters themselves are obviously important to the tale, but the essence of the story is the nature of memory itself - as Marina's descent into Alzheimer's causes her to return to the «memory palace» she had constructed in her mind during the the German assault on Leningrad 60 years before, while her memories of the recent past flicker in and out, «like a switch being turned off».

The only son of Dora Carolina Matson and Ernest Rauschenberg, an employee of Gulf States Utilities, a local light and power company, he is of Cherokee, Dutch, German, and Swedish descent.

Tino Sehgal (/ ˈsiːɡəl /; German: [ˈzeːgaːl]; born 1976) is an artist of German and Indian descent, based in Berlin, who describes his work as «constructed situations».

The artist talk will be held in German language and is organized by G2 Kunsthalle Leipzig on occasion of the current group show COLORS OF DESCENTS with art works by Tobias Hild, Julius Hofmann and Robert Seidel.

Originally published posthumously and recently reprinted by Melville House, The Drinker is Hans Fallada's brutal account of provincial German shopkeeper Erwin Sommer's loss of a business client, refusal to admit this to his wife, lightning - fast descent into sordid alcoholism, and incarceration in prison and an insane asylum.

Peres Projects is showing the work of Melike Kara, a German artist of Turkish descent who studied with Rosemarie Trockel in Düsseldorf.

1899 — 1994) was a German of Jewish descent; as a child, she was confirmed as Lutheran, and immigrated to the United States in 1933 after the Bauhaus was closed by the Nazis.