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  • Despite his lifelong passion for smart society women, he married an unmitigated frump: Johanna von Puttkamer, who dined at five, dressed unfashionably, and dodged every invitation the Bismarcks received for ­political and social engagements.

    The Shrewdest of the Shrewd Geoffrey Wawro 2011

  • Now Bismarcks last chance to ally with the parliament against Wilhelm and the military.

    Matthew Yglesias » 18th Century Polish Strategic Dilemmas 2010

  • And to Fenwick Bakery, where my husband, the Immanuel Kant of doughnut eaters,* buys ten cinnamon Bismarcks every single Saturday morning, Im just Mrs. Miller, who sometimes breaks her diet for a chocolate doughnut, rather than someone the baker finds loathsome.

    Let Me Eat Cake Leslie F. Miller 2009

  • No Metternichs or Bismarcks strut the global stage today.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Stephen Retherford 2009

  • No Metternichs or Bismarcks strut the global stage today.

    Battling pirates in international waters will take an international effort Stephen Retherford 2009

  • And to Fenwick Bakery, where my husband, the Immanuel Kant of doughnut eaters,* buys ten cinnamon Bismarcks every single Saturday morning, Im just Mrs. Miller, who sometimes breaks her diet for a chocolate doughnut, rather than someone the baker finds loathsome.

    Let Me Eat Cake Leslie F. Miller 2009

  • The Bismarcks, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu have been most affected by extensive logging of lowland and hill forests and subsequent land clearing for copra and oil palm plantations, while the Admiralties have been most affected by agricultural expansion.

    Biological diversity in the East Melanesian Islands 2008

  • Butterflies are the best-known invertebrates in the hotspot, with a few species of Ornithoptera (birdwing) butterflies, particularly O. allotae and O. victoriae – both large, prominent and spectacular species – and the blue emperor swallowtail (Papilio ulysses) found in the Bismarcks and Solomons.

    Biological diversity in the East Melanesian Islands 2008

  • Except for pteropodid bats, the Solomons and Bismarcks (New Britain, New Ireland) have many fewer mammals than New Guinea.

    Vanuatu rain forests 2008

  • Except for pteropodid bats, the Solomons and Bismarcks have many fewer mammals than New Guinea, and the Solomons, unlike New Britain, contain no marsupials.

    Solomon Islands rain forests 2008

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