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  • Die Obama-Regierung und die Medien wollen die Vorstellung verbreiten, dass die Rezession zu Ende gehe und der "Aufschwung" um die Ecke sei.

    Liblogs News Feed 2009

  • Während sie der Absturz der Märkte nach Lehman besonders hart traf, profitieren sie nun von dem Aufschwung an den Börsen und dem Kapitalbedarf der Firmen und Staaten.

    Petit Dejeuner avec Didier Decoin 2009

  • The device of Chaucer's _House of Fame_, wherein the poet is carried to celestial realms by an eagle, occasionally occurs to the modern poet as an account of his _Aufschwung_.

    The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years Elizabeth Atkins

  • A rough, dry wind which should sweep away the miasmas of the swamp, the misty staleness of the _Lieder, Liedchen, Liedlein_, as numerous as drops of rain in which inexhaustibly the Germanic _Gemüt_ is poured forth: the countless things like _Sehnsucht_ (Desire), _Heimweh_ (Homesickness), _Aufschwung_

    Jean-Christophe, Volume I Romain Rolland 1905

  • Schumann may have had the first phrase in his mind when he wrote his Aufschwung.

    Chopin : the Man and His Music James Huneker 1890

  • Schumann did much for the development of music that has a distinct meaning and his works frequently bear titles that are suggestive of some mood or scene, like "At Evening," "Soaring" (Aufschwung, sometimes translated as Excelsior), "Carnaval," a series of twenty-one pieces descriptive of carnival scenes; and the "Novelettes."

    The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players Gustav Kobb�� 1887

  • Aufschwung economic upswing might have deserved a mention but did not get one.

    The Economist: Correspondent's diary 2011

  • Aufschwung (Soaring) "and accompany the chorus during the rest of the program, performing works by Felix Mendelssohn, Johannes Brahms, Thomas Morley, John Farmer, William Billings,

    The Union Democrat, Sonora, CA News, Sports, & Weather 2009

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