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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of southwest Germany in the Black Forest near the French border. Founded as a Roman garrison in the third century AD, it has long been a fashionable spa.

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  • April 4th, 2009 Baden-BADEN - NATO leaders failed to agree on the appointment of Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen as the alliance's next secretary general during dinner talks in the German city of Baden-Baden, officials said Friday.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • The place is called Baden-Baden to distinguish it from Baden in Austria and Baden in Switzerland.

    Down the Rhine Young America in Germany Oliver Optic 1859

  • There's something magic about Baden-Baden, which is utterly unspoiled, surrounded by hills that are lathered in rich, varied woodland; the air is pure, the Friedrichsbad allures with promises of steam rooms and massages, and you can walk half an hour to Lichtental to see Brahms's flat, along the Lichtentalerallee which is dotted with 200-year-old weeping elm trees that would have been sizeable 50-year-olds when Brahms, Clara Schumann, Turgenev and Viardot walked here in the 1860s.

    Been here... Jessica 2007

  • There's something magic about Baden-Baden, which is utterly unspoiled, surrounded by hills that are lathered in rich, varied woodland; the air is pure, the Friedrichsbad allures with promises of steam rooms and massages, and you can walk half an hour to Lichtental to see Brahms's flat, along the Lichtentalerallee which is dotted with 200-year-old weeping elm trees that would have been sizeable 50-year-olds when Brahms, Clara Schumann, Turgenev and Viardot walked here in the 1860s.

    Archive 2007-10-01 Jessica 2007

  • At the outbreak of the war British subjects in out-of-the-way places were given safe conducts to suitable centres, such as Baden-Baden, and there allowed to choose places of abode according to their tastes and means.

    The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship

  • The clashes came shortly after US President Barack Obama addressed a US-style Town Hall meeting in the centre of Strasbourg before leaving by helicopter for the summit's opening session in Germany's Baden-Baden which is co-hosting the event.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2009

  • Fabio Capello is determined to find a happy medium between the paparazzi circus of Baden-Baden and the boredom which afflicted the squad in Rustenburg in the last two World Cups.

    FA vows to help England avoid distractions in Krakow at Euro 2012 2011

  • Baden-Baden Art "Lifelines" presents a selection of artworks from the Frieder Burda collection, including 20th- and 21st-century masters such as Pablo Picasso, Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, Georg Baselitz and Gregory Crewdson.

    What's on around Europe 2011

  • Along with the Orchestra of Baden-Baden and Freiburg and the SWR Vocal Ensemble of Stuttgart eighty automobiles will contribute their signature sounds to an original musical score created by a musician who has taken his imagination on a wild ride.

    Christine Negroni: Germany's Auto Symphonic Fixation Christine Negroni 2011

  • At the end of a strong tournament held in a German spa Baden-Baden in 1925, Karel Treybal, having a clearly won position, accepted a draw offered by the American champion Frank Marshall.

    Lubomir Kavalek: The Hand of God in Chess? Lubomir Kavalek 2011

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