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- proper noun A
canton ofSwitzerland . - proper noun A city in Switzerland, the capital of the canton of Solothurn.
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Listen to a clip from La Gaieté, a Swiss Alphorn quartet Edward Taylor/The Wall Street Journal Eliana Burki, a 25-year-old jazz musician with a pierced nose from Solothurn, Switzerland, likes to play funky, fast jazz tunes on her telescopic, collapsible carbon-fiber alphorn.
Rocking the Alphorn 2008
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Rocking the Alphorn Enter Eliana Burki, a petite 25-year-old jazz musician with a pierced nose from Solothurn, Switzerland.
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Kantonsschule Solothurn, then chemistry at the Gymnasium Biel, and finally gymnastics at the Mädchengymnasium in Basel.
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Solothurn and Fribourg were admitted to the confederation after a long dispute among the members.
1481 2001
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Fribourg and Solothurn remained Catholic and sided with the original five (rural) cantons.
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-- The hero of Poland once wished to send some bottles of good wine to a clergyman at Solothurn; and as he hesitated to trust them by his servant, lest he should smuggle a part, he gave the commission to a young man of the name of Zeltner, and desired him to take the horse which he himself usually rode.
The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes Historical, Literary, and Humorous—A New Selection Various
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Since the erection of plant by these works at Solothurn for transmitting 50 horse power five miles distant, which attracted so much interest some time ago, several important works have been carried out.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 Various
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Kosciusko once wished to send some bottles of good wine to a clergyman of Solothurn; and as he hesitated to send them by his servant, lest he should smuggle a part, he gave the commission to a young man of the name of Zeltner, and desired him to take the horse which he himself usually rode.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 264, July 14, 1827 Various
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Indeed, in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland each elector is invited, first, to record his vote for a list as a separate act, and secondly, to vote for the particular candidate he prefers.
Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election John H. Humphreys
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Solothurn in 1905, where a demonstration was given which made a striking impression on those present.
The Eurhythmics of Jaques-Dalcroze Emile Jaques-Dalcroze
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