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Rosenberg

[ roh-zuhn-burg; German roh-zuhn-berk ]

noun

  1. Alfred, 1893–1946, German Nazi ideologist and political leader, born in Estonia.
  2. Julius, 1918–53, and his wife, Eth·el Green·glass [eth, -, uh, l , green, -glas, -glahs], 1915–53, U.S. citizens executed for passing atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet Union.
  3. a town in southern Texas.


Rosenberg

/ ˈəʊəԲɜːɡ /

noun

  1. RosenbergAlfred18931946MGermanPOLITICS: politicianWRITING: writerPOLITICS: Nazi ideologist Alfred . 1893–1946, German Nazi politician and writer, who devised much of the racial ideology of Nazism: hanged for war crimes
  2. RosenbergIsaac18901918MBritishWRITING: poetARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Isaac . 1890–1918, British poet and painter, best known for his poems about life in the trenches during World War I: died in action
  3. RosenbergJulius19181953MUSCRIME AND POLICING: spy Julius . 1918–53, US spy, who, with his wife Ethel (1914–53), was executed for passing information about nuclear weapons to the Russians
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McMahon's attorney, Jessica Rosenberg, denied the claims.

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Phil Rosenberg, president of The Board of Deputies of British Jews, said he disagreed with the letter, which he said "lays blame squarely on the Israeli Government".

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Mr Rosenberg criticised the letter for the lack of mention of Hamas, stating that it gives the group "absolutely no agency... regarding the failure of the implementation of the second stage of the hostage deal".

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When BBC Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg visited the court last September, Alexandrova's lawyer told him that the case had started out as an ordinary domestic squabble over land.

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“Red Scare” burrows deep not just into the well-known major players, including Sen. Joseph McCarthy, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Alger Hiss, and the Hollywood Ten, but also the myriad committees, opportunistic enablers and the long, long line of scapegoats who paid for the mid-20th-century anti-communist witch hunt.

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