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Article: Lucky to be here.(Letters to the Editor)
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- August 1, 2003
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Here's a topic close to my heart that I would like to share with Swiss News.
The Bernese mountain dog (Berner Sennenhund) was near extinction at the turn of this century. But, thankfully, these special Swiss dogs have made a huge comeback.
Previously known as the "Gelbbackler" (yellow cheeks), this breed on be traced back 2.000 years when the Romans invaded Switzerland--then known as Helvetia. The dogs were used as cattle drovers and guard ...
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Article: Heim, Albert Arnold
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... ... Arnold ( b . Zurich, Switzerland, 20 March 1882; d . Zurich, 27 May 1965) geology, geography . Heim was the son of Jacob Albert Heim and Maria V รถ gtlin. He studied geology with his father and received the Ph.D. from the University of Zurich in ...
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