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  • 31Pester Lloyd — was a German language daily newspaper printed in Budapest, Hungary from 1854 to 1945. Until 1945 it was the leading german publication in Hungary. [Theodor Herzl] , Max Nordau, Thomas Mann, Stefan Zweig, Joseph Roth, Alfred Polgar, Franz Molnár,… …

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  • 32pester power — ➔ power1 * * * pester power UK US noun [U] INFORMAL MARKETING ► the ability of children to make their parents buy something, by asking for it many times until they get it: »Advertisers know how powerful pester power can be …

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  • 33pester power — noun The ability of children to influence their parents behaviour by making frequent requests • • • Main Entry: ↑pester * * * ˈpester power 7 [pester power] noun uncountable …

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  • 34Pester (comics) — Pester is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe. Her first appearance was in Web of Spider Man #77 (June, 1991).External links* http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/pestermorlock.htm …

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  • 35Pester Lloyd — Pester Lloyd, zweimal täglich in Budapest erscheinende politische Zeitung, das Organ der liberalen Regierungspartei. Sie erschien zum erstenmal 1. Jan. 1854. Chefredakteur ist Max Falk (s. d. 3) …

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  • 36Pester Becken — Pester Becken, s. Alföld …

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  • 37pester power — pester .power n [U] the ability that children have to make their parents buy things or do things for them by asking them again and again …

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  • 38pester power — pester ,power noun uncount the ability of children to make their parents buy things for them by continuing to ask them until they agree to do it …

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  • 39Pester Schachklub — Der vermutlich im Jahr 1839 gegründete Pester Schachklub (ungarisch Pesti Sakkör) war der älteste Schachverein in Ungarn, der sich zu einem Zentrum des nationalen Schachlebens entwickelte. Aus dem Zusammenschluss mit einem anderen Verein ging… …

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  • 40pester power — n. The ability children have to nag their parents into purchasing items they would otherwise not buy or performing actions they would otherwise not do. Example Citation: Nine out of every 10 pupils questioned claimed they wanted to learn about… …

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