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Nelsons, Andris

(Encyclopedia) Nelsons, Andris, 1978–, Latvian conductor. He studied piano and trumpet, and was a trumpeter with the Latvian National Opera as a teenager. After studying conducting in St. Petersburg…

Saied, Kais

(Encyclopedia) Saied, Kais, 1958–, Tunisian law professor, president of Tunisia (2019–). An authority on constitutional law, he was a professor at the Univ. of Tunis (1999–2018) and has served as…

Nyusi, Filipe Jacinto

(Encyclopedia) Nyusi, Filipe Jacinto, 1959–, Mozambican political leader. An engineer by training, he worked as a manager for Mozambique's ports and railways authority before entering politics as a…

Ferguson

(Encyclopedia) Ferguson, city (2020 pop. 20,359), St. Louis co., E Mo., a suburb of St. Louis; inc. 1894. It is primarily residential. In Aug. 2014,…

Abinader Corona, Luis Rodolfo

(Encyclopedia) Abinader Corona, Luis Rodolfo, 1967–, Dominican political leader. After studying at the Technological Institute of Santo Domingo, Harvard, and Dartmouth, he went into the family hotel…

Abbott, Greg

(Encyclopedia) Abbott, Greg (Gregory Wayne Abbott), 1957–, U.S. lawyer and politician, b. Wichita Falls, Tex. A conservative Republican, he worked in private practice and served as a state judge,…

Maier, Vivian

(Encyclopedia) Maier, Vivian, 1926–2009, American photographer, b. Bronx, N.Y. She spent much of her childhood and early adulthood in France, where she began photographing street scenes; she moved in…

Close, Chuck

(Encyclopedia) Close, Chuck (Charles Thomas Close), 1940–2021, American painter, b. Monroe, Wash., Univ. of Washington (B.A., 1962), Yale Univ. (B.F.A…

Juan Carlos I

(Encyclopedia) Juan Carlos IJuan Carlos Ihwän kärˈlōs [key], 1938–, king of Spain (1975–2014), b. Rome. The grandson of Alfonso XIII, he was educated in Switzerland and in Spain. Placed by his father…

Wright, Charles

(Encyclopedia) Wright, Charles, 1935–, American poet, b. Pickwick Dam, Tenn. While in the army in Italy (1957–61), he began reading Pound's Cantos, which, along with his Southern roots and ancient…