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Valle Inclán, Ramón del

(Encyclopedia) Valle Inclán, Ramón delValle Inclán, Ramón delrämōnˈ dĕl väˈlyā ēnklänˈ [key], 1866–1936, Spanish writer, a member of the Generation of '98. Valle Inclán was deeply influenced by…

Baltasar CORRADA-del RÍO, Congress, PR (1935)

CORRADA-DEL RÍO Baltasar , A Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico; born in Morovis, P.R., April 10, 1935; attended Morovis Public Elementary School; graduated from Colegio Ponceno de Varones High…

Butuan

(Encyclopedia) Butuan Butuan b&oomacr;t&oomacr;ˈän [key], city, capital of Agusan del Norte prov., NE Mindanao…

K - M

Duke KahanamokuAl KalinePaul KariyaAnatoly KarpovGarry KasparovEwing KauffmanMike KeenanKipchoge (Kip) KeinoJohnny KelleyJim KellyLeroy KellyWalter KennedyNancy KerriganBilly KiddHarmon…

Garretson, James Edmund

(Encyclopedia) Garretson, James Edmund, 1828–95, American pioneer in oral surgery, b. Wilmington, Del., M.D. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1859. From 1874 he taught at Philadelphia Dental College (now part…

Mochi, Francesco

(Encyclopedia) Mochi, FrancescoMochi, Francescofränchĕsˈkō môˈkē [key], 1580–1654, Italian sculptor. Mochi's attraction to the baroque aesthetic led him to create dramatic sculptures notable for…

Fra

(Encyclopedia) Fra: see Angelico, Fra; Bartolommeo di Pagholo del Fattorino, Fra; Fra Filippo Lippi under Lippi.

Ushuaia

(Encyclopedia) UshuaiaUshuaia&oomacr;swīˈä [key], city (1991 pop. 29,452), Tierra del Fuego Territory, S Argentina, a port on the Beagle Canal, on Ushuaia Bay. Settled in the 1870s by English…

Limerick, city, Republic of Ireland

(Encyclopedia) Limerick, city (1991 pop. 56,083), seat of Co. Limerick, SW Republic of Ireland, at the head of the Shannon estuary. The city has a port with two docks. The primary imports are grain,…

Cobre, El

(Encyclopedia) Cobre, ElCobre, Elĕl kōˈbrā [key], town, Santiago de Cuba prov., SE Cuba, in a high valley of the Sierra Maestra. Once famous for rich copper mines (hence the name El Cobre), it is…