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Longworth, Alice Lee Roosevelt

(Encyclopedia) Longworth, Alice Lee Roosevelt, 1884–1980, American socialite, b. New York City. The only child of Theodore Roosevelt and his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee, she was a teenager when…

Desiderio da Settignano

(Encyclopedia) Desiderio da SettignanoDesiderio da Settignanodāzēdĕˈrēō dä sĕtˌtēnyäˈnō [key], c.1429–64, Florentine sculptor, a follower of Donatello. His exquisitely delicate marble carving is best…

Dhlakama, Afonso Marceta Macacho

(Encyclopedia) Dhlakama, Afonso Marceta Macacho, 1953–2018, Mozambican rebel leader and opposition figure. Conscripted into the Portuguese colonial army, he soon deserted and fought briefly with the…

Daddi, Bernardo

(Encyclopedia) Daddi, BernardoDaddi, Bernardobārnärˈdō dädˈdē [key], fl. 1312–48, Italian painter of the Florentine school. First influenced by his contemporary Giotto, he soon adopted the delicate…

duress

(Encyclopedia) duressduressdy&oobreve;ˈrĭs, d&oobreve;ˈ–, d&oobreve;rĕsˈ [key], in law, actual or threatened violence or imprisonment, by reason of which a person is forced to enter into…

Kresge Foundation

(Encyclopedia) Kresge FoundationKresge Foundationkrĕsˈkē [key], fund established (1924) by retail chain store owner Sebastian S. Kresge (1867–1966) as a broad-purpose philanthropic institution. The…

Keaton, Buster

(Encyclopedia) Keaton, Buster (Joseph Francis Keaton), 1895–1966, American movie actor, b. Piqua, Kans. Considered one of the greatest comic actors in film history, Keaton used his considerable…

Jones, Samuel Milton

(Encyclopedia) Jones, Samuel Milton, 1846–1904, American political reformer, known as “Golden Rule” Jones, b. Wales. He was brought to America as a child and worked in the oil fields of Pennsylvania…

Lewin, Kurt

(Encyclopedia) Lewin, KurtLewin, Kurtl&oomacr;ˈĭn [key], 1890–1947, American psychologist, b. Germany, Ph.D. Univ. of Berlin, 1914. He taught at the Univ. of Berlin before coming to the United…

Fallada, Hans

(Encyclopedia) Fallada, HansFallada, Hanshäns fäˈlädä [key], pseud. of Rudolf DitzenFallada, Hansr&oomacr;ˈdôlf dĭtˈsən [key], 1893–1947, German novelist. Little Man, What Now? (1932, tr. 1933),…