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San Vicente

(Encyclopedia) San VicenteSan Vicentesän vēsānˈtā [key], city (1993 pop. 28,529), central El Salvador. Among its industries are textile manufacturing and sugar milling. San Vicente is the commercial…

Marañón, Gregorio

(Encyclopedia) Marañón, GregorioMarañón, Gregoriogrāgōˈrēō märänyōnˈ [key], 1887–1960, Spanish essayist, b. Madrid. A physician and professor of endocrinology, he used his scientific knowledge and…

Gómez de la Serna, Ramón

(Encyclopedia) Gómez de la Serna, RamónGómez de la Serna, Ramónrämōnˈ gōˈmāth dā lä sĕrˈnä [key], 1888–1963, Spanish novelist, biographer, and critic, b. Madrid. One of the most prolific and…

Blanco Fombona, Rufino

(Encyclopedia) Blanco Fombona, RufinoBlanco Fombona, Rufinor&oomacr;fēˈnō blängˈkō fōmbōˈnä [key], 1874–1944, Venezuelan poet, essayist, and novelist, one of the leaders of modernismo. Active in…

Bab el Mandeb

(Encyclopedia) Bab el MandebBab el Mandebbăb ĕl mănˈdĕb [key] [Arab.,= gate of tears], strait, 17 mi (27 km) wide, linking the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and separating the Arabian peninsula from…

El Salvador

(Encyclopedia) CE5 El Salvador El Salvador ĕl sälväᵺōrˈ [key], officially Republic of El Salvador, republic (2021…

The FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives"

The Question: How do they decide who are the FBI's 10 most wanted criminals? The Answer: According to the FBI web site, the Criminal Investigative…

Espronceda, José de

(Encyclopedia) Espronceda, José deEspronceda, José dehōsāˈ dā āsprōnthāˈᵺä [key], 1808–42, Spanish romantic poet. Involved in radical intrigue from the age of 14, he suffered imprisonment and was…

El Segundo

(Encyclopedia) El Segundo El Segundo ĕl sēgŭnˈdō [key], industrial city (2020 pop. 16,504), Los Angeles co., S Calif…

El Cordobés

(Encyclopedia) El CordobésEl Cordobésĕl kōrdōvāsˈ [key], 1936?–, Spanish bullfighter, b. Manuel Benítez Pérez. The predominant matador of the 1960s, he brought an unorthodox acrobatic and theatrical…