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Castracani, Castruccio

(Encyclopedia) Castracani, CastruccioCastracani, Castrucciokästr&oomacr;tˈchō kästräkäˈnē [key], 1281–1328, duke of Lucca. His early life was spent in exile. After his return he was made captain…

Üsküdar

(Encyclopedia) ÜsküdarÜsküdarüsküˈdär [key] or ScutariÜsküdarsk&oomacr;ˈtərē [key], urban district, part of İstanbul, Turkey, on the Asian side of the Bosporus. It is a commercial and industrial…

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Dan GableRoman GabrielEddie GaedelClarence (Big House) GainesAlonzo (Jake) GaitherCito GastonRulon GardnerJustin GatlinLou GehrigCharley GehringerBernie GeoffrionGeorge GervinA. Bartlett…

Brewer's: Salt Bread

or Bitter Bread. The bread of affiction or humiliation. Bread too salt is both disagreeable to the taste and indigestible. “Learning how hard it is to get back when once exiled, and how…

Smith, Stevie

(Encyclopedia) Smith, Stevie (Margaret Florence Smith), 1902–71, English poet and novelist, b. Hull, Yorkshire. At first unnoticed as a poet, she worked in a London publisher's office until 1953.…

Guerrazzi, Francesco Domenico

(Encyclopedia) Guerrazzi, Francesco DomenicoGuerrazzi, Francesco Domenicofränchāsˈkō dō-māˈnēkō gwār-rätˈtsē [key], 1804–73, Italian patriot and writer, b. Livorno. A radical republican and…

Meiss, Millard

(Encyclopedia) Meiss, MillardMeiss, Millardmēs [key], 1904–75, American art historian, b. Cincinnati. Meiss taught art history at Columbia from 1934 to 1953 and thereafter was professor at Harvard…