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Corsica

(Encyclopedia) Corsica Corsica kôrˈsĭkə [key], Fr. Corse, island, 3,352 sq mi (8,682 sq km), a…

Albigenses

(Encyclopedia) AlbigensesAlbigensesălbĭjĕnˈsēz [key] [Lat.,=people of Albi, one of their centers], religious sect of S France in the Middle Ages. In 1208 the papal legate, a Cistercian, Peter de…

Brook, Peter

(Encyclopedia) Brook, Peter, 1925–, English theatrical director, b. London, grad. Oxford (1943). An innovative, unconventional, and controversial figure, Brook mounts energetic productions in which…

1988–1989 Emmy Awards

Outstanding Drama SeriesL.A. Law (NBC)Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesCarroll O'Connor, In the Heat of the NightOutstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesDana Delany, China…

Vatican City

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Vatican CityVatican Cityvătˈĭkən [key] or Holy See, officially Holy See (State of the Vatican City), independent state (2015 est. pop. 1,000), 108.7 acres (44 hectares), within…

The Divine Comedy: Paradiso: Canto XXVIII

Paradiso: Canto XXVIIParadiso: Canto XXIXParadiso: Canto XXVIII After the truth against the present life Of miserable mortals was unfolded By her who doth imparadise my mind, As in a…

Brewer's: George

(St.) (g soft). Gibbon, in his Decline and Fall, ii. 323, asserts that the patron saint of England was George of Cappadocia, the turbulent Arian Bishop of Alexandria, torn to pieces by the…