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Royal Shakespeare Company
(Encyclopedia) Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), a British repertory theater. The company, established in 1960, was based on the earlier Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon. It is a…San Francisco Symphony
(Encyclopedia) San Francisco Symphony, orchestra founded 1911. It has performed at the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall since 1980. Henry Hadley, the original music director, was followed by Alfred…Ploieşti
(Encyclopedia) PloieştiPloieştiployĕshtˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 259,014), S central Romania, in Walachia. It is the chief center of the Romanian petroleum industry and of the Ploieşti oil region. The…O'Neill, Peter Charles Paire
(Encyclopedia) O'Neill, Peter Charles Paire, 1965–, Papua New Guinea political leader, grad. Univ. of Papua New Guinea, 1986. A businessman before he was first elected to parliament in 2002, he…Epirus, despotate of
(Encyclopedia) Epirus, despotate of. When, in 1204, the army of the Fourth Crusade set up the Latin Empire of Constantinople on the ruins of the Byzantine Empire, an independent Greek state emerged…Unser, Al
(Encyclopedia) Unser, Al (Alfred Unser, Sr.) Unser, Al ŭnˈsər [key] 1939–2021, American automobile racing driver, b.…capacitance
(Encyclopedia) capacitance, in electricity, capability of a body, system, circuit, or device for storing electric charge. Capacitance is expressed as the ratio of stored charge in coulombs to the…Constantinople, Latin Empire of
(Encyclopedia) Constantinople, Latin Empire of, 1204–61, feudal empire established in the S Balkan Peninsula and the Greek archipelago by the leaders of the Fourth Crusade (see Crusades) after they…Mullis, Kary Banks
(Encyclopedia) Mullis, Kary Banks, 1944–2019, American biochemist, b. Lenoir, N.C., Ph.D. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1972. Mullis was a researcher with Cetus Corp., Emeryville, Calif., from 1979…Lascaris
(Encyclopedia) LascarisLascarislăsˈkərĭs [key], family name of the Greek emperors of Nicaea (see Nicaea, empire of). The empire was founded in 1204 by Theodore I, a son-in-law of Alexius III (Alexius…Trending
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