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(Encyclopedia) Saint-Maur-des-FossésSaint-Maur-des-FosséssăN-mōr-dā-fôsāˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 77,492), Val-de-Marne dept., N central France, on the Marne River. An industrial suburb of Paris, it…Gallant, Mavis
(Encyclopedia) Gallant, Mavis (Mavis Leslie Young Gallant)Gallant, Mavisgă-lăntˈ [key], 1922–2014, Canadian writer, b. Montreal. After graduating from high school, she was a newspaper feature writer…Port-Royal
(Encyclopedia) Port-RoyalPort-RoyalFr. pôr-rwäyälˈ [key], former abbey of women, c.17 mi (27 km) W of Paris, founded in 1204. It was at first Benedictine, later Cistercian. In 1608 the abbess,…Courbevoie
(Encyclopedia) Courbevoie Courbevoie k&oomacr;rbvwäˈ [key], city, Hauts-de-Seine dept., N central France, on the…Bosse, Abraham
(Encyclopedia) Bosse, AbrahamBosse, Abrahamäbrä-ämˈ bôs [key], 1602–76, French engraver and painter. He studied art in Paris and became a teacher of perspective in the Académie royale. A prolific and…Grappelli, Stéphane
(Encyclopedia) Grappelli, Stéphane, 1908–97, French jazz violinist, b. Paris. Trained at the Paris Conservatory as a classical violinist, he became enamored of American jazz and devoted himself to…NATO in Kosovo: 1998–1999
by Elissa HaneyKosovo FactsheetOctober 1998 January 1999 February 1999 March 1999 April 1999 May 1999 June 1999 October 1998 12 After repeated threats of NATO air strikes, Milosevic…Helen
(Encyclopedia) Helen, in Greek mythology, the most beautiful of women; daughter of Leda and Zeus, and sister of Castor and Pollux and Clytemnestra. While still a young girl Helen was abducted to…Whig party
(Encyclopedia) Whig party, one of the two major political parties of the United States in the second quarter of the 19th cent. By the time Fillmore had succeeded to the presidency, the…Copeau, Jacques
(Encyclopedia) Copeau, JacquesCopeau, Jacqueszhäk kôpōˈ [key], 1879–1949, French theatrical producer and critic. A founder (1909) and editor (1912–14) of the Nouvelle Revue française, he established…Trending
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