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(Encyclopedia) Cid or Cid CampeadorCidsĭd, Span. thēᵺ kämpāäᵺōrˈ [key] [Span.,=lord conqueror], d. 1099, Spanish soldier and national hero, whose real name was Rodrigo (or Ruy) Díaz de Vivar. Under…Sainte-Chapelle
(Encyclopedia) Sainte-ChapelleSainte-ChapellesăNt-shäpĕlˈ [key], former chapel in Paris. Forming part of the buildings of the Palais de Justice (once the royal palace) on the Île-de-la-Cité, it was…farce
(Encyclopedia) farce, light, comic theatrical piece in which the characters and events are greatly exaggerated to produce broad, absurd humor. Early examples of farce can be found in the comedies of…Cronin, James Watson
(Encyclopedia) Cronin, James Watson, 1931–2016, American nuclear physicist, b. Chicago, Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1955. Cronin and co-researcher Val Logsdon Fitch were awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in…Templewood, Samuel John Gurney Hoare, 1st Viscount
(Encyclopedia) Templewood, Samuel John Gurney Hoare, 1st Viscount, 1880–1959, British statesman. He entered parliament as a Conservative in 1910, served (1922–24, 1924–29) as secretary of state for…South Dakota
(Encyclopedia) CE5 South DakotaSouth Dakotadəkōˈtə [key], state in the N central United States. It is bordered by North Dakota (N), Minnesota and Iowa (E), Nebraska (S), and Wyoming and Montana (W…skepticism
(Encyclopedia) skepticismskepticismskĕpˈtĭsĭzəm [key] [Gr.,=to reflect], philosophic position holding that the possibility of knowledge is limited either because of the limitations of the mind or…Un Air de Famille
Director:Cédric KlapischWriters:Agnès Jaoui, Jean-Pierre Bacri and Cédric KlapischDirector of Photography:Benoit DelhommeEditor:Francine SandbergMusic:Philippe Eidel and Gaetano…Charles Henry BURKE, Congress, SD (1861-1944)
BURKE Charles Henry , a Representative from South Dakota; born on a farm near Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y., April 1, 1861; attended the public schools of Batavia, N.Y.; moved to the Territory of…Klein, Yves
(Encyclopedia) Klein, Yves, 1928–62, French painter. With critic Pierre Restany, he was a leader of the avant-garde movement called Nouveau Réalisme (founded 1960). In the 1950s Klein began to work…Trending
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