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Fabius, Laurent

(Encyclopedia) Fabius, LaurentFabius, LaurentlôräNˈ fäbyüsˈ [key], 1946– French politician. After graduating from the École National d'Administration, he became an auditor at the Council of State and…

Nabis

(Encyclopedia) NabisNabisnäbēˈ [key] [Heb.,=prophets], a group of artists in France active during the 1890s. Paul Sérusier and Maurice Denis were the principal theorists of the group. Outstanding…

Chaban-Delmas, Jacques

(Encyclopedia) Chaban-Delmas, JacquesChaban-Delmas, Jacqueszhäk shäbäNˈ-dĕlmäˈ [key], 1915–2000, French political leader, born Jacques Delmas. He joined (1940) the resistance, using the nom de guerre…

serial music

(Encyclopedia) serial music, the body of compositions whose fundamental syntactical reference is a particular ordering (called series or row) of the twelve pitch classes—C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G…

1965 Cannes Film Festival

Palme d'OrThe Knack, Richard Lester (United Kingdom)Special Jury PrizeKwaidan, Masaki Kobayashi (Japan)Best Actor and Best ActressSamantha Eggar and Terence Stamp, The Collector (United…

1996 Men's Olympic Shooting Medalists

50m Free Pistol: 1. Boris Kokorev, RUS (666.40 pts); 2. Igor Basinski, BLR (662.00); 3. Roberto DiDonna, ITA (661.80). 50m Free Rifle/3 Positions: 1. Jean Pierre Amat, FRA (1273.90 pts); 2. Sergey…

2000 Deaths: R - Z

Leah RabinJean-Pierre RampalJohn Morris RankinZeljko RaznatovicKeith ReemtsmaSteve ReevesNicole ReinhartTatiana RiabouchinskaMaurice (Rocket) RichardBeah RichardsJerome RichardsonChristopher…

Biographies: A -C

Alvar Aalto Iorwith Wilbur Abel Sir Patrick Abercrombie Henry Carter Adams Alexander Agassiz Horace Marden Albright Maurice Allais Sir Hugh Allan Linda Alvarado Oakes Ames Othmar Hermann…

January Current Events 2024: Disaster News

Top of Page World News | U.S. News | Science & Technology News | Current Events This Week The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you…