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Mamet's <i>Boy</i> Wonder

An Interview with playwright and filmmaker David Mamet by Peter Keough Related Links The Winslow Boy: Official SiteSony Pictures ClassicsThe only constants, it would seem, in the creative world of…

De Pere

(Encyclopedia) De Pere De Pere dĭ pēr [key], city (2020 pop. 25,410), Brown co., E central Wis., on the Fox…

Uranus , in astronomy

(Encyclopedia) UranusUranusy&oobreve;rāˈnəs, y&oobreve;rˈə– [key], in astronomy, 7th planet from the sun, at a mean distance of 1.78 billion mi (2.87 billion km), with an orbit lying between…

San Pedro, Diego de

(Encyclopedia) San Pedro, Diego deSan Pedro, Diego dedyāˈgō ᵺā sän pāˈᵺrō [key], fl. 1450, Spanish writer. He is best known for two sentimental novels that influenced the later development of the…

Beaumanoir, Philippe de Remi, sire de

(Encyclopedia) Beaumanoir, Philippe de Remi, sire deBeaumanoir, Philippe de Remi, sire defēlēpˈ də rəmēˈ sēr də bōmänwärˈ [key], c.1250–1296, French poet and jurist, a writer of medieval law texts.…

Gálvez, Matías de

(Encyclopedia) Gálvez, Matías deGálvez, Matías demätēˈäs [key]Gálvez, Matías de dā gälˈvāth [key], 1717–84, Spanish colonial administrator, captain general of Guatemala (1779), viceroy of New Spain (…

Mendoza, Pedro de

(Encyclopedia) Mendoza, Pedro deMendoza, Pedro depāˈᵺrō [key]Mendoza, Pedro de dā māndōˈthä [key], b. 1501 or 1502, d. 1537, Spanish conquistador, first adelantado [civil and military governor] of…

How the Planets and Satellites Got Their Names

Source: The U.S. Geological SurveyMERCURY Named for the winged Roman god of travel because it appears to move so swiftly.VENUS Roman name for the goddess of love. This planet was considered…

de Klerk, F. W.

(Encyclopedia) de Klerk, F. W. (Frederik Willem de Klerk) de Klerk, F. W. frĕdˈərĭk vĭlˈəm…