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1998-99 European Cup

Round Robin StandingsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal Champions League: Six-game double round robin in four 4-team groups (Sept. 16-Dec. 9, 1998); top two teams in each group advance to…

1997-98 European Cup

Round Robin StandingsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal Champions League: Six-game double round robin in four 4-team groups (Sept. 17-Dec. 10, 1997); top two teams in each group advance to…

almanac

(Encyclopedia) almanac, originally, a calendar with notations of astronomical and other data. Almanacs have been known in simple form almost since the invention of writing, for they served to record…

commedia dell'arte

(Encyclopedia) commedia dell'artecommedia dell'artekōm-māˈdēä dĕl-lärˈtā [key], popular form of comedy employing improvised dialogue and masked characters that flourished in Italy from the 16th to…

The Substance of Fire

Director:Daniel SullivanWriter:Jon Robin BaitzDirector of Photography: Robert YeomanEditor: Pamela MartinMusic: Joseph VitarelliProduction Designer:John Lee BeattyProducers: Jon Robin Baitz,…

Dampier, William

(Encyclopedia) Dampier, WilliamDampier, Williamdămˈpēr [key], 1651–1715, English explorer, buccaneer, hydrographer, and naturalist. He fought (1673) in the Dutch War, managed a plantation in Jamaica…

Claude Lorrain

(Encyclopedia) Claude LorrainClaude Lorrainklōd lôrăNˈ [key], whose original name was Claude Gelée or GelléeClaude Lorrainzhəlāˈ [key], 1600–1682, French painter, b. Lorraine. Claude was the foremost…

protectorate, in international law

(Encyclopedia) protectorate, in international law, a relationship in which one state surrenders part of its sovereignty to another. The subordinate state is called a protectorate. The term covers a…