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von Furstenberg, Diane

(Encyclopedia) von Furstenberg, Diane, 1946–, Belgian-American fashion designer, b. Brussels as Diane Simone Michelle Halfin. She began designing before moving to New York in 1969, and created simple…

Euler-Chelpin, Hans Karl August Simon von

(Encyclopedia) Euler-Chelpin, Hans Karl August Simon von, 1873–1964, Swedish biochemist, b. Germany, Ph.D. Univ. of Berlin, 1895. He spent his entire career at Stockholm Univ., first as professor and…

Sternheim, Carl

(Encyclopedia) Sternheim, CarlSternheim, Carlkärl shtĕrnˈhīm [key], 1878–1943, German dramatist. In his successful comedy Die Hose (1911, tr. A Pair of Drawers, 1927) and in his later works he…

Stradella, Alessandro

(Encyclopedia) Stradella, AlessandroStradella, Alessandroälĕs-sänˈdrō strädĕlˈlä [key], 1642?–1682, Italian composer of operas, cantatas, oratorios, and instrumental music. Few facts but many legends…

Strasser, Gregor

(Encyclopedia) Strasser, GregorStrasser, Gregorgrāˈgōr shträsˈər [key], 1892–1934, German political leader. A pharmacist, he joined the National Socialist (Nazi) party in its infancy and participated…

biogenetic law

(Encyclopedia) biogenetic law, in biology, a law stating that the earlier stages of embryos of species advanced in the evolutionary process, such as humans, resemble the embryos of ancestral species…

Pufendorf, Samuel, Baron von

(Encyclopedia) Pufendorf, Samuel, Baron vonPufendorf, Samuel, Baron vonzäˈm&oomacr;ĕl bärônˈ fən p&oomacr;ˈfəndôrf [key], 1632–94, German jurist and historian. He is especially noted as an…

Parsifal

(Encyclopedia) ParsifalParsifalpärˈsĭfäl [key], figure of Arthurian legend also known as Sir Percivale, who is in turn a later form of a hero of Celtic myth. The name originally occurs as Pryderi, an…

The Agency

CBSThursday 10:00–11:00 p.m.Cast:Gil Bellows, Gloria Reuben, Rocky Carroll, Paige Turco, Will Patton CBS's entry into spy TV earned bragging rights as the only show to have ever filmed inside…