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(Encyclopedia) Hazleton Hazleton hāˈzəltən [key], city (2020 pop. 29,963), Luzerne co., E Pa., on a mountain top in…Hale, Benjamin
(Encyclopedia) Hale, Benjamin, 1797–1863, American educator, b. Newburyport, Mass., grad. Bowdoin, 1818. He served as tutor at Bowdoin and in 1823 founded and became principal of Gardiner Lyceum,…Halévy, Élie
(Encyclopedia) Halévy, ÉlieHalévy, Élieālēˈ älāvēˈ [key], 1870–1937, French historian, an authority on 19th-century England; son of Ludovic Halévy. In The Growth of Philosophic Radicalism (3 vol.,…illusionism
(Encyclopedia) illusionism, in art, a kind of visual trickery in which painted forms seem to be real. It is sometimes called trompe l'oeil [Fr.,=fool the eye]. The development of one-point…Hofmann, Hans
(Encyclopedia) Hofmann, Hans, 1880–1966, American painter, b. Germany. After earning a considerable reputation as a teacher in Munich, Hofmann moved permanently to the United States in 1930. He…interlude
(Encyclopedia) interlude, development in the late 15th cent. of the English medieval morality play. Played between the acts of a long play, the interlude, treating intellectual rather than moral…Masisi, Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe
(Encyclopedia) Masisi, Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe, 1962–, Botswanan political leader. An educator, he studied in the United States and Great Britain, then worked for the United Nations Children's Fund…Maillart, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Maillart, RobertMaillart, Robertmīyärˈ [key], 1872–1940, Swiss engineer, renowned for his inventive and beautiful reinforced-concrete bridges. Maillart's basic structural principles—…McCloy, John Jay
(Encyclopedia) McCloy, John Jay, 1895–1989, U.S. government official, b. Philadelphia. A lawyer, he gained an international reputation when after a long investigation he fixed responsibility on the…clerestory
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Clerestory clerestory or clearstoryclerestoryboth: klĭrˈstōrˌē, –stôrˌē [key], a part of a building whose walls rise higher than the roofs of adjoining parts of the structure.…Trending
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