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D'Indy, Vincent
(Encyclopedia) D'Indy, VincentD'Indy, VincentvăNsäNˈ dăNdēˈ [key], 1851–1931, French composer. D'Indy was a pupil of César Franck. In 1894, Charles Bordes, Guilmant, and d'Indy founded the Schola…Shalikashvili, John Malchase David
(Encyclopedia) Shalikashvili, John Malchase DavidShalikashvili, John Malchase Davidshälēˌkäshvēˈlē [key], 1936–2011, U.S. army general, b. Poland. Drafted into the army, he became a commissioned…Craigie, Sir William A.
(Encyclopedia) Craigie, Sir William A., 1867–1957, British lexicographer, b. Dundee, Scotland. Educated at the Univ. of St. Andrews, Craigie studied Scandinavian languages at Copenhagen before…Fuertes, Louis Agassiz
(Encyclopedia) Fuertes, Louis AgassizFuertes, Louis Agassizf&oomacr;ĕrˈtēs [key], 1874–1927, American artist and naturalist, b. Ithaca, N.Y., grad. Cornell, 1897. His paintings of birds appear in…Vardø
(Encyclopedia) VardøVardøvärˈdö [key], town (1995 pop. 3,016), Finnmark co., extreme NE Norway, on the island of Vardøya in the Arctic Ocean, near the entrance to the Varangerfjord. It is an ice-free…Arab League
(Encyclopedia) Arab League, popular name for the League of Arab States, formed in 1945 in an attempt to give political expression to the Arab nations. The original charter members were Egypt, Iraq,…McNaughton, Andrew George Latta
(Encyclopedia) McNaughton, Andrew George LattaMcNaughton, Andrew George Lattaməknôtˈən [key], 1887–1966, Canadian general, b. Saskatchewan. An artillery officer in World War I, he was later (1929–35…Sakmann, Bert
(Encyclopedia) Sakmann, Bert, 1942–, German biophysicist, M.D. Univ. of Göttingen, Germany, 1974. He has been a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen since…Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(Encyclopedia) Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), association of Eurasian nations founded 2001 in Shanghai by China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Under the…Farrukhabad
(Encyclopedia) Farrukhabad Farrukhabad fər&oobreve;khˈäbädˌ [key], joint municipality with Fategarh, Uttar Pradesh…Trending
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