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New Laws

(Encyclopedia) New Laws: see Las Casas, Bartolomé de.

new novel

(Encyclopedia) new novel: see French literature; Robbe-Grillet, Alain.

New Sarum

(Encyclopedia) New Sarum, England: see Salisbury.

New Spain

(Encyclopedia) New Spain: see Mexico, country.

New Toronto

(Encyclopedia) New TorontoNew Torontotərŏnˈtō [key], part of metropolitan Toronto, S Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario.

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano

(Encyclopedia) Roosevelt, Franklin DelanoRoosevelt, Franklin Delanodĕlˈənō [key]Roosevelt, Franklin Delano rōˈzəvĕlt [key], 1882–1945, 32d President of the United States (1933–45), b. Hyde Park, N.Y…

Taft, Robert Alphonso

(Encyclopedia) Taft, Robert Alphonso, 1889–1953, American politician, b. Cincinnati, Ohio; son of William Howard Taft. He practiced law in Ohio and served (1921–26, 1931–32) in the state legislature…

Sinclair, Upton

(Encyclopedia) Sinclair, Upton (Upton Beall Sinclair), 1878–1968, American novelist and socialist activist, b. Baltimore, grad. College of the City of New York, 1897. He was one of the muckrakers,…

Duras, Marguerite

(Encyclopedia) Duras, MargueriteDuras, Margueritemärgərētˈ düräsˈ [key], 1914–96, French author, b. Gia Dinh, Indochina (now Vietnam). Usually grouped with the exponents of the nouveau roman [new…