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Montpensier, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de

(Encyclopedia) Montpensier, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, duchesse deMontpensier, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, duchesse deän märēˈ lwēz dôrlāäNˈ düshĕsˈ də mŏpäsyāˈ [key], 1627–93, French princess,…

Lowell, Amy

(Encyclopedia) Lowell, Amy, 1874–1925, American poet, biographer, and critic, b. Brookline, Mass., privately educated; sister of Percival Lowell and Abbott Lawrence Lowell. In 1912 she published A…

Sansovino, Jacopo

(Encyclopedia) Sansovino, JacopoSansovino, Jacopoyäˈkōpō [key]Sansovino, Jacopo sänsōvēˈnō [key], 1486–1570, Italian sculptor and architect of the Renaissance. His surname was taken in place of his…

Tarragona

(Encyclopedia) TarragonaTarragonatär-rəgōˈnə [key], city (1990 pop. 112,360), capital of Tarragona prov., NE Spain, in Catalonia, on the Mediterranean Sea at the mouth of the Francolí River. A port…

Formula 1/World Grand Prix Driver Champions

1950 Giuseppe Farina, Italy, Alfa Romeo1951 Juan Fangio, Argentina, Alfa Romeo1952–53Alberto Ascari, Italy, Ferrari1954 Juan Fangio, Argentina, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz1955 Juan Fangio,…

Grand Illusion <span class="date" >(1937)</span>

Director: Jean RenoirCast: Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Eric von Stroheim and Marcel Dalio Renoir's examination of the waning influence of the aristocracy is set as a WWI prisoner-of-war drama…

Brewer's: Khorassan

[Region of the Sun ]. A province of Persia, anciently called Ariana. The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan. Mokanna, a prophet chief, who, being terribly deformed, wore a veil under pretence of…