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All-Time World Cup Leaders

Career Goals World Cup scoring leaders through 2014. Years listed are years played in World Cup. NoMiroslav Klose, Germany (2002, 06, 10, 14) 16Ronaldo, Brazil (1994, 98, 2002, 06)15Gerd…

Chagall, Marc

(Encyclopedia) Chagall, MarcChagall, Marcmärk shəgälˈ [key], 1887–1985, Russian painter. In 1907, Chagall left his native Vitebsk for St. Petersburg, where he studied under L. N. Bakst. In Paris (…

Reims

(Encyclopedia) Reims or RheimsReimsrăNs, rēmz [key], city (1990 pop. 185,164), Marne dept., NE France, in Champagne. The center of the champagne industry, Reims is situated amid large vineyards.…

Llywelyn ap Iorwerth

(Encyclopedia) Llywelyn or Llewelyn ap IorwerthLlywelyn or Llewelyn ap Iorwerthhləwĕlˈĭn äp [key]Llywelyn or Llewelyn ap Iorwerthyôrˈwĕrth [key]Llywelyn or Llewelyn ap Iorwerth, l&oomacr;ĕlˈĭn…

Catalan art

(Encyclopedia) Catalan artCatalan artkătˈəlăn, –lən [key]. In Catalonia and the territories of the counts of Barcelona, art flowered in the early Middle Ages and continued to flourish through the…

Brewer's: Æsop of France

Jean de la Fontaine. (1621–1695.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Aesop of GermanyAesop of England A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T…

Saint-Denis, city, France

(Encyclopedia) Saint-DenisSaint-DenissăN-dənēˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 90,806), Seine–Saint-Denis dept., N central France. It is an industrial suburb N of Paris. Metals, chemicals, machinery,…

King, Carole

(Encyclopedia) King, Carole, 1942-, American singer-songwriter, b. New York, N.Y., as Carole Joan Klein. King enjoyed two separate careers; in the…

Brewer's: Song

Father of modern French song. Panard: also called the “La Fontaine of the Vaudeville.” (1691-1765.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Song of DegreesSons of…