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Mombasa

(Encyclopedia) MombasaMombasamŏmbăˈsə, –bäˈsə [key], city (1990 est. pop. 537,000), capital of Coast prov., SE Kenya, mostly on Mombasa island in the Indian Ocean and partly on the mainland (with…

Mendes da Rocha, Paulo Archias

(Encyclopedia) Mendes da Rocha, Paulo Archias, 1928-2021, Brazilian architect, b. Vitoria, Brazil, Mackenzie Presbyterian Univ. (B.Arch., 1954).…

Castagno, Andrea del

(Encyclopedia) Castagno, Andrea delCastagno, Andrea deländrĕˈä dĕl kästäˈnyō [key], c.1423–1457, major Florentine painter of the early Renaissance. His first recorded painting (1440; now destroyed),…

sertão

(Encyclopedia) sertãosertãosərˈtouN [key] [Port.,=backlands], semiarid hinterland of NE Brazil; c.250,000 sq mi (647,500 sq km). Its characteristic landscape is the caatinga, or thorny scrub forest.…

Scribe, Augustin Eugène

(Encyclopedia) Scribe, Augustin EugèneScribe, Augustin EugèneōgüstăNˈ özhĕnˈ skrēb [key], 1791–1861, French dramatist and librettist. He began his prolific and highly successful writing career with…

Rimini

(Encyclopedia) RiminiRiminirēˈmēnē [key], anc. Ariminum, city (1991 pop. 127,960), in Emilia-Romagna, N central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea. It is a highly diversified industrial, commercial, and…

World Cup Finals: 1994

Brazil 0, Italy 0 (Shootout)(at Pasadena, Calif.) 1 2 OT- TJuly 17 Brazil (6-0-1) 0 0 0- 0* Italy (4-2-1) 0 0 0- 0*Brazil wins shootout, 3-2.Shootout (five shots each, alternating): ITA-…

1988–1989 Obie Awards

PlaywrightingIntar Hispanic Playwrights-in-Residence LaboratoryThe Frank Silva Writers WorkshopDirectionIngmar Bergman, HamletRene Buch, sustained excellence of directionPeter Stein,…