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Oscar Niemeyer Soares
Oscar Niemeyer Soares , 1907-, Brazil's foremost 20th-century architect, b. Rio de Janeiro. Influenced by Le Corbusier , Niemeyer developed an architecture noted for its daring conception, purity of line, and formal lyricism; it is frequently characterized by curving forms and soaring spans of rein...
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Loughborough
Loughborough , town (1991 pop. 44,895), Leicestershire, central England, on the Soar River. It is a market town with engineering works. Manufactures include hosiery, shoes, pharmaceuticals, boilers, and pottery. Bell foundries were built in 1840; the great bell of St. Paul's Cathedral in London was ...
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skylark
skylark common name for a passerine songbird ( Alauda arvensis ) famous for the soaring, melodious flight of the courting male. Found in Europe (except in the Mediterranean area), it is 7 1/4 in. (18.2 cm) long, brown streaked with black above, and streaked buff-white below. Skylarks were a tabl...
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glider
glider type of aircraft resembling an airplane but having at most a small auxiliary propulsion plant and usually no means of propulsion at all. The typical modern glider has very slender wings and a streamlined body. The unpowered variety is launched by an elastic shock cord, a rope, or a cable, at...
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Nigel Kennedy
Nigel Kennedy 1956-, British violinist. He studied with Dorothy DeLay at the Julliard School, New York City, and debuted as a soloist with the London Philharmonic in 1977. Adept at the classical repertoire, he developed an interest in jazz as a student, introducing it into his concerts in the late ...
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Juscelino Kubitschek
Juscelino Kubitschek , 1902-76, president of Brazil (1956-61). A surgeon who served as mayor of Belohorizonte and governor of Minas Gerais, he was elected president in 1955. He launched an immense public works program, borrowing heavily to construct buildings, highways, hydroelectric projects, and t...
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Leicestershire
Leicestershire , county (1991 pop. 860,500), 832 sq mi (2,155 sq km), central England. The county seat is Leicester . Fertile farming land exists in the uplands of the east, while the west is devoted mainly to industry and some mining. The hilly Charnwood Forest is in the northwest. The Soar and th...
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Putrajaya
Putrajaya administrative capital of Malaysia and federal territory, 111,313 acres (4,580 hectares), S Malay Peninsula. Construction on the planned city located 25 mi (40 km) south of Kuala Lumpur was begun in the mid-1990s. In 1999 government offices, including that of the prime minister, began m...
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Rayonnant style
Rayonnant style , the middle period (c.1240-1350) of French Gothic architecture , so termed from the characteristic radiating tracery of the rose window . In this period many of the great cathedrals were under construction; the builders became bolder and more proficient, emphasizing in every way t...
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Salvador Allende Gossens
Salvador Allende Gossens , 1908-73, president of Chile (1970-73). A physician, he helped found the Chilean Socialist party in 1933, was minister of health (1939-42) and president of the senate (1965-69). Four times a presidential candidate, he won in 1970 by a narrow plurality. Attempting to impleme...
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