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Charles X
Charles X 1622-60, king of Sweden (1654-60), nephew of Gustavus II. The son of John Casimir, count palatine of Zweibrücken, he brought the house of Wittelsbach to the Swedish throne when his cousin, Queen Christina , abdicated in his favor. Before his accession, Charles had gained both milita... Read more
Frederick William
Frederick William known as the Great Elector, 1620-88, elector of Brandenburg (1640-88), son and successor of George William. At his accession the scattered lands of the Hohenzollern were devastated and depopulated by the Thirty Years War and occupied by Swedish troops. Frederick William imme... Read more
John II
John II (John Casimir), 1609-72, king of Poland (1648-68), son of Sigismund III . He was elected to succeed his brother, Ladislaus IV. The turbulent period of his reign is known in Polish history as the Deluge. The uprising of the Cossacks under Chmielnicki , supported by the khan of Crimea, had ... Read more
East Prussia
East Prussia Ger. Ostpreussen, former province of Prussia, extreme NE Germany. The region of East Prussia has low rolling hills that are heavily wooded, and it is dotted by many lakes (especially in Masuria ). The region is drained by several rivers including the Nemen (Nieman); the Baltic coast... Read more
Seven Years War
Seven Years War 1756-63, worldwide war fought in Europe, North America, and India between France, Austria, Russia, Saxony, Sweden, and (after 1762) Spain on the one side and Prussia, Great Britain, and Hanover on the other. Nature of the War The struggle was complex in its origin and invo... Read more
Prussia
Prussia , Ger. Preussen, former state, the largest and most important of the German states. Berlin was the capital. The chief member of the German Empire (1871-1918) and a state of the Weimar Republic (1919-33), Prussia occupied more than half of all Germany and the major part of N Germany. Befo... Read more
Poland
Poland Pol. Polska, officially Republic of Poland, republic (2005 est. pop. 38,635,000), 120,725 sq mi (312,677 sq km), central Europe. It borders on Germany in the west, on the Baltic Sea and the Kaliningrad region of Russia in the north, on Lithuania, Belarus, and Ukraine in the east, and on th... Read more

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Peace of Oliva
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Peace of Oliva , 1660, treaty signed at Oliva (now a suburb of Gdańsk) by Poland and Sweden. John II of Poland renounced the theoretical claim of his line to the Swedish crown, which his father, Sigismund III, had in practice lost...
The Caribbean
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...of Hern á n P é rez de Oliva. Despite having never seen the new possessions...exemplified by Cicero. P é rez de Oliva followed classical rhetorical style because...complex than anything P é rez de Oliva could imagine, and constructing eyewitness...
Pozzo, Andrea
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...showed enough promise to induce Gian Paolo Oliva, the Father-General of the Jesuit Society...s work and greatly admired it. While Oliva died later that year, Pozzo was welcomed nevertheless to Rome by Oliva's successor. In Rome the young artist...
Palmerin of England
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature ...de Moraes. The ‘Palmerins’ consist of eight books dealing with the exploits and loves of Palmerin d'Oliva, emperor of Constantinople, and his various descendants, of which Palmerin of England is the subject of the sixth. Munday...
John II
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...struggle; in return John recognized his full sovereignty over East Prussia. The fighting in the west was concluded in 1660 (see Oliva, Peace of ). War with Russia ended only in 1667, with the cession of the eastern part of Ukraine to the czar. During John...
East Prussia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...by the elector of Brandenburg. Frederick William, the Great Elector, won full sovereignty over the duchy at the Peace of Oliva (1660), and in 1701 his son, Frederick III, had himself crowned "king in Prussia" as Frederick I at Königsberg...
Olivares, Gaspar De Guzmán Y Pimentel, Count of (15871645)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...to tell, and an increasingly authoritarian government, dominated by juntas composed of Olivares's friends, relatives, and clients, resorted with growing desperation to financial expedients to meet the escalating costs of war. In 1626 Oliva
Frederick William
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Sweden and Poland he allied himself first in 1655 with Sweden and then changed sides in 1657 to join the Poles. By the Treaty of Oliva in 1660 his duchy of Prussia won its freedom from Polish sovereignty. In 1672 and again in 1674 he joined the Austro-Dutch...
Charles IX
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...renounced it in 1604. In 1600 he invaded Livonia and thus began the long Polish-Swedish wars that ended only with the Peace of Oliva in 1660. Charles's claim to Lapland involved him in the unsuccessful Kalmar War (1611-13) with Christian IV of Denmark...
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...the spiritual content of his art deepened. Under the guidance of his close friend and religious counselor Father Gian Paolo Oliva, the head of the Jesuit order, he made intensive studies of the writings of St. Ignatius of Loyola and carried out the spiritual...

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Félix, María
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Messalina (The Affairs of Messalina ) (Gallone) (title role); Incantesimo tragico (Hechizo tragico ; Oliva ) (Segui) (as Oliva) 1953 Camelia (Gavaldón) (title role); La pasión desnuda (Naked Passion ) (Amadori...
olive
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...adj. grayish-green, like an unripe olive. ∎  (of the complexion) yellowish brown; sallow. ORIGIN: Middle English : via Old French from Latin oliva , from Greek elaia , from elaion ‘oil.’
Memorias del Subdesarrollo
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Julianne, editor, Cinema and Social Change in Latin America: Conversations with Filmmakers, Austin, 1986. Sánchez Oliva, Iraida, editor, Viewer's Dialectic: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, translated by Julia Lesage, Havana...
Schlüter, Andreas
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...Germany and Poland. His first works included decorations at the Royal Chapel, Gdańsk (1681), the high-altar, Oliva Cathedral, near Gdańsk (1688), and various commissions in Warsaw, to which city he was called in 1683 to execute...
Transavant-garde
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art ...of the exhibition ‘American Art in the 20th Century’ (Royal Academy, London, 1993), Achille Bonito Oliva (who coined the term) refers to the ‘hot trans-avant-garde’ of artists such as Julian Schnabel...
Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...sovversione di Bunuel," in Filmcritica (Rome), October 1972. Chevassu, F., in Image et Son (Paris), November 1972. Oliva, L, in Film a Doba (Prague), December 1972. Rice, S., in Take One (Montreal), December 1972. Benayoun, Robert...
Clément, René
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...xE9;ma (Paris), 1 February 1981. Dossier on La bataille du rail, in Cinéma (Paris), July-August 1982. Oliva, L., "René Clement kdysi—a potom," in Film a Doba (Prague), November 1983. Obituary, in Variety...
Manon Lescaut
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Manon Lescaut. 1. Opera in 4 acts by Puccini to lib. by Giacosa, Illica, G. Ricordi, Praga, and Oliva, after Prévost's novel. Comp. 1890–2. Prod. Turin 1893, Milan 1894 (rev. vers.), CG and Philadelphia...
Hays, Fort
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...residents fought a street battle with black soldiers from the fort, in which six of the latter were killed. BIBLIOGRAPHY Oliva, Leo E. Fort Hays, Frontier Army Post, 1865 – 1889. Topeka: Kansas State Historical Society, 1980. Paul I...

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Oliva didn't lock up his heart Retiring jailer treated Denver prisoners with respect, compassion.(News)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 2/28/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...It could have gone south, easily. Fred Oliva was a Five Points kid growing up the 11th...have meant big-time trouble. But for Oliva it meant finding some job security. He...was a burning sentiment that never left Oliva, even while he climbed the ranks of the...
Oliva to retire after four decades as sheriff/Oliva se jubila tras cuatro décadas de servicio
Newspaper article from: La Voz Nueva; 2/22/2006; ; 700+ words ; Fred J. Oliva joined the Denver Sheriff Department as a deputy sheriff...training academy, but there were many good officers who gave Oliva advice throughout the years. Some of Oliva's mentors include past Director of Corrections Wayne K...
PROFILE; TWINS LEGEND TONY OLIVA; THE ADVENTURES OF Mr. Twin; Tony Oliva was the sweet-swinging outfielder whose career was prematurely cut down by knee problems. But instead of turning bitter, he's become the club's No. 1 ambassador, representing the franchise whenever he's asked, smiling the whole time.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 6/3/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...Staff Writer They met in 1964, during Tony Oliva's first month in Minnesota, before the...we got a lot of dirty looks, Gordette Oliva said. People didn't like that. There...enough can see what his wife saw then. Oliva, who turns 69 next month, has overcome...
New York University names L. Jay Oliva as president; university chancellor to succeed John Brademas.
PR Newswire; 12/11/1990; 700+ words ; NEW YORK UNIVERSITY NAMES L. JAY OLIVA AS PRESIDENT; UNIVERSITY CHANCELLOR WILL...University has named NYU Chancellor L. Jay Oliva as president of the university to succeed...he becomes President Emeritus in 1992. Oliva is the first faculty member in NYU's...
Blurring of facts all part of legend of Oliva; From 1962 to 1963, the Twins slugger mysteriously became three years younger. But it didn't matter, because the man could hit no matter what his true age was.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 6/3/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...Byline: Joe Christensen; Staff Writer Tony Oliva's rise from the Cuban wilderness to major...parents had five sons and five daughters. Oliva grew up on a tobacco farm in the northwestern...of Pinar del Rio. The distance from the Oliva farm to the capital city of Havana is about...
On the brink ... again; Former Twins great Tony Oliva has waited more than two decades to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. It's now up to the veterans committee to put him there.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 2/27/2000; ; 700+ words ; Tony Oliva has three batting titles, one gold glove...having to wait three additional years, Oliva is now eligible to be enshrined by a vote...decision will be announced on Tuesday. Will Oliva make the grade this time? Will a new group...
Searching for Sergio: on the road to discovering bodybuilding legend Sergio Oliva. (Personality).
Magazine article from: Flex; 8/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...was obvious that I was asking for Sergio Oliva, considered by many to be history's...who, as an infant, Sergio "The Myth" Oliva had held aloft onstage at the 1984 Mr...confidently. "Speaking," the senior Oliva responded. I was now conversing with the...
BATTER HITS FEAR OUT OF THE PARK AFTER TERRIBLE BEANING, DANES' OLIVA RETURNS.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 4/28/2001; 700+ words ; ...University at Albany center fielder Michael Oliva had to conquer the faceless pitcher who...t have them anymore, thank God,'' Oliva, a fifth-year senior who leads the Great...terrifying apparition. On March 19, 2000, Oliva, who bats left-handed, was struck flush...
Prep Wrestling Spotlight Man on a Mission West Point-bound Oliva
Newspaper article from: Courier-News (Elgin, IL); 2/4/2000; 700+ words ; ...Spotlight Man on a Mission West Point-bound Oliva possess fire, determination zB1 By Eric...STREAMWOOD -- In a few short months, Matt Oliva will be leaving Streamwood ready to take...can help younger children get started -- Oliva has accomplished more than some people...
OLIVA DESERVES HIS SILVER BAT
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 12/21/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...Record (Bergen County, NJ) 12-21-1996 OLIVA DESERVES HIS SILVER BAT By PAUL DOTTINO...Something is awry in Minneapolis. Tony Oliva is suing the Minnesota Twins' former clubhouse...former Twins owner Calvin Griffith displayed Oliva's bat at Metropolitan Stadium. After...