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Gerardo Machado
Gerardo Machado , 1871-1939, president of Cuba (1925-33). A businessman turned presidential candidate in 1924, he channeled the resurgent nationalism of the era. His victory over Menocal in the 1924 election, was aided by President Zayas . Machado's campaign for national regeneration initially... Read more |
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Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivar
Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar , 1901-73, president of Cuba (1940-44, 1952-59). An army sergeant, Batista took part in the overthrow of Gerardo Machado in 1933 and subsequently headed the military and student junta that ousted Carlos Manuel de Céspedes and installed Ramón ... Read more |
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Desi Arnaz
Desi Arnaz: 1917-1986: Bandleader, entertainer, producer Desi Arnaz made his mark as the straight man of the comedic couple behind the popular 1950s sitcom I Love Lucy. A Cuban immigrant, Arnaz was also a very savvy businessman. Arnaz's talents as a singer and entertainer helped to make I Love... Read more |
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Ramon Grau San Martin
Ramón Grau San Martín , 1887-1969, president of Cuba (1933-34, 1944-48). Professor of medicine at the Univ. of Havana, Grau San Martín opposed Gerardo Machado. He then joined with student radicals and the military junta that ousted Carlos Manuel de Céspedes and was... Read more |
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Dr Atl
Atl, Dr ( Gerardo Murillo) (1875–1964). Mexican painter and art administrator. He was an ardent nationalist and a pioneer of the 20th-century renaissance of his county's art—chapter 1 of MacKinley Helm's book Modern Mexican Painters (1941) is entitled ‘Dr Atl, the Saint John... Read more |
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Gerardo Diego
Cuba An island country, the largest of the Caribbean Islands.Physical Cuba is long and narrow — about 1280 km (795 miles) from west to east yet rarely more than 160 km (100 miles) from north to south. Most of it is flat, with plains rising southward to heights seldom greater than 90 m (295... Read more |
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Therapeutic touch
Therapeutic touch Definition Therapeutic touch, or TT, is a noninvasive method of healing derived from an ancient laying-on of hands technique. In TT, the practitioner alters the patient's energy field through a transfer of energy from the hands of the practitioner to the... Read more |
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dominant
dominant 1. (in genetics) Describing the allele that is expressed in the phenotype when two different alleles of a gene are present in the cells of an organism. For example, the height of garden peas is controlled by two alleles, ‘tall’ (T) and ‘dwarf’ (t). When both are... Read more |
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Saint Walburga
Saint Walburga , d. c.779, English missionary in Germany; sister of St. Willibald. She went there to assist St. Boniface, settling at Heidenheim, near Eichstätt (NW of Ingolstadt), where another brother, Winnebald (or Wynbald), had an abbey. St. Walburga's convent became a principal center of... Read more |
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