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Victoria de los Angeles
Victoria de los Angeles , 1923-2005, Spanish soprano, b. Barcelona. After a concert debut in Madrid in 1944, de los Angeles toured Scandinavia, France, England, and South America. Her debut in the United States was made at Carnegie Hall in 1950, and she joined the Metropolitan Opera Company the same... Read more |
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John DeLancie
de LANCIE, John 1948–(John DeLancie, John deLancie) PERSONAL Born March 20, 1948, in Philadelphia, PA; son of John (a professional oboist) and Andrea de Lancie; married Marnie Mosiman (an actress); children: Keegan (an actor), another son. Education: Attended Kent State... Read more |
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Agustin de Iturbide
Agustín de Iturbide , 1783-1824, Mexican revolutionist, emperor of Mexico (1822-23). An officer in the royalist army, he was sympathetic to independence but took no part in the separatist movement led by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, and in fact helped to suppress the peasant revolt. His forces... Read more |
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Santiago de los Caballeros
Santiago de los Caballeros , city (1993 pop. 364,859), N Dominican Republic, on the Yaque del Norte River. The second most important city in the country, it is a rail and road junction in the center of the fertile region known as the Cibao lowland. The region produces subsistence crops, sugarcane,... Read more |
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Chilpancingo
Chilpancingo or Chilpancingo de los Bravos , city (1990 pop. 97,165), capital of Guerrero state, S Mexico. Chilpancingo serves as the regional center of agricultural industry, producing primarily corn and bananas. Its full name, Chilpancingo de los Bravos, is in honor of its heroes in the war... Read more |
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Iguala
Iguala, Guerrero/Mexico In full, Iguala de la Independencia. Settled in 1750 and named after Agustín de Iturbide's Iguala Plan which called for an independent Mexico ruled by a monarchy. The Spanish iguala means ‘agreement’.... Read more |
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Antequera
Antequera , city (1990 pop. 41,863), Málaga prov., S Spain, in Andalusia. At the foot of the Sierra de los Torcales, it is the center of a fertile agricultural region. The Cueva de Menga, a large prehistoric burial chamber, possibly Celtic, was discovered in the vicinity in 1842. A large part... Read more |
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Pedro Almodovar
ALMODÓVAR, Pedro Nationality:Spanish. Born:Calzada de Clatrava, La Mancha, Spain, 1951 (some sources say 1947). Career:Moved to Madrid and worked for National Telephone Company, 1967; wrote comic strips and articles for underground magazines; joined... Read more |
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Luc Besson
Besson, Luc 1959-PERSONALBorn March 18, 1959, in Paris, France; father and mother both scuba diving instructors; married Anne Parillaud (an actress; divorced); married Milla Jovovich (an actress, model, and recording artist), December 14, 1997 (divorced, 1999); married Virginie Silla (a producer),... Read more |
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Mexico
...Costilla's revolt (1810) failed to win the support of creoles.In 1821, Mexico gained independence and General Augustín de Iturbide became Emperor. In 1823, republicans seized power and, in 1824, Mexico became a republic. In 1832, Santa Anna became... |
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Itúrbide, Agustín de
...emperor (1822–23). Dissent crystallized when Santa Anna and Guadalupe Victoria called for the creation of a republic. Iturbide abdicated and was exiled. Early in 1824 he returned to Mexico and was promptly arrested and shot. |
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Iturbide, Agustín de
Iturbide, Agustín de (1783–1824) Mexican...defeat of the Spanish forces (1821) Iturbide managed to have himself proclaimed by...overthrew the empire after 11 months. Iturbide left for Europe but when he returned in... |
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Iguala, Plan of
...proclaimed in the Mexican town of Iguala by the Creole leader ITURBIDE, with the support of the guerrilla leader, Vincent Guerrero...Spanish government rejected them. The Plan was discarded when Iturbide proclaimed himself emperor (1822). |
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Santa Anna, Antonio López de
...Creole supporters of the Spanish government until 1821, when ITURBIDE made him governor of Vera Cruz. At first a supporter of the Federal Party, he subsequently overthrew (1822) Iturbide and himself became (1833) President of Mexico. His policies... |
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Nicaragua
...country achieved its independence from Spain in 1821. Nicaragua was briefly annexed into the Mexican empire of Agustín de Iturbide, and with the collapse of that experiment formed part of the United Province of Central America until becoming independent... |
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Honduras
...throughout the Spanish colonial period.When independence came in 1821 it briefly became part of the empire of Agustin de Iturbide before joining the United Provinces of Central America (1825–38). Separate independent status dates from 1838, when... |
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Mexico
...Morelos y Pavón, both of whom were captured and shot by the Spanish authorities (1810 and 1814). In 1821 Augustín de Iturbide briefly created an independent Mexican empire, which included the captaincy-general of GUATEMALA. Following his exile... |
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Guatemala
...under Spanish rule. In 1821 it declared itself independent from Spain and became part of the short-lived Mexican empire of Iturbide. When that collapsed (1823), Guatemala helped to found the United Provinces of Central America (1823–38). Strong... |
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Iguala
Iguala, Guerrero/Mexico In full, Iguala de la Independencia. Settled in 1750 and named after Agustín de Iturbide's Iguala Plan which called for an independent Mexico ruled by a monarchy. The Spanish iguala means ‘agreement’. |
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Iturbide's Haunting 'Spirit'
...the Spirit: Photographs by Graciela Iturbide, an exhibition of haunted and haunting...national heroes, a sacrificial goat. Iturbide shoots cemeteries, the back of a butcher...unmatrimonial gesture. The implication, Iturbide seems to say, is that behind every wedding... |
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amazing graciela.(Photographer Graciela Iturbide)
...for the surreal, photographer Graciela Iturbide has captured the violence and beauty...unruly ruckus, but photographer Graciela Iturbide's house, tucked behind an impenetrable...Coyoacan district, is an oasis of calm. Iturbide lives there alone, in a beautiful house... |
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Deep inside Mexico [Corrected 02/27/04] ; Exhibit by photographer Graciela...
...regard, Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide has a simple way of describing what she...truth of what Mexico is all about," Iturbide says. "But in its villages I can feel...it and try to capture it on camera." Iturbide's comment was included in the program... |
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Iturbide's strange, beautiful `Images of the Spirit'.(Arts & Entertainment)(Art)
...show of Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Miss Iturbide is one of Mexico's foremost photographers...of the Spirit: Photographs by Graciela Iturbide." The spirit, as we know it, moves... |
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Graciela Iturbide: The Soul of Mexico.(Biography)
Graciela Iturbide has emerged as one of Mexico's prominent...Rivera, Frida Kahlo, and Rufino Tamayo, Iturbide lifts a veil and reveals glimpses of...lost. Mindful of this possibility, Iturbide has used her camera to reveal the Indian... |
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Unmasking Mexico: The Photography of Graciela Iturbide.(Biography)
...writer, critic, and historian. For Iturbide, photography has been a passage to the...renowned Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide has said. She views photography as a...Her major retrospective Graciela Iturbide: Images of the Spirit, released in... |
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Graciela Iturbide, Uncovering Jewels in the Dust; Photographer Captures...
...photographs by Mexican documentarian Graciela Iturbide, now at the National Museum of Women...adorns the handlebars of a bicycle.Iturbide, 56, was a divorced mother of three...acceptance of a way of life. As depicted by Iturbide, they are buoyed by festivals and rituals... |
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GRACIELA ITURBIDE BRINGS 'EYES TO FLY WITH' TO TEXAS STATE
...World-renowned photographer Graciela Iturbide's art graces Texas State University...to Fly With: Photographs by Graciela Iturbide," from the Wittliff Gallery of Southwestern...volume in its award-winning series, Iturbide's "Eyes to Fly With: Portraits... |
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Graciela Iturbide; Juchitan.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
9780892369058 Graciela Iturbide; Juchitan. Iturbide, Graciela. Getty Publications 2007 64 pages $29.95...an exhibition of works by Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide at the J. Paul Getty Museum, December 2007 to April 2008... |
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Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide wins Hasselblad award
Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide on Thursday won the 2008 Hasselblad...International Award in Photography. Iturbide, 65, will receive the 500,000...opening of an exhibition displaying Iturbide's work, organized by the Hasselblad... |
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