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American University of Beirut
American University of Beirut at Beirut, Lebanon; English language; chartered by New York State in 1866 as Syrian Protestant College, rechartered 1920 as the American Univ. of Beirut. It has faculties of arts and sciences, health sciences, engineering and architecture, agricultural and food... Read more |
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Gabriel Yared
YARED, Gabriel 1949– PERSONAL Born October 7, 1949, in Beirut, Lebanon. Education: Attended Ecole Normale de Musique, Paris, 1972. Addresses: Manager— First Artists Management, 16000 Ventura Blvd., Suite 605, Encino, CA 91436. Career: Composer, orchestrator... Read more |
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Beirut
Beirut , Arab. Bayrut, Fr. Beyrouth, city (1996 est. pop. 1,200,000), W Lebanon, capital of Lebanon, on the Mediterranean Sea, at the foot of the Lebanon Mts. Beirut is an important port and financial center with food processing industries. Tourism is also significant. The American Univ. of... Read more |
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Delphine Seyrig
SEYRIG, Delphine Nationality:French. Born:Delphine Claire Beltiane Seyrig in Beirut, Lebanon, of French parents, 10 April 1932. Family:Married Jack Youn-German, 1950. Career:1952–55—actress on French stage; then studied at the Actors Studio, New York;... Read more |
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Terry Waite
Terry Waite (Terence Waite), 1939-, British church official. An adviser to Robert Runcie , the Archbishop of Canterbury, he successfully negotiated the release of British hostages in Iran (1981) and Libya (1985). His later efforts to free U.S. hostages in Beirut were unsuccessful and were... Read more |
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Keanu Reeves
REEVES, Keanu 1964– (K. C. Reeves) PERSONAL First name is pronounced Key–ah–noo; full name, Keanu Charles Reeves; born September 2 (other sources cite September 4 or August 2), 1964, in Beirut, Lebanon; son of Samuel Nowlin Reeves (a geologist) and.... Read more |
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La Linea
La Linea, Andalusia/Spain ‘The Line’, a reference to the fact that it lies on the border with Gibraltar. The full name is La Línea de la Concepción.... Read more |
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Daniel Bliss
Daniel Bliss 1823-1916, American missionary, b. Franklin co., Vt., founder of Syrian Protestant College (now the American Univ. of Beirut) in Lebanon. He went to Syria in 1855, returning in 1862 to secure funds and a charter for the college, which was opened in 1866; he was its president until... Read more |
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Byblos
Byblos , ancient city, Phoenicia, a port 17 mi (27 km) NNE of modern Beirut, Lebanon. The principal city of Phoenicia during the 2d millennium BC, it long retained importance as an active port under the Persians. Byblos was the chief center of the worship of Adonis. Because of its papyruses, it was... Read more |
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Bekaa Valley
BIQA VALLEY fertile region of eastern lebanon. Running parallel to the Mediterranean coast between the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountain ranges, the Biqa valley throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries enjoyed close ties to Damascus, whose populace constituted a ready market for... Read more |
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