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Violeta Barrios de Chamorro
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro , 1929-, president of Nicaragua (1990-97). Widow of martyred newspaper editor Joaquim Chamorro, she briefly joined the ruling Sandinista junta following the 1979 revolution. Opposed to the direction of the revolution, she resigned and converted the Chamorro family... Read more |
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Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis The Brazilian novelist Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839-1908), although only recently "discovered" outside Brazil, ranks among major world authors of the 19th century. His works are notable for their pessimistic view of human nature and their sophisticated... Read more |
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Filippo Turati
Turati, Filippo (b. 25 Nov. 1857, d. 29 Mar. 1932). Italian Socialist Born in Como, he studied at the University of Bologna and in 1883 published Il delitto e la questione sociale, in which he argued for a causal link between crime and social deprivation. In 1889 he co-founded the Milanese Socialist... Read more |
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TriMas Corp
TriMas Corp. 315 East Eisenhower ParkwayAnn Arbor, Michigan 48108U.S.A.(313) 747-7025Fax: (313) 747-6565 Public CompanyIncorporated: 1986 as Campbell Industries Inc.Employees: 3,400Sales: $.43 billionStock Exchanges: New YorkSICs: 8600 Manufacturing Industries; 8660 Metals... Read more |
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Tiradentes
Tiradentes Tiradentes (1748-1792), or José Joaquim da Silva Xavier, was a precursor of Brazilian independence and the national hero of Brazil. He led the 1789 Minas Gerais conspiracy in favor of Brazilian independence and was executed by the Portuguese. ... Read more |
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Pedro de Ona
Pedro de Oña , 1570?-1643, Chilean poet. Having been born in Latin America, he is considered Chile's first national poet. His poetry is both epic and religious. Inspired by La aravcana, by Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga , he wrote the epic Arauco domado (1596; tr. Arauco... Read more |
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Cher
CHER 1946–(Sonny and Cher) PERSONALFull name, Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPierre; born May 20, 1946, in El Centro, CA; daughter of John Sarkisian (a truck driver) and Georgia Holt (a model and actress; original name, Jackie Jean Crouch); adopted daughter of Gilbert LaPiere (a banker); half–sister of... Read more |
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La Libertad
La Libertad, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Philippines Peru: a region formed in 1821. The name means ‘liberty’ or ‘freedom’ in Spanish, but although Peru declared its independence in 1821 it did not gain its freedom until 1824 when... Read more |
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Tirso de Molina
Tirso de Molina , pseud. of Fray Gabriel Téllez , 1584?-1648, outstanding dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age, b. Madrid. His fame rests on El burlador de Sevilla (1630; tr. The Love Rogue, 1924), the earliest known literary version of the Don Juan legend. Among the 300 or 400 plays by... Read more |
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