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Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
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Eduardo Nicanor Frei Montalva
Eduardo Nicanor Frei Montalva , 1911-82, president of Chile (1964-70). A lawyer and editor, he was a founder (1938) of the National Falange, an independent party based on progressive Christian principles, which in 1957 became the core of the new Christian Democratic party. Frei served as minister of... Read more |
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Juan Ruiz
Juan Ruiz , 1283?-1350?, Spanish poet, musician, and archpriest of Hita. Ruiz suffered 13 years in prison, during which time he revised his masterpiece, El Libro de buen amor (c.1330, tr. The Book of Good Love, 1933). This is a miscellany in verse of fables; autobiographic adventures in the... Read more |
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Jose Martinez Ruiz
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Juan Ruiz de Alarcon y Mendoza
Juan Ruiz de Alarcón y Mendoza The Spanish playwright Juan Ruiz de Alarc Read more |
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Omar Bongo
Omar Bongo (El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba) , 1935-, Gabonese political leader, president of Gabon (1967-), b. Albert-Bernard Bongo. He entered the civil service (1958), became minister of information and tourism in 1966, vice president in 1967, and then succeeded to the presidency. He created a... Read more |
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Jorge Ubico
Jorge Ubico , 1878-1946, president of Guatemala (1931-44). An army general, Ubico as president established financial stability and political order. He built an extensive network of roads and modernized local administrations to include increased health and school facilities. His methods, however,... Read more |
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Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali
Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali , 1936-, president of Tunisia (1987-). Educated in France and the United States, he entered the army and became minister of national security (1984-86) and interior minister (1986-87). In Oct., 1987, he became prime minister under the aging Tunisian president Habib Bourguiba... Read more |
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Chester Alan Arthur
Chester Alan Arthur 1829-86, 21st President of the United States (1881-85), b. Fairfield, Vt. He studied law and before the Civil War practiced in New York City. In the war he was (1861-63) quartermaster general of New York State. In 1871, President Grant appointed him collector of the port of New... Read more |
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