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San Fernando
San Fernando , city (1990 pop. 30,092), Trinidad and Tobago, on the Gulf of Paria. It is the country's second largest city and a commercial center for S Trinidad. ... Read more
San Fernando
San Fernando , city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. The city was established in 1806 to replace the port of Las Conchas, which had been destroyed by a storm. An important landmark is the Juan N. Madero mus... Read more
San Fernando
San Fernando , city (1990 pop. 83,923), Cádiz prov., S Spain, in Andalusia. An Atlantic port, it has a naval academy and arsenal, naval workshops, and an observatory. Salt is commercially obtained from nearby marshes by evaporation. ... Read more
San Fernando
San Fernando city (1990 pop. 22,580), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the San Fernando valley; inc. 1911. Among its industries are clothing and electronics. The valley, first entered by Europeans in 1769, was early used for journeys to N California. Gold was found in 1842 before the big gold strike. ... Read more
Fernando Botero
Fernando Botero 1932-, Colombian figurative painter and sculptor, b. Medellín, one of the most celebrated contemporary Latin American artists. He attended his native city's university (grad. 1950) and art academies in San Ferdinando, Spain (1952-53), and Florence, Italy (1953-55). Botero liv... Read more
San Antonio
San Antonio , city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. The third largest city in Texas, it is one of the nation's largest military centers; Fort Sam Houston and the Air Force Aerospace Medical Center are in the city, and nearby... Read more
Junípero Serra
Junípero Serra , 1713-84, Spanish Franciscan missionary in North America, b. Majorca. His name was originally Miguel José Serra, and Junípero was his name in religion. For 15 years he taught philosophy in the college at Palma. In 1749 he was sent to America with Francisco Palou,... Read more
llanos
llanos , Spanish American term for prairies, specifically those of the Orinoco River basin of N South America, in Venezuela and E Colombia. The llanos of the Orinoco are a vast, hot region of rolling savanna broken by low-lying mesas, scrub forest, and scattered palms. Elevation above sea level neve... Read more
Los Angeles
Los Angeles , city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. A port of entry on the Pacific coast, with a fine harbor at San Pedro Bay, it is the second largest U.S. city in population and one of the largest in area. Two mountain ranges, the Santa Monica and Verdugo, cut a... Read more
San Mateo
San Mateo , city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. Matthew, was named by a Spanish expedition in 1776. The area was a Mexican colony from 1822 to 1846.... Read more

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Junípero Serra
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...arrived in Mexico City in December 1749...assignment at Mission San Sab á on the...Franciscan college of San Fernando in Mexico City, and...back. He arrived at San Diego in late June...California devote at least part of a chapter...
Los Angeles
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...congestion only a little; a new subway (completed...Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura...Angeles are Central City, Hollywood, San Pedro, Sylmar, Watts...Beverly Hills , and San Fernando . Incorporated cities in the broader metropolitan...
El Greco
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...cathedral, Toledo) and San Mauricio (Escorial...Orgaz (Church of San Tomé, Toledo...inquisitor Cardinal Don Fernando Niño de...Coll., New York City); and a long series...Assumption (Mus. of San Vicente Anejo, Toledo...his work became less and less known, ...
Equatorial Guinea
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...islands of Bioko (formerly Fernando Po), Annobón...is the capital and largest city. In addition to Malabo, other important cities include Luba (also on Bioko...However, the legislature has little power, as the constitution...called Port Clarence) and San Carlos from Spain for use ...
Field, Sally
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...At Birmingham High School in the San Fernando Valley, Field naturally gravitated...thought about relocating to New York City so that she might try her luck on...live on thirty-seven cents in a little apartment, and do off-off-off...
Trinidad and Tobago
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the World ...Tobago Major City: Port-of-Spain Other Cities: Arima, Chaguanas...Saint Joseph, San Fernando, Sangre Grande...coverage of minor cities, facts have...Venezuelan coastline, less than 10 miles...is relatively little contact with...large U.S. cities, the weather...culture. ...
strong-motion seismology
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth ...factor affecting ground motions, at least in terms of earthquake damage. In...numerous high-rise buildings in Mexico City more than 350 km away from its epicentre...earthquakes such as the 1971, M 6.7, San Fernando, California and 1995, M 7.0...
Isabella of Castile (1451–1504)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...Castile's largest city. She chose her closest...exhibited piety, but less the lady-praying-on...to her patron saint, San Juan — St...and on occasion cajoled Fernando into keeping to the field...ceremoniously into the city of Granada. It was not...
Picasso, Pablo
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...basis for abstract art (art having little or no pictorial representation...advanced student at the Royal Academy of San Fernando in Madrid, Spain. He demonstrated...became a gathering place for the city's most modern artists, writers...

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Armendáriz, Pedro
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Churubusco, 9 May 1912. Education: San Antonio, Texas, public schools...Border River (Sherman) 1955 The Littlest Outlaw (Gavaldón...Riera, Emilio Garcia, and Fernando Macotela, La guia del cine...1919–1987, Mexico City, 1984. * * * Pedro Armend...

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RECALL ROILS SAN FERNANDO POLITICS: PETITION DUE TUESDAY TARGETS TWO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS BLAMED FOR IMPEDING PROGRESS.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 7/21/2008; 700+ words ; ...like to see this city as a sort of Latino...urbanized areas of the San Fernando Valley. With new...money flowing, San Fernando city officials...redevelopment efforts. San Fernando is a nice city...that it's a small little town and this won...
SAN FERNANDO HIGH'S 3 GENERATIONS : SCHOOL MARKS 100TH ANNIVERSARY.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 5/5/1996; 700+ words ; ...become a part of it.'' San Fernando High celebrates its centennial...What opened in 1896 as San Fernando Union High School with...have captured a number of city titles. And in 1987...numbers are high, and less than half its graduates...
SAN FERNANDO RALLIES VIA PASS : SAN FERNANDO 36 KENNEDY 33.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 10/16/1999; 700 words ; ...knocking off defending City champion Taft, San...touchdown for San Fernando. Stanley was limited...his asthma, gave San Fernando its first lead...yards out to give San Fernando the lead...half I had to run a little harder to get my...
SAN FERNANDO MOVING TO PRESERVE ITS HISTORIC HOUSES.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 3/20/2004; 700+ words ; ...it has made such little progress that the...year. That placed San Fernando in the same class...City officials said San Fernando got into the preservation...designation with the city of Los Angeles...historic preservation, cities are missing out on...
SAN FERNANDO CALLS VENUE VITAL; SCHOOL AUDITORIUM BEING TRANSFORMED.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 4/25/1999; 700+ words ; ...Valley. Teachers and city officials praised the...partnership between the city of San Fernando, the school and Time...face lift is one step in San Fernando's greater vision to...few minorities, much less Latinos involved in the...
SAN FERNANDO MAGNET STUDENTS AT THE HEAD OF THE CLASS.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 8/2/2003; 700+ words ; ...Friday by San Fernando city officials, Assemblywoman...Placement calculus program at San Fernando High. ``We are just...challenged schools like San Fernando High. ``There are as...from high school, much less attended college, Coco...
FEELING AT HOME : RESIDENTS SEE SAN FERNANDO AS CUT ABOVE.(News)(Statistical Data Included)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 9/16/1996; 700+ words ; ...Waite moved to this city with his family...expressed interest in at least finding a way to...is happening in San Fernando than in surrounding...and it's like little (Tijuana). That...major factors for San Fernando's popularity and...is two minutes or less for emergency ...
ONE CITY'S MISSION; NEW GENERATION OUT TO RE-ENERGIZE SAN FERNANDO.(BUSINESS)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 11/1/1998; 700+ words ; ...base that cities need to survive. City leaders...change - and San Fernando suffered...city as a less-than...Even San Fernando Mission Rey...about every city around is...will be for San Fernando sufficiently...surrounding cities and ...
BUZZ IS BIG AS RIVALS MEET IN PLAYOFFS SYLMAR-SAN FERNANDO, ECR-BIRMINGHAM ARE MAJOR MATCHUPS IN CITY SECTION SOCCER.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 2/21/2006; 700+ words ; ...swing by Friday when San Fernando High held a pep rally...previously expressed little interest. Rarely is...second round of the City Section playoffs, but San Fernando and Birmingham aren...two teams. No. 4 San Fernando takes on No...
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY'S ECONOMY HAS GROWN AT ROBUST RATES, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE REPORT SAYS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/27/2006; 700+ words ; ...but inflation's bite left less than 1 percent in real payroll...is the largest employer in the San Fernando Valley, and its growth slowed...capita retail sales, followed by San Fernando with the City of Los Angeles portion of the...