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Nimes
Nîmes , city (1990 pop. 133,607), capital of Gard dept., S France, in Cévennes. An important market town and rail hub, its products include machinery, textiles and clothing, and tinware. An old Gallic town, it became Roman c.120 BC As Nemausus it was an important city, one of the finest... Read more |
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Sarah Caldwell
Sarah Caldwell 1924-2006, American opera director and conductor, b. Maryville, Mo. In 1957 she founded the Boston Opera Group, later renamed the Opera Company of Boston, and headed it until its demise in 1990. Under her direction, the company became noted for its innovative productions of a wide... Read more |
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avila
Ávila , town (1990 pop. 46,992), capital of Ávila prov., central Spain, on the upper Adaja River. It attracts many tourists. One of the great religious centers of Spain, Ávila has preserved much medieval architecture. Up against its turreted wall (built 11th cent.) is the... Read more |
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Christoffer Vilhelm Eckersberg
Christoffer Vilhelm Eckersberg , 1783-1853, Danish painter. He studied with J. L. David in Paris and in Rome became a friend of Thorvaldsen. After his return to Denmark (1816) he taught at the Copenhagen Academy, becoming its director. His finest works are portraits and seascapes, executed with... Read more |
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Saint Peter Port
Saint Peter Port town (1991 pop. 16,100), capital of Guernsey, Channel Islands. Its shallow harbor is protected by piers; vegetables, fruits, and flowers are exported. Hauteville House, the residence of Victor Hugo from 1856 to 1870, contains memorials of the author. The 13th-century Castle... Read more |
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Melrose
Melrose town (1991 pop. 2,221), Scottish Borders, S Scotland, on the Tweed River. It is the site of one of the finest ruins in Scotland—Melrose Abbey, owned by the nation and founded for Cistercians by David I in 1136. Sir Walter Scott 's Lay of the Last Minstrel has descriptions of its... Read more |
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Alan Bennett (British playwright)
Alan Bennett Although not a prolific playwright, Alan Bennett (born 1934) earned a solid reputation as one of Britain's finest writers for the stage and television. In the summer of 1960 in Edinburgh there burst onto the British theater scene a revue which made immediate stars of its four... Read more |
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jube
jube, jubé 1. 1.Pulpitum, or screen at the west end of the choir in a French church.2. Rood-loft or gallery in the same position, often forming part of the screen. One of the finest surviving jubés is in the church of St-Étienne-du-Mont, Paris (c.1545), with its twin spiral stairs... Read more |
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Bucentaur
Bucentaur, the traditional name of the state galley of the doges of Venice, from the Italian buzino d'or, golden bark. The name was also given to any great and sumptuous galley. The last and finest of the Venetian Bucentaurs was built in 1729 and, like all its predecessors, was used in the annual... Read more |
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Tarragona
Tarragona , city (1990 pop. 112,360), capital of Tarragona prov., NE Spain, in Catalonia, on the Mediterranean Sea at the mouth of the Francolí River. A port and commercial center, it has an oil refinery, flour mills, and a large wine export. Some of Spain's finest wines are made in the... Read more |
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FINE TERROR STORY AVOIDS SENSATIONALISM FORGETFULNESS BY WARD JUST HOUGHTON...
...years, ever since he left daily journalism, he has been writing fine fiction that takes a larger measure of the politics of culture...on either side, when patriotism and realism collide? Forget its title. "Forgetfulness" is all about memory. And during an... |
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EDITORIAL: KDKA's sensationalism misrepresents Carnegie Mellon U.
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