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Laval
Laval city (1991 pop. 314,398), coextensive with Île-Jésus (94 sq mi/243 sq km), S Que., Canada, between the Rivière des Mille Îles and the Rivière des Prairies, just NW of Montreal. The second largest city in Quebec, Laval was created in 1965, when 14 small... Read more |
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Rolando Hinojosa
Rolando Hinojosa Rolando Hinojosa is one of the most prolific and well-respected Hispanic novelists in the United States. Not only has he created memorable Mexican American and white characters, but he has completely populated a fictional county in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas through his... Read more |
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H-Bomb
H-BOMB A Time of War The H-bomb, or hydrogen bomb, resulted from scientific research that developed from the atomic bomb, which was dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima in Japan to end World War II. The H-bomb technology follows from that required for the A-bomb, so H-bomb... Read more |
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Storage USA Inc
Storage USA, Inc. 10440 Little Patuxent ParkwayColumbia, Maryland 21044U.S.A.(410) 739-9500Fax: (410) 730-2850Web site: http://www.sus.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1985Employees: 606Sales: $107.31 million (1996)Stock Exchanges: New YorkSICs: 6798 Real Estate Investment Trusts A... Read more |
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swine
swine name for any of the cloven-hoofed mammals of the family Suidae, native to the Old World. A swine has a rather long, mobile snout, a heavy, relatively short-legged body, a thick, bristly hide, and a small tail. The name swine is applied mainly to domestic animals, which are also known as hogs.... Read more |
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Ernest Renan
Ernest Renan , 1823-92, French historian and critic. He began training for the priesthood but renounced it in 1845. His first trip to Italy (1849) influenced his interest in antiquity but did not change most of his basic ideas, formed by 1848 when he wrote L'Avenir de la science (1890, tr. 1891).... Read more |
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Maurice Jarre
JARRE, Maurice Composer. Nationality:French. Born:Maurice Alexis Jarre in Lyon, 13 September 1924. Education:Attended University of Lyon and the Sorbonne, Paris, as engineering student; then studied under Honegger and Félix Passerone at Paris... Read more |
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Alexander Korda
KORDA, (Sir) Alexander Producer and Director. Nationality:British. Born:Sándor László Kellner in Túrkeve, Hungary, 16 September 1893; became British Citizen 1936. Brother of the production designer Vincent Korda and the director Zoltan Korda. ... Read more |
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Lucia
LUCIA Cuba, 1968 Director:Humberto Solás Production:Instituto Cubana del Arte e Industria Cinematograficos (ICAIC); black and white, 35mm; running time: 160 minutes. Released 1968. Filmed 1967 in Cuba. Producer:Raúl Canosa; screenplay:Humberto... Read more |
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