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El Salvador
El Salvador , officially Republic of El Salvador, republic (2005 est. pop. 6,705,000), 8,260 sq mi (21,393 sq km), Central America. The country is bounded on the south by the Pacific Ocean, on the west by Guatemala, and on the north and east by Honduras. The capital and largest city is San Salvador... Read more |
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Nueva San Salvador
Nueva San Salvador or Santa Tecla , city (1993 est. pop. 96,113), central El Salvador. It was founded in 1854 after the capital, San Salvador, was destroyed in an earthquake. San Salvador, 9 mi (14.5 km) away, was rebuilt, and Nueva San Salvador became a wealthy suburb. It is situated among... Read more |
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Salvador Dali
Salvador Dalí , 1904-89, Spanish painter. At first influenced by futurism , in 1924 Dalí came under the influence of the Italian painter de Chirico and by 1929 he had become a leader of surrealism . His precisely realistic style enhances the obsessively nightmarish effect of many... Read more |
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Salvador Edward Luria
LURIA, SALVADOR EDWARD (SALVATORE)(b. Turin, Italy, 13 August 1912; d. Lexington, Massachusetts, 6 February 1991),virology, bacterial genetics, molecular biology, cancer research.Luria was one of the central figures in the development of twentieth-century life sciences. His 1940s research on... Read more |
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Shame
Shame BIBLIOGRAPHY Shame occupies an important place both among the emotions and as a key component in social relationships. It might well be called “the master emotion” for reasons to be discussed below. But why so much attention to one emotion? This emphasis has been difficult... Read more |
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San Salvador
San Salvador , city (1993 pop. 402,448), central El Salvador, capital and largest city of the country. It is the center of El Salvador's trade and communications. Beer, tobacco products, clothing, textiles, and soap are produced there. Built on the volcanic slope that parallels the Pacific coast... Read more |
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San Salvador (island)
San Salvador island of the Bahamas , West Indies. Many historians believe that it was the first land sighted by Columbus in the New World in 1492. The indigenous population called it Guanahani, and it has also been named Watling or Watlings Island. It was formerly confused with what is now known... Read more |
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Santa Ana (El Salvador)
Santa Ana , city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region. There are textile and food-products industries. Nearby rises Santa Ana, or Ilamatepec, volcano (7,828 ft/2,386 m),... Read more |
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Joan Didion
Joan Didion , 1934-, American writer, b. Sacramento, Calif., grad. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1956. Her works often explore the despair of contemporary American life, a condition she views as produced by the disintegration of morality and values. She is known for a cool and almost brittle style... Read more |
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Alfred Day Hershey
Alfred Day Hershey 1908-1997, American microbiologist, b. Owosso, Mich., Ph.D., Michigan State College (now Michigan State Univ.), 1934. Hershey was a professor at the Washington Univ. School of Medicine (1934-50), then joined the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. He was... Read more |
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