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(sk ´n ) (KEY) , river, c.360 mi (580 km) long, rising in the Stikine Mts., W British Columbia, Canada, and flowing S and SW to the Pacific Ocean nea...
( mänü l´ zhôz f´ sy s´) (KEY) , 1748–1836, French revolutionary and statesman. He was a clergyman before the Revolution and was known as Abb...
(snôr´r stür´lüsôn, –l sôn) (KEY) , 1178–1241, Icelandic chieftain, historian, critic, and saga teller, the leading figure in medieval Nor...
( rnän´ s ´l s swä´s ) (KEY) , 1914–96, president of Bolivia (1956–60, 1982–85). The illegitimate son of Hernando Siles Reyes (president of...
(zhäN fräNswä´ l süör´) (KEY) , 1616–55, French painter. He was a disciple of Vouet and a founding member of the Académie royale (1648). In ...
(m lôt´ts dä f rl ´) (KEY) , 1438–94, Umbrian painter. His extant works, though few, reveal him as a painter of power and individuality. He is ...