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(ish´ rw d) (KEY) , 1904–86, British-American author. After the appearance of his first novel, All the Conspirators (1928), Isherwood went to Germa...
(h s ´ fränth ´sk d ´slä) (KEY) , 1703–81, Spanish Jesuit preacher and writer. Enormously precocious, he took his law degree at 11. Isla’s...
2-methyl-1,3-butadiene ( ´s pr n, by ´´t d ´ n) (KEY) , colorless liquid organic compound. It is a hydrocarbon, and is insoluble in water but solu...
( thä´k ) (KEY) or Ithaca ( th´ k ) (KEY) , island (1991 pop. 3,082), c.37 sq mi (96 sq km), W Greece, one of the Ionian Islands. It is mountainou...
(h r ´b m ´t ) (KEY) , 1841–1909, Japanese statesman, the outstanding figure in the modernization of Japan. As a young Choshu samurai, he was a ...
works of art produced in the geographic region that now constitutes the nation of Italy. Italian art has engendered great public interest and involvem...