(Encyclopedia) Juan Carlos IJuan Carlos Ihwän kärˈlōs [key], 1938–, king of Spain (1975–2014), b. Rome. The grandson of Alfonso XIII, he was educated in Switzerland and in Spain. Placed by his father…
(Encyclopedia) Perelman, S. J. (Sidney Joseph Perelman)Perelman, S. J.pĕrˈəlmən [key], 1904–79, American comic writer, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. He entered the magazine world as a cartoonist for a New York…
(Encyclopedia) Pérez, AntonioPérez, Antonioäntôˈnyō pāˈrĕth [key], b. 1534 or 1539, d. 1611, Spanish politician. Ambitious and unscrupulous, he became secretary to King Philip II and was, with the…
(Encyclopedia) Pasolini, Pier PaoloPasolini, Pier Paolopyĕr päˈōlō päsōlēˈnē [key], 1922–75, Italian writer and film director. A former Roman Catholic and a Marxist, Pasolini brought to his work a…
(Encyclopedia) Kornilov, Lavr GeorgyevichKornilov, Lavr Georgyevichläˈvər gēyôrˈgyĭvĭch kərnyēˈləf [key], 1870–1918, Russian general, anti-Bolshevik commander during the civil war (1918–20). He…
(Encyclopedia) Levine, Philip, 1928–2015, American poet, b. Detroit, grad. Wayne State Univ. (B.A., 1950; A.M., 1954), Univ. of Iowa (M.F.A., 1957). The son of Russian Jewish immigrants, he held a…
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