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Le Gallienne, Richard

(Encyclopedia) Le Gallienne, Richard, 1866–1947, English man of letters. As literary critic and contributor to the Yellow Book, he was associated with the fin-de-siècle aesthetes of the 1890s before…

DK Space: Space Stations

WHAT ARE SPACE STATIONS USED FOR? HOW ARE SPACE STATIONS BUILT? INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONFIND OUT MOREIn a space station, a large crewed spacecraft orbiting Earth, astronauts can live and work in…

Cousin, Jean

(Encyclopedia) Cousin, JeanCousin, JeanzhäN k&oomacr;zăNˈ [key], c.1490–c.1560, celebrated French painter, designer, and sculptor. To him have been attributed the designs for the windows of…

Perón, Juan Domingo

(Encyclopedia) Perón, Juan DomingoPerón, Juan Domingohwän dōmēngˈgō pĕrōnˈ [key], 1895–1974, president of Argentina (1946–55; 1973–74). In 1971, President Lanusse, convinced that political order…

Roundup of Recent Science Milestones, 2008

From a new lab on the International Space Station to the Large Hadron Collider by Mark Hughes Related Links New Planets and a Larger Solar System Encyclopedia: Leopard Famous…

La Plata

(Encyclopedia) La PlataLa Platalä pläˈtä [key], city (1991 pop. 640,344), capital of Buenos Aires prov., E central Argentina, 5 mi (8.1 km) inland from Ensenada, its port on the Río de la Plata. La…

Dermot McMurrough

(Encyclopedia) Dermot McMurrough or Diarmiud mac MurchadaDermot McMurroughboth: dûrˈmət məkmŭrˈə [key], 1110–71, Irish king of Leinster. He became involved in a complicated feud, partly because he…

Eddie Albert

(Edward Albert Heimberger)actorBorn: 4/22/1906Birthplace: Rock Island, Illinois A stage, screen, and television actor whose film credits include Roman Holiday (1953) and I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955).…

Hedy Lamarr

(Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler)actressBorn: 11/9/1913Birthplace: Vienna, Austria Austrian-born film actress in the thirties and forties who won notoriety by appearing nude in the Czech film Extase (1932…

Webster, Margaret

(Encyclopedia) Webster, Margaret, 1905–72, American actress, producer, and director, b. New York City; daughter of Ben Webster and Dame May Whitty. Webster made her formal acting debut in 1924. After…