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Mariel Hemingway

actressBorn: 11/22/1961Birthplace: Mill Valley, California Competent actress, granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway and younger sister of actress/model Margaux Hemingway, Mariel was almost destined to…

Henri

(Encyclopedia) Henri, 1955–, grand duke of Luxembourg (2000–), the oldest son of Jean, grand duke of Luxembourg, and Joséphine Charlotte, princess of Belgium. In 1981 Henri married María Teresa…

Andújar

(Encyclopedia) Andújar Andújar änd&oomacr;ˈhär [key], city, Jaén prov., S Spain, in Andalusia, on the Guadalquivir River. Its pottery and its water-cooling jars made of…

Caltanissetta

(Encyclopedia) Caltanissetta Caltanissetta kälˌtänēs-sĕtˈtä [key], city, capital of Caltanissetta prov., central…

pragmatic sanction

(Encyclopedia) pragmatic sanction, decision of state dealing with a matter of great importance to a community or a whole state and having the force of fundamental law. The term originated in Roman…

Sonia Manzano

actressBorn: 1950Birthplace: Bronx, N.Y. The daughter of Puerto Rican parents, Manzano attended the High School of the Performing Arts in New York City and received a scholarship to attend Carnegie…

Natalie Wood

(Natasha Nikolaevna Gurdin)actressBorn: 7/20/1938Birthplace: San Francisco, California Dark-haired, browned eyed smoldering beauty who began acting at age four in the 1943 movie, Happy Land. Wood…

Samuel GEJDENSON, Congress, CT (1948)

GEJDENSON, Samuel, a Representative from Connecticut; born in Eschwege, Germany, in an American displaced persons camp, May 20, 1948; A.S., Mitchell Junior College, New London, 1968; B.A.,…

Mataró

(Encyclopedia) MataróMatarómätərōˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 100,882), Barcelona prov., NE Spain, in Catalonia. It is a Mediterranean port and a manufacturing center, producing knitted goods, wine, and…