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(Encyclopedia) Fabius, LaurentFabius, LaurentlôräNˈ fäbyüsˈ [key], 1946– French politician. After graduating from the École National d'Administration, he became an auditor at the Council of State and…
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(Encyclopedia) Lagerfeld, Karl, 1938–2019, German fashion designer, b. Hamburg as Karl Otto Lagerfeldt, immigrated with his family to Paris in 1952. He won a fashion award at 16, designed for…
(Encyclopedia) Lee, Arthur, 1740–92, American Revolutionary diplomat, b. Westmoreland co., Va.; brother of Francis L. Lee, Richard H. Lee, and William Lee. Educated in Great Britain, he returned to…
(Encyclopedia) serial music, the body of compositions whose fundamental syntactical reference is a particular ordering (called series or row) of the twelve pitch classes—C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G…
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Mayor: Francis G. Slay (to April 2017) 2010 census population (rank): 319,294 (58); Male: 154,171 (48.3%); Female: 165,123 (51.7%); White: 140,267 (43.9%); Black: 157,160 (49.2%); American Indian…
Notable Figures in Abolitionism
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Notable Figures in Abolitionism
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