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Alamayn, Al
(Encyclopedia)Alamayn, Al, Egypt: see Alamein, El. ...Fayyum, Al
(Encyclopedia)Fayyum, Al: see Faiyum, El, Egypt. ...reactive power
(Encyclopedia)reactive power: see power, electric. ...La Niña
(Encyclopedia)La Niña: see El Niño–Southern Oscillation. ...Deken, Agatha
(Encyclopedia)Deken, Agatha: see Wolff, Elisabeth (Bekker). ...Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
(Encyclopedia)Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: see Mari El. ...Santa Tecla
(Encyclopedia)Santa Tecla: see Nueva San Salvador, El Salvador. ...Lugones, Leopoldo
(Encyclopedia)Lugones, Leopoldo lāōpōlˈdō lo͞ogōˈnās [key], 1874–1938, Argentine poet and man of letters. First an anarchist, then a socialist, finally a fascist, Lugones was a friend of Rubén Darío an...Funes, Mauricio
(Encyclopedia)Funes, Mauricio (Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena), 1959–, Salvadoran journalist and politician, president of El Salvador (2009–14). A television reporter, he became known for his news reporting an...Pérez de Ayala, Ramón
(Encyclopedia)Pérez de Ayala, Ramón rämōnˈ pāˈrāth dā äyäˈlä [key], 1880?–1962, Spanish writer. He was educated at Jesuit schools, which he satirized in the novel A.M.D.G. (1910). His early realistic...Browse by Subject
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