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(s ´h n) (KEY) , in the Bible, king of the Amorites, who attacked Israel. He became a figure for the mighty fallen....
(y ä´kh m f n zänt´rärt) (KEY) , 1606–88, German painter. An academic painter fond of chiaroscuro effects, Sandrart is best remembered for his ...
(sl ´zäk) (KEY) , 1873–1946, Czech tenor, pupil of Jean de Reszke. After his debut as Lohengrin at Brno in 1896, he sang in Vienna, Berlin, and la...
1467–1548, king of Poland (1506–48), son of Casimir IV. Elected to succeed his brother, Alexander I, Sigismund faced the problem of consolidating ...
(Dame Margaret Natalie Cross), 1934–, English actress. Smith first appeared on stage in Twelfth Night (1952). With her precise, sometimes rapid-fire...
(s ´m nztoun) (KEY) , town (1991 pop. 58,323), Western Cape, SW South Africa, on False Bay, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean. It is a seaside resort and ...