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(y l´y sh slôväts´k ) (KEY) , 1809–49, Polish writer, one of the foremost Polish romantic poets. A revolutionist, he joined the Polish expatriat...
(Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow of Leicester), 1905–80, English author and physicist. Snow had an active, varied career, including several important...
Cintra (both: s n´tr ) (KEY) , town (1991 pop. 20,750), Lisboa dist., W Portugal, in Estremadura. The region has orange groves and vineyards as well ...
(sh p´l ) (KEY) , 1885–1972, American astronomer, b. Nashville, Mo., grad. Univ. of Missouri, 1910, Ph.D. Princeton, 1913. He was astronomer at Mt....
(ändr ´ä p zä´n ) (KEY) , c.1290–c.1348, Italian sculptor, also called Andrea da Pontedera. His most important work, the first bronze doors of ...
(slou) (KEY) , city (1991 pop. 106,341) and borough, central England. After World War I, the residential city and its outlying area underwent rapid in...