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(m sh ´ säf´d ) (KEY) , 1938–, Israeli-Canadian architect, b. Haifa. He grew up in Israel, moved to Canada with his family at 15, studied archite...
(äk´´ p l´k ) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 515,374), Guerrero state, S Mexico. A fashionable resort since the 1920s, it is known for its lavish hotels,...
( k n´) (KEY) , dry, simple, one-seeded fruit with the seed attached to the inner wall at only one point. Achenes are indehiscent, i.e., they do not ...
1910–92, English painter, b. Dublin. A self-taught artist, Bacon became the center of a storm of controversy with his Three Studies for Figures at t...
(fr d r k´ güst´ bärt ld ´) (KEY) , 1834–1904, French sculptor, b. Colmar, Alsace. He studied painting under Ary Scheffer but turned to sculpt...
( ch´ s n) (KEY) , 1893–1971, U.S. Secretary of State (1949–52), b. Middletown, Conn. He was (1919–21) private secretary to Louis D. Brandeis, ...