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(zhäN bät st´ säNt r´) (KEY) , 1651–1717, French figure and portrait painter. He was known for allegorical portraits and his rococo use of nude...
1895–1961, U.S. general, b. Indianapolis, Ind. He enlisted (1910) in the Indiana National Guard, won a commission in the U.S. army (1918), and advan...
gestural communication used as an alternative or replacement for speech. Sign languages resemble oral languages in every way other than their modality...
(sk k´d ) (KEY) , formerly Philippeville (f l pv l´) (KEY) , city (1998 pop. 152,335), NE Algeria, a port on the Gulf of Stora of the Mediterranean ...
vernacular vocabulary not generally acceptable in formal usage. It is notable for its liveliness, humor, emphasis, brevity, novelty, and exaggeration....
1861–1929, Canadian political leader, b. Ontario. A lawyer in Manitoba, he sat (1888–96) in the provincial legislature and then served (1896–191...