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(sy ´rä m r ´nä) (KEY) , mountain range, SW Spain, extending c.375 mi (600 km) eastward along the southern edge of the Meseta (central plateau) fr...
(Marvin Neil Simon), 1927–, American playwright, b. New York City. His plays, nearly all of them popular, if not always critical successes, are come...
( güst N´ päzh ´) (KEY) , 1730–1809, French sculptor. He won the Prix de Rome at the age of 18 and began a long career of royal commissions. He ...
or Pheidias (both: f d´ s) (KEY) , c.500–c.432 B.C., Greek sculptor, one of the greatest sculptors of ancient Greece. No original in existence can...
(v l´h lms p r´v ts) (KEY) , 1872–1945, Latvian landscape painter. He was director of the Latvian Academy of Art at Riga and was director of the c...
(n ´tr t) (KEY) , chemical compound, AgNO3, a colorless crystalline material that is very soluble in water. The most important compound of silver, it...