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(lw äNtwän´ d b g Nv l´) (KEY) , 1729–1811, French navigator. He accompanied Montcalm to Canada as aide-de-camp, and he later (c.1764) establi...
(th ´m s) (KEY) , mass of glandular tissue located in the neck or chest of most vertebrate animals. In humans, the thymus is a soft, flattened, pinki...
have been almost entirely religious in character (see Tibetan Buddhism). The art of Tibetan Lamaism retains strong elements drawn from the forms of bo...
(g s´täf shmôl´ r) (KEY) , 1838–1917, German economist. He was the leader of the younger school of German historical economists, who tried to in...
(kr st ´bäl bäl nthyä´gä) (KEY) , 1895–1972, French fashion designer. He established houses of couture in Spain and in Paris (1937–68) and q...
1907–95, British economist, studied at Oxford and Cambridge. Strongly influenced by John Maynard Keynes, Meade worked at the League of Nations (1937...