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(j vän´n s gänt ´n ) (KEY) , 1858–99, Italian painter, b. in the Tyrol. A herder in his youth, he is known for his portrayal of Alpine peasant ...
advertising medium in which aircraft spell out trade names and sales slogans in the sky by means of the controlled emission of thick smoke. The techni...
(s k´ z m) (KEY) , religion centered in the Indian state of Punjab, numbering worldwide some 19 million. Some 300,000 Sikhs live in Britain, and ther...
1904–90, American psychologist, b. Susquehanna, Pa. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1931, and remained there as an instructor until 1936, when...
(s lv r´ s) (KEY) , d. 537, pope (536–37), an Italian; successor of St. Agapetus I. The son of Pope Hormisdas, who had been married before taking ...
(sm g) (KEY) [smoke+fog], dense, visible air pollution. Smog is commonly of two types. The gray smog of older industrial cities like London and New Y...