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(p l-l gr ´n t bäl´d ) (KEY) , 1527–96, Italian baroque painter and architect, whose real name was Pellegrino di Tibaldo de’ Pellegrini. He st...
(t b´ t) (KEY) , 1896–1960, American baritone, b. Bakersfield, Calif. He made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1923. After a successful...
(t s´l ) (KEY) , 1856–1943, American electrician and inventor, b. Croatia (then an Austrian province). He emigrated to the United States in 1884, w...
1785–1872, American soldier and educator, b. Braintree, Mass., grad. Dartmouth, 1807, and West Point, 1808. During the War of 1812 he served as an e...
(th r´ , th r ´) (KEY) , 1938–, American economist, b. Livingston, Mont.; grad. Williams College, 1960; M.A. Oxford, 1962; Ph.D. Harvard, 1964. Pr...
large public square in Beijing, China, on the southern edge of the Inner or Tatar City. The square, named for its Gate of Heavenly Peace (Tiananmen), ...