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Luria, Salvador Edward

(Encyclopedia)Luria, Salvador Edward, 1912–1991, American physician, b. Turin, Italy, M.D., Univ. of Turin, 1935. He conducted research and taught at the Institute of Radium in Paris (1938–40), Columbia (1940�...

Sánchez Cerén, Salvador

(Encyclopedia)Sánchez Cerén, Salvador sĕrēnˈ [key], 1944–, Salvadoran rebel and political leader. After attending Alberto Masferrer Salvadoran Univ. (grad. 1963), he became a teacher and was active in the t...

Ávila

(Encyclopedia)Ávila äˈvēlä [key], town, capital of Ávila prov., central Spain, on the upper Adaja River. It attracts many tourists. One of the great religious centers of Spain, Á...

island

(Encyclopedia)island, relatively small body of land surrounded entirely by water. (As the oceans form a continuous mass of water on the earth's surface, all continents are islands in the strict sense of the word.) ...

Albemarle, island, Ecuador

(Encyclopedia)Albemarle, island, Ecuador: see Galápagos Islands. ...

Ezel, island, Estonia

(Encyclopedia)Ezel: see Saaremaa, Estonia.

Ithaca, island, Greece

(Encyclopedia)Ithaca, Greece: see Itháki.

Isabela, island, Ecuador

(Encyclopedia)Isabela, island, Ecuador: see Galápagos Islands. ...

Hydra, island, Greece

(Encyclopedia)Hydra, Greece: see Ídhra.

Flores, island, Azores

(Encyclopedia)Flores flôˈrĭz, Port. flôˈrəsh [key], island , 58 sq mi (150 sq km), Horta dist...