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Durango, city, Mexico

(Encyclopedia) Durango Durango d&oomacr;rängˈgō [key] or Victoria de Durango Victoria…

Guzmán, Martín Luis

(Encyclopedia) Guzmán, Martín LuisGuzmán, Martín Luismärtēnˈ l&oomacr;ēsˈ g&oomacr;smänˈ [key], 1887–1977, Mexican novelist and journalist. Guzmán worked as a journalist during the Mexican…

Penitentes

(Encyclopedia) PenitentesPenitentespĕnĭtĕnˈtēz [key], secret lay order in the U.S. Southwest, particularly New Mexico, noted for flagellating rites during Holy Week. It arose from the third order of…

Women Adventurers

  Louise Arner Boyd Quiz: Women Adventurers Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators…

Richard John (Rick) SANTORUM, Congress, PA (1958)

Senate Years of Service: 1995-2007Party: RepublicanSANTORUM, Richard John (Rick), a Representative and a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Winchester, Frederick County, Va., May 10, 1958; B.A…

academies of art

(Encyclopedia) academies of art, official organizations of established artists. Lorenzo de' Medici's informal circle of great artists and thinkers was modeled on similar groups formed in classical…

Santiago de los Caballeros

(Encyclopedia) Santiago de los CaballerosSantiago de los Caballerossäntyäˈgō [key]Santiago de los Caballerosdā lōs käbäyāˈrōs [key], city (1993 pop. 364,859), N Dominican Republic, on the Yaque del…