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Ralph Fiennes

actorBorn: 12/22/1962Birthplace: Suffolk, England Handsome British leading man who burst onto the American scene as the evil concentration camp commander Amon Goeth in Steven Spielberg's Schindler…

Twelve Original Stocks

The Question: What were the 12 orginal stocks that made up the Dow Jones Industrial Average? The Answer: The 12 stocks that made up the original Dow Jones Industrial Average in 1896 were…

Novoselov, Sir Konstantin Sergeevich

(Encyclopedia) Novoselov, Sir Konstantin Sergeevich, 1974–, Russian-British physicist, Ph.D. Univ. of Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2004. He has been a research associate at the Univ. of Manchester, England…

Artevelde, Jacob van

(Encyclopedia) Artevelde, Jacob vanArtevelde, Jacob vanyäˈkôp vän ärˈtəvĕldə [key], c.1290–1345, Flemish statesman, of a wealthy family of Ghent. In 1337 the Flemish cloth industry underwent a severe…

Bánzer Suárez, Hugo

(Encyclopedia) Bánzer Suárez, HugoBánzer Suárez, Hugo&oomacr;ˈgō bänˈsĕr swäˈrĕs [key], 1926–2002, Bolivian military and political leader, president of Bolivia (1971–78; 1997–2001). Educated at…

Beatty, Ned Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Beatty, Ned Thomas, 1937-2021, American television and film actor, b. Louisville, Ky. Beatty began his career in regional theater,…

Thásos

(Encyclopedia) ThásosThásosthāˈsŏs [key], island (1991 pop. 13,527), c.170 sq mi (440 sq km), NE Greece, in the Aegean Sea. Timber, olive oil, honey, wine, and lead-zinc ores are its chief products;…

Riel, Louis

(Encyclopedia) Riel, LouisRiel, Louislwē rēĕlˈ [key], 1844–85, Canadian insurgent, leader of two rebellions, b. Manitoba, of French and Métis parentage. In 1869–70 he led the rebels of the Red River…

Gneisenau, August, Graf Neithardt von

(Encyclopedia) Gneisenau, August, Graf Neithardt vonGneisenau, August, Graf Neithardt vonouˈg&oobreve;st gräf nītˈhärt fən gənīˈzənou [key], 1760–1831, Prussian field marshal. In the Napoleonic…

Goslar

(Encyclopedia) Goslar Goslar gôsˈlär [key], city, Lower Saxony, central Germany, at the northern foot of the…