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Hedy Lamarr

(Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler)actressBorn: 11/9/1913Birthplace: Vienna, Austria Austrian-born film actress in the thirties and forties who won notoriety by appearing nude in the Czech film Extase (1932…

Maximilian Schell

actor, director, producer, screenwriterBorn: 12/8/1930Birthplace: Vienna, Austria Schell made his U.S. screen debut in 1958 and won an Oscar in 1961 for his role as the defense attorney in Judgment…

Busto Arsizio

(Encyclopedia) Busto Arsizio Busto Arsizio b&oomacr;ˈstō ärsēˈtsyō [key], city,…

Henri

(Encyclopedia) Henri, 1955–, grand duke of Luxembourg (2000–), the oldest son of Jean, grand duke of Luxembourg, and Joséphine Charlotte, princess of Belgium. In 1981 Henri married María Teresa…

Andújar

(Encyclopedia) Andújar Andújar änd&oomacr;ˈhär [key], city, Jaén prov., S Spain, in Andalusia, on the Guadalquivir River. Its pottery and its water-cooling jars made of…

Caltanissetta

(Encyclopedia) Caltanissetta Caltanissetta kälˌtänēs-sĕtˈtä [key], city, capital of Caltanissetta prov., central…

pragmatic sanction

(Encyclopedia) pragmatic sanction, decision of state dealing with a matter of great importance to a community or a whole state and having the force of fundamental law. The term originated in Roman…

Samuel GEJDENSON, Congress, CT (1948)

GEJDENSON, Samuel, a Representative from Connecticut; born in Eschwege, Germany, in an American displaced persons camp, May 20, 1948; A.S., Mitchell Junior College, New London, 1968; B.A.,…

Sonia Manzano

actressBorn: 1950Birthplace: Bronx, N.Y. The daughter of Puerto Rican parents, Manzano attended the High School of the Performing Arts in New York City and received a scholarship to attend Carnegie…