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Moro, Aldo
(Encyclopedia)Moro, Aldo äl´d mô´r [key], 1916–78, Italian political leader. A lawyer, he entered national politics in 1946, when he was elected to the constituent assembly as a member of the Christian De...Moro, Antonio
(Encyclopedia)Moro, Antonio änt´ny mô´r [key], c.1519–c.1575, Flemish portrait painter, known as Antonis Mor or Moor and as Sir Anthony More. He studied with Jan van Scorel. In 1547 he was a free master...Rossi, Aldo
(Encyclopedia)Rossi, Aldo äl´d rôs´s [key], 1931–97, Italian architectb. Milan; grad. Milan Polytechnic (1959). He began working for the design magazine Casabella-Continuità in 1954 and became its editor...Leopold, Aldo
(Encyclopedia)Leopold, Aldo, 1886–1948, American ecologist, b. Burlington, Iowa. He was an advocate for a land ethic, in which humans see themselves as part of a natural community. After work in the U.S. Forest S...Castellani, Sir Aldo
(Encyclopedia)Castellani, Sir Aldo äl´d kästlä´n [key], 1877–1971, British-Italian bacteriologist, b. Florence, Italy. He demonstrated the cause and mode of transmission of sleeping sickness (with Si...Moor, Antonis
(Encyclopedia)Moor, Antonis: see Moro, Antonio.Mor, Antonis
(Encyclopedia)Mor, Antonis: see Moro, Antonio.More, Sir Anthony
(Encyclopedia)More, Sir Anthony: see Moro, Antonio.Zamboanga
(Encyclopedia)Zamboanga smbäng´gä [key], city (1990 pop. 442,345), Zamboanga del Sur prov., SW Mindanao, the Philippines, at the tip of the Zamboanga peninsula, on Basilan Strait. One of the chief cities o...Cotabato
(Encyclopedia)Cotabato ktäbä´t [key], city (1990 pop. 127,065), Maguindanao prov., W Mindanao, the Philippines, near the mouth of the Mindanao River on Moro Gulf. It has long been a Muslim center. Its port s...Browse by Subject
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