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Lusiads, The

(Encyclopedia)Lusiads, The: see Camões, Luís de. ...

Law, the

(Encyclopedia)Law, the, in Judaism: see Torah.

Naze, the

(Encyclopedia)Naze, the, cape: see Lindesnes, Norway. ...

Y, the

(Encyclopedia)Y, the: see Young Men's Christian Association. ...

Web, the

(Encyclopedia)Web, the: see World Wide Web.

Narrows, the

(Encyclopedia)Narrows, the, strait: see New York Bay. ...

Sound, the

(Encyclopedia)Sound, the: see Øresund, Denmark and Sweden. ...

Needles, the

(Encyclopedia)Needles, the, England: see Wight, Isle of. ...

Mendès-France, Pierre

(Encyclopedia)Mendès-France, Pierre pyĕr măNdĕsˈ-fräNs [key], 1907–82, French statesman. A lawyer and economist, he entered (1932) the chamber of deputies as a Radical Socialist. In World War II he was a pi...

Lion, The

(Encyclopedia)Lion, The, English name for Leo, a constellation. ...

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