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Spontini, Gaspare

(Encyclopedia)Spontini, Gaspare gäsˈpärā spōntēˈnē [key], 1774–1851, Italian opera composer. Spontini studied music in Naples. He went to Paris in 1803, was soon backed by the Empress Josephine, won a pri...

Benavente y Martínez, Jacinto

(Encyclopedia)Benavente y Martínez, Jacinto häthēnˈtō bāˌnävānˈtā ē märtēˈnĕth [key], 1866–1954, Spanish dramatist, b. Madrid. He was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Literature. His best-known pla...

Boisguilbert, Pierre le Pesant, sieur de

(Encyclopedia)Boisguilbert, Pierre le Pesant, sieur de pyĕr lə pəzäNˈ syör də bwägēlbĕrˈ [key], 1646–1714, French economist. A local official of Rouen after 1689, he proposed a radical alteration of th...

Murray Bay

(Encyclopedia)Murray Bay, Canada: see La Malbaie. ...

labor union

(Encyclopedia)labor union: see union, labor.

trade union

(Encyclopedia)trade union: see union, labor.

Punta Gallinas

(Encyclopedia)Punta Gallinas, Colombia: see La Guajira. ...

Bagotville

(Encyclopedia)Bagotville: see La Baie, Que., Canada. ...

Ramón

(Encyclopedia)Ramón: see Gómez de la Serna, Ramón. ...

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