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  • 41Eugenio Curiel — (December 11, 1912, Trieste February 24, 1945, Milan) was an Italian physicist and a prominent figure of the Italian resistance movement. He was awarded posthumously the Gold medal for military valour. Life Eugenio Curiel was the first of four… …

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  • 42Henry Liverseege — (4 September 1802 13 January 1832) British ArtistEarly LifeHenry Liverseege was born in Manchester (England), the son of Edmund Liverseege, a joiner. He was a weakly child who suffered from asthma and following his death in 1832 it was discovered …

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  • 43Silvina Bullrich — (born 4 October, 1915, in Buenos Aires, Argentina; died 2 July, 1990, in Geneva, Switzerland) was a best selling Argentine novelist, as well as an accomplished journalist, translator and screenwriter.Life and workSilvina Bullrich was born to… …

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  • 44Andrea del Sarto — /ahn dray euh del sahr toh/; It. /ahn drdde ah del sahrdd taw/ 1. (Andrea Domenico d Annolo di Francesco) 1486 1531, Italian painter. 2. (italics) a dramatic monologue (1855) by Robert Browning. * * * orig. Andrea d Agnolo born July 16, 1486,… …

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  • 45Romania — /roh may nee euh, mayn yeuh/, n. a republic in SE Europe, bordering on the Black Sea. 21,399,114; 91,699 sq. mi. (237,500 sq. km). Cap.: Bucharest. Romanian, România /rddaw mu nyah/. * * * Romania Introduction Romania Background: Soviet… …

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  • 46România — /rddaw mu nyah/; Eng. /roh may nee euh, mayn yeuh/, n. Romanian name of ROMANIA. * * * Romania Introduction Romania Background: Soviet occupation following World War II led to the formation of a Communist peoples republic in 1947 and the… …

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  • 47Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista — or Giambattista Tiepolo born March 5, 1696, Venice died March 27, 1770, Madrid Italian painter and etcher. In the 1730s and 40s the Venetian clergy and nobility vied for his works. In 1750 he went to Würzburg with his sons and collaborators,… …

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  • 48Buckley, William Frank, Jr. — ▪ 2009       American editor, commentator, and writer born Nov. 24, 1925, New York, N.Y. died Feb. 27, 2008, Stamford, Conn. became an important intellectual influence in politics as the founder (1955) and editor in chief of the journal National… …

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  • 49Borodin, Aleksandr — ▪ Russian composer and scientist in full  Aleksandr Porfiryevich Borodin  born Oct. 31 [Nov. 12, New Style], 1833, St. Petersburg, Russia died Feb. 15 [Feb. 27], 1887, St. Petersburg  major Russian nationalist composer of the 19th century. He was …

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  • 50Buckley, William F., Jr. — ▪ American editor in full  William Frank Buckley, Jr.  born Nov. 24, 1925, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Feb. 27, 2008, Stamford, Conn.       versatile American editor, author, and conservative gadfly who became an important intellectual influence in …

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