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(Encyclopedia) Sue, EugèneSue, Eugèneözhĕnˈ sü [key], 1804–57, French novelist, whose name was originally Marie-Joseph Sue. A surgeon in the French navy, he went into exile when Napoleon III came to…
(Encyclopedia) Friml, Rudolf (Charles Rudolf Friml)Friml, Rudolffrĭmˈəl [key], 1879–1972, American composer, b. Prague. Friml lived in the United States after 1906. The best-known of his 33 light…
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