(3 syl.); Italian Lazzaro, plu. Lazzaroni. The mob. Originally applied to all those people of Naples who lived in the streets, not having any habitation of their own. So called from the…
Raymond Kurzweil, 1948–, KURZWEIL READING MACHINE. When entrepreneur Kurzweil introduced the Kurzweil Reading Machine in 1976, it was hailed as the most important advance in reading for the…
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Argentina
Juan Facundo Quiroga, Argentine caudillo (1790–1835)
Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, Argentine general, supreme director of the United Provinces of La Plata (1816–19)
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(Encyclopedia) La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur deLa Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur derōbĕrˈ kävəlyāˈ syör də lä sälˈ [key], 1643–87, French explorer in North America, one of the most celebrated…
(Encyclopedia) American Ballet Theatre (ABT), one of the foremost international dance companies of the 20th and 21st cents. It was founded in 1937 as the Mordkin Ballet and reorganized as the Ballet…
