(Encyclopedia) Marly-le-RoiMarly-le-Roimärlēˈ-lə-rwä [key], town (1990 pop. 16,775), Yvelines dept., N France, on the Seine River near Versailles. Nearby is the hamlet of Marly-la-Machine, where in…
(Encyclopedia) Le Duc ThoLe Duc Tholā d&oomacr;c tō [key], pseud. of Phan Dinh KhaiLe Duc Thofän dĭn kī [key], 1911–90, Vietnamese political leader. A Vietnamese nationalist and one of the…
(Encyclopedia) Le Gallienne, Richard, 1866–1947, English man of letters. As literary critic and contributor to the Yellow Book, he was associated with the fin-de-siècle aesthetes of the 1890s before…
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(Encyclopedia) Le Pen, Jean-MarieLe Pen, Jean-Mariezhŏnˌ-märēˈ lə pĕn, pŏN [key], 1928–, French politician. He graduated from law school, was elected (1956) a parliamentary deputy, and criticized…
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(Encyclopedia) le Carré, Johnle Carré, Johnlə kärāˈ [key], pseud. of David John Moore Cornwell, 1931–2020, English novelist. He was a tutor at Eton College (1956–58), and subsequently worked for the…
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