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Ferrero, Guglielmo

(Encyclopedia) Ferrero, GuglielmoFerrero, Guglielmog&oomacr;lyĕlˈmō fār-rĕˈrō [key], 1871–1942, Italian man of letters and historian. With his father-in-law, the criminologist Cesare Lombroso, he…

Jouvenel, Henry de

(Encyclopedia) Jouvenel, Henry deJouvenel, Henry deäNrēˈ də zh&oomacr;vənĕlˈ [key], 1876–1935, French statesman and journalist. Although from an early age influential in politics, he refused to…

Orizaba, city, Mexico

(Encyclopedia) OrizabaOrizabaōrēsäˈbä [key], city (1990 pop. 114,216), Veracruz state, E central Mexico. It is the commercial center of a prosperous bean and sugar growing region. The development of…

Berruguete, Alonso

(Encyclopedia) Berruguete, AlonsoBerruguete, Alonsoälōnˈsō bĕr–r&oomacr;gāˈtā [key], c.1480–1561, Spanish mannerist sculptor. Probably the first in Spain to break away from the High Renaissance…

Black Shirts

(Encyclopedia) Black Shirts, colloquial term originally used to refer to the members of the Fasci di combattimento, units of the Fascist organization founded in Italy in Mar., 1919, by Benito…

Sturzo, Luigi

(Encyclopedia) Sturzo, LuigiSturzo, Luigil&oomacr;ēˈjē st&oomacr;rˈtsō [key], 1871–1959, Italian priest and political leader. He taught philosophy and sociology at a seminary in his native…

Queen Charlotte Islands

(Encyclopedia) Queen Charlotte Islands, archipelago of several large and many small islands, off the coast of W British Columbia, Canada. The main islands are Graham and Moresby. Masset on Graham…

Espejo, Antonio de

(Encyclopedia) Espejo, Antonio deEspejo, Antonio deäntōˈnyō ᵺā āspāˈhō [key], fl. 1582–83, Spanish explorer. In 1582 he was sent out from San Bartolomé, Mexico, to rescue missionaries said to be…

Crespi, Juan

(Encyclopedia) Crespi, JuanCrespi, Juanhwän [key]Crespi, Juan krāsˈpē [key], 1721–82, Spanish explorer in the Southwest, a Franciscan. He came to America in 1749, and in 1767 he went to the peninsula…

corporative state

(Encyclopedia) corporative state, economic system inaugurated by the Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini in Italy. It was adapted in modified form under other European dictatorships, among them Adolf…