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Marianao

(Encyclopedia) MarianaoMarianaomäryänäˈō [key], municipality (1982 est. pop. 130,000), Ciudad de La Habana prov., W Cuba, a commercial and residential suburb of Havana. Marianao encloses the military…

MacArthur, Arthur

(Encyclopedia) MacArthur, Arthur, 1845–1912, American army officer, b. Springfield, Mass.; father of Douglas MacArthur. Raised in Wisconsin, he served with the 24th Wisconsin Volunteers in the Civil…

Dodds, Harold Willis

(Encyclopedia) Dodds, Harold Willis, 1889–1980, American educator, b. Utica, Pa., grad. Grove City College, 1909, M.A. Princeton, 1914, Ph.D. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1917. He taught economics and…

Moret y Prendergast, Segismundo

(Encyclopedia) Moret y Prendergast, SegismundoMoret y Prendergast, Segismundosāhēsm&oomacr;nˈdō mōrāˈ ē prāndārgästˈ [key], 1838–1913, Spanish statesman. In 1863 he was elected to the Cortes, and…

Smith, Dave

(Encyclopedia) Smith, Dave, 1942–, American poet, b. Portsmouth, Va. His early poetry established him as a sensitive observer of human behavior. His verse is often rooted in his native South and has…

Gómez y Báez, Máximo

(Encyclopedia) Gómez y Báez, MáximoGómez y Báez, Máximomäkˈsēmō [key]Gómez y Báez, Máximo gōˈmāth [key]Gómez y Báez, Máximoē bäˈās [key], 1836–1905, Cuban revolutionary, b. Dominican Republic. He…

Magoon, Charles Edward

(Encyclopedia) Magoon, Charles EdwardMagoon, Charles Edwardməg&oomacr;nˈ [key], 1861–1920, American administrator, b. Steele co., Minn. As an attorney (1899–1904) for the Bureau of Insular…

Finlay, Carlos Juan

(Encyclopedia) Finlay, Carlos JuanFinlay, Carlos Juankärˈlōs hwän fēnlī [key], or Charles John FinlayFinlay, Carlos Juanfĭnˈlē [key], 1833–1915, Cuban physician of Scottish and French descent;…

Machado, Gerardo

(Encyclopedia) Machado, GerardoMachado, Gerardogārärˈᵺō [key]Machado, Gerardo mächäˈᵺō [key], 1871–1939, president of Cuba (1925–33). A businessman turned presidential candidate in 1924, he channeled…