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Industrial Workers of the World

(Encyclopedia) Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), revolutionary industrial union organized in Chicago in 1905 by delegates from the Western Federation of Mines, which formed the nucleus of the…

Mancini, Laura, duchesse de Mercœur

(Encyclopedia) Mancini, Laura, duchesse de MercœurMancini, Laura, duchesse de Mercœurlouˈrä mänchēˈnē düshĕsˈ də mĕrcûrˈ [key], 1636–57, eldest of five famous sisters, nieces of Cardinal Mazarin, who…

Turin

(Encyclopedia) TurinTurint&oobreve;rˈĭn, ty&oobreve;rˈ–, ty&oobreve;rĭnˈ [key], Ital. Torino, city (1991 pop. 962,507), capital of Piedmont and of Turin prov., NW Italy, at the confluence…

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich

(Encyclopedia) Tchaikovsky, Peter IlyichTchaikovsky, Peter Ilyichĭlyēchˈ chīkôfˈskē [key], 1840–93, Russian composer, b. Kamsko-Votkinsk. Variant transliterations of his name include Tschaikovsky and…

oratory

(Encyclopedia) oratory, the art of swaying an audience by eloquent speech. In ancient Greece and Rome oratory was included under the term rhetoric, which meant the art of composing as well as…