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Colombey-les-deux-Églises

(Encyclopedia) Colombey-les-deux-Églises Colombey-les-deux-Églises kôlôNbāˈ-lā-döz-āglēzˈ [key], town, Haute-Marne…

Cherubini, Luigi

(Encyclopedia) Cherubini, LuigiCherubini, Luigilwēˈjē kār&oomacr;bēˈnē [key], 1760–1842, Italian composer, who lived in Paris after 1788. Before he was 16 he wrote masses and other sacred works;…

Triolet, Elsa

(Encyclopedia) Triolet, Elsa (Elsa Blick)Triolet, Elsaĕlsäˈ trēôlĕˈ [key], c.1896–1970, Russian-French author, b. Moscow. In 1928 she married the French writer Louis Aragon. Her novels often combine…

Goncourt, Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de

(Encyclopedia) Goncourt, Edmond Louis Antoine Huot deGoncourt, Edmond Louis Antoine Huot deĕdmôNˈ lwē äNtwänˈ üōˈ də gôNk&oomacr;rˈ [key], 1822–96, and Jules Alfred Huot de GoncourtGoncourt,…

Deux-Sèvres

(Encyclopedia) Deux-Sèvres Deux-Sèvres dö-sĕvˈrə [key], department, W France, largely in Poitou. Niort is the capital.

Poitou

(Encyclopedia) PoitouPoitoupwät&oomacr;ˈ [key], region and former province, W France, stretching from the Atlantic coast eastward beyond the Vienne River. The former province encompassed three…

Brown, Les

band leaderBirthplace: Reinerton, Pa.Born: 1912Died: 2001

Les Misérables

Director:Bille AugustWriter:Rafael YglesiasDirector of Photography:Jorgen PerssonEditor:Janus Billeskov-JansenMusic:Basil PoledourisProduction Designer:Anna AspProducers:Sarah Radclyffe and…

Les Paul

Name at birth: Lester William PolsfussLes Paul is the musician and inventor generally credited with inventing the solid-body electric guitar. A harmonica and guitar player from an early age, Paul…

Brewer's: Oreilles

Sir W. Scott (Waverley, x.) speaks of vinum primce notce thus: “Ccst des deux oreilles,” that is, it is strong and induces sleep. It makes one “Dormir sur les deux oreilles.” Littré,…