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Pérez Esquivel, Adolpho

(Encyclopedia) Pérez Esquivel, Adolpho, 1931–, Argentine sculptor, architect, and humanitarian. A professor at the Argentine National School of Fine Arts, he resigned (1974) to become head of Peace…

Connecticut, University of

(Encyclopedia) Connecticut, University of, mainly at Storrs; coeducational; land grant and state supported; chartered and opened 1881 as Storrs Agricultural School. It became a college in 1893 and a…

Albertinelli, Mariotto

(Encyclopedia) Albertinelli, MariottoAlbertinelli, Mariottomäryôtˈtō älbārtēnĕlˈlē [key], 1474–1515, Italian painter. A product of the Florentine school of the High Renaissance, Albertinelli was…

Temple, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Temple, city (1990 pop. 46,109), Bell co., central Tex.; inc. 1882. In a rich blackland region, Temple has grain and textile mills, railroad shops, and plants that make computer…

York University

(Encyclopedia) York University, at North York, Ont., Canada; nondenominational; coeducational; founded 1959 as an affiliate of the Univ. of Toronto, became independent 1965. It has faculties of…

Batley

(Encyclopedia) Batley, town, Kirklees metropolitan district, N central England. Heavy woolens, shoddy, and other textiles are the chief manufactures;…

Battle

(Encyclopedia) Battle, town, East Sussex, SE England. The town grew up on the site (then a moorland) of the battle of Hastings (1066). The victorious William the Conqueror built Battle Abbey to…

Stevens, Henry

(Encyclopedia) Stevens, Henry, 1819–86, American bookdealer and bibliographer, b. Barnet, Vt. After attending college and law school, Stevens went to Europe as agent for several important libraries…

Menger, Carl

(Encyclopedia) Menger, CarlMenger, Carlkärl mĕngˈər [key], 1840–1921, Austrian economist, a founder of the Austrian school of economics. He was professor of economics at the Univ. of Vienna from 1873…

mainstreaming

(Encyclopedia) mainstreaming, in education, practice of teaching handicapped children in regular classrooms with nonhandicapped children to the fullest extent possible; such children may have…