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Group of Seventy Seven
(Encyclopedia) Group of Seventy Seven (G77), international organization, established in 1967 to promote economic cooperation and greater influence in world affairs among developing countries.…Vidal, Peire
(Encyclopedia) Vidal, PeireVidal, Peirepĕr vēdälˈ [key], fl. 1180–1206, Provençal troubadour, b. Toulouse. He spent much of his career in S France and traveled widely in Italy, Cyprus, Hungary, Spain…Staël, Nicholas de
(Encyclopedia) Staël, Nicholas deStaël, Nicholas denēkôläˈ də stäl [key], 1914–55, French painter, b. St. Petersburg, Russia. Reared in Brussels, he traveled extensively before settling in France in…Cavedone, Giacomo
(Encyclopedia) Cavedone, GiacomoCavedone, Giacomojäˈkōmō kävādôˈnā [key], 1577–1660, Italian painter, of the Bolognese school. He assisted Guido Reni in Rome, but his reputation as a master of color…Marino, Giambattista
(Encyclopedia) Marino, GiambattistaMarino, Giambattistajämˌbät-tēˈstä märēˈnō [key], 1569–1625, Italian poet. His florid, highly elaborated style, called Marinismo, which was akin to euphuism, was…Nieuwpoort
(Encyclopedia) Nieuwpoort or NieuportNieuportboth: nēˈ&oobreve;pôrt [key], town (1991 pop. 9,572), West Flanders prov., W Belgium, on the North Sea at the mouth of the Yser River. It is a fishing…Hell Gate
(Encyclopedia) Hell Gate, narrow channel of the East River, SE N.Y., between Wards Island and Astoria, Queens, New York City. Named Hellegat by the Dutch navigator Adriaen Block, who passed through…Keyser, Thomas de
(Encyclopedia) Keyser, Thomas deKeyser, Thomas dedə kīˈzər [key], c.1596–1667, Dutch portrait and figure painter of Amsterdam. He was the outstanding practitioner in his field prior to Rembrandt. De…Kölcsey, Ferenc
(Encyclopedia) Kölcsey, FerencKölcsey, Ferencfĕˈrĕnts kölˈchĕĭ [key], 1790–1838, Hungarian writer and orator. A student of the Enlightenment, he aided his friend Krasiński in a reform of the…McClintock, John
(Encyclopedia) McClintock, John, 1814–70, American Methodist Episcopal clergyman and educator, b. Philadelphia. From 1836 to 1848 he taught at Dickinson College, resigning to edit (1848–56) the…Trending
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