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51saki — saki1 /sak ee, sah kee/, n. any of several monkeys of the genus Pithecia, of tropical South America, having a golden brown to black, thick, shaggy coat and a long, bushy, nonprehensile tail. [1765 75; < F < Tupi sagui] saki2 /sah kee/, n. sake2.… …
52Saki — /sah kee/, n. pen name of H. H. Munro. * * * orig. H(ector) H(ugh) Munro born Dec. 18, 1870, Akyab, Burma died Nov. 14, 1916, near Beaumont Hamel, France Scottish writer. A journalist early in his career, he wrote political satires and worked as… …
53Alea, Tomás Gutiérrez — born Dec. 11, 1928, Havana, Cuba died April 16, 1996, Havana Cuban film director. After earning a law degree in Cuba, he studied filmmaking in Rome (1951–53). A supporter of Fidel Castro, he helped develop Cuba s film industry after 1959 and made …
54Tolstoy, Leo — Russian Lev Nikolayevich, Count Tolstoy born Sept. 9, 1828, Yasnaya Polyana, Tula province, Russian Empire died Nov. 20, 1910, Astapovo, Ryazan province Russian writer, one of the world s greatest novelists. The scion of prominent aristocrats,… …
55Keane, Molly — ▪ 1997 (MARY NESTA SKRINE; M.J. FARRELL ), Anglo Irish writer (b. July 4, 1904, Ballyrankin, County Kildare, Ire. d. April 22, 1996, Ardmore, County Waterford, Ire.), enjoyed two distinct literary careers. Born into the Anglo Irish gentry,… …
56arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… …
57Berlanga, Luis G. — (1921 ) Among the key Spanish auteurs, Luis G. Berlanga s greatness as an artist and his place in Spanish cinema are the hardest to convey to foreign audiences. Some specialists have claimed his sense of humor is too Spanish, his world too …
58mock — I (deride) verb chaff, dericiere, disparage, fleer, flout, gibe, heckle, hold in derision, hold up to ridicule, hoot, inridere, insult, jeer, joke about, lampoon, laugh at, ludibrio, make a butt of, make a fool of, make fun of, poke fun at, rag,… …
59Berlanga, Luis G. — (1921 ) Among the key Spanish auteurs, Luis G. Berlanga s greatness as an artist and his place in Spanish cinema are the hardest to convey to foreign audiences. Some specialists have claimed his sense of humor is too Spanish, his world too …
60Ointment Seller, The — (Unguentarius, Mastiˇckáˇr) (ca. 1340) The 14th century Czech Latin play known as Mastiˇckáˇr, or The Ointment Seller, is an Easter mystery play concerned with the visit of the three Marys to a seller of balms and spices, from whom they… …
