African religions: Mythology: For the Ndembu of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, by contrast, twins represent an excess of fertility more characteristic of the animal world than the human, and rituals are undertaken to protect the community from this anomalous condition.

Henryk Dembiński was a Polish soldier and revolutionary leader. Dembiński was the chief military commander in the Polish revolt of 1830–31, and he served as commander in chief of the Hungarian army during the Hungarian revolution of 1848–49. Dembiński was a student at the Vienna Academy of

Henryk Dembiński was a Polish soldier and revolutionary leader. Dembiński was the chief military commander in the Polish revolt of 1830–31, and he served as commander in chief of the Hungarian army during the Hungarian revolution of 1848–49. Dembiński was a student at the Vienna Academy of

deme, in biology, a population of organisms within which the exchange of genes is completely random; i.e., all mating combinations between individuals of opposite sexes have the same probability of occurrence. The deme usually is not a closed population but contributes individuals to neighbouring

deme, in ancient Greece, country district or village, as distinct from a polis, or city-state. Dēmos also meant the common people (like the Latin plebs). In Cleisthenes’ democratic reform at Athens (508/507 bce), the demes of Attica (the area around Athens) were given status in local and state

Franz von Suppé was an Austrian composer of light operas. He greatly influenced the development of Austrian and German light music up to the middle of the 20th century. Suppé conducted at the Theater an der Wien, the Josephstadt, and other theatres in Vienna. His most successful comic operas were

dementia, general term for any of a number of conditions marked by chronic, usually progressive deterioration of intellectual capacity associated with the widespread loss of nerve cells and the shrinkage of brain tissue. People with dementia experience impairments in memory and learning, executive

Francis Ford Coppola: Early years: …bankroll his first directorial effort, Dementia 13 (1963), a gory horror film based on a script that Coppola had hastily written.

childhood disintegrative disorder (CDD), a rare neurobiological disorder characterized by the deterioration of language and social skills and by the loss of intellectual functioning following normal development throughout at least the initial two years of life. The disorder was first described in

paresis, psychosis caused by widespread destruction of brain tissue occurring in some cases of late syphilis. Mental changes include gradual deterioration of personality, impaired concentration and judgment, delusions, loss of memory, disorientation, and apathy or violent rages. Convulsions are n

schizophrenia, any of a group of severe mental disorders that have in common symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, blunted emotions, disordered thinking, and a withdrawal from reality. Persons affected by schizophrenia display a wide array of symptoms. In the past, depending on the specific

Eugen Bleuler: …oder Gruppe der Schizophrenien (1911; Dementia Praecox; or, The Group of Schizophrenias). He argued in this monograph that dementia praecox was not a single disease, was not invariably incurable, and did not always progress to full dementia. Each of these conclusions was at odds with the accepted wisdom of the…

Eugen Bleuler: …oder Gruppe der Schizophrenien (1911; Dementia Praecox; or, The Group of Schizophrenias). He argued in this monograph that dementia praecox was not a single disease, was not invariably incurable, and did not always progress to full dementia. Each of these conclusions was at odds with the accepted wisdom of the…

chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), degenerative brain disease typically associated with repetitive trauma to the head. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) originally was known as dementia pugilistica, a term introduced in the 1920s and ’30s to describe mental and motor deficits associated

dementia with Lewy bodies, chronic, progressive disease characterized by the deterioration of intellectual capacity, particularly attention and visual and spatial processing, associated with the widespread loss of neurons in certain regions of the brain. It is the second most common form of

mental disorder: Senile and presenile dementia: In these dementias there is a progressive intellectual impairment that proceeds to lethargy, inactivity, and gross physical deterioration and eventually to death within a few years. Presenile dementias are arbitrarily defined as those that begin in persons under age 65. In…

Guyana: Early history: …until 1814, when they purchased Demerara, Berbice, and Essequibo, which in 1831 were united as the colony of British Guiana.

Demerara River, river in eastern Guyana that rises in the forests of central Guyana and flows northward without important tributaries for 215 miles (346 km) to the Atlantic Ocean at Georgetown. Its narrow estuary and rapid flow keep clear a direct channel of 16–20 feet (5–6 meters) to the ocean.

meperidine, synthetic drug used in the treatment of moderate to severe pain. It is an opioid analgesic, and thus its effects on the body resemble those of opium or morphine, one of opium’s purified constituents. A common trade name for meperidine is Demerol. The drug acts principally on the central

Eupolis: In his last play, The Demes, written just after the disastrous Athenian expedition led by Alcibiades to Sicily (412 bc), he addressed himself with patriotic fervour to the problem of how the fortunes of Athens were to be restored. He died young, about 410 bc, probably on active service…

demesne, in English feudal law, that portion of a manor not granted to freehold tenants but either retained by the lord for his own use and occupation or occupied by his villeins or leasehold tenants. When villein tenure developed into the more secure copyhold and leaseholders became protected

Demeter, in Greek religion, daughter of the deities Cronus and Rhea, sister and consort of Zeus (the king of the gods), and goddess of agriculture. Her name indicates that she is a mother. Demeter is rarely mentioned by Homer, nor is she included among the Olympian gods, but the roots of her legend

The Spell, allegorical novel by Hermann Broch, published posthumously in 1953 as Der Versucher. It was the only completed volume of a projected trilogy to have been called Bergroman (“Mountain Novel”). The author wrote it in the mid-1930s and then, dissatisfied, completely rewrote it twice more; by

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Major literary work of Alfred, Lord Tennyson: …the same year he published Demeter and Other Poems, which contains the charming retrospective “To Mary Boyle,” “The Progress of Spring,” a fine lyric written much earlier and rediscovered, and “Merlin and the Gleam,” an allegorical summing-up of his poetic career. In 1892 his play The Foresters was successfully produced…

Western sculpture: Late Classical period (c. 400–323 bce): The Demeter of Cnidus (perhaps by the Athenian sculptor Leochares) is Classical in mood, but the features are Praxitelean, and, in the reliefs on the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (on which both Scopas and Leochares are said to have worked), the vigour of the battle scenes is…

Vólos: …newly founded Macedonian town of Demetrias to the north of it.

Gioachino Rossini: Early years: …composed his first opera seria—Demetrio e Polibio (1806; staged in 1812)—for the Mombelli, a family of singers. At 15 he had learned the violin, horn, and harpsichord and had often sung in public, even in the theatre, to earn some money.

Italian literature: The veristi and other narrative writers: …for his setting and in Demetrio Pianelli (1890) has painted a candid but essentially kindly portrait of the new Milanese urban middle class. Antonio Fogazzaro was akin to the veristi in his powers of observation and in his descriptions of minor characters; but he was strongly influenced by Manzoni, and…

Dimitrios was the 269th ecumenical patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox church. After studying at the French lycée in the Galata district of Istanbul, Dimitrios Papadopoulos entered the Holy Trinity School of Theology on the island of Heybeli in the Sea of Marmara. He was ordained a priest in 1942,

Demetrios of Alopeka was a Greek sculptor, said by ancient critics to have been notable for the lifelike realism of his statues. His style was contrasted with that of Cresilas, an idealizing sculptor of the generation before. Demetrios mainly produced portrait statues, and his portrait of

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: …father demands that she marry Demetrius. Hoping to win Demetrius’s favour, Helena tells him their whereabouts and follows him to the forest, where he goes in search of Hermia. The forest is also full of fairies who have come for the duke’s wedding. Oberon, the king of the fairies, quarrels…

Titus Quinctius Flamininus: …with the Senate to name Demetrius, Philip’s younger son, as his heir instead of his older son, Perseus. According to Polybius, Philip was shown a letter from Flamininus promising Demetrius the throne (though the Roman historian Livy expresses his belief that the letter was forged), and Philip reluctantly put Demetrius…

fable, parable, and allegory: Fable: …already receded into legend when Demetrius of Phaleron, a rhetorician, compiled an edition of Aesop’s fables in the 4th century bc. The poetic resources of the form developed slowly. A versified Latin collection made by Phaedrus, a freed slave in the house of the Roman emperor Augustus, included fables invented…

Western painting: Etruscan and Hellenistic Greek influences: Tradition states that Demetrius, an Alexandrian “place painter” (topographos), was working in Rome by 164 bc. The exact meaning of his title is problematic, but it could mean that he painted landscapes, later to become a favourite motif in the decoration of Roman houses. Some Alexandrian tombs of…

Demetrius was a king of Bactria who was the son and successor of Euthydemus. The historical evidence for Demetrius’ reign is slight and open to varying interpretations. According to some scholars, he ruled from about 190 to about 167, when he was killed by Eucratides, who then became king. Earlier,

St. Clement of Alexandria: Early life and career: Led by Demetrius, the bishop of Alexandria who was elevated to the episcopacy in 189, they taught a legalistic doctrine of salvation and preached that the Christian was saved by faith (pistis).

Titus Andronicus: …mutilated by Tamora’s sadistic sons Demetrius and Chiron, who cut off her hands and cut out her tongue so that she will be unable to testify against them. She nonetheless manages, by holding a stick in her mouth and guiding it with the stumps of her hands, to reveal the…

Demetrius Chalcondyles was a Renaissance teacher of Greek and of Platonic philosophy. In 1447 Demetrius went to Italy, where Cardinal Bessarion became his patron. He was made professor at Padua in 1463. In 1479 he was summoned by Lorenzo de’ Medici to Florence, but in 1492 he moved to Milan. He was

Demetrius I Poliorcetes was the king of Macedonia from 294 to 288 bc. Demetrius was the son of Alexander the Great’s general Antigonus I Monophthalmus, in whose campaigns he commanded with distinction and whose empire, based in Asia, he attempted to rebuild. Unsuccessful against Ptolemy I Soter,

Demetrius I Soter was the king of Syria from 162 to 150 bc. He was one of the line of rulers of the Seleucid dynasty, founded in 312 by a Macedonian successor of Alexander the Great. The son of King Seleucus IV Philopator (reigned 187 to 175), Demetrius was sent to Rome as a hostage during his

Demetrius II was the king of Macedonia from 239 to 229 bc. Demetrius gained distinction as a boy by defeating and dethroning Alexander of Epirus, thus saving Macedonia (c. 263). On his accession he was faced by an Aetolian and Achaean coalition, later joined by an Epirote League. Thus threatened,

Demetrius II Nicator was the king of Syria from 145 to 139 and from 129 to 125 bc. The son of King Demetrius I Soter, he went into exile when his father was killed fighting the usurper Alexander Balas in 150. Demetrius returned to Syria (147) with an army of Cretan mercenaries, deposed Balas in

Demetrios of Alopeka was a Greek sculptor, said by ancient critics to have been notable for the lifelike realism of his statues. His style was contrasted with that of Cresilas, an idealizing sculptor of the generation before. Demetrios mainly produced portrait statues, and his portrait of

Demetrios of Alopeka was a Greek sculptor, said by ancient critics to have been notable for the lifelike realism of his statues. His style was contrasted with that of Cresilas, an idealizing sculptor of the generation before. Demetrios mainly produced portrait statues, and his portrait of

Epicureanism: The Epicurean school: …mention must be made of Demetrius of Lacon, of whose works some fragments remain, and Apollodorus, who wrote more than 400 books. Much was also written by his disciple Zeno of Sidon, who was heard by Cicero in 79 bce in Athens. After Zeno, there were Phaedrus, also a teacher…

Demetrius Of Phaleron was an Athenian orator, statesman, and philosopher who was appointed governor of Athens by the Macedonian general Cassander (317 bc). He favoured the upper classes and gave effect to the ideas of such earlier political theorists as Aristotle. When the old democracy was

Demetrius Of Phaleron was an Athenian orator, statesman, and philosopher who was appointed governor of Athens by the Macedonian general Cassander (317 bc). He favoured the upper classes and gave effect to the ideas of such earlier political theorists as Aristotle. When the old democracy was

Strabo: …Athens (2nd century bce) and Demetrius of Scepsis (born about 205 bce)—for Strabo placed great emphasis on identifying the cities named in the Greek epic the Iliad. Books XI to XIV describe the Asian shores of the Black Sea, the Caucasus, northern Iran, and Asia Minor. Here Strabo made the…

Demetrius Of Phaleron was an Athenian orator, statesman, and philosopher who was appointed governor of Athens by the Macedonian general Cassander (317 bc). He favoured the upper classes and gave effect to the ideas of such earlier political theorists as Aristotle. When the old democracy was

Frédéric-Auguste Demetz was a French jurist and early advocate of the cottage reformatory for juvenile offenders, which anticipated the English system of Borstal reformatories established in the 20th century. During his time as a judge (1821–40), Demetz was concerned with the problem of sentencing

plié: …remain on the floor (demi-plié), or deep, so that in all foot positions except the second the heels rise (grand plié).

demi-glace, traditional brown sauce of French cuisine that is used on its own or as the flavouring base for other sauces, soups, and stews. The sauce stems from sauce espagnole, a classic brown sauce and one of the five “mother sauces” of French cuisine (béchamel, velouté, espagnole, hollandaise,

Marcel Prévost: …best-known among them was entitled Les Demi-Vierges (1894; “The Half-Virgins”); a dramatized version of the book was a great success.

Hermann Hesse: …influence of analysis appears in Demian (1919), an examination of the achievement of self-awareness by a troubled adolescent. This novel had a pervasive effect on a troubled Germany and made its author famous. Hesse’s later work shows his interest in Jungian concepts of introversion and extraversion, the collective unconscious, idealism,…

accordion: …others give the distinction to Cyril Demian of Vienna, who patented his Accordion in 1829, thus coining the name. A modification of the Handäoline, Demian’s invention comprised a small manual bellows and five keys, although, as Demian noted in a description of the instrument, extra keys could be incorporated into…

accordion: …others give the distinction to Cyril Demian of Vienna, who patented his Accordion in 1829, thus coining the name. A modification of the Handäoline, Demian’s invention comprised a small manual bellows and five keys, although, as Demian noted in a description of the instrument, extra keys could be incorporated into…

warship: Gun-armed warships: …curtals, a similar number of demicannon, and culverins. The average cannon, a short-range gun, hurled an iron ball of about 50 pounds (23 kg), and the demicannon one of 32 pounds (14 kg). The culverin, a longer and stronger gun, fired a smaller shot over a longer range and was…

canton: …Basel, and Appenzell—are subdivided into demicantons, or half cantons, which function as full cantons; thus, there is often reference to 26 states of Switzerland. Each of the cantons and half cantons has its own constitution, legislature, executive, and judiciary. Glarus and Appenzell Inner-Rhoden have preserved their ancient democratic assemblies (Landsgemeinden),…

bush baby: The tiny Prince Demidoff’s bush baby (G. demidoff), which weighs only 70 grams (2.5 ounces), is widespread and common in African rainforests from Sierra Leone to Uganda. Even smaller is the Rondo bush baby (P. rondoensis), first described in 1997, which weighs just 60 grams and is…

Demidov Family, Russian family that acquired great wealth in the 18th century, largely through iron production and mining, and became patrons of the arts and sciences. Nikita Demidovich Antufyev (1656–1725) was a blacksmith from the western Russian city of Tula, who took the surname Demidov in

Demidov Family: Akinfy Demidov (1678–1745), Nikita’s son, increased his inherited wealth by expanding his holdings and establishing gold, silver, and copper mines, mainly in the Ural Mountains. Largely as a result of Nikita’s and Akinfy’s efforts, the Demidov family, by the end of the 18th century, controlled…

Demidov Family: Nikolay’s younger son, Anatoly Nikolayevich Demidov (1812–70), also a traveler and patron of the arts, lived for many years in Italy, purchased the Tuscan title prince of San Donato, and married (1840) Princess Mathilde, Jérôme Bonaparte’s daughter and Napoleon I’s niece.

Demidov Family: Nikita Demidovich Antufyev (1656–1725) was a blacksmith from the western Russian city of Tula, who took the surname Demidov in 1702. He began to accumulate his family’s fortune by manufacturing weapons and, after receiving land grants from Peter I the Great (reigned 1682–1725), by building…

Demidov Family: His nephew Count Nikolay Nikitich Demidov (1773–1828) directed the family’s mining business and also contributed liberally to scientific education, mainly in Moscow. Nikolay’s elder son, Pavel Nikolayevich Demidov (1798–1840), founded an annual prize for Russian literature, to be awarded by the Academy of Sciences. Nikolay’s younger son, Anatoly…

Demidov Family: Akinfy’s nephew Pavel Grigoryevich Demidov (1738–1821) traveled extensively and became a benefactor of Russian education. His nephew Count Nikolay Nikitich Demidov (1773–1828) directed the family’s mining business and also contributed liberally to scientific education, mainly in Moscow. Nikolay’s elder son, Pavel Nikolayevich Demidov (1798–1840), founded an annual…

Demidov Family: Nikolay’s elder son, Pavel Nikolayevich Demidov (1798–1840), founded an annual prize for Russian literature, to be awarded by the Academy of Sciences. Nikolay’s younger son, Anatoly Nikolayevich Demidov (1812–70), also a traveler and patron of the arts, lived for many years in Italy, purchased the Tuscan title prince…

Dmitry Grigoryevich Levitsky: …work was Levitsky’s portrait of Prokopy Demidov (1773), an extravagant millionaire who was a devotee of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the naturists. Levitsky portrayed Demidov in the open gallery of an exquisite palace, leaning elegantly on a watering can and pointing at some potted plants, in a clear allusion to the…

Jules Olitski was a Russian-born American painter generally identified with the Abstract Expressionist school known as colour field. He was one of the first to use thinned paints in a staining technique to create colour compositions of a delicate, ethereal quality. Olitski was born shortly after

Jules Olitski was a Russian-born American painter generally identified with the Abstract Expressionist school known as colour field. He was one of the first to use thinned paints in a staining technique to create colour compositions of a delicate, ethereal quality. Olitski was born shortly after

Jules Olitski was a Russian-born American painter generally identified with the Abstract Expressionist school known as colour field. He was one of the first to use thinned paints in a staining technique to create colour compositions of a delicate, ethereal quality. Olitski was born shortly after

Japan: Occupation: …was simple and straightforward: the demilitarization of Japan, so that it would not again become a danger to peace; democratization, meaning that, while no particular form of government would be forced upon the Japanese, efforts would be made to develop a political system under which individual rights would be guaranteed…

demilitarized zone (DMZ), region on the Korean peninsula that demarcates North Korea from South Korea. It roughly follows latitude 38° N (the 38th parallel), the original demarcation line between North Korea and South Korea at the end of World War II. The demilitarized zone (DMZ) incorporates

Vietnam War: French rule ended, Vietnam divided: …signing of the accords, a demilitarized zone, or DMZ, was to be created by mutual withdrawal of forces north and south of the 17th parallel, and the transfer of any civilians who wished to leave either side was to be completed. Nationwide elections to decide the future of Vietnam, North…

Agnes de Mille was an American dancer and choreographer who further developed the narrative aspect of dance and made innovative use of American themes, folk dances, and physical idioms in her choreography of musical plays and ballets. Her father was the playwright William Churchill DeMille, her

Cecil B. DeMille was an American motion-picture producer-director whose use of spectacle attracted vast audiences and made him a dominant figure in Hollywood for almost five decades. Long before he made his first sound picture, DeMille had become a cinema legend for his efforts in the development

Cecil B. DeMille was an American motion-picture producer-director whose use of spectacle attracted vast audiences and made him a dominant figure in Hollywood for almost five decades. Long before he made his first sound picture, DeMille had become a cinema legend for his efforts in the development

James De Mille was a Canadian author of more than 30 novels with a wide range of appeal, particularly noted for his wit and humour. While a student at Acadia College (now Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia), De Mille traveled extensively in Europe, and scenes of Italy became settings for

Cecil B. DeMille: Early life and silent films: The Squaw Man to The Godless Girl: …collaborating with his brother, playwright William Churchill DeMille.

Deming, city, seat (1901) of Luna county, southwestern New Mexico, U.S., about 55 miles (89 km) west of Las Cruces. The city is located in the broad valley of the Mimbres River (there flowing underground) and is surrounded by mountains. Deming was founded in 1881 as a railroad service point at the

Sun Yat-sen was the leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang [Pinyin: Guomindang]), known as the father of modern China. Influential in overthrowing the Qing (Manchu) dynasty (1911/12), he served as the first provisional president of the Republic of China (1911–12) and later as de facto

W. Edwards Deming: The Deming Prize (established 1951), awarded annually to Japanese corporations that win a rigorous quality-control competition, is named in Deming’s honour. It was not until the 1980s that Deming’s ideas were adopted by American corporations seeking to compete more effectively in the world market.

W. Edwards Deming was an American statistician, educator, and consultant whose advocacy of quality-control methods in industrial production aided Japan’s economic recovery after World War II and spurred the subsequent global success of many Japanese firms in the late 20th century. The son of a

W. Edwards Deming was an American statistician, educator, and consultant whose advocacy of quality-control methods in industrial production aided Japan’s economic recovery after World War II and spurred the subsequent global success of many Japanese firms in the late 20th century. The son of a

Tim Scott: When James DeMint resigned from the U.S. Senate in 2013, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley appointed Scott to fill his seat. Scott won a special election in 2014 to complete the term.

Demiurge, in philosophy, a subordinate god who fashions and arranges the physical world to make it conform to a rational and eternal ideal. Plato adapted the term, which in ancient Greece had originally been the ordinary word for “craftsman,” or “artisan” (broadly interpreted to include not only

Hellenistic age: The mid-3rd century: …were also 10 magistrates called demiourgoi. Then, in 251, the Greek statesman Aratus (271–213), incorruptible, adventurous, persuasive, skilled in diplomacy, passionately attached to freedom and implacably ambitious for his own position, rid his native Sicyon of its tyrant and brought it into the league. By 245 he was elected general…

Demiurge, in philosophy, a subordinate god who fashions and arranges the physical world to make it conform to a rational and eternal ideal. Plato adapted the term, which in ancient Greece had originally been the ordinary word for “craftsman,” or “artisan” (broadly interpreted to include not only

Hellenistic age: The mid-3rd century: …were also 10 magistrates called demiourgoi. Then, in 251, the Greek statesman Aratus (271–213), incorruptible, adventurous, persuasive, skilled in diplomacy, passionately attached to freedom and implacably ambitious for his own position, rid his native Sicyon of its tyrant and brought it into the league. By 245 he was elected general…

Anatolia: Early Bronze Age: Villages such as Demirci Hüyük relied on the outer wall of a radial arrangement of houses. The citadel of Troy had heavy stone walls with mud-brick superstructure, a clay-covered glacis, and projecting gates with inner and outer sets of doors. The number and variety of weapons found—daggers, swords,…

Süleyman Demirel was a politician and civil engineer who served seven times as prime minister of Turkey and was president from 1993 to 2000. Born into a peasant family, Demirel graduated in 1948 from the Technical University of Istanbul as an engineer. He entered politics in 1961 and was elected to

Eşref Dynasty: …coincided with an attempt by Demirtaş, the Il-Khanid governor of Anatolia, to assert his authority over the independent Turkmen rulers in Anatolia. About 1326 Demirtaş marched to Beyşehir and killed Süleyman II, putting an end to the Eşref principality. Later its territories were divided between the Karaman and Hamid principalities.

St. Louis Blues: …the play of right wing Pavol Demitra and defensemen Chris Pronger and Al MacInnis, but St. Louis was upset in the first round of the NHL playoffs by the Western Conference’s lowest seed, the San Jose Sharks. The Blues rebounded from that disappointment the following season by earning a berth…

Demiurge, in philosophy, a subordinate god who fashions and arranges the physical world to make it conform to a rational and eternal ideal. Plato adapted the term, which in ancient Greece had originally been the ordinary word for “craftsman,” or “artisan” (broadly interpreted to include not only

John Demjanjuk was a Ukrainian-born autoworker who was accused of being a Nazi camp guard during World War II. Demjanjuk served in the Soviet army during World War II. In 1942 he was captured by Germany and was sent to a prisoner-of-war camp. After the war, he moved to the United States in 1952 and

John Demjanjuk was a Ukrainian-born autoworker who was accused of being a Nazi camp guard during World War II. Demjanjuk served in the Soviet army during World War II. In 1942 he was captured by Germany and was sent to a prisoner-of-war camp. After the war, he moved to the United States in 1952 and

Mieczysław Moczar was a Polish Communist leader and organizer. As a leader of the underground resistance during World War II, he was noted for his skill in fighting the German secret police. Moczar joined the Communist Party of Poland in 1937, becoming a professional party organizer in several

Jonathan Demme was an American film director who was known for his eclectic body of work, which ranged from feature films to concert movies to documentaries. Demme’s first foray into the world of movies was as a film critic for the student paper at the University of Florida in Gainesville in the

Jonathan Demme was an American film director who was known for his eclectic body of work, which ranged from feature films to concert movies to documentaries. Demme’s first foray into the world of movies was as a film critic for the student paper at the University of Florida in Gainesville in the

Luis Muñoz Rivera: …Muñoz Rivera founded the newspaper La Democracia, which crusaded for Puerto Rican self-government. He became a leader of the autonomist parties, and in 1897 he was instrumental in obtaining Puerto Rico’s charter of home rule from Spain. He soon became secretary of state and later president of the first autonomist…