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Fuchs
German physicist and spy. He joined the German Communist Party in 1930 but fled Germany after the Nazi takeover in 1933. He settled in Britain, earned a doctorate at the Univ. of Edinburgh, and became a British citizen in 1942. He worked on the atomic bomb in Britain and the U.S. In 1943 he began passing scientific secrets to the Soviet Union, which accelerated Soviet development of the atomic bomb by at least a year. His activities were detected in 1950 and he was imprisoned until 1959. After his release, he moved to E. Germany, where he was appointed deputy director of the Central Institute for Nuclear Research.
machismo
Exaggerated pride in masculinity, perceived as power, often coupled with a minimal sense of responsibility and disregard of consequences. In machismo there is supreme valuation of characteristics culturally associated with the masculine and denigration of characteristics associated with the feminine. It has for centuries been a strong current in Latin Amer. politics and society. Caudillos, prominent in the history of Latin America, have typified machismo with their bold and authoritarian approach to government and their willingness to employ violence to achieve their ends.
Michelet
French nationalist historian. He taught history and philosophy before he was appointed head of the historical section of the Record Office in 1831. His time there provided him with unique resources for his life's work, the 17-volume Histoire de France (1833-67). His method, an attempt to resurrect the past by immersing his own personality in his narrative, resulted in a historical synthesis of great dramatic power, though the 11 volumes that appeared in 1855-67 are distorted by his hatred of priests and kings, hasty or abusive treatment of documents, and mania for symbolic interpretation. His other works include the vivid and impassioned Histoire de la ré volution franç aise (7 vols., 1847-53). In his later years he wrote a series of lyrical books on nature, displaying his superb prose style.
Michelin
Leading French manufacturer of tires and other rubber products. It was founded in 1888 by the Michelin brothers, André (1853-1931) and É douard (1859-1940), to manufacture tires for bicycles and horse-drawn carriages. It introduced pneumatic tires for automobiles in the 1890s and soon became one of the major European tire producers. Michelin opened its first foreign plant in Turin in 1906 and today operates plants in many countries; it was reorganized as a holding company in 1951. It also publishes a famous series of travel guides and road maps. Its headquarters are at Clermont-Ferrand.
Michener
U.S. novelist and short-story writer. Michener was a foundling discovered in Doylestown, Pa., and raised as a Quaker. Initially a teacher, during 1944-46 he was a naval historian in the S. Pacific, the area of his early fiction; his Tales of the South ...
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