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  Alfonso Reyes
Alfonso Reyes deeply influenced an entire generation of writers in his native land and elsewhere in Latin America.
Allí, don Alfonso registra un curioso fenómeno: los gallos cantan igual en todos los sitios; sin embargo, cada lengua lo escucha de distintas maneras.
Don Alfonso, que en ese entonces andaba por los 23 años, jamás se repuso de tan severo golpe.
www.kirjasto.sci.fi /reyes.htm   (1945 words)

  
  JockBio: Alfonso Soriano Biography
Alfonso was irritated at the way he was being moved around, but remembered that his goal a few months earlier had been to become the club’s utility man. He also knew that, with Derek Jeter likely to be the Yankee shortstop for a while, he’d have to adjust to another position.
Alfonso filled in for Jeter at shortstop, moved to left when Jeter returned, and then finally took over at second base when the club decided that Knoblauch would be the new leftfielder.
Alfonso was forced to commit himself a split-second sooner, and it didn’t take long for word to spread that anything with a late break would make him look foolish.
www.jockbio.com /Bios/Soriano/Soriano_bio.html   (6061 words)

  
 Saint Alfonso de Orozco - Augustinian Saints
Alfonso de Orozco was born October 17, 1500 in Oropesa, Province of Toledo, Spain.
For Alfonso preaching was a necessity inspired by the love of Jesus and done for the love of Jesus.
At the age of 91, Alfonso became quite ill. It is said that at this time he became very aware of the presence of Jesus, Mary and St. Augustine helping him prepare for death.
www.midwestaugustinians.org /saints/s_orozco.html   (410 words)

  
 Municipality of Alfonso
Alfonso is the place where the legendary “alas-as” plant and the delicious “chicomami” grew first and where the fairy called Piritay”, who is always wearing red, is seen and known.
Alfonso is an ambivalence of the lush greenery of her countryside and the pulse and dynamo of a developing rural to moderately urbanized town.
Alfonso is a land where the old is preserved and the new is embraced… where the gentle yet strong willed people tilled and nurture fertile soil.
elgu2.ncc.gov.ph /alfonso   (239 words)

  
 Alfonso I - King of Aragon
Alfonso el Batallador (the battler) was king of Aragon and Navarre, and, by his marriage in 1108 to Urraca, the widowed daughter and heir of Alfonso VI, was ruler of Castile, Leon, and Galicia.
Alfonso of Aragon and the young Alfonso VII made the peace of Tameras in which Alfonso VII gained the lands of his grandfather, Alfonso VI.
The Castilianist claim that Alfonso VI became emperor by right in 1085, and the rest claim that the revival of the idea of Spain being a continuation through the Visigothic state and symbolized in the capital of Toledo to be a later development.
members.tripod.com /~Charlemagne64/alfonso.html   (319 words)

  
 Alfonso XIII   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Alfonso, the posthumous son of Alfonso XII and Maria Christina of Austria, wa
In 1906 Alfonso XIII married Princess Ena of Battenberg, granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
Alfonso XIII died in Rome, Italy, on 28th February, 1941.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /SPalfonso.htm   (796 words)

  
 HOASM: Alfonso Ferrabosco I
Alfonso Ferrabosco ("The Elder"), who was to become a friend of Byrd's, a son of Domenico Ferabosco, arrived in England before 1562, when he was awarded a pension payable during the Queen's pleasure.
Alfonso claimed he was innocent; by 1569 the affair was settled and he bound himself to Elizabeth's service for life, being granted a pension once more.
Undoubtedly one of the children left in England by Alfonso "The Elder"is the composer known as Alfonso Ferrabosco II.
www.hoasm.org /IVM/FerraboscoI.html   (269 words)

  
 Orquesta Alfonso
Alfonso was born in the Republic of Panamá, and is bilingual in English and Spanish.
Alfonso was one of handful of bass players at that time, who introduced and popularized the bass guitar in the Latin, Jazz, Latin/Jazz and RandB venue.
Alfonso has had more than 15 years of private and formal academic training on double bass, bass guitar, voice, harmony, theory, composition, orchestration and arranging.
www.orquestaalfonso.com /history.htm   (989 words)

  
 Alfonso, XIII Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
Alfonso XIII (1886-1941) was king of Spain from 1886 to 1931.
Alfonso was born in Madrid on May 17, 1886, 6 months after the death of his father, King Alfonso XII.
Alfonso's association with the dictatorship had disgraced him and the monarchy, and in the municipal elections of April 1931 the republicans won in Spain's main urban centers.
www.bookrags.com /biography/alfonso-xiii   (489 words)

  
 Alfonso Eduardo
Alfonso was diagnosed aortic stenosis because of a bicuspid valve when he was only two month old.
Alfonso is growing fast, he is learning to swim, is a big fan of "Barney the Dinosaur" and loves to watch any sport that includes a ball.
Even though Alfonso is still asymptomatic, we don't know what to expect for the future, how long his condition will last, if there is any chance that he does not become symptomatic at all or not.
tchin.org /portraits/alfonso-1.htm   (623 words)

  
 Alfonso VIII - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Alfonso VIII - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Alfonso VIII (1155-1214), king of Castile (1158-1214); he succeeded to the throne on the death of his father, Sancho III.
In 1197 he married Berengaria, daughter of his first cousin King Alfonso VIII of Castile and...
encarta.msn.com /Alfonso_VIII.html   (133 words)

  
 UNSOLVED MYSTERIES on LIFETIME TV
Alfonso was also being sought for questioning in the homicide of Sumanear Yang from Wheaton, Illinois, a 23-year-old Cambodian female whose body was found November 8, 1992.
Michael Alfonso became so enraged that he followed Velasquez to the restroom and wouldn't leave until she would talk with him.
Alfonso stood over Genoveva and continued to fire several more rounds as she lay helpless on the ground.
www.unsolved.com /0147-Alfonso.html   (531 words)

  
 Alfonso T. Maestas
Alfonso T. Maestas was born on 2 February 1904 in the town of Lucero (previously known as El Coyote).
Alfonso married Teofilia Trujillo in 1936; and he and Felia lived in New Mexico.
In talking to one of his nieces years ago, I remember her saying that Alfonso was a favorite uncle.
www.angelfire.com /nm/familygenealogy/alfonso.html   (229 words)

  
 San Alfonso Ligorio
Alfonso aceptó, siguiendo el consejo de su director espiritual que era oratoriano.
San Alfonso abandonó su casa paterna en 1729, a los 33 años de edad y se fue de capellán a un seminario donde se preparaban misioneros para la China.
Falcoia, San Alfonso vuelve a ocuparse de su congregación como superior general y se encarga de redactar las constituciones.
www.corazones.org /santos/alfonso_ligorio.htm   (1494 words)

  
 Alfonso Soriano News
Alfonso Soriano will be paid 18 million dollars annually in the final five years of his 136 million dollar, eight-year contract with the Chicago Cubs.
Alfonso Soriano called a press conference Monday to announce that, starting in the 2007 season, he would officially be making $136 million.
Alfonso Soriano and the Chicago Cubs have reached a massive $136 million for 8 years deal that is believed to be the 5th largest total package ever.
www.topix.net /who/alfonso-soriano   (620 words)

  
 Alfonso X - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Alfonso X - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Alfonso X, called The Wise (1226?-1284), king of León and Castile (1252-1282), son of Ferdinand III, whom he succeeded.
Had I been present at the Creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe.
encarta.msn.com /Alfonso_X.html   (147 words)

  
 YouTube - Alfonso golazo ante yugoslavia
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Golazo de alfonso en el ultimo minuto que nos da el pase.
www.youtube.com /watch?v=bQZ5uu9POEg   (486 words)

  
 CD Baby: ALFONSO TELLEZ JR: Complicated
Alfonso's music is a mix between Pop, Pop/Rock, R&B and Classical.
Although Alfonso does not like to categorize his music, he is the new Pop music for todays busy music world.
Alfonso has great talent and is only just beginning to learn his strengths and weaknesses.
cdbaby.com /cd/alfonsotellezjr   (266 words)

  
 Alfonso Cuarón
Alfonso Cuarón Orozco was born in 28 November in Mexico City, Mexico....
He had never read any of the Harry Potter books when he was offered to...
Alfonso Cuarón has 1 in-development credit available on IMDbPro.com.
www.imdb.com /name/nm0190859   (566 words)

  
 CD Baby: ALFONSO: Divine Intervention
The musical style of Alfonso Joseph (aka Alfonso El Panameno)is a unique and thus far an unclassified style; but it is simple enough to define.
Alfonso was born in the Republic of Panamá, and is bilingual in English and Spanish.
Alfonso was one of handful of bass players at that time, who introduced and popularized the bass guitar in the Latin, Jazz, Latin/Jazz and R&B venue.
www.cdbaby.com /cd/orquestaalfonso   (1006 words)

  
 Alfonso XIII   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The ALFONSO XIII was not yet fully operational at the outbreak of the Spanish American War in spite of work having begun on her in 1891.
She was considered for Camara's squadron, which was to be sent to the Philippines, but her condition would not permit it.
While Camara was forming his squadron, the ALFONSO XIII was sent to Cadiz on May 7, 1898 to be includedwith it.
www.spanamwar.com /AlfonsoXIII.htm   (537 words)

  
 CD Baby: ALFONSO TELLEZ JR: Complicated
Alfonso's music is a mix between Pop, Pop/Rock, R&B and Classical.
Although Alfonso does not like to categorize his music, he is the new Pop music for todays busy music world.
Alfonso has great talent and is only just beginning to learn his strengths and weaknesses.
www.cdbaby.com /cd/alfonsotellezjr   (257 words)

  
 Alfonso X (El Sabio) (1221-1284) - famous Alfonso X (El Sabio) (1221-1284) Classics hit collection and Alfonso X (El ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Alfonso el Sabio (Alfonso the Wise) became king of Castile and León in 1252.
As a patron of the arts and of learning he was responsible for a number of important publications, among them the Cantigas de Santa Maria, a varied collection of songs in honour, in one way or another, of the Blessed Virgin.
Alfonso el Sabio may have been both poet and musician, but the Cantigas represent a collection that he ordered and by which he set great store rather than his own original creative work.
www.naxos.com /composerinfo/16.htm   (202 words)

  
 Alfonso Iannelli - Architect, Artist and Designer
Born to a poor shoemaker in Andretta, Italy, Alfonso Iannelli studied the techniques of the travelling artists who stayed at his parent's small inn.
And in 1898, Iannelli, his mother and three brothers finally joined him in Newark, New Jersey, where Alfonso was soon apprenticed to a jeweler and by 1900, to the famous sculptor, Gutzon Borglum.
Alfonso Iannelli came to Chicago in 1914 to sculpt Frank Lloyd Wright's Sprite minarets atop Midway Gardens.
www.architechgallery.com /arch_info/artists_pages/iannelli_bio.html   (978 words)

  
 Alfonso Montuori   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Alfonso Montuori, Ph.D. Alfonso Montuori is professor and program director of the Transformative Leadership M.A. program, and principal of Evolutionary Strategies, a consulting firm specializing in executive development, creativity, and innovation.
Alfonso has taught at the College of Notre Dame, the Saybrook Institute, and the South-Central University of Technology in Changsha, Hunan Province, in the People's Republic of China, where he developed and taught the first course in management and organization theory.
Alfonso is presently working with Ron Purser on a graduate textbook on creativity and innovation in organizations due to be published by Southwestern/Thomson in 2005.
www.ciis.edu /faculty/montuori.html   (519 words)

  
 Alfonsos Gunleather - Our Proud Heritage - Alfonso Pineda
Alfonso took a byproduct of this business; the alligator hides, and turned them into fine leather goods for the tourists.
In 1957, Alfonso traveled to the US, settling in California in 1959, where he found a job in the Property Department at Universal Studios in Hollywood.
Alfonso raised the holster higher on the belt than other Fast Draw rigs, and added more steel, including a steel plate in the holster side of the belt.
www.alfonsosgunleather.com /Pages/history.htm   (380 words)

  
 Alfonso XII   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In fact, it was the crew of the ALFONSO XII who were among the first on the scene to begin rescuing the American sailors from the waters of Havana harbor.
When explosion destroyed the MAINE, the ALFONSO XII crew immediately went to the aid of their brother sailors, rescuing many from the waters and taking them back to the Spanish vessel to be treated in its sick bay.
Later, the crew of the ALFONSO XII took part in the funeral services for the MAINE crewmen in Havana, marching in the funeral cortege.
www.spanamwar.com /AlfonsoXii.htm   (566 words)

  
 Alfonso Ribeiro Photos - Alfonso Ribeiro News - Alfonso Ribeiro Information
More Pictures Alfonso Ribeiro made his acting debut at the age of eight on the PBS drama series "Oye Willie" and at ten years old released since such as "Dance Baby", "Not Too Young", "Sneak Away With Me", and "Time Bomb".
It was in 1984 during his run as "The Tap Dance Kid" that Alfonso caught the eye of television executives and the King of Pop Michael Jackson.
Alfonso attended New York's Film School to become a director.
www.tv.com /person/4511/summary.html   (602 words)

  
 Swing Gitan : Alfonso Ponticelli   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Alfonso Ponticelli and Swing Gitan is Chicago's premier Gypsy Jazz ensemble.
A gypsy flamenco guitarist as well, Alfonso has been to Cordoba, Spain to study with the great flamenco guitarist Vicente Amigo.
Alfonso is a multi-instrumentalist, having won the 1994 U.S. National Mountain Dulcimer Championship, and playing both banjo and guitar with the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra.
www.swinggitan.com /band/alfonso.html   (263 words)

  
 ALFONSO - Advanced Free Space Optics   (Site not responding. Last check: )
ALFONSO represents the next generation of commerical Free Space Optics, overcoming present-day limitations of atmospheric penetration, fade margin, scintillation, alignment, power and bandwidth.
In the ALFONSO programme, development of a novel class of laser light source, the mid-infrared, optically pumped, vertical external-cavity surface-emitting laser (mid-IR OP-VECSEL), is used to address the problems and constraints of modern high-performance FSO communications.
In concert with this laser development, advanced AO techniques for the compensation of environmental misalignment and atmospheric turbulence correction are employed.
www.cablefreesolutions.com /alfonso   (120 words)

  
 Alfonso Loera
The Alfonso Loera Music Scholarship Fund, administered by the Community Foundation for Muskegon County, provides private lesson scholarships to allow young musicians to carry on the impact of the life of Alfonso Loera.
The main VISION of the Alfonso Loera Music Scholarship is a program that lasts for years, honors the name and musical passion of Alfonso Loera, and benefits the Muskegon community students of music.
The main MISSION of the A.L.M.S. is to coordinate community efforts in Alfonso's name, promote events that generate revenue, and deposit 100% of that revenue in a legally bonded Community Foundation Fund.
www.alfonsoloera.com /prog.htm   (265 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Arts & Entertainment: Alfonso Cuarón, director of "Y tu mamá también" searches ...
Alfonso Cuarón, director of "Y tu mamá también" searches for hope in "Children of Men"
Clive Owen, who plays a disillusioned bureaucrat in "Children of Men," ducks a bomb blast in the thriller, set in a near-future England where terrorism is just another part of daily life.
The film, which opens Monday, is serious as a heart attack — in a firefight, wearing flip-flops and carrying an infant.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/artsentertainment/2003489556_cuaron22.html   (1831 words)

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