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Pedare Christian College Pedare Christian College is a joint private primary school, middle school, and high school in South Australia. The primary school covers Reception to Year 5, the middle school years 6 to 9, and the high school years 10 to 12.
Peddapuram Kings The town of Peddapuram was founded by Maharaja Pedda Pathru and for 300 years it was ruled by the Vatsavai family, a Kshatriya (Raju) family. The dynasty was started by Raja Vatsavai Chathur Bhuja Thimma Jagapathi Bahadhur.
Pedder Street Pedder Street (畢打街) is a major thoroughfare in the core of Hong Kong’s Central District. It runs south-north from Queen's Road Central, continues through Des Voeux Road Central, and ends at its intersection with Connaught Road Central.
Peddler's Village Peddler's Village is a 42 acre historic, 18th century style gathering place that offers shopping, dining, lodging, festivals, craft competitions and an antique carousel. Peddler's Village has become one of the premier attractions in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Peder Ludvig Møller Peder Ludvig Møller (18 April 1814 in Aalborg, Denmark — 6 December 1865) was a Danish literary critic. On December 22 1845, Møller published an article critiquing Stages on Life's Way, a philosophical work by Søren Kierkegaard.
Peder Olrog Schjøtt Peder Olrog Schjøtt (1833-1926) was a Norwegian member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1888 and 1888-1889, Minister of the Interior in 1888, and Minister of Auditing, as well as head of the Ministry of Finance, in 1889.
Peder Oluf Pedersen Peder Oluf Pedersen (June 19, 1874 – August 30, 1941) was a Danish engineer and physicist. He is notable for his work on electrotechnology and his cooperation with Valdemar Poulsen on the developmental work on the telegraphone and the Poulsen Arc Transmitter.
Peder Tordenskjold Peter Wessel Tordenskjold, also known as Peter Wessel, Peder Tordenskjold, or Peter Tordenskiold, (October 28 1691-20 November 1720), was an eminent Norwegian naval hero in the service of the Kingdom of Denmark-Norway. He rose to the rank of Vice-Admiral in the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy for his services in the Great Northern War.
Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint (1853-1930) was a Danish architect, designer, painter and architectural theorist. In 1913 he designed the Grundtvig's Church in Bispebjerg, Copenhagen in a brick expressionist style that relied heavily on Scandinavian brick gothic traditions for its influences.
Pederastic filmography Pederastic film became a genre in its own right in the 1960s. Literature had explored erotic relationships between men and boys throughout history in works stretching from Strabo to those of Thomas Mann and Nicholas White.
Pederasty The term pederasty or paederasty embraces a wide range of erotic practices between adult males and adolescent boys. Pederastic relations have been variously described - as spiritual or materialistic, lawful or criminal, loving or commercial, compassionate or abusive, sexual or chaste – and have been documented from prehistory to modern times.
Pederasty in ancient Greece Greek pederasty, as idealized by the Greeks from Archaic times onward, was a relationship and bond between an adolescent boy and an adult man outside of his immediate family, and was constructed initially as an aristocratic moral and educational institution. As such, it was seen by the Greeks as an essential element in their culture from the time of Homer onwards.
Pederasty in the Muslim world The practice of pederasty in the Muslim world seems to have begun, according to surviving records, sometime during the 800s and ended, at least as an open practice, in the mid-19th century. Throughout this era, pederastic relationships, poetry, art and spirituality were found throughout Muslim cultures from Moorish Spain to Northern India.
Pedernales River The Pedernales River (pronounced ) is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately 106 miles (170 km) long, in central Texas in the United States. It drains an area of the Edwards Plateau, flowing west to east across the Texas Hill Country west of Austin.
Pedersen index The Pedersen index is a measure of electoral volatility in party systems. It was described by Mogens Pedersen in a paper published in 1979 entitled The Dynamics of European Party Systems: Changing Patterns of Electoral Volatility.
Pedestal desk A pedestal desk is usually a large free-standing desk made of a simple rectangular working surface resting on two pedestals or small cabinets of stacked drawers of one or two sizes, with plinths around the bases. Often, there is also a central large drawer above the legs and knees of the user.
Pedestrian crossing A pedestrian crossing or crosswalk is a designated point on a road at which some means are employed to assist pedestrians wishing to cross. They are designed to keep pedestrians together where they can be seen by motorists, and where they can cross most safely with the flow of vehicular traffic.
Pedestrian scramble Pedestrian scramble, also known as the Barnes Dance or exclusive pedestrian phase, is a pedestrian crossing system that stops all traffic and allows pedestrians to cross intersections in every direction at the same time. The Barnes Dance was first used in Kansas City and Vancouver in the late 1940s.
Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation Brain tumors are now considered the leading cause of cancer death in children. There are more than 120 different known types of brain tumors, making this type of cancer extremely difficult to diagnose and to treat.
Pediatric end-stage liver disease Pediatric end-stage liver disease (PELD) is a disease severity scoring system for children under 18 years of age. It is calculated from the patients albumin, bilirubin and international normalized ratio (INR) together with the patient's age and degree of growth failure.
Pediatric endocrinology Pediatric endocrinology (British: Paediatric) is a medical subspecialty dealing with variations of physical growth and sexual development in childhood, as well as diabetes and other disorders of the endocrine glands.
Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale The Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale (also known as Pediatric Glasgow Coma Score or simply PGCS) is the equivalent of the Glasgow Coma Scale used to assess the mental state of adult patients. As many of the assessments for an adult patient would not be appropriate for infants, the scale was modified slightly.
Pediatric surgery Pediatric surgery (sometimes spelled paediatric surgery) is a subspecialty of surgery involving the surgery of fetuses, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. Many pediatric surgeons practice at children's hospitals.
Pediatric urology Pediatric urology is a surgical subspecialty of medicine dealing with the disorders of children's genitourinary systems. Pediatric urologists provide care for both boys and girls ranging from birth to early adult age.
Pediatrics Pediatrics (also spelled paediatrics) is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents (from newborn to age 16-21, depending on the country). The word pediatrics is derived from two Greek words paidi (παιδί) which means "child" and iatros (ιατρός) which means "doctor".
Pediatrics (journal) Pediatrics is an official peer-reviewed journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. In the inaugural January 1948 issue of PEDIATRICS, the journal's first editor, Hugh McCulloch, articulated the journal's vision: "The content of the journal is...
Pedicab Driver Pedicab Driver (Qun long xi feng) is a 1989 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by and starring Sammo Hung, who portrays the leader of a crew of cycle rickshaw drivers in 1930s Macau. The movie features fierce martial arts action and stunts, including a fight between martial-arts choreographers Sammo and Lau Kar-leung.
Pedicle of vertebral arch The pedicles (from Latin pediculus, "small foot") are two short, thick processes, which project backward, one on either side, from the upper part of the body, at the junction of its posterior and lateral surfaces.
Pedicularis Pedicularis is a genus of perennial green root-parasite plants belonging to the broomrape family Orobanchaceae. Between 350-600 species are accepted by different authorities, mostly from the wetter northern temperate zones, as well as from South America.
Pedicularis densiflora Pedicularis densiflora, known commonly as Indian warrior, is a plant of the lousewort genus in the broomrape family. It is a perennial herb with stout, green or sometimes reddish or magenta stems and fern-shaped leaves, and long spikes of deep red to bright pink flowers with toothed petals.
Pedieos The Pedieos (Standard Greek:Πεδιαίος, Cypriot dialect Πηθκιάς) is the longest river in Cyprus. The river originates in the Troodos Mountains and flows northeast across the Mesaoria plains, through the capital city Nicosia, then easterly, meeting the sea at Famagusta Bay.
Pedigree (Jewish Encyclopedia) Jewish pedigrees are tables of descent and relationship, sometimes given in narrative form. Jews have always carefully recorded their genealogies (see article), but owing to their wide and frequent dispersions very few can trace their descent further back than a couple of hundred years.
Pedigree (law) Pedigree is the name of the legal principle that allows a witness to testify as to his name and certain family details under the American and English common law concepts of evidence with no additional foundation. Otherwise, establishing the identity of the witness would waste much of the court (and the jury) 's time.
Pedigree Chump Pedigree Chump is the debut album from the British ska punk band [spunge]. It was released following the success of the Kicking Pigeons EP pressed a year earlier that sold 5000 copies to early followers at pub gigs.
Pedigree of Charles IX of Sweden During the reigns of Eric XIV and John III of Sweden, the dynasty nouveau of Sweden worked to have some most royal ancestry attached. Similar background also produced the enumeration of Swedish monarchs, Eric taking an unrealistically high regnal number.
Pedigree of Swedish monarchs Monarchs who have reigned Sweden, seem at first glance a bunch of several separate dynasties which are not connected at all. However, genealogical research has published lineages how they generally are interconnected, and the current royal family traces its ancestry back to each earlier dynasty.
Pediment A pediment is a classical architectural element consisting of the triangular section found above the horizontal structure (entablature), and supported by columns. The gable end of the pediment is surrounded by the cornice moulding.
Pediococcus Pediococcus is a genus of Gram-positive lactic acid bacteria, placed within the family of Lactobacillaceae. They usually occur in pairs or tetrads, and are the only lactic acid cocci that divide along two planes of symmetry.
Pedipalp Pedipalps, the second pair of appendages of the cephalothorax in Arachnida, is homologous with mandibles in Crustacea, and corresponding to the mandibles of insects. The pedipalps are appendages of six segments: the coxae, a single trochanter, the femur, a short patella, the tibia, and the tarsus.
Pedlar Island Pedlar Island is a small island located on the West of Lake Nipissing. It is near the north shore of Middle West Bay, South-East of Notre Dame du Lac, to the North-East of the outlet of the West River, and South-East of the outlet of Courchesne's Creek.
Pedlar Palmer Alfred Brian Palmer (born 1898 near Sydney Australia) was a Royal Navy captain and near the end of his career was the commander of the shore base HMS Furneaux in Brisbane. He is known for his bravery in breaking the German blockade of Tobruk in WWII with his small schooner Maria Giovanni.
Pedlinge Pedlinge is a hamlet on the edge of the village of Saltwood in Kent. It has its own church, though this is officially classified as a "District Chapel-of-Ease" since Pedlinge is part of the parish of Saltwood, and not a parish in its own right.
Pedoe's inequality In geometry, Pedoe's inequality, named after Daniel Pedoe, states that if a, b, and c are the lengths of the sides of a triangle with area f, and A, B, and C are the lengths of the sides of a triangle with area F, then
Pedogenesis Pedogenesis or soil evolution (formation) is the process by which soil is created. It is the major topic of the science of pedology, whose other aspects include the soil morphology, classification (taxonomy) of soils, and their distribution in nature, present and past (soil geography and paleopedology).
Pedometer A pedometer or step counter is a device, usually portable and electronic, which counts each step a person makes. Used originally by sports and physical fitness enthusiasts, pedometers are now becoming popular as an everyman exercise measurer and motivator.
Pedomorphosis In developmental biology, pedomorphosis (also spelled paedomorphosis) or juvenification is a phenotypic and/or genotypic change in which the adults of a species retain traits previously seen only in juveniles. Peramorphosis is change in the reverse direction.
Pedophile activism The pedophile activist movement, referred to by some supporters as the childlove movement, is a social movement that encompasses a wide variety of views. Generally the movement advocates social acceptance of adults' romantic or sexual attraction to children (see pedophilia); social acceptance of sexual activity between children and adults; and changes in institutions of concern to pedophiles, such as changing age of consent laws and mental illness classifications.
Pedophilia Pedophilia, paedophilia or pædophilia (see spelling differences) is the paraphilia of being sexually attracted primarily or exclusively to prepubescent or peripubescent children. A person with this attraction is called a pedophile or paedophile.
Pedophilia and child sexual abuse in films This article is about pedophilia/paedophilia in movies/films. For pedophilia in other media, see Pedophilia and child sexual abuse in fiction, Pedophilia and child sexual abuse in the theatre, and Pedophilia and child sexual abuse in songs.
Pedotransfer function Pedotransfer functions (PTF) is a term used in soil science literature, which can be defined as predictive functions of certain soil properties from other more available, easily, routinely, or cheaply measured properties. This concept arises in soil science as information on soil survey is now highly demanded.
Pedra Branca (Tasmania) Pedra Branca () is a rock or small island located approximately 26 kilometres (16 miles) south-south-east of South East Cape, Tasmania. It is noted for its inaccessibility, rich marine wildlife, wet and windy weather, interesting geology and large waves.
Pedra Branca, South China Sea Pedra Branca or Pulau Batu Puteh (both meaning "white rock" in Portuguese and Malay respectively) is an outcrop of rocks situated where the Singapore Strait, specifically Straits of Johor, meets the South China Sea, measuring at its longest, during low water spring tide, a mere 137 meters. It has a land area of 2,000 m².
Pedra de Lume Pedra de Lume (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Pedra di Lumi, also in the Sal Crioulo) is a village in the eastern part of the island of Sal. The village is about 5 km east of Espargos and is linked with a road linking to the island capital as well as other villages on the island.
Pedram Goshtasbpour Pedram Goshtasbpour-Parsi (Born in Tehran-Iran, August 1 1975) is a Canadian director/animator who has worked at Sony Imageworks as animator on such productions as Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2 and The ChubbChubbs!. In the late 1990s, he worked at Nelvana as designer on such productions as Ned's Newt, Birdz, Dumb Bunnies as well as at Amberwood Entertainment as storyboard supervisor on Hoze Hounds series.
Pedras de abalar The Pedras de abalar, or oscillating stones, are several large stones that can easily be moved by a person or the wind in Spain. There are many versions found throughout the world; in English these are called rocking stones, or logan stones.
Pedro (game) Pedro (pronounced "peedro") or sometimes known as Pidro or Petro is a card game usually played by four people, who are usually divided into two partnerships sitting across from each other. It is a point-cards, trick-taking game played with a standard deck of 52 cards and, in some variations, one Joker.
Pedro Abarca Pedro Abarca was a theologian, born in Aragon in 1619; died 1 October, 1693, at Palencia. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1641, and passed almost all his religious life as professor of scholastic, moral, and controversial theology, chiefly in the University of Salamanca.
Pedro Aguilar Pedro "Cuban Pete" Aguilar is a United States dancer of Puerto Rican origin, referred to as "the greatest Mambo dancer ever", by Life magazine and Tito Puente. His nickname, "Cuban Pete" was conferred upon him in 1949 in the famous dance hall "Palladium", New York in reference to the mambo classic song Cuban Pete by Desi Arnaz, and it was endorsed by Arnaz himself.
Pedro Albizu Campos Pedro Albizu Campos (September 12, 1891 – April 21, 1965) born in Tenerías Village in Ponce, Puerto Rico was the son of Alejandro Albizu and Juana Campos. He was also the nephew of Juan Morel Campos, one of Puerto Rico's greatest composers of danzas.
Pedro Almíndez Chirino Pedro Almíndez Chirino (or Pedro Almíndez Chirinos) was a conquistador and member of several councils that governed New Spain while Hernán Cortés was traveling to Honduras, in 1525-26. Almíndez was an ally of Gonzalo de Salazar; the events of this period are recounted in that article.
Pedro AlmodĂłvar Pedro AlmodĂłvar Caballero born September 24, 1949) is a two-time Academy Award-winning Spanish filmmaker. Since making his first commercial film in the 1980s, he has written, directed, acted in and/or produced nearly 30 films.
Pedro Alvarez Pedro Alvarez is a common name in the Spanish and Portuguese languages. It can be appropriately spelled with or without the accent over the first "A," and with either a "z" or an "s" at the end.
Pedro Antonio de AlarcĂłn Pedro Antonio de AlarcĂłn y Ariza (10 March 1833 - 19 July 1891) was a Spanish author, writer and political figure. He is best remembered today for his comic novel El Sombrero de Tres Picos (The Three-cornered Hat), (1874), one of the most popular works in Spanish Literature.
Pedro Antonio Fernández de Castro Pedro Antonio Fernández de Castro, conde de Lemos (in full, Pedro Antonio Fernández de Castro Andrade y Portugal, décimo conde de Lemos, marqués de Sarria, y duque of Taurisano) (1634, Madrid—December 6, 1672, Lima, Peru) was Spanish viceroy of Peru from November 21, 1667 to his death on December 6, 1672.
Pedro Astacio Pedro Julio Astacio (born November 28, 1969 in Hato Mayor, Dominican Republic) is a pitcher for the Washington Nationals. He has played for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1992- part of 1997), Colorado Rockies (part of 1997- part of 2001), Houston Astros (part of 2001), New York Mets (2002-2003), Boston Red Sox (2004), Texas Rangers (2005), the San Diego Padres (part of 2005) and the Washington Nationals (2006).
Pedro Álvarez de Toledo Don Pedro Álvarez de Toledo (1484-1553) was a Spanish viceroy of Naples. Don Pedro was the first important Spanish viceroy of Naples and the ruler responsible for considerable social, economic and urban change in the city and southern Italian kingdom, in general.
Pedro Bank Pedro Bank is a large bank of sand and coral, partially covered with seagrass, about 80 km south and southwest of Jamaica, rising steeply from a seabed of 800 meters depth. It slopes gently from Pedro Cays to the west and north with depths from 13 to 30 meters.
Pedro Bohórquez Pedro Chamijo (1602, Granada, Spain—January 3, 1667, Lima, Peru), more commonly known as Pedro Bohórquez or Inca Hualpa, was a Spanish adventurer in the Viceroyalty of Peru. He was probably born in Spain, but some sources say he was born in Quito.
Pedro BorbĂłn Pedro BorbĂłn Rodriguez (Born December 2, 1946 in Valverde, Dominican Republic ) is a former pitcher. He played for 12 seasons (1969in Major League Baseball - 1980) for four teams, including 10 seasons for the Cincinnati Reds (1970 - 1979).
Pedro BorbĂłn, Jr. Pedro Felix BorbĂłn Marte (born November 15, 1967 in Mao, Dominican Republic) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for nine seasons (1992 - 2003) for four teams, including four seasons for the Atlanta Braves, and three seasons for the Toronto Blue Jays.
Pedro Bordo de San Superano Pedro Bordo de San Superano (also spelled San Superán, in French Pierre de Saint-Superan; Pedro Bordo meaning "Peter the Bastard"; died 1402) was one of the captains of the Navarrese Company in the Morea from 1379 until he was made Prince of Achaea in 1396, a post he held to his death.
Pedro Calvo Pedro Calvo is a popular Cuban singer sometimes affectionately nicknamed Pedrito, meaning "little Pedro". He is most famous for his stint with Los Van Van, one of Cuba’s premier dance bands, which he joined in 1988.
Pedro Carmona Pedro Francisco Carmona Estanga (born 1941 in Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela) is a former Venezuelan trade organization leader who was briefly declared President of Venezuela during an abortive 2002 military coup against Hugo Chávez. He occupied the office of President from April 12 to April 13.
Pedro Carneiro Pedro Carneiro is a Portuguese solo classical percussionist, marimba player and composer. Pedro Carneiro is one of the very few percussion players to have made an international career as a soloist, and has established himself as one of the world's foremost solo percussionists, performing regularly throughout Europe, the Asia and the United States.
Pedro Carrasco Pedro Carrasco (Alosno, Spain, July 11, 1943 – January 27, 2001) was a Spanish boxer whose fame transcended the boxing ring. During the 1970s, he was a media darling in Spain, like Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, and Oscar de la Hoya have been in the United States.
Pedro Castellano Pedro Orlando Castellano Arrieta (born March 11, 1970 in Lara State, Venezuela), is a former Major League Baseball third baseman/first baseman and right-handed batter who played for the Colorado Rockies (1993, 1995-96).
Pedro Cebrián y Agustín, Count of Fuenclara Pedro Cebrián y Agustín, Count of Fuenclara (Spanish: Pedro Cebrián y Agustín, conde de Fuenclara) (April 30, 1687, Luceni, Spain—August 22, 1752, Madrid) was a Spanish diplomat and viceroy of New Spain, from November 3, 1742 to July 8, 1746.
Pedro d'Alva y Astorga Pedro d' Alva y Astorga was a Friar Minor of the Strict Observance, and a voluminous writer on theological subjects, generally in defense of the Immaculate Conception; b. at Carbajales, Spain, toward the end of the sixteenth century; d.
Pedro da Fonseca Pedro da Fonseca (14/15th centuries) was a Portuguese Cardinal, born in Olivença, then in Portugal, but since the 19th century annexed by Spain. He was made Cardinal by the Avignon Pope Benedict XIII, with the title of "Santo Ângelo na Pescaria", in 1409.
Pedro de Aranda Pedro de Aranda was a Bishop of Calahorra and President of the Council of Castile in the latter part of the fifteenth century, and a a victim of the persecutions of Marranos. His father, Gonzalo Alonzo, who was one of the Jews that embraced Christianity in the period of Vicente Ferrer's missionary propaganda during the early years of the fifteenth century, adopted the life of an ecclesiastic.
Pedro de Álcantara Téllez-Girón, 9th Duke of Osuna Don Pedro de Álcantara Téllez-Girón, 9th Duke of Osuna (es: Don Pedro de Álcantara Téllez-Girón, noveno duque de Osuna) was co-founder of a society for the promotion of national cultural consciousness. The Duke and his wife proved to be major art-lovers and patrons.
Pedro de Castro van Dúnem Pedro de Castro van Dúnem (1942 – 23 September 1997) was an Angolan politician. He was Minister of External Relations from 1989 – 1992 and Minister of Public Works and Urban Affairs from 1992 – 1997, resigning shortly before his death.
Pedro de Castro y Figueroa, duque de la Conquista Pedro de Castro y Figueroa, duque de la Conquista y marqués de Gracia Real (ca. 1685, San Julián de Cela, Spain—August 22, 1741, Mexico City) was a Spanish military officer and viceroy of New Spain from August 17, 1740 to August 22, 1741.
Pedro de la Portilla Pedro de la Portilla was an eighteenth century Criollo rebel in New Spain against the Spanish. He was the leader of the Conspiracy of the Machetes (Spanish: la conspiraciĂłn de los machetes), an unsuccessful rebellion in 1799.
Pedro de Sousa Holstein Pedro de Sousa Holstein, Count, Marquess and Duke of Palmela, Duke of Faial (1781-1850) was one of the most important Portuguese diplomats and statesmen in the first half of the 19th century. He also served as the country's Prime Minister.
Pedro de Ursúa Pedro de Ursúa (1526–1561) was a Spanish conquistador in the 16th century. In Panama, Ursúa subdued a Cimarron (ex-slave) revolt by tricking Cimarron leader Bayano into coming unprepared to a negotiate a truce - and then capturing him and sending him back to King Philip II of Spain.
Pedro del Valle Pedro Augusto del Valle (August 28, 1893 – April 28, 1978) was a United States Marine Corps officer who became the first Hispanic to reach the rank of Lieutenant General. His military career included service in World War I, Haiti and Nicaragua during the so-called Banana Wars of the 1920s, and in the seizure of Guadalcanal and later as Commanding General of the U.
Pedro Damiano Pedro Damiano (in Portuguese, Pedro DamiĂŁo; Damiano is the Italian form, much like the Latin Damianus) was a Portuguese chess player who lived from 1480-1544. He wrote one of the first chess books, published in Rome, Italy in 1512 and entitled Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi et de li partiti.
Pedro Diez Canseco Pedro Diez Canseco Corbacho (born January 31, 1815 in Arequipa, Peru; died April 3, 1893 in Chorrillos, Peru) was a Peruvian soldier and politician who became interim President of Peru on three occasions: 1863, 1865 and 1868.
Pedro Espinoza Bravo Brigadier Pedro Espinoza Bravo was a Chilean Army officer and member of the DINA, the secret police which operated during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990). As an Army Intelligence officer, Espinoza participated in the so-called Caravan of Death in October, 1973, and was later operations chief of the DINA.
Pedro Eugenio Aramburu Pedro Eugenio Aramburu Cilveti (May 21, 1903 – June 1 1970) was a de facto president of Argentina from November 13, 1955 to May 1, 1958. He was kidnapped, "judged" and executed by the Montoneros guerrilla organization (the most extreme sector from the Peronism), in retaliation against the June 1956 Leon Suarez massacre and the execution of Juan José Valle.
Pedro Eustache Pedro Eustache (born 1959), is a Venezuelan flautist - "World Music" woodwinds-reeds-wind synthesizers composer who has studied classical music, jazz, Indian classical music, and Armenian music. He has more than seven years of symphonic experience and a collection of around 500 intruments from all over the world, many of which having been created, built, designed, and/or modified by himself.
Pedro Fages Don Pedro Fages Beleta or in Catalan, Pere Fages i Beleta (1734–1794), and nicknamed El Oso, was a Catalan soldier, explorer, and the second Spanish military Governor of New California during 1770–1774, and Governor of the Californias during 1782–1791.
Pedro FerrĂ­z Santacruz Pedro Ferriz Santacruz has been a radio announcer in MĂ©xico for more than 4 decades. One of his best-known programs is Un mundo nos vigila (A world is watching us), a radio show about the search for intelligent extraterrestrial life, which started on station XEW and is now broadcasted on the Imagen Informativa radio network.
Pedro Francisco GarcĂ­a Pedro Francisco GarcĂ­a Aguado (born December 9, 1968 in Madrid) is a former water polo player from Spain, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Four years earlier, whenBarcelona hosted the Games, he was on the side that captured the silver medal.
Pedro Gamarro Pedro Gamarro (born January 8, 1955) is a retired boxer from Venezuela, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the silver medal in the welterweight division (– 67 kg) after having lost to Jochen Bachfeld of East Germany in the final.
Pedro Gómez Labrador, Marquis of Labrador Don Pedro Gómez Labrador, Marquis of Labrador (1755—1852) was a Spanish diplomat and nobleman who served as Spain's representative at the Congress of Vienna (1814-1815). Labrador did not successfully advance his country's diplomatic goals at the conference.
Pedro Gual Escandon Pedro José Ramón Gual Escandon was President of Venezuela in 1858, in 1859 and in 1861, he was born in Caracas, Venezuela, January 17, 1783 and died in Guayaquil , Ecuador, May 6, 1862 . He was a member of the conservative Centralist party.
Pedro Guerreiro Pedro Miguel Neves Guerreiro (born February 25, 1966 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Portuguese Communist Party; part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left group. He took his seat in the European Parliament on 13 January 2005, replacing Sérgio Ribeiro of the same party.
Pedro Guerrero Pedro Guerrero (born June 29, 1956 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic) is a former Major League Baseball player who spent his career (1978-1992) with the Los Angeles Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals.

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