flying lemur, (family Cynocephalidae), either of the two species of primitive gliding mammals classified in the family Cynocephalidae and found only in Southeast Asia and on some of the Philippine Islands. Flying lemurs resemble large flying squirrels, as they are arboreal climbers and gliders that

Dermot Macmurrough was an Irish king of Leinster whose appeal to the English for help in settling an internal dispute led to the Anglo-Norman invasion and conquest of Ireland by England. After succeeding to the throne of his father, Enna, in 1126, Dermot faced a number of rivals who disputed his

Maria Dermoût was a Dutch novelist and short-story writer known for her subtle and evocative portraits of colonial life in the Dutch East Indies. Dermoût, who was the descendant of employees of the Dutch East Indies Company, spent her childhood on a sugar plantation in central Java. She attended

Maria Dermoût was a Dutch novelist and short-story writer known for her subtle and evocative portraits of colonial life in the Dutch East Indies. Dermoût, who was the descendant of employees of the Dutch East Indies Company, spent her childhood on a sugar plantation in central Java. She attended

John Frankenheimer: The 1970s and ’80s: …unstable Vietnam War veteran (Bruce Dern) who is involved in a plot to kill spectators during the Super Bowl; an Israeli officer (Robert Shaw) and an FBI agent (Fritz Weaver) try to foil the attack.

Laura Dern is an American actress who is known for her wide range of characterizations and the subtlety and naturalness of her performances. Dern was born to noted actors Diane Ladd and Bruce Dern. Her parents divorced when she was a small child, and she was raised by her mother. Dern began her

Laura Dern is an American actress who is known for her wide range of characterizations and the subtlety and naturalness of her performances. Dern was born to noted actors Diane Ladd and Bruce Dern. Her parents divorced when she was a small child, and she was raised by her mother. Dern began her

Derna, town, northeastern Libya, situated on the Mediterranean coast east of Benghazi. It lies on the eastern ridges of the Akhḍar Mountains in the delta of the small Wadi Derna. The town was founded in the 15th century on the site of Darnis, an ancient Greek colony (rock tombs remain). A ruined

Alphonse de Lamartine: Early life and Méditations poétiques: Le Dernier Chant du pèlerinage d’Harold, published in 1825, revealed the charm that the English poet Lord Byron exerted over him. Lamartine was elected to the French Academy in 1829, and the following year he published the two volumes of Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, a…

André Schwarz-Bart: …Le Dernier des justes (1959; The Last of the Just).

Victor Hugo: Success (1830–51): …that of his previous novel, Le Dernier Jour d’un condamné (1829; The Last Days of a Condemned), the story of a condemned man’s last day, in which Hugo launched a humanitarian protest against the death penalty. While Notre-Dame was being written, Louis-Philippe, a constitutional king, had been brought to power…

Gérard Depardieu: Stardom: 1990 to Cyrano de Bergerac: …Truffaut’s Le Dernier Métro (1980; The Last Metro), Loulou (1980), Le Retour de Martin Guerre (1981; The Return of Martin Guerre), Andrzej Wajda’s Danton (1983), Jean de Florette (1986), and its sequel, Manon des Sources (1986; Manon of the Spring). He starred in Camille Claudel (1989), and in 1990 he…

René Clair: Transition to sound films: …of these films and his Le Dernier Milliardaire (1934), an antifascist film banned in Germany and elsewhere, resulted in political and financial difficulties for Clair. He went to England to make The Ghost Goes West, an effective merging of English humor with French verve that became an international triumph. He…

Alphonse Daudet: Life: Daudet’s first play, La Dernière Idole (“The Last Idol”), made a great impact when it was produced at the Odéon Theatre in Paris in 1862. His winter in Corsica at the end of 1862 is recalled in passages of his Lettres de mon moulin (1869; “Letters from My…

Margaret of Angoulême: …under the title of Les Dernières Poésies (“Last Poems”).

Arthur Rimbaud: Major works of Arthur Rimbaud: …he then wrote—now known as Derniers Vers (“Last Verses”)—express his yearning for purification through all this suffering. Still trying to match form to vision, he expresses his longing for spiritual regeneration in pared-down verse forms that are almost abstract patterns of musical and symbolic allusiveness. These poems clearly show the…

Pierre de Ronsard: His posthumous collection, Les Derniers Vers (“The Final Verses”), poignantly expresses the anguish of the incurable invalid in nights spent alone in pain, longing for sleep, watching for the dawn, and praying for death.

Hammer DeRoburt was a Nauruan politician who was at the centre of political life on the central Pacific island for more than 30 years, notably as the first elected president of Nauru following its independence in 1968. After attending Geelong Technical College in Australia, DeRoburt returned to his

mustache shrimp: The largest species, Derocheilocaris galvarina, which attains lengths to 0.5 mm (about 0.02 inch), occurs on the Pacific coast of South America in the intertidal zone and on sandy bottoms in shallow waters. D. typicus occurs on the Atlantic coast of northeastern United States. D. remani is found…

mustache shrimp: D. remani is found on the coasts of Europe and Africa.

mustache shrimp: D. typicus occurs on the Atlantic coast of northeastern United States. D. remani is found on the coasts of Europe and Africa.

Coleoptera: Annotated classification: Family Derodontidae About 12 widely distributed species. Superfamily Elateroidea Forecoxae small; metasternum without transverse suture; larvae with no free labrum. Select families below. Family Brachypsectridae A few species in Asia and

Coleoptera: Annotated classification: Superfamily Derodontoidea (tooth-necked fungus beetles) Head with 2 ocelli; brown to black in color; prothorax relatively small; body elongate, flattened. Family Derodontidae About 12 widely distributed species. Superfamily Elateroidea

match: An example was François Derosne’s briquet phosphorique (1816), which used a sulfur-tipped match to scrape inside a tube coated internally with phosphorus.

Paul Déroulède was a French politician, poet, and dramatist who promoted an alliance between France and Russia. Déroulède enlisted in the French army at the outbreak of the Franco-German (Franco-Prussian) War in 1870, and, though he rose to the rank of lieutenant, an accident forced his retirement

Toronto Raptors: …All-Star guards Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan, won 56 games and advanced to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in team history, where the Raptors were eliminated by the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Raptors earned a franchise-record fourth straight playoff appearance in 2016–17 but were swept by the Cavaliers…

Henry Louis Vivian Derozio was a poet and assistant headmaster of Hindu College, Calcutta. He was a radical thinker and one of the first Indian educators to disseminate Western learning and science among the young men of Bengal. The son of an Indian father and an English mother, Derozio was

Tartu, old university city of southeastern Estonia, on the Ema River. The original settlement of Tarbatu dates from the 5th century; in 1030 the Russians built a fort there called Yuryev. From the 13th to the 16th century, the town was a prosperous member of the Hanseatic League. Then held in turn

Argentina: National consolidation, 1852–80: …succeeded in the presidency by Santiago Derqui. Another civil war broke out, but this time Buenos Aires defeated Urquiza’s forces. Urquiza and General Bartolomé Mitre, governor of Buenos Aires, then agreed that Mitre would lead the country but that Urquiza would exercise authority over the provinces of Entre Ríos and…

derrick, apparatus with a tackle rigged at the end of a beam for hoisting and lowering. Its name is derived from that of a famous early 17th-century hangman of Tyburn, Eng. In the petroleum industry, a derrick consisting of a framework or tower of wood or steel is erected over the deep drill holes

Q fever: History: …1935 in Queensland, Australia, by Edward Holbrook Derrick. According to Derrick, Q stands for query, an appellation applied because of the many unanswered questions posed by the new disease at the time of its first description. The disease was originally encountered among abattoir workers, cattle ranchers, and dairy farmers in…

derrick: In the petroleum industry, a derrick consisting of a framework or tower of wood or steel is erected over the deep drill holes of oil wells to support the tackle for boring, to raise and lower the drilling tools in the well, and to insert and remove the well casing…

Jacques Derrida was a French philosopher whose critique of Western philosophy and analyses of the nature of language, writing, and meaning were highly controversial yet immensely influential in much of the intellectual world in the late 20th century. Derrida was born to Sephardic Jewish parents in

Jacques Derrida was a French philosopher whose critique of Western philosophy and analyses of the nature of language, writing, and meaning were highly controversial yet immensely influential in much of the intellectual world in the late 20th century. Derrida was born to Sephardic Jewish parents in

derringer, pocket pistol produced in the early 19th century by Henry Deringer (q.v.), a Philadelphia

Londonderry, city and former district (1973–2015), now in Derry City and Strabane district, northwestern Northern Ireland. It is Northern Ireland’s second most populous city. Long part of the former County Londonderry, the old city and adjacent urban and rural areas were administratively merged in

Derry, town (township), Rockingham county, southeastern New Hampshire, U.S., on Beaver Brook just southeast of Manchester. It includes the communities of Derry and East Derry. The town, set off from Londonderry and incorporated in 1827, was settled in the early 18th century by Scotch-Irish

Derry City and Strabane, district, northwestern Northern Ireland. It is bounded to the north by Lough Foyle, to the northeast by the Causeway Coast and Glens district, to the east by the Mid Ulster district, to the south by the Fermanagh and Omagh district, and to the west and northwest by the

Manchester, city, Hillsborough county, southern New Hampshire, U.S. It lies along the Amoskeag Falls (named for the Indigneous Amoskeag people who once inhabited the area) of the Merrimack River, the 55-foot (17-metre) drop of which provides hydroelectric power. Manchester is the state’s largest

Alan Dershowitz is an American lawyer and author known for his writings and media appearances in which he strongly and often controversially defended civil liberties, in particular those regarding freedom of speech. He also garnered attention for his involvement in numerous prominent legal cases.

Alan Dershowitz is an American lawyer and author known for his writings and media appearances in which he strongly and often controversially defended civil liberties, in particular those regarding freedom of speech. He also garnered attention for his involvement in numerous prominent legal cases.

South African literature: In Afrikaans: …group of talented poets, the Dertigers (“Poets of the ’30s”), begun by W.E.G. Louw with Die ryke dwaas (1934; “The Rich Fool”). This sensitive poet, with his searing conflicts between God and Eros, exemplified qualities soon to become the new generation’s hallmark. He was followed by his elder brother, N.P.…

Tortona, town and episcopal see, Piemonte (Piedmont) regione, northwestern Italy, on the Scrivia River, east of the city of Alessandria. Founded by the Ligurians, it became a Roman colony in 148 bc. A Guelf stronghold in the Middle Ages, it was destroyed by the emperor Frederick I Barbarossa in

Tortosa, city, Tarragona provincia (province), in the comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of Catalonia, northeastern Spain, on the Ebro River, southwest of the city of Tarragona. Tortosa originated as the Dertosa of the Iberians; replanned by the Roman general Scipio Africanus, it was

pottery: Majolica: …the early factories, that of Deruta (which may have been under the patronage of Cesare Borgia) is of considerable importance. Majolica has been made there from medieval times, and manufacture continues in the mid-20th century. Deruta potters about 1500 were the first to use lustre pigment, which was of a…

Deruta ware, outstanding tin-glazed earthenware, or majolica, produced during the first half of the 16th century in the town of Deruta on the Tiber River, near Perugia, Italy. Deruta ware is characterized especially by a unique mother-of-pearl, metallic lustre and by certain decorative features. In

Folies-Bergère: …repute under the management of Paul Derval (from 1918 to 1966). He staged a series of sumptuous and grandiose spectacles featuring beautiful young women parading in a state of near nudity (despite their gaudy costumes) against exotic backdrops. Parisians and tourists alike were also attracted to the singers, acrobats, and…

calligraphy: Origins to the 8th century ce: A find in 1962 at Dervéni (Dhervénion), in Macedonia, of a carbonized roll of papyrus (Archaeological Museum, Thessaloníki, Greece) offers the oldest example of Greek handwriting and the only one preserved in the Greek peninsula (end of the 4th century bce). From then until the 4th century ce, there are…

Aşıkpaşazâde was one of the most important early Ottoman historians. The great-grandson of the famous mystic poet of Anatolia, Aşık Paşa, Aşıkpaşazâde also had affiliations with a Muslim mystical order. Very little is known about his early life. In 1413 he claimed to have met Yahşi Fakih, whose

Evliya Çelebi was one of the most celebrated Ottoman travelers, who journeyed for more than 40 years throughout the territories of the Ottoman Empire and adjacent lands. Son of the chief court jeweler, he was educated in a madrasah (Islamic college) and a Qurʾān school in Constantinople; and,

dervish, any member of a Ṣūfī (Muslim mystic) fraternity, or tariqa. Within the Ṣūfī fraternities, which were first organized in the 12th century, an established leadership and a prescribed discipline obliged the dervish postulant to serve his sheikh, or master, and to establish a rapport with him.

Port Phillip Association, (1836–39), organization of settlers from Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) formed to purchase and develop the grazing land of the unsettled Port Phillip District (later the colony of Victoria) of southeastern Australia; its efforts precipitated the large-scale colonization of

Derwent Water, lake, administrative county of Cumbria, historic county of Cumberland, England, in the Lake District National Park. It is about 3 miles (5 km) long and from 0.5 to 1.25 miles (0.8 to 2 km) wide, and its maximum depth is 72 feet (22 metres). The River Derwent enters its southern end

River Derwent, river in Tasmania, Australia, rising in Lake St. Clair on the central plateau and flowing 113 miles (182 km) southeast to enter Storm Bay through a 3.5-mile- (5.5-km-) wide estuary. Its major upper-course tributaries, the Jordan, Clyde, Ouse (now draining the Great Lake), and Dee,

River Derwent, river in North Yorkshire, England, that rises on Fylingdales Moor only 6 miles (10 km) inland from the North Sea but flows 57 miles (92 km) through alternating gorges and vales to its junction with the River Ouse. This peculiar course results from the blockage of its former path by

Derwentside, former district, unitary authority and historic county of Durham, northeastern England, located in the north-central part of the county about 12 miles (20 km) southwest of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. Derwentside was a coal-mining area, historically important to Great Britain,

Tibor Déry was a Hungarian novelist, short-story writer, poet, and playwright, one of the most respected and controversial figures in 20th-century Hungarian literature. He was imprisoned for his role in the 1956 revolution. Born to an upper-middle-class Jewish family, Déry graduated from the

Tibor Déry was a Hungarian novelist, short-story writer, poet, and playwright, one of the most respected and controversial figures in 20th-century Hungarian literature. He was imprisoned for his role in the 1956 revolution. Born to an upper-middle-class Jewish family, Déry graduated from the

Róza Déryné Széppataki was the first female Hungarian opera singer and the most famous Hungarian actress of the first half of the 19th century. Her parents sent her to Pest (now part of Budapest), then a predominantly German city, to learn the German language. In 1810 she joined the theatre company

Róza Déryné Széppataki was the first female Hungarian opera singer and the most famous Hungarian actress of the first half of the 19th century. Her parents sent her to Pest (now part of Budapest), then a predominantly German city, to learn the German language. In 1810 she joined the theatre company

Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin was Russia’s greatest and most original 18th-century poet, whose finest achievements lie in his lyrics and odes. Born of impoverished nobility, Derzhavin joined the army as a common soldier in 1762 and was made an officer in 1772. In 1777 he entered the civil service in

Daraa, town, southwestern Syria. It is the chief town of the Ḥawrān region of Syria. Earning the nickname “the cradle of the revolution,” Daraa was the site of the first protests of the 2011 uprising against Bashar al-Assad’s government, which eventually turned into the brutal and lengthy Syrian

Data Encryption Standard (DES), an early data encryption standard endorsed by the U.S. National Bureau of Standards (NBS; now the National Institute of Standards and Technology). It was phased out at the start of the 21st century by a more secure encryption standard, known as the Advanced

diethylstilbestrol (DES), nonsteroidal synthethic estrogen used as a drug and formerly used to promote growth of livestock. Unlike natural estrogens, DES remains active following oral administration. It is also administered as vaginal suppositories and by injection. DES breaks down more slowly in

Pierre-Hyacinthe Azaïs: …that first brought him fame, Des compensations dans les destinées humaines, 3 vol. (1809). In a following work, Système universel, 8 vol. (1809–12), he further developed the same idea and related it to certain cosmological concepts. At the core of this voluminous work is the notion that all experience (past,…

Jean Des Esseintes, fictional character, a reclusive aesthete in the novel Against the Grain (1884) by Joris-Karl Huysmans. The last in a depleted line of nobles, Des Esseintes is wealthy and effete, and he grows impotent from dissolution. At age 30 he abandons society to lead a life of

New Milford: In 1675 David Demarest (or des Marest), a French Huguenot, and his sons received a land grant, which included the former farm area. Two years later they established the first permanent settlement. Their mill, known as Demarest Landing, became a shipping point for iron ore. The home…

Nicolas Desmarets, marquis de Maillebois was the minister of finance during the last seven years of the reign (1643–1715) of Louis XIV of France. A nephew of Louis’s great finance minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Desmarets rose rapidly in financial administration, but on Colbert’s death (1683) he

Des Moines, city, capital of Iowa, U.S., and seat (1845) of Polk county. The city lies on the Des Moines River at its juncture with the Raccoon River in the south-central part of the state. Situated in the heart of the Corn Belt, it is the focus of Iowa’s most populous metropolitan area, which

The Des Moines Register, morning daily newspaper published in Des Moines, Iowa, one of the most influential regional newspapers in the United States. It was founded in 1860 and absorbed its older competitor, the Des Moines Leader (founded as the Iowa Star in 1849), in a merger in 1902, becoming the

Des Moines River, river rising in Lake Shetek in southwestern Minnesota, U.S., near Pipestone, and flowing 525 miles (845 km) in a southeasterly direction to join the Mississippi River 2 miles (about 3 km) southwest of Keokuk, Iowa. Above Humboldt, Iowa, the river is known as the West Fork. The

Bonaventure Des Périers was a French storyteller and humanist who attained notoriety as a freethinker. In 1533 or 1534 Des Périers visited Lyon, then the most enlightened town of France and a refuge for many liberal scholars. He assisted Pierre-Robert Olivétan and Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples in the

Des Plaines, city, Cook county, northeastern Illinois, U.S. Lying on the Des Plaines River, it is a suburb of Chicago, 17 miles (27 km) northwest of downtown. The area was originally inhabited by Potawatomi, Ottawa, and Ojibwa peoples. Settled in 1835 by Socrates Rand of Massachusetts, for whom the

Des Plaines River, river rising in Kenosha county, southeastern Wisconsin, U.S., and flowing south into Illinois through the northwestern suburbs of Chicago to Lyons. It then continues southwest past Lockport and Joliet, where it joins the Kankakee River after a course of 110 miles (177 km). The

Josquin des Prez was one of the greatest composers of Renaissance Europe. Josquin’s early life has been the subject of much scholarly debate, and the first solid evidence of his work comes from a roll of musicians associated with the cathedral in Cambrai in the early 1470s. During the late 1470s

Josquin des Prez was one of the greatest composers of Renaissance Europe. Josquin’s early life has been the subject of much scholarly debate, and the first solid evidence of his work comes from a roll of musicians associated with the cathedral in Cambrai in the early 1470s. During the late 1470s

Félicité Lamennais: …French monarchy in his book Des progrès de la révolution et de la guerre contre l’Église (1829; “On the Progress of the Revolution and the War Against the Church”), this work showed his readiness to combine Roman Catholicism with political liberalism.

Canadian literature: Contemporary trends: …example, in the poetry of Roger Des Roches (Le Coeur complet: poésie et prose, 1974–1982 [2000; “The Complete Heart: Poetry and Prose, 1974–1982”). Homosexual eroticism and the impact of AIDS are important themes in André Roy’s poetry (L’Accélérateur d’intensité [1987; “Accelerator of Intensity”]). Other poets have tended to integrate poetry…

smog: …first used in 1905 by H.A. Des Voeux to describe atmospheric conditions over many British towns. It was popularized in 1911 by Des Voeux’s report to the Manchester Conference of the Smoke Abatement League of Great Britain on the more than 1,000 “smoke-fog” deaths that occurred in Glasgow and Edinburgh…

Desmond, an ancient territorial division of Ireland approximating the modern counties of Kerry and Cork. Between the 11th and 17th centuries, the name was often used for two quite distinct areas. Gaelic Desmond extended over the modern County Kerry south of the River Maine and over the modern

Nāgarakṛtāgama, Javanese epic poem written in 1365 by Prapañcā. Considered the most important work of the vernacular literature that developed in the Majapahit era, the poem venerates King Hayam Wuruk (reigned 1350–89) and gives a detailed account of life in his kingdom. It also includes

Lake Titicaca: One small river, the Desaguadero, drains the lake at its southern end. This single outlet empties only 5 percent of the lake’s excess water; the rest is lost by evaporation under the fierce sun and strong winds of the dry Altiplano.

Argentina: Drainage: In the Northwest the Desaguadero River and its tributaries in the Andes Mountains water the sandy deserts of Mendoza province. The principal tributaries are the Jáchal, Zanjón, San Juan, Mendoza, Tunuyán, and Diamante. In the northern Pampas, Lake Mar Chiquita, the largest lake in Argentina, receives the waters of…

San Juan River, river and outlet of Lake Nicaragua, issuing from the lake’s southeastern end at the Nicaraguan city of San Carlos and flowing along the Nicaragua–Costa Rica border into the Caribbean Sea at the Nicaraguan port of San Juan del Norte. It receives the San Carlos and Sarapiquí rivers

Anita Desai is an English-language Indian novelist and author of children’s books who excels in evoking character and mood through visual images ranging from the meteorologic to the botanical. Born to a German mother and Bengali father, Desai grew up speaking German, Hindi, and English. She

Kiran Desai is an Indian-born American author whose second novel, The Inheritance of Loss (2006), became an international best seller and won the 2006 Booker Prize. Her work focuses on the themes of multigenerational family dynamics, postcolonialism, and immigration. In 2025 she published the

Morarji Desai was an Indian politician and independence activist who served as the fourth prime minister of India (1977–79), as a member of the Janata Party. He was the first prime minister of independent India not to represent the long-ruling Indian National Congress (Congress Party). Born to a

Morarji Desai was an Indian politician and independence activist who served as the fourth prime minister of India (1977–79), as a member of the Janata Party. He was the first prime minister of independent India not to represent the long-ruling Indian National Congress (Congress Party). Born to a

Louis-Charles-Antoine Desaix de Veygoux was a French military hero who led forces in the German, Egyptian, and Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars (from 1792). The son of Gilbert-Antoine Desaix, Seigneur de Veygoux, he was known at first as the Chevalier de Veygoux. A regular

desalination, removal of dissolved salts from seawater and in some cases from the brackish (slightly salty) waters of inland seas, highly mineralized groundwaters (e.g., geothermal brines), and municipal wastewaters. This process renders such otherwise unusable waters fit for human consumption,

desalination, removal of dissolved salts from seawater and in some cases from the brackish (slightly salty) waters of inland seas, highly mineralized groundwaters (e.g., geothermal brines), and municipal wastewaters. This process renders such otherwise unusable waters fit for human consumption,

desalination, removal of dissolved salts from seawater and in some cases from the brackish (slightly salty) waters of inland seas, highly mineralized groundwaters (e.g., geothermal brines), and municipal wastewaters. This process renders such otherwise unusable waters fit for human consumption,

Boston Strangler: Albert DeSalvo and doubts: In 1965 Albert DeSalvo, an inmate at a state mental hospital who had been charged with a series of rapes, confessed to the murders. Although never actually charged with the killings (investigators at the time were unable to physically link him to the murder scenes), DeSalvo was…

Ron DeSantis is a Republican politician who serves as governor of Florida (2019– ) and who is a leading figure in the conservative movement. He previously was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (2013–18). DeSantis staged an unsuccessful bid for U.S. president in 2024. DeSantis is the

Ron DeSantis is a Republican politician who serves as governor of Florida (2019– ) and who is a leading figure in the conservative movement. He previously was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (2013–18). DeSantis staged an unsuccessful bid for U.S. president in 2024. DeSantis is the

Dirty War: Many of them were “disappeared”—seized by the authorities and never heard from again.

Desargues’s theorem, in geometry, mathematical statement discovered by the French mathematician Girard Desargues in 1639 that motivated the development, in the first quarter of the 19th century, of projective geometry by another French mathematician, Jean-Victor Poncelet. The theorem states that if

Girard Desargues was a French mathematician who figures prominently in the history of projective geometry. Desargues’s work was well known by his contemporaries, but half a century after his death he was forgotten. His work was rediscovered at the beginning of the 19th century, and one of his

Cristina Peri Rossi: …Last Night), Desastres íntimos (1997; Intimate Disasters), and El amor es una droga dura (1999; “Love Is a Strong Drug”).