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Mai Shiranui | Critical reception and popularity | also for the whole company. ... Mai is an unapologetic sex symbol ... While some decry Mai's ubiquitousness as pandering fan service, we're more than happy to pick up the yearly iterations of the King of Fighters franchise just to get fresh hands on this fetching fighter. Destructoid's editor-in-chief Dale North named ... |
Major League Baseball All-Star Game | Selection of managers and coaches | despite having moved from the National League champion San Francisco Giants to the Chicago Cubs. This has also included situations where the person is no longer actively managing a team. For the first All-Star Game, intended as a one-time event, Connie Mack and John McGraw were regarded as baseball's venerable managers... |
Mansfield Brewery | History | Mansfield Brewery History In 1855, brewer John Watson of Sheffield formed a partnership with farmer Samuel Hage of Whitewater, Ollerton, and investor William Edward Baily, of Mansfield. The partners bought land at Littleworth to build a brewery. However, in 1856 Watson sold his shares to the other two partners. To supp... |
Lyman Lemnitzer | Post-Korean War & Later life and death | Treaty Organisation (NATO). His time in command saw the Cyprus crisis of 1963–1964 and the withdrawal of NATO forces from France in 1966. As of 2015, Lemnitzer is the only Chairman of the Joint Chiefs to hold another U.S military command after his term as Chairman ended, rather than retiring. Later life and death Lemni... |
Marty Essen | Live Shows | touring the United States, performing Around the World in 90 Minutes, at hundreds of colleges since 2007. |
Mardan | Economy & Sports | as one of the largest sugar mills in South Asia. An economic zone is planned as a part of the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) near Rashakai. Although Rashakai is part of Nowshera District, its proximity with Mardan is expected to directly benefit the city Sports In 2006, Mardan district gov... |
Manchester Cenotaph | Commissioning | location of the former St Peter's church, demolished in 1907. The statutory trustees appointed to administer the funds paid over by the city council for the deconsecrated site of the church had been required by the Manchester Churches Act of 1906 to erect and maintain a memorial cross on the site, as well as to protect... |
Marquês de Pombal (Lisbon Metro) | History | Marquês de Pombal (Lisbon Metro) History The Blue Line station is one of the 11 stations that belong to the original Lisbon Metro network, opened in December 29, 1959. The architectural design of the original Blue Line station is by Falcão e Cunha.
On July 15, 1995 the Yellow Line station was built, based on the archi... |
Manhattan, Kansas | 2010 census | races, and 3.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.8% of the population.
There were 20,008 households of which 22.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.0% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.1% had a male householde... |
Louisiana State University Agricultural Center | 4-H support | and community development programs. In 2008, Louisiana celebrated 100 years of 4-H in the state. The 4-H program, which got its start with a boys’ corn club in 1908, reaches nearly 225,000 youth every year. The focus areas are citizenship, healthy living, and science, engineering and technology. Among alumni of Louisia... |
Littoral cone | null | Littoral cone Littoral cones are a form of volcanic cone. They form from the interaction between lava flows and water. Steam explosions fragment the lava and the fragments can pile up and form a cone. Such cones usually form on aa lava flows, and typically require large lava flows to form. They have been found on Hawai... |
Major facilitator superfamily | Mechanism & Substrate specificity | face, and opening of the cytoplasmic side, allowing substrate into the cell. Upon substrate release, the transporter recycles to the periplasmic facing orientation.
Exporters and antiporters of the MFS family follow a similar reaction cycle, though exporters bind substrate in the cytoplasm and extrude it to the extrace... |
Marus | Archaeology | Marus Archaeology In 1875, Victor Guérin found major ruins here. He described the place as a destroyed Arab village.
In 1881 the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine found here: "Modern and ancient ruins; a spring in a rock-cut cave, ancient foundations of good-sized stones; the foundations of a s... |
John Shirley (footballer) | Career | John Shirley (footballer) Career Shirley was born in Crewe and began his career with non-league Whitchurch before joining league Stoke City in 1927. He made a fine start scoring twice on his debut against Fulham in November 1927. However, despite that he never was considered to be a regular in the Stoke side by manager... |
Lucia Joyce | Legacy | the Irish Times and Irish Examiner. The criticism focused on Abbs's allegedly insufficient research regarding Lucia Joyce and her "unsubstantiated speculations" on subjects such as incest, the nature of Lucia Joyce's mental illnesses, and the suggestion that her schizophrenia resulted entirely from her mother's neglect... |
Lou Graham (Seattle madame) | Graham in Seattle | such "closed city" period in 1890 but soon opened wide its doors for business once again. By February 14, 1891 (Valentine's Day, ironically), something of a "Wild West" atmosphere had returned to the tideflats, and a rookie policeman involved in a general crackdown on prostitution arrested Graham out of ignorance of he... |
Louise Leonard McLaren | Later career | Stroudsburg, Pa. in 1968 of heart disease at age 83. She had a vision of industrial society and with an unfailing sense of optimism and with hard work and dedication inspired several generations of southern working women. |
Mark T. Smith | Life | across the U.S. and exhibited at the Cannes Film Festival as part of a worldwide promotional tour. One vehicle was auctioned for the charity Operation Smile to a private collector, and the other is in the Walter P. Chrysler Museum’s permanent collection in Michigan.
In 2009, Smith was chosen as the first artist to "Pai... |
London Wall | Medieval period | the Confessor, was one of the grandest churches in Europe. Winchester had previously been the capital of Anglo-Saxon England, but from this time on, London became the main forum for foreign traders and the base for defence in time of war. In the view of Frank Stenton: "It had the resources, and it was rapidly developin... |
Live at Pompeii | Promotion | on the 9 August an excerpt from "A Boat Lies Waiting" was uploaded. An excerpt from "Today" was uploaded on 23 August 2017. On 30 August 2017 an excerpt from "Time" was uploaded. As well as preview videos an electronic press kit (EPK) was uploaded in three parts to the channel. On 8 September 2017 the full video of "On... |
Marcel Hirscher | Career | among male athletes at a single resort. At the 2019 Alpine World Ski Championships in Åre in February, Hirscher took a silver in the giant slalom behind Henrik Kristoffersen, before winning the slalom by 0.65 seconds after holding a 0.56 second lead from the first run: Hirscher described his first run as one of the bes... |
Longwood University | Campus | of four historic brick Jeffersonian buildings: French Hall, Tabb Hall, Ruffner Hall and Grainger Hall. These buildings are joined by a covered colonnade and bear the university's signature red roofs.
The rest of campus is organized along a picturesque central promenade, Brock Commons, that stretches south perpendicular... |
Martindale, Texas | History & Education | parishioners' own labor in the mid-1980s and then was burned by an arsonist in 1991. After 1984, the local population increased, reaching 1,068 in 1988, when eleven businesses were in operation. Education The City of Martindale is served by the San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District. Hope Christian Academy... |
Major League Baseball All-Star Game | Selection of managers and coaches | abandoned. After the 1964 season and the World Series, the managers, Johnny Keane of the St. Louis Cardinals and Yogi Berra of the New York Yankees, both left their teams and found new jobs in the other league – Keane was hired to manage the Yankees and Berra became a player-coach with the New York Mets. The Philadelp... |
Jubal Early | Early military, legal and political careers | to Virginia had come earlier, he might have withheld that letter of resignation.
Early studied law with local attorney Norborne M. Taliaferro and was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1840. Franklin County voters the next year elected Early as one of their delegates in the Virginia House of Delegates (a part-time positio... |
Manhattan, Kansas | 2000 census | at an average density of 1,177.4 per square mile (454.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 87.28% White, 4.86% African American, 0.48% Native American, 3.93% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 1.30% from other races, and 2.07% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.49% of the population.
There w... |
Ma'danids | History | risen to power in Makran. They established their capital at Kiz/Kij and used the Indian title of Mahraj. Although seldom playing a major role in regional affairs, it was able to maintain its authority in Makran for at least a century and a half. At some point the Ma'danids became tributary to the Saffarid dynasty of Si... |
Marinism | Similitude and metaphor | Marinism Marinism (Italian: marinismo, or secentismo, "17th century") is the name now given to an ornate, witty style of poetry and verse drama written in imitation of Giambattista Marino (1569–1625), following in particular La Lira and L'Adone. Similitude and metaphor The Marinist poet never hesitated to embark on a l... |
Lindsay Barrett | Plays and film scripts | Nigeria. Jump Kookoo Makka was presented at the Leicester University Commonwealth Arts Festival in 1967 (directed by Cosmo Pieterse) and that same year Home Again was performed by Wole Soyinka's company.
In 1973 Barrett's play Black Blast! — an exploration of Caribbean history through music, mime and dance — was perfor... |
Luttre | From the Roman times till the Belgian independence | Luttre From the Roman times till the Belgian independence Following the conquest of Gaul (57B.C-52 A.D), Rome re-organised the new territories. Northern Gaul became the province BELGICA with Reims (F) as its capital city. This province was further divided into ‘civitates’. The area that would later become Luttre belong... |
Gilles Hocquart | Economy | preceding years," and accounted this augmentation to the better, recent administration. However, on October 12, 1736, Hocquart was faced with an entirely different situation: in his own words, the "trade done at Fort Frontenac and Niagara was becoming from year to year a smaller business." It was becoming increasingly ... |
Longwood University | College of Business and Economics & Honor Code | of Business and Economics is Dr. Timothy P. O'Keefe. Honor Code Longwood's Honor System dates to 1910. All incoming students must sign an Honor Pledge in their first days on campus. It reads:
I, ___________, having a clear understanding of the basis and spirit of the Honor Code created and accepted by the student body ... |
LaVaughn Robinson | Club dancing | Fitzgerald. Robinson also danced with Eddie Sledge and Tony Lopez when he worked for Eddie Smith, a booking agent who handled only trios and quartets. Robinson performed in a close rhythms style, avoiding splits, jumps, and flips of the style of the Nicholas Brothers, after suffering injuries to his legs. He performed... |
Little Man, What Now? (novel) | Plot synopsis | the German film. Plot synopsis The bookkeeper Johannes Pinneberg and his girlfriend, the sales girl Emma "Lämmchen" Mörschel, marry when they find out that she is two months pregnant. Hardly any time passes until Pinneberg is fired and must find a new job in the middle of the economic crisis.
Pinneberg's despicable mot... |
John F. Helliwell | Professional activities | the Royal Commission on National Passenger Transportation between 1989–1992, senior advisor to the secretary general of the OECD between 1983–84, chair of economic advisory panel to the Canadian Minister of Finance between 1982–84, and president of the Canadian Economics Association between 1985–86. He was a board mem... |
Lakeville Swamp | History & About the Sanctuary | Lakeville Swamp History The Lakeville Swamp Nature Sanctuary was the Michigan Nature Association's fifth project. The acquisition of this property began in 1961. About the Sanctuary As home to over 400 species of native plants, the Lakeville Swamp is Oakland County's most biologically diverse area. It also preserves se... |
Masahiko Kimura | Kimura vs. Waldemar Santana & Death | headbutt and broke his nose with a punch from the bottom. The competitors, both tired and bleeding, disengaged and returned to standing, where they continued exchanging strikes until the clock marked the end of the match. Death Kimura died on April 18, 1993, after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 75 years old. |
Masahiko Kimura | Kimura vs. Waldemar Santana | famous gyaku-ude-garami. Newspaper Correio da Manha described the match as a "cat and mouse affair", while Diario de Noite stated "Kimura won at will".
The second, on the other hand, attracted much more interest, as Santana was a veteran of vale tudo competition while Kimura was not. Hosted on July 12 at Antônio Balbin... |
Mat Hoffman | Achievements & Video games | day street riding.
In 2005, Mat was elected the President of the International BMX Freestyle Federation, the international governing body of BMX Freestyle.
Also in 2005, the Mat Hoffman Action Sports Park opened in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It has since been recognized as one of the 10 best such parks in the nation.
In... |
Matt Simmons (Criminal Minds) | Background and characterization | big struggle is, when can I get home to see my kids and how much is my wife working?".
A United States Army veteran, little is known about Simmons' military service. Simmons is known for his resourcefulness and "always [has] a guy" to turn to for help whenever the team hits a dead end. Like most of the IRT he knows sev... |
Laurien van der Graaff | Career | Laurien van der Graaff Career Born in the Netherlands to Dutch parents, she has dual citizenship. Her family moved to Switzerland when she was four. Van der Graaff competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Switzerland. She placed 20th in the qualifying round in the sprint, advancing to the quarterfinals. She then finish... |
Major League Baseball All-Star Game | Venues | AL Detroit Tigers were chosen to host the annual game as part of the city's 250th birthday (corrected by the NL hosting the next two seasons). The second was when the two-game format during the 1959–1962 seasons resulted in the AL being one game ahead in turn. It was broken when again the NL hosted the four straight ga... |
Kosovo Liberation Army | Reported abuses & Alleged use of child soldiers | Following the withdrawal of Serbian and Yugoslav security forces from Kosovo in June 1999, all casualties were civilians, the vast majority being Serbs. According to Human Rights Watch, as "many as one thousand Serbs and Roma have been murdered or have gone missing since 12 June 1999."
A Serbian court sentenced 9 forme... |
Lauren Carpenter | Reception | Sun-Herald called Lauren's heart-to-heart with Lucy a "genuine emotional moment" and added "Kendall does a superb job and sets us up for more drama in 2014." |
Lesional demyelinations of the central nervous system | null | Lesional demyelinations of the central nervous system Multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) produce lesions (demyelinated areas in the CNS) and glial scars or scleroses. They present different shapes and histological findings according to the underlying condition that p... |
Manuel the Armenian | Domestic of the Schools & Possible life after 838 | died of them five days later, on 27 July 838. He was buried in his palace in Constantinople, which lay near the Cistern of Aspar and which became a monastery named after him, now traditionally identified with the Kefeli Mosque. Possible life after 838 The chronicles of Genesios and Theophanes Continuatus (and following... |
Lexie Carver | Character history | biological son after a surrogate's baby is switched with Zack in the hospital. Lexie did not know this at the time, but later chooses to keep quiet about it once she finds out, even though Hope is her best friend.
Lexie has a history of antagonism with Sami Brady. They were both involved with Brandon Walker. Sami has b... |
Martha My Dear | Style and form & Recording & Legacy | is. Recording The song was recorded over two days on 4 and 5 October 1968 at Trident Studios in London. McCartney recorded the piano, drums, and vocals on the first day. He was advised to have George Martin play the piano solo because it was believed that the solo was beyond Paul's competency, but Paul persisted. Georg... |
Mark Weivoda | Tampa Bay Buccaneers & Memphis Xplorers & Boise Burn | but was released prior to the beginning of the season. Memphis Xplorers He then signed with the Memphis Xplorers of the af2 in 2005, but his season was cut short by a torn biceps. Weivoda returned to the Xplorers in 2006 and played in 11 games at fullback, linebacker, offensive lineman, and defensive lineman, recordin... |
Major League Baseball All-Star Game | History of player selection methods | 1947, fans were given the opportunity to vote on the eight starting position players, but in 1957, fans of the Cincinnati Reds stuffed the ballot box (see below), and elected a Red to every position except first base. Commissioner Ford Frick stepped in and removed two Reds from the lineup. As a response to this unfairn... |
Lou Barletta | Early life, education, and business career | Lou Barletta Early life, education, and business career Barletta was born January 28, 1956, in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, the son of Angeline (née Agosti) and Rocco Barletta, both of Italian ancestry. After graduating from high school, he attended Luzerne County Community College and Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania.... |
Mai Shiranui | Fighting games | be added through DLC for the home version. In The King of Fighters XIII (2010), Mai returns to the series when she feels that the KOF tournament is not complete without her and so decides to enter it along with the other two original members of KOF '94's Women's Team. She is not upset at Andy while making her choice, c... |
Mark Aronoff | Education and academic career & Personal life | a strong commitment to professional service, within both his university and his field. From 1998 to 2010, he served in the administration of the State University of New York as Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education. This overlapped with his tenure, from 1995 to 2001, as editor of Language (the journal of the Li... |
Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 | National selection & Preparation & At Eurovision | previewed on a special edition of the Maltese talk show Xarabank. On 21 December 2012, Saska Hunt and the song "Dress Rehearsal" were withdrawn and replaced by Marilena with the song "Overrated".
The semi-final and final evenings were hosted by Elaine Saliba and Gordon Bonello, with backstage commentary and interviews ... |
Mai Shiranui | Animation and costumes | Fighters, Mai Shiranui wears a pair of soft-soled tabi. From Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory to Real Bout Fatal Fury (both in 1995) she wears instep guards, exposing her heels and toes. In the former, she also wears a red vest and eye shadow. Mai's hairpin is her beloved grandmother's keepsake.
In KOF: Maximum... |
Love Crazy (1941 film) | Plot | errand for her mother across town, Steve skips out from the dull chore of minding Mrs. Cooper on a pretext to meet Isobel and chew the fat. However Mrs. Cooper finds out and tells her daughter, putting Steve in an awkward spot. Now jealous, for revenge, Susan calls Isobel's husband 'Pinky' (Donald MacBride) and suggest... |
LeSean Thomas | Career | LeSean Thomas Career Thomas' contributions as supervising character designer and co-director on seasons 1 and 2 of Adult Swim's animated series The Boondocks, helped propel the show to be nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Comedy Series and win the honorary Peabody Award.
His early production credits in... |
Marcel Hirscher | Career | season in the Schladming night slalom, Hirscher equalled his compatriot Austrian ski legend Hermann Maier's 54 World Cup victories. It was the 500th World Cup win for Austrian men. On 28 January Hirscher moved to second overall in the men's World Cup winners rankings by winning the GS in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
At th... |
Kimber Lee | Shine Wrestling (2013–2015, 2018–present) & Shimmer Women Athletes (2013–2016) | to compete in tag team competition, defeating the S-N-S Express (Sassy Stephie and Jessie Belle Smothers) at Shine 21, and unsuccessfully challenged Legendary (Malia Hosaka and Brandi Wine) for the Shine Tag Team Championship at Shine 23. In a rematch at Shine 25 on March 6, 2015, The Kimber Bombs won the championship.... |
Malacothamnus davidsonii | Description | Malacothamnus davidsonii Description Malacothamnus davidsonii is an erect shrub with a thick, multibranched stem reaching 3–5 metres (9.8–16.4 ft) in maximum height. It is coated densely in short, woolly fibers, appearing feltlike.
The thick, hairy leaves are rounded, divided into several dull lobes, and wavy along the... |
Martin Reader | Early life | Martin Reader Martin Reader (born May 2, 1984 in Comox Valley, British Columbia) is a Canadian retired male beach volleyball player. He competed for Canada at the 2012 Summer Olympics with Josh Binstock. Reader announced his retirement from competition after the London Olympics. Early life Reader was born in Comox Vall... |
Marian Finucane | Career | was replaced in her radio timeslot by Ryan Tubridy, and took over morning slots on Saturday and Sunday. |
Magdalena Solís | Arrest and sentencing | and Martinez near the farm where the Solís siblings were arrested. They then found the bodies, also dismembered, of the other six victims in the vicinity of the caves.
Magdalena and Eleazar Solís were each sentenced to fifty years in prison for the killings of Guerrero and Martinez. Authorities were unable to confirm t... |
Mansfield Brewery | History | wound down after the takeover, resulted in the closure of the brewery in 2002.
The site was cleared by demolition contractors the Cuddy Group in late 2008, with many local residents feeling that the destruction of the brewery's brick chimney by twelve explosive charges brought to an end part of the town's cultural heri... |
Leading Lady (film) | Distribution & Critical reception | in November 2014 and amassed a total of R7.2 million rands at the box office. Shortly after, Leading Lady was released in North America by Marvista and Tomcat Films as distribution agents. While DVD sales in South Africa have amassed a total of over 20 000 units locally, the North American release secured distribution ... |
Markeisha Gatling | College career & WNBA | Markeisha Gatling College career Gatling spent two years at Gulf Coast Community College and then attended North Carolina State University the next two years. WNBA Gatling was drafted with the 10th overall pick in the 2014 WNBA Draft by the Chicago Sky. Gatling averaged 10.7 points and 2.4 rebounds in 2014, her rookie ... |
Lloyd Ruby | World Championship career summary | participated in two World Championship races: the 1960 Indianapolis 500 and the 1961 United States Grand Prix. He scored no championship points. |
Lonnie Liston Smith | Early career (1963–73) & The Cosmic Echoes (1973–85) | contributions appeared on On The Corner (Columbia, 1973) and the track "Ife" on Big Fun (Columbia, 1974). The Cosmic Echoes (1973–85) While passing through Miles Davis' ever-changing line-up, Smith had finally formed his own group, 'Lonnie Liston Smith and the Cosmic Echoes' in 1973, together with his partner in Pharoa... |
Marikamba Temple, Sagar | Fair | as the Marikamba Jathra (‘Jathra’ means "fair"), it is one of the major festivals of Karnataka. It has socio–religious importance and is attended by a large number of devotees from all regions of Karnataka. On this occasion, a 16 feet (4.9 m) high chariot, colourfully decorated and carrying the image of the idol, is ta... |
Live at Pompeii | Promotion | Live at Pompeii Promotion A digital single, "Rattle That Lock (Live at Pompeii 2016)" was released to promote the album on 28 July 2017. "One of These Days (Live at Pompeii 2016)" was also released as a single on 8 September 2017, and "Run Like Hell (Live at Pompeii 2016)" was released as a single on 29 September 2017.... |
Malina Popivanova | Career | which was the center of the left faction in the League of Communists of Yugoslavia.
In November 1928 Popivanova was a delegate to the Fourth Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia in Dresden, along with Koco Racin At the Congress she was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the League of Communis... |
MV Nelson Star (1942) | Description | MV Nelson Star (1942) Description The ship was built in Belfast by Harland and Wolff Ltd as yard number 1125. She was a refrigerated cargo liner. She was launched on 25 August 1942 and completed in January 1943.
The ship was 431.4 feet (131.5 m) long, with a beam of 57.3 feet (17.5 m) and a depth of 33.6 feet (10.2 m).... |
Masaru Shintani | Shindō & Later life | the techniques and applications of Wado-ryu karate. Shintani developed Shindō with the idea that the same techniques could be used either empty handed, or with a Shindō, a stick approximately 36-inches in length, essentially a shortened Bō staff. Shintani began teaching Shindō to his students in the early 1980s. Later ... |
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | History & Recordings | Lucerne Festival, with an initial contract of 5 years. Recordings Abbado and the orchestra have made a number of acclaimed recordings in CD and DVD formats. These include: |
Marina Cárdenas | Biography | most representative voices of the Nicaraguan song" and preferred to sing boleros, bossa nova and traditional music of Nicaragua.
She received more than 400 awards and honors for her artistry, including a tribute by President Anastasio Somoza Debayle held at the
Teatro Nacional Rubén Darío, receipt of the Order of Salv... |
Maugersbury | History | Maugersbury History The town is said to have originated as an Iron Age fort on its defensive hill top position. Indeed, there are many similar forts in the area, and Stone Age and Bronze Age burial mounds are also common.
Maugersbury is located less than a mile from Stow-on-the-Wold, which was originally called Edwards... |
Mapleton, Iowa | History & Geography | Mapleton, Iowa History Mapleton was platted in 1857 when the railroad was extended to that point. It was named from its location near the Maple River.
Between 7:20 and 7:30 p.m. on April 9, 2011, a rated EF3 wedge tornado ripped through the western half of Mapleton. Early reports said that 50-60% of the town had been d... |
Manchester Cenotaph | Relocation | security measures (including 24-hour CCTV) were put in place.
The cenotaph was designated a grade II listed structure on 12 February 1985. Listed status provides legal protection from demolition or modification; grade II is applied to about 92% of listed buildings of "special interest, warranting every effort to preser... |
Manuel de Llanza y Pignatelli | Deputy and senator | exercise his grandeza de España right and in 1893 he was admitted to the Senate, sitting as the only Carlist except de Cerralbo himself. Though the Catalan Carlist leader was Luis de Llauder y Dalmases, Solferino was gradually emerging as one of key regional jefes, presiding over some party meetings as early as in 1896... |
Louisiana State University Agricultural Center | Crop adaptability & Alternative fuels | ample sunshine and water is not only conducive to crop growth but also to growth of unwanted insects, weeds and diseases. Controlling pests is a constant battle and requires a continuous supply of new crop varieties and new integrated pest management tools and strategies. Center scientists develop the crop varieties th... |
Joachim Dyfvermark | Biography | Joachim Dyfvermark Joachim Dyfvermark (born September 17, 1968) is an investigative reporter/producer working for the current affairs program Uppdrag granskning on the Swedish public service television company Sveriges Television. Biography Joachim Dyfvermark has been working as a journalist since 1996. He´s currently ... |
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just | Character & Camus and Saint-Just | incorruptible in the sense that he exhibited no attraction to material benefits but devoted himself entirely to the advancement of a political agenda. Camus and Saint-Just In Albert Camus's The Rebel (1951), Saint-Just is discussed extensively in the context of an analysis of rebellion and man's progression towards enl... |
Manhattan, Kansas | Geographic features & Earthquakes | dammed for flood control in the 1960s, and it is now a state park that offers many recreational opportunities. South of the city is the Konza Prairie, a tallgrass prairie preserve owned by The Nature Conservancy and Kansas State University. Earthquakes Kansas is not known for earthquake activity, but Manhattan is near... |
Magwayen Creative Scholars' Guild | Performing Arts Group & The Literary Division & Departments (Divisions) | jam-packed MMI, the celebrated Chill out at WOW and the Artist Fest 2006 were among the notable student concerts produced by the guild. The Literary Division Aside from producing its own play, Magwayen has also been writing for the guild’s productions. Students found a new way of speaking their hearts and soul through ... |
Lou Barletta | Economy and budget & Healthcare | voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the Republican Party's tax reform legislation. In supporting the legislation, Barletta tweeted, "Our #TaxReform package doubles standard deduction, brings $$$ back home, and reduces rates for ALL taxpayers. We will #MAGA." According to PolitiFact, Barletta's claim is "mostly false",... |
Malas Abdulkarim al-Kasnazani | Background | black market.
The first general election following the invasion took place in January 2005. Most Sunni Arabs boycotted the election, but Nehru Kasnazani led a list called the Coalition for Iraqi National Unity. They failed to win any seats in the national vote in either January or December 2005, but won 5 seats in the ... |
Marriage of state | Europe & Importance of religion | less inclined to marry into that family. Another factor was political alliance: marriage was an important way to bind together royal families and "their countries during peace and war" and could justify many important political decisions. Importance of religion Religion has always been closely tied to political affairs... |
London Wall | Medieval period & Medieval Gates | part outside the Wall as being "without". Archaically "Infra" (within) and "Extra" (without) were also used and the terms "intramural" and "extramural" are also used to describe being within or outside the walled part of the city.
The suffix is applied to some churches and parishes near the city gateways such as St Aud... |
Mai Shiranui | Other versions | opining they "all look great -- and in some instances, surpass the classic designs that were established so many years ago," meanwhile Hardcore Gamer positively noted how "Mai Shiranui's bouncy, laid-back personality [still] shows in her stance." In 2016, GameZone's James Wynne wrote that with the inclusion of Mai, the... |
Mavis Gibson | null | the Supreme Court of Namibia. On her retirement in April 2008 she was the longest-serving member of the High Court. |
Martin McGartland | Shooting | injuries. The IRA was blamed. It was reported that he was relocated immediately, protected by 12 armed officers and given a specially armored car. Total costs billed to the incident, including the investigation, amounted to £1.5 million (£2.6 million today).
In 2000, Lord Vivian asked in the House of Lords whether the ... |
Masahiko Kimura | Kimura vs. Hélio Gracie | an invitation by the Sao Paulo Shimbun. There they were challenged by Hélio Gracie of the Gracie Jiu Jitsu. Gracie proposed a match under what would be known as the "Gracie Rules", in which throws and pins would not count towards victory, with only submission or loss of consciousness. This played against judo rules in ... |
Mark (currency) | 20th century | new currency, the Reichsmark, to the stable Rentenmark. The Reichsbank rationed its lending, so that the Reichsmark remained at par with the stable Rentenmark. The currencies continued to exist in parallel, and were both abbreviated RM.
The original intention was to withdraw the Rentenmark by 1934, but the Nazi governm... |
Mauro Guillén | Work | Business in the Twenty-First Century, with Emilio Ontiveros (Cambridge University Press), and the other on Emerging Markets Rule: Growth Strategies of the New Global Giants, with Esteban García-Canal (McGraw-Hill).
He is the author of a dozen books and over 30 scholarly articles, published by the most prestigious unive... |
Maximiliano Richeze | Biography & Doping | after spending 11 seasons riding professionally for Italian teams, Belgian squad Etixx–Quick-Step announced that Richeze would join them from 2016 on a two-year contract, with a role as a lead-out man for Marcel Kittel and Fernando Gaviria. After four years without a victory he won the fourth stage at the 2016 Tour de ... |
Manhattan, Kansas | Education & Transportation & Airports | grade) and the Manhattan Catholic Schools. Manhattan Catholic School contains two buildings, the grade school building (K-5)and the Luckey Jr. High building (6–8), formerly called the Luckey high building dedicated to Monsignor Luckey. The school's mascot is "Luckey the Cardinal". Transportation Manhattan is served by ... |
Judy (dog) | HMS Grasshopper | across the island in an attempt to reach Padang. During the journey through the jungle, Judy was attacked by a crocodile and suffered a cut to her shoulder. The survivors patched up the 6 inches (15 cm) cut with their limited first aid supplies. She continued to warn them of approaching predators, and one crewman claim... |
Mavro Sachs | Career and later life | of Zagreb. Sachs also taught hygiene at the "Academy Dr. Moric Weiss". As a member of the Zagreb Medical Society (founded in 1845) he attended the first physicians assembly of Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia held in Zagreb on 14 June 1850. At that assembly it was requested the establishment of a medical college and mid... |
Luttre | From the Roman times till the Belgian independence | governing present day Belgian territories) wanted to impose reforms. It was followed by a period of unrest that ended with the French invasion in 1794. The old regime (i.e. rights of the seigniors, the power of the monasteries, the church keeping official registers) was abolished.
A new system based on municipalities w... |
Margaret B. Fuller Boos | Geological contributions | the job", but her expertise outshined her status as a woman. One year later, in 1929, Roger Toll offered Boos a full-time position working at the Park, but she graciously declined the offer and returned to the petroleum industry.
During the summers of 1929 - 1931 Margaret and Charles spent their time elaborating and ex... |
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