A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0-9 mission ... Mitchell, Parren James mission in Christianity, an organized effort for the propagation of the Christian faith. [100 Related Articles] mission (from the article "Native American") ...California in 1542 but did not attempt to occupy it until 1769. Following the Pacific ... Mission city, Hidalgo county, southern Texas, U.S., part of the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metropolitan area, in the lower ... Mission Bay Park (from the article "San Diego") ...Theatres and the Japanese Friendship Garden; and more than a dozen museums, including those devoted ... Mission District (from the article "San Francisco") The Spanish-speaking population is the second largest ethnic minority in the city (the Chinese community ... mission hospital (from the article "hospital") The spread of Western medicine and the founding of hospitals in the developing countries can ... Mission Indians North American Indians of what is now the southern and central California coast, among whom ... Mission Range segment of the northern Rocky Mountains, in northwestern Montana, U.S. The range trends northwest to ... Mission San Antonio de Valero (from the article "Alamo") The building was originally the chapel of the Mission San Antonio de Valero, which had ... Mission San Diego de Alcala (from the article "Serra, Junipero, Blessed") When Spain began its occupation of Alta California (present-day California), Serra joined the expedition's commander, ... Mission San Jose de Guadalupe (from the article "Fremont") ...San Francisco Bay (there spanned by the Dumbarton Bridge), southeast of San Francisco, on the ... Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo (from the article "San Antonio") ...are lined with shops and restaurants. San Antonio Missions National Historical Park (established 1978) preserves ... Mission San Xavier del Bac (from the article "Tucson") ...Pima Indians at Stjukshon, or Chuk Shon (Tucson; meaning "village of the spring at the ... Mission Santa Barbara (from the article "Santa Barbara") It was named by the Spanish explorer Sebastian Vizcaino in 1602 for the patron saint ... Mission Santa Cruz (from the article "Santa Cruz") ...explored by the Spaniard Gaspar de Portola (1769), who named the hills above the river ... mission simulator (from the article "aerospace industry") ...testing is ground-based simulation, conducted in two types of simulators: the space simulator, which duplicates ... mission specialist (from the article "astronaut") ...to have extensive flying experience in jet aircraft. These astronaut candidates are trained to serve ... Mission style type of furniture popular in the United States during the turn of the 20th century. ... Missionaries of Charity, Order of the (from the article "Teresa, Blessed Mother") founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic congregation of women ... missionary (from the article "Native American") The Roman Catholic missionaries that accompanied Coronado and de Soto worked assiduously to Christianize the ... missionary prophet (from the article "prophecy") Missionary (or apostolic) prophets are those who maintain that the religious truth revealed to them ... Missionary Ridge, Battle of (from the article "Missionary Ridge, Battle of") in the American Civil War, battle that ended the Confederate siege of Union troops at ... missions (from the article "Buddhism") ...often adopting modern Christian practices such as the establishment of Sunday schools, the distribution of ... missions (from the article "Fatimid Dynasty") ...of the Sunni 'Abbasid order and the hope and refuge of those who wished to ... missions (from the article "Judaism") ...by politically unfriendly if not hostile neighbours. Nor does this recognize that foreigners were admitted ... Mississauga city, regional municipality of Peel, southeastern Ontario, Canada. It lies at the western end of ... Mississippi constituent state of the United States of America. Originally part of America's Old Southwest, Mississippi ... [12 Related Articles] Mississippi (from the article "bagatelle") Mississippi is played with a bridge pierced with nine or more arches, according to the ... Mississippi Alluvial Plain (from the article "Tennessee") ...by small hills known as knobs. To the west the eastern Gulf Coastal Plain undulates ... Mississippi Bubble a financial scheme in 18th-century France that triggered a speculative frenzy and ended in financial ... [2 Related Articles] Mississippi College private, coeducational institution of higher learning, located in Clinton, Mississippi, U.S. Affiliated with the Southern ... Mississippi Convention (from the article "Nashville Convention") (1850), two-session meeting of proslavery Southerners in the United States. John C. Calhoun initiated the ... Mississippi Delta blues (from the article "blues") ...singing accompanied by supple guitar lines that consist typically of single-string picked arpeggios rather than ... Mississippi Embayment (from the article "United States") ...guides the course of the lower Mississippi. The river, however, has filled with alluvium what ... Mississippi Flyway (from the article "Mississippi River") ...by such plants as sedges, pondweeds, and millets encourage regular colonization by waterfowl. The path ... Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (from the article "Document: Stokely Carmichael: Black Power (1966)") In 1964 Hamer became vice-chairperson of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), established after unsuccessful ... Mississippi River the largest river of North America, draining with its major tributaries an area of approximately ... [34 Related Articles] Mississippi River Commission (from the article "Mississippi River") ...Twain described with considerable wit how the pilots of the Mississippi paddle wheelers banded together ... Mississippi State University public, coeducational institution of higher learning near Starkville, Mississippi, U.S. It is a land-grant university ... Mississippi Territory (from the article "Mississippi") The original Mississippi Territory created by the U.S. Congress in 1798 was a strip of ... Mississippi University for Women (from the article "Columbus") ...automotive parts, plumbing products, furniture, paper, and wall coverings) and Columbus Air Force Base. The ... Mississippi v. Johnson (from the article "Chase, Salmon P.") ...Court by his caution in dealing with Reconstruction measures and by his fairness in presiding ... Mississippi Valley (from the article "Mississippi River") ...enough was known about the river's hydrology and enough control structures had been built to ... Mississippi Valley Campaign the campaigns and battles of the American Civil War that were fought for control of ... Mississippi Valley type deposit (from the article "mineral deposit") The central plains of North America, running from the Appalachian Mountains on the east to ... Mississippi, flag of U.S. state flag consisting of a horizontally striped blue-white-red field (background) with the Confederate Battle ... Mississippi, University of public, coeducational institution of higher learning based in Oxford, Mississippi, U.S., with its Medical Center ... [4 Related Articles] Mississippian culture the last major prehistoric cultural development in North America, lasting from about AD 700 to ... [9 Related Articles] Mississippian Subperiod first major subdivision of the Carboniferous Period, lasting from 359.2 to 318.1 million years ago. ... [2 Related Articles] Missoula city, seat (1866) of Missoula county, western Montana, U.S. It is situated on Clark Fork ... Missoula, Lake (from the article "Pacific mountain system") ...Multnomah Falls, at 620 feet, is second in height in the United States only to ... Missouri North American Indian people of the Chiwere branch of the Siouan language family. In their ... Missouri constituent state of the United States of America. To the north lies Iowa; across the ... [15 Related Articles] Missouri flagship of the U.S. Pacific Fleet in World War II and scene of the Japanese ... [2 Related Articles] Missouri Botanical Garden botanical garden in St. Louis, Mo., U.S. It is most notable for its Climatron, a ... Missouri Compromise (1820), in U.S. history, measure worked out between the North and the South and passed ... [10 Related Articles] Missouri fox-trotting horse breed of horse that originated in Missouri and the Ozark Mountains region and is characterized ... Missouri Pacific Railroad Company former American railroad founded to build the first rail line west of the Mississippi River. ... [2 Related Articles] Missouri Plan method of selecting judges that originated in the state of Missouri and subsequently was adopted ... [3 Related Articles] Missouri Press Association (from the article "Missouri") The Missouri Press Association, established in 1867, has had an important effect upon the development ... Missouri River longest tributary of the Mississippi River, formed by the confluence of the Jefferson, Madison, and ... [12 Related Articles] Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy (from the article "Missouri, University of") The campus at Rolla was founded in 1870 as the Missouri School of Mines and ... Missouri State University public, coeducational institution of higher learning based in Springfield, Mo., U.S. It has one of ... Missouri Valley Conference (from the article "Big 12 Conference") ...as well as Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Iowa State, Baylor, Texas A & M, and ... Missouri, flag of U.S. state flag consisting of a horizontally striped red-white-blue field (background) with a central coat ... Missouri, University of state university system of Missouri, U.S., comprising four coeducational campuses as well as an outreach ... [3 Related Articles] misstatement-of-age clause (from the article "insurance") ...insured. If suicide occurs within the period, the insurer tenders to the beneficiary only the ... missus dominicus officials sent by some Frankish kings and emperors to supervise provincial administration. Used sporadically by ... [5 Related Articles] mist (from the article "industrial glass") ...of the fracture. (For instance, a thermal fracture generally produces a large mirror, whereas a ... mist suspension in the atmosphere of very tiny water droplets (50-200 microns in diameter) or wet ... [1 Related Articles] mistake (from the article "criminal law") In most countries the law recognizes that a person who acts in ignorance of the ... Mistassini Lake largest lake in Quebec province, Canada. It is located in Nord-du-Quebec region in west-central Quebec ... Mister Magoo (from the article "animation") ...company United Productions of America in 1945. Working in a radically simplified style, without the ... Misti Volcano volcano of the Andes mountains of southern Peru. It is flanked by Chachani and Pichupichu ... [1 Related Articles] Mistinguett popular French comedienne noted especially for her beautiful legs and stage personality. mistletoe any of many species of semiparasitic green plants of the families Loranthaceae and Viscaceae, especially ... [2 Related Articles] Mistra (from the article "Morea, Despotate of") Mistra, near the site of ancient Sparta, was the residence of the despots. Their tombs ... mistral cold and dry, strong wind in southern France that blows down from the north along ... [1 Related Articles] Mistral, Christian (from the article "Canadian literature") ...Come), he gives a very candid account of the coming-of-age of a young homosexual. Sometimes ... Mistral, Frederic poet who led the 19th-century revival of Occitan (Provencal) language and literature. He shared the ... [7 Related Articles] Mistral, Gabriela Chilean poet, who in 1945 became the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize ... [4 Related Articles] mistrial in law, a trial that has been terminated and declared void before the tribunal can ... [1 Related Articles] Mistry, Rohinton In 2002 Indian-born Canadian writer Rohinton Mistry's latest novel, Family Matters, joined its predecessor, A ... [1 Related Articles] Misuari, Nur (from the article "Moro National Liberation Front") In 1986 Marcos was forced from power by a popular revolution. The new president, Corazon ... Misumalpan languages (from the article "Mesoamerican Indian languages") The Paya language (20) and the Misumalpan family (21) are Central American languages spoken outside ... Misumena vatia (from the article "crab spider") ...do not spin a web but instead wait in hiding for prey. Members of Misumena ... Mitad del Mundo (from the article "Ecuador") ...walkway and the addition of shops and public art. In Quito the Teleferiqo (cable car) ... Mitaka city, Tokyo to (metropolis), Honshu, Japan. It lies on the western border of Tokyo city. ... Mitanni Indo-Iranian empire centred in northern Mesopotamia that flourished from about 1500 to about 1360 BC. ... [16 Related Articles] Mitarai, Hajime Japanese industrialist who, as president of Canon Inc., introduced nonconformist marketing strategies that turned the ... Mitchel, John (from the article "Irish literature") ...Ireland movement was both energized and divided by the famine of the 1840s. Two writers ... Mitchell city, seat (1874) of Davison county, southeastern South Dakota, U.S. It lies in the James ... Mitchell grass (from the article "grassland") ...form characteristic hummocks by trapping windblown sand at the bases of their tussocks. Heteropogon and ... Mitchell Report (from the article "Baseball") ...current and former players identified in George Mitchell's long-awaited report to the baseball commissioner on ... Mitchell River river in northern Queensland, Australia. It rises near Rumula on the Atherton Plateau section of ... Mitchell, Arthur American dancer, choreographer, and director of the Dance Theatre of Harlem. [1 Related Articles] Mitchell, Carleton American yachtsman captured an unprecedented three straight wins (1956, 1958, and 1960) in the Newport-Bermuda ... Mitchell, Charles E American banker and chairman of the National City organization. Mitchell, Charley (from the article "Sullivan, John L.") ...is generally considered to have been world heavyweight champion, some boxing historians regard him as ... Mitchell, Dame Roma Flinders Australian jurist (b. Oct. 2, 1913, Adelaide, Australia-d. March 5, 2000, Adelaide), was a lifelong ... Mitchell, David (from the article "Literature") ...their customers by being vulgar simulacra of lavish private homes. A year ago it had ... Mitchell, Edgar D. American astronaut who took part in the Apollo 14 mission (Jan. 31-Feb. 10, 1971), in ... [1 Related Articles] Mitchell, Elisha (from the article "Mitchell, Mount") ...is within Mount Mitchell State Park and Pisgah National Forest. Known by the Cherokee as ... Mitchell, George J. (from the article "baseball") ...he later received a 10-day suspension for steroid use under the major leagues' new zero-tolerance ... Mitchell, Guy American singer who recorded some 40 hit records during the 1950s, including "Sparrow in the ... Mitchell, Jackie (from the article "baseball") ...baseball was largely an attempt to profit from the novelty of female players. An Ohio ... Mitchell, James (from the article "Western Australia") ...in 1903, slowly declined. These trends were overshadowed by a great expansion of wheat growing. ... Mitchell, James (from the article "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines") In July 1984 the New Democratic Party, under James Mitchell, won the general elections. Mitchell ... Mitchell, Joan American painter who was a member of the second generation of Abstract Expressionists. Mitchell, John (from the article "United Mine Workers of America") After a successful coal miners' strike in 1897, John Mitchell became president (1898-1908) and led ... Mitchell, John U.S. attorney general during the Nixon administration who served 19 months in prison (1977-79) for ... [2 Related Articles] Mitchell, John (from the article "pen") ...century, when metallic pens and pen nibs (writing points) largely supplanted them. Such devices were ... Mitchell, John Thomas Whitehead dominant figure in the 19th-century English consumers' cooperative movement. Mitchell, Joni Canadian experimental singer-songwriter whose greatest popularity was in the 1970s. Once described as the "Yang ... [1 Related Articles] Mitchell, Joseph U.S. writer and journalist (b. July 27, 1908, Fairmont, N.C.--d. May 24, 1996, New York, ... Mitchell, Joseph (from the article "roads and highways") The first modern concrete roads were produced by Joseph Mitchell, a follower of Telford, who ... Mitchell, Keith (from the article "Grenada") ...(133 sq mi) | Population (2007 est.): 108,000 | Capital: Saint George's | Chief of ... Mitchell, Lucy Myers Wright archaeologist who, though self-taught, became an internationally recognized authority on ancient Greek and Roman sculpture. Mitchell, Lucy Sprague (from the article "children's literature") ...between world wars new trails were blazed in nonfiction with van Loon's Story of Mankind ... Mitchell, Maggie American actress who, with her performance in a trademark gamine role, created a public sensation-and ... Mitchell, Margaret American author of the enormously popular novel Gone with the Wind. 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