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- French diplomat who was one of the most outspoken and well-known publicists for the Protestant cause during the French Wars of Religion (1562-98).
- Morne de la Grande Montagne
- (from the article "Saint-Pierre and Miquelon") ...of Miquelon, to the south of the cape, is an area of peat bogs and marshes with many small lakes; the southern part of the island is characterized by rugged, barren hills (the Mornes) that rise to Morne de la ...
- Morneau, Justin
- (from the article "Baseball") ...the NL MVP. David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox led the AL with 54 home runs and 137 runs batted in. He finished third in the AL MVP race, however, behind Derek Jeter of the Yankees and Minnesota's Justin ...
- Morner, Carl Otto
- (from the article "Sweden") ...of Augustenborg. However, the younger officers and civil servants, who were great admirers of Napoleon and wanted Sweden to join France, worked for another solution. A Swedish lieutenant, Baron Carl Otto Morner, was sent to Paris as their envoy to ...
- morning glory
- (from the article "morning glory") any of several herbaceous, twining plants or shrubs in the genus Ipomoea (q.v.).oceanblue morning gloryOceanblue morning glory (Ipomoea acuminata).Joaquim Alves Gaspar<
- morning glory tree
- (from the article "Ipomoea") ...Bush morning glory (I. leptophylla), with tuberous roots and erect branches to about 120 cm (47 inches) tall, bears 7.5-cm purple or pink flowers. It is native to central North America. The morning glory tree, or casahuate (I. arborescens), is ...
- morning sickness
- (from the article "nausea") ...and airsickness is caused by a disturbance of the semicircular canals of the inner ear, which are the organs of balance. The nausea sometimes experienced in the early months of pregnancy is called morning sickness and usually occurs at breakfast ...
- morning-after pill
- (from the article "Health and Disease") After a long politically charged debate, the FDA approved the sale in the United States of the morning-after, or next-day, pill (Plan B) to women (and men) aged 18 and older without a prescription. At least 40 other countries already ...
- Mornington
- (from the article "Wellesley Islands") ...(Richard Colley Wellesley), then governor-general of India. The islands are generally rocky or sandy and are covered with scrub and fringing mangrove forests. They are divided into two groups. Mornington, the largest (250 square miles [648 square km]), is the ...
- Morny, Charles-Auguste-Louis-Joseph, duc de
- French political and social leader during the Second Empire who played an important part in the coup d'etat of Dec. 12, 1851, which eventually led to the establishment of Charles Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, Morny's half brother, as Emperor Napoleon III. [3 Related Articles]
- Moro
- any of several Muslim peoples of Mindanao, Palawan, the Sulu Archipelago, and other southern islands of the Philippines. Constituting about 5 percent of the Philippine population, they can be classified linguistically into 10 subgroups: the Maguindanao of North Cotabato, Sultan ... [2 Related Articles]
- Moro Islamic Liberation Front
- (from the article "Philippines") In the southern Philippines, the heaviest fighting in three years disrupted a government cease-fire with Islamic extremists seeking a separate Muslim state. The terrorist groups Abu Sayyaf and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, both of which U.S. officials said were ...
- Moro National Liberation Front
- Muslim separatist movement in the southern Philippines that has employed guerrilla tactics and violence in its campaign for the creation of an independent democratic, Islamic state. [4 Related Articles]
- Moro, Aldo
- law professor, Italian statesman, and leader of the Christian Democratic Party, who served five times as premier of Italy (1963-64, 1964-66, 1966-68, 1974-76, and 1976). In 1978 he was kidnapped and subsequently murdered by left-wing terrorists. [4 Related Articles]
- moro-moro
- (from the article "Southeast Asian arts") The earliest known form of organized theatre is the comedia, or moro-moro, created by Spanish priests. In 1637 a play was written to dramatize the recent capture by a Christian Filipino army of an ...
- Moroccan crises
- (1905-06, 1911), two international crises centring on France's attempts to control Morocco and on Germany's concurrent attempts to stem French power. [1 Related Articles]
- Moroccan cuisine
- (from the article "Morocco") Moroccan cuisine has gained a following among connoisseurs worldwide, and the country's rich agricultural regions provide ample products for Moroccan kitchens. Meat staples include fish, lamb, and fowl-including pigeon, which is considered a delicacy when baked in pastry, the
- Moroccan literature
- (from the article "Morocco") The production of Moroccan literature has continued to grow and diversify. To the traditional genres-poetry, essays, and historiography-have been added forms inspired by Middle Eastern and Western literary models. French is often used in publishing research in the social and ...
- Moroccan music
- (from the article "Morocco") Moroccan music, influenced by Arab, Amazigh, African, and Spanish traditions, makes use of a number of traditional instruments, such as the flute (nay), shawm (ghaita), zither (qanun), and various short necked ...
- Moroccan Plateau
- (from the article "Morocco") ...plain. Its agricultural heart is known as the Gharb plain. South of the Rabat-Fes line, between the Atlas and the Atlantic Ocean, are a series of high plains known collectively as the Moroccan Plateau. These include the Sais Plain near ...
- Moroccan War
- (from the article "Alfonso XIII") ...service to humanitarian causes), in the postwar period he began to move toward a system of more personal rule, even seeking a means to rid himself of the legislature. He intervened directly in the Moroccan War in 1921 with such ...
- Morocco
- mountainous country of western North Africa that lies directly across the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain. [38 Related Articles]
- Morocco ironwood
- (from the article "Morocco") ...Since independence, the Moroccan government has established several large plantations of this tree surrounding the Mamora Forest. In the rugged highlands south of Essaouira, vast open forests of argan (Argania spinoza) are found. Unique to southwestern Morocco, this tree has ...
- morocco leather
- (from the article "Sokoto") ...Bello (both of which were rebuilt in the 1960s), and for the palace of the sultan. Its leather products were famous (especially those made from skins of the Sokoto red goat, the source of so-called morocco leather); the town also ...
- Morocco, flag of
- national flag consisting of a red field with a green, five-pointed star in its centre. The flag's width-to-length ratio is 2 to 3.
- Morocco, history of
- (from the article "Morocco") This discussion focuses on Morocco since the 16th century. For a more detailed treatment of earlier periods and of the country in its regional context, see North Africa.African UnionAfrican UnionThe ...
- Moroder, Giorgio
- (from the article "Europop") ...which sold 10 million copies in 1971, and Chicory Tip's 1972 hit, "Son of My Father," the English-language version of a German-Italian song originally recorded by one of its writers, Giorgio Moroder. Moroder went on to produce Donna Summer, a ...
- Moroleon
- city, southern Guanajuato estado (state), north-central Mexico. It lies at 5,814 feet (1,772 m) above sea level in the Bajio region. Moroleon is the commercial and manufacturing centre for the surrounding farms and ranches. Corn (maize), beans, alfalfa, wheat, chick-peas, ...
- Moron
- cabecera (county seat) and partido (county) of Gran (Greater) Buenos Aires, eastern Argentina. It lies west of the city of Buenos Aires, in Buenos Aires provincia (province).
- Moron
- city, east-central Cuba. Situated in the swampy coastal plain just south of the Leche Lagoon, Moron is an important regional transportation and manufacturing centre. From the hinterland come sugarcane, tobacco, cacao, coffee, fruit, cattle, and timber to be processed in ...
- Moron
- town, central highlands of Carabobo estado (state), north-central Venezuela. In 1950 the site was selected for development under the government's policy of using the revenues from the petroleum industry to foster domestic production of as many goods as possible. Moron ... [1 Related Articles]
- Moron de la Frontera
- city, Sevilla provincia (province), in the Andalusia comunidad autonoma (autonomous community), southwestern Spain, lying in the valley of the Guadalquivir River near the northwestern foothills of the Baetic Cordillera. It was founded by the ...
- Morone, Giovanni
- Italian cardinal, one of the greatest diplomats of the Protestant Reformation, and the last president of the Council of Trent-the 19th ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic church-which convened between 1545 and 1563 at Trento to restore church morale and ...
- Moroni
- according to the teaching of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, an angel or resurrected being who appeared to Joseph Smith on Sept. 21, 1823, to inform him that he had been chosen to restore God's church on ... [1 Related Articles]
- Moroni
- coastal town, capital, and largest settlement of Comoros, southwestern Grande Comore (also called Njazidja) island in the Indian Ocean. It was founded by Arabic-speaking settlers, possibly as early as the 10th century AD. Dzaoudzi, the principal city of the island ... [5 Related Articles]
- Moroni Agreement
- (from the article "Comoros") Following the signing of the Moroni Agreement in December 2003, which mandated elections in Comoros and ironed out economic agreements, two rounds of parliamentary elections were held in April 2004. The elections had been postponed for more than a year ...
- Moroni, Giovanni Battista
- Italian Renaissance painter notable for his sober and dignified portraits.
- Moronidae
- (from the article "sea bass") The family Moronidae, sometimes considered a subfamily of the Serranidae, includes about six species of sea basses found in more northern regions. These fishes, distinguished by two separate dorsal fins that are joined at the base, live in the temperate ...
- Moropus
- extinct genus of the chalicotheres, a group of very unusual perissodactyls ("odd-toed" ungulates) related to the horse. Fossil remains of Moropus are found in Miocene deposits in North America and Asia (the Miocene Epoch lasted from 23.7 to 5.3 million ... [1 Related Articles]
- Moros y cristianos
- (from the article "Native American dance") ...is obvious despite the subdued manner of performance. The most significant dances are the religious dance-dramas taken over from such medieval religious productions as moros y cristianos ("Moors and Christians") and the matachina dances-both ...
- Morosini Family
- noble Venetian family that gave four doges and several generals and admirals to the Republic, as well as two cardinals and many other prelates to the Roman Catholic Church. The Morosini first achieved prominence in the 10th century when they ...
- Morosini, Francesco
- (from the article "Athens") ...the party with the field commander, General Konigsmark, wrote, "How it dismayed His Excellency to destroy the beautiful temple which had existed three thousand years!" Conversely, Francesco Morosini, the commander in chief, when reporting to the Venetian government, called it ...
- Morosini, Thomas
- (from the article "Crusades") Once order had been restored, the Franks and the Venetians implemented their agreement; Baldwin of Flanders was elected emperor, and the Venetian Thomas Morosini was chosen patriarch. Various Latin-French lordships throughout Greece-in particular, the duchy of Athens and the principality ...
- Morotai
- island in Maluku Utara (North Moluccas) provinsi (province), Indonesia. It is situated northeast of the larger island of Halmahera. With an area of some 700 square miles (1,800 square km), the island is mountainous and wooded, with ...
- Moroto
- town, northeastern Uganda. Located at an elevation of 4,500 feet (1,370 metres), it is linked by road with Soroti, 106 miles (170 km) southwest, and with Kaabong, 120 miles (193 km) northwest. The town is basically a line of small ...
- Moroto, Mount
- (from the article "Uganda") The northeastern border of the plateau is defined by a string of volcanic mountains that include Mounts Morungole, Moroto, and Kadam, all of which exceed 9,000 feet (2,750 metres) in elevation. The southernmost mountain-Mount Elgon-is also the highest of the ...
- Morotopithecus bishopi
- (from the article "primate") ...mysterious until previously known specimens from Moroto Island, in Lake Victoria, were reexamined, and fresh material was discovered. In 1997 the description of a new genus and species, Morotopithecus bishopi, was announced, and this 20-million-year-old fossil is claimed to show ...
- moroxite
- (from the article "moroxite") clear blue variety of the mineral apatite (q.v.).for more general content related to this topicapatite
- Morozov, Aleksey
- (from the article "Ice Hockey") ...Russia won the bronze medal with a 3-1 win over Sweden. Two Russian players won awards as Andrei Markov, on loan from the NHL Montreal Canadiens, got the nod as the top defenseman and Aleksey Morozov was named the top ...
- Morozov, Boris Ivanovich
- Russian boyar and statesman who was chief minister (1645-48) under Tsar Alexis and influential in the government thereafter. A man of considerable ability, Morozov implemented a number of measures to improve the position of the gentry and townspeople, as well ... [2 Related Articles]
- Morozov, Pavlik
- Russian communist youth who was glorified as a martyr by the Soviet regime.
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