1826-1886 First person to use radio waves to transmit telegraph messages. Mahlon Loomis overcame ground and weather obstacles by using aerials, which were held aloft by kites. His first radio wave telegraphy traveled 14 miles (22.5 km) bet...

SIDDUR AND MAḤZOR. The siddur and the maḥzor (pl., siddurim and maḥzorim) are the prayer books used in Jewish public worship. The term siddur ("order"; from the Hebrew root sdr, "order, arrange�...

The Maiden’s Consent by Leandro Fernández de Moratín Leandro Fernández de Moratín was born in 1760 in Madrid. His father was Nicolás Fernández de Moratín (1737-80), a preeminent litera...

Maillet, Beno 518. Wolf, A. A History of Science, Technology and Philosophy in the XVIIIth Century. 2nd ed, edited by Douglas McKie. London: Allen and Unwin, 1952....

In the book Main Street by Sinclair Lewis; Lewis portrays Carol, in nature, as a strong person; however, in circumstances where she is criticized or humiliated she reacts in a weak way. Carol proves her strength several times throughout the...

Prior to the advent of the personal computer or PC, the minicomputer, and the microcomputer, the term "computer" simply referred to mainframes. What differentiates the modern mainframe from these other classes of computers is...

Mairead Corrigan-Maguire (born 1944) and Betty Williams-Perkins (born 1943) were the founders of the women's peace movement in Northern Ireland in 1976. The movement sponsored marches by women from the rival communities in the province in ...

Maize (Zea mays L.), otherwise known as corn, is a highly unusual, economically important, and genetically well-characterized member of the grass family. It is believed to have originated some 8,000 to 10,000 years ago in the fields of the...

Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw, (usually referred to either as “Bernard Shaw” or “G.B.S.”, as he hated and never used the name George) was born in Dublin, Ireland, on July 26, 1856 and d...

Corporate Organisation 1915-1917: World and Triangle In 1915 the "West Coast Number" of the Motion Picture News was filled with information on the new studios sprouting in California. But if an exhibitor leafing through this paper turned i...

My research paper studies the three most significant and commonly known WESTERN RELIGIONS called Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in terms of their religious beliefs regarding the place and the role of women in society. Religion is the card...

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(1804–1846), Kazakh poet. Makhambet Utemisov (Maxambet Otemisuly) was a distinguished Kazakh poet and political activist. He is remembered for his leading part in the insurrection of the Kazakhs against the oppressive rule of the kh...

Malabsorption syndrome is an alteration in the ability of the intestine to absorb nutrients adequately into the bloodstream. Protein, fats, and carbohydrates (macronutrients) normally are absorbed in the small intestine; the small bowel al...

Malaria is one of the oldest known infections. It is also the world's most deadly tropical parasitic disease. It kills more people than any other communicable disease except tuberculosis. The disease was first described in ancient S...

Republic of Malawi CAPITAL: Lilongwe FLAG: The national flag is a horizontal tricolor of black, red, and green, with a red rising sun in the center of the black stripe. ANTHEM: Begins "O God, Bless Our Land of Malawi." MONETA...

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The Hukbalahap, a Tagalog acronym for the Hukbo ng Bayan Laban sa Hapon (People's Anti-Japanese Army), was founded in March 1942 as the military arm of the outlawed Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas (PKP), or the Communist Party of the...

A democratic country in the making, Malaysia tries be like the more powerful countries. Ironically, just like the United States, equality does not apply to everyone. Formed in 1963, Malaysia started to take shape through a federation of t...

The New Economic Policy (NEP) of Malaysia was a set of government actions introduced in 1970 to promote the interests of ethnic Malaysians (bumiputras, or "sons of the soil") over those of the nation's other two large ...

(2001 est. pop. 311,000). Nature has blessed the Maldives with a living environment of tropical atolls and coral reefs that form a highly vulnerable marine ecosystem. Located in the Indian Ocean, approximately 700 kilometers off the southe...

Human reproduction depends on the integrated action of hormones, the nervous system, and the reproductive system. Gametes are the cells involved in sexual reproduction produced by the gonads, and contain only one copy of each chromosome. A...

In the context of medicine, malingering is the act of intentionally feigning or exaggerating physical or psychological symptoms for personal gain. People may feign physical or psychological illness for any number of reasons. Faked illness ...

Since opening its doors in 1992, Bloomington, Minnesota's mammoth Mall of America—with 4.2 million square feet of floor space, the largest shopping mall in the United States—has emerged as one of the country's m...

Malnutrition occurs when the body does not get enough vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients it needs to maintain healthy tissues and organ function. Both undernourished or over-nourished people can suffer from malnutrition. Undernutritio...