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Lillian Russell
Lillian Russell 1861-1922, American singer and actress, b. Clinton, Iowa. Her original name was Helen Louise Leonard. She first appeared in light opera in 1879. In the early 1880s her introduction by Tony Pastor at his casino in New York City launched her career as "The American Beauty." After ... Read more
Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey
Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey , 1903-72, British archaeologist and anthropologist of E Africa, b. Kabete, Kenya; father of Richard Leakey . His fossil discoveries in E Africa demonstrated that humans were far older than had previously been suspected. Leakey, the son of missionary parents, grew up amo... Read more
Mary Douglas Leakey
Mary Douglas Leakey 1913-96, British archaeologist, b. London as Mary Douglas Nicol; wife of Louis Leakey and mother of Richard Leakey . She had little formal education, but a fascination with archaeology led to her supervising her first dig in England in 1934. Several years after she met Louis ... Read more
translation
translation [Lat.,=carrying across], the rendering of a text into another language. Applied to literature, the term connotes the art of recomposing a work in another language without losing its original flavor, or of finding an analogous substitute, for example, Scott Moncrieff's Remembrance of Th... Read more
Fungi
Fungi , kingdom of heterotrophic single-celled, multinucleated, or multicellular organisms, including yeasts, molds, and mushrooms. The organisms live as parasites , symbionts, or saprobes (see saprophyte ). Previously classified in the plant kingdom, fungi are nonmotile, like plants, but lack the... Read more
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo formerly Zaïre , republic (2005 est. pop. 60,086,000), c.905,000 sq mi (2,344,000 sq km), central Africa. It borders on Angola in the southwest and west, on the Atlantic Ocean, Cabinda (an Angolan exclave), and the Republic of the Congo in the west, on the C... Read more

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Sons and Lovers
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature ...coalmining village of Bestwood. Walter Morel has married a sensitive and high-minded...his lack of fine feeling and drunkenness. Morel, baffled and thwarted, is sometimes violent, while Mrs Morel turns all her love towards her four children...
degeneration
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body ...Bénédict-Augustin Morel (1809–73), traditionally...heritable mental and moral disorder, Morel viewed the so-called cretin as a symbol...controversial at the time of their publication, Morel's ideas attained increasing influence...
Belladonna
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine ...known as deadly night-shade, Atropa belladonna, devil's cherries, devil's herb, divale, dwale, dwayberry, great morel, naughty man's cherries, and poison black cherry, is a perennial herb that has been valued for its medicinal properties...
Verne, Jules
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...a visit to Amiens, France, in May 1856, Verne met and fell in love with the widowed daughter of an army officer, Madame Morel (n é e Honorine de Viane), whom he married the following January. The circumstance that his wife's brother was...
James Levine
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...and was found to be so advanced that he was placed directly in the graduate program, in which he studied conducting with Jean Morel and piano with Rosina Lhévinne. During this time, he also studied with Rudolf Serkin, Alfred Wallenstein, Max...
Jules Verne
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...familles. During a visit to Amiens in May 1856, Verne met and fell in love with the widowed daughter of an army officer, Madame Morel (née Honorine de Viane), whom he married the following January. The circumstance that his wife's brother was...
translation
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...include Baudelaire's translations of the works of Edgar Allan Poe, Scott Moncrieff's translation of Proust, and Eustache Morel's translation of James Joyce. American authors whose works have been translated into several European languages include Mark...
Union of Democratic Control
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...war they agitated vigorously for a negotiated settlement, for which they—and especially their secretary, E. D. Morel—were continually harried as subversive pacifists. Afterwards they campaigned against armaments and alliances...
Wine and the French Meal
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture ...distinctive sherry-flavored "yellow wine" ( vin jaune) may be served with poultry or fish, especially when cooked with cream and morel mushrooms from the nearby mountains. In Bordeaux, oysters on the half shell are eaten with grilled link sausages, a delightful...
Fungi
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...male or female. Ascomycota includes yeasts , the powdery mildews, the black and blue-green molds, edible types such as the morel and the truffle , and species that cause such diseases of plants as Dutch elm disease, chestnut blight, apple scab, and ergot...

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Morel, Jean-Marie
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Morel, Jean-Marie (1728–1810). French land-scape-architect, whose Théorie des Jardins (1776) was influential. Morel helped René-Louis, Marquis de Girardin , to lay out the celebrated...
morel
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences morel The common name for the edible fruit body of certain fungi of the genus Morchella .
false morel
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences false morel The common name for the fruit body of Gyromitra esculenta .
bell morel
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences bell morel The common name for the fruit body of the ascomycetous fungus Verpa conica (order Pezizales ). It is rare in Britain.
Gyromitra
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences Gyromitra (order Pezizales ) A genus of fungi . G. esculenta (false morel) resembles the edible morel but is highly poisonous; it grows on the ground in association with conifers.
Duval, Mathias Marie
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...x201D; He was a student of Joseph Alexis Stolz, Charles Basile Morel, and É mile K ü ss; he became an anatomy assistant...histologique (1878); Manuel de l ’ anatomiste (with C. Morel, 1882); Le ç ons sur la physiologie du syst è...
Morgan, Michèle
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...role); La Belle que voilà (Le Chanois) (as Jeanne Morel); Le Château de verre (Clément) (as...title role) 1957 The Vintage (Hayden) (as Léonne Morel); Retour de Manivelle (There's Always a Price Tag ) (de...
Morchella
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences ...hymenium ), borne on a whitish hollow stalk. M. esculenta (morel) is a highly esteemed edible species, found growing on the...it is seldom abundant in Britain. M. vulgaris (common morel) is also edible. Compare GYROMITRA .
Pagnol, Marcel
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...original story) Publications (related to cinema) By PAGNOL: books— Les Sermons de Pagnol, edited by Robert Morel, Paris, 1968. Confidences, Paris, 1981. Inédits, edited by J. and F. Pagnol, Paris, 1986. By PAGNOL...
Dagover, Lil
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Zelnik); Hans engelska frau (His English Wife ; Discord ) (Molander) 1927 Bara en danserska (Only a Dancing Girl ) (Morel); Der Anwalt des Herzens (Thiele); Ein moderner Don Juan ; Orient-Express (Thiele) 1928 Der Ungarische Rhapsodie...

Thesaurus entries related to "Morel"

mushroom
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English mushroom • noun  gather/cook mushrooms synonyms : fungus; field mushroom, chanterelle, morel, shiitake, wood ear; toadstool, angel of death, death cap.

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MOREL GOOD ENOUGH MADISON BOXER MISSES KO BUT DOES ENOUGH TO DEFEND BELT.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 12/16/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...retribution was not enough to get Madison boxer Eric Morel what he sought Friday night. Morel retained his World Boxing Association 112-pound...national cable audience looking on via ESPN2, Morel did not get the knockout he earnestly sought in...
MOREL, LYNCH TO PART WAYS.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI); 6/18/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...Byline: Jim Polzin The Capital Times Eric Morel's future plans in boxing don't include...working relationship between Lynch and Morel, the World Boxing Association flyweight...on Sept. 2, when Lynch's contract as Morel's manager expires. But signs of the...
Morel Industries is back: by moving into a larger manufacturing space, Morel Industries has continued its eight-year return from temporary hiatus.
Magazine article from: Modern Casting; 3/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mark Morel works in a small office several miles south...the other side of the office, sits Steve Morel. The only thing that constantly made noise...who run sand and permanent mold job shop Morel Industries, Seattle, are different personalities...
MOREL EXHIBITED A NOSE FOR DANGER IN KO.(SPORTS)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI); 10/17/2002; 700+ words ; ...quite literally, to Madison's Eric Morel in the very early moments of his World...s nose. It was not a pretty sight. Morel's trainer, Bob Lynch, called it "the...with Eric that he got nailed like that." Morel's survival instincts surfaced immediately...
Morel puts on clinic
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 6/9/2001; ; 700+ words ; Morel puts on clinic Lopez fails to answer bell...Little Hands of Steel" are back. Eric Morel of Madison, the World Boxing Association...Casino. Lopez, bruised and battered from Morel's relentless assault, didn't answer...
Morel finds his decision costly Madison boxer ignores coaches, loses to Cuban
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 7/24/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...S. Olympic boxing coaches offered Eric Morel advice over and over again: Take it to...don't let him dictate the action. Morel, the U.S. team's 112-pounder from...very costly decision. A back-pedaling Morel fell behind, 9-1, after the first round...
Morel's next foe brings out worst in him
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 12/14/2000; ; 700+ words ; Morel's next foe brings out worst in him By GARY...Thursday, December 14, 2000 Madison -- Eric Morel of Madison, the World Boxing Association...by statements made by Keb's handlers, Morel fired back with a verbal barrage that had...
Morel triumphs in fight of his life
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 8/6/2000; ; 700+ words ; Morel triumphs in fight of his life Madison boxer...fought harder as the rounds went by, Eric Morel of Madison drew on the energy of a hometown...desire to achieve his lifelong goal Saturday. Morel, 24, scored a unanimous decision in 12...
Morel surrenders his title in a shocking upset
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 12/7/2003; ; 700+ words ; Morel surrenders his title in a shocking upset...Sentinel Sunday, December 7, 2003 Eric Morel of Madison lost more than a fight Saturday...Venezuela, scored a unanimous decision over Morel in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Morel had planned...
Morel's rested
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 6/8/2001; ; 700+ words ; Morel's rested, ready to rumble Boxer defends...Sentinel staff Friday, June 8, 2001 Eric Morel of Madison hasn't fought in nearly six...disaster? Yes, according to Bob Lynch, Morel's trainer. For Lopez, that is. "I...