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Joan Miró
Joan Miró , 1893-1983, Spanish surrealist painter. After studying in Barcelona, Miró went to Paris in 1919. In the 1920s he came into contact with cubism and surrealism . His work has been characterized as psychic automatism, an expression of the subconscious in free form. By 1930, Miró had developed a lyrical style that remained fairly consistent. It is distinguished by the use of brilliant pure color and the playful juxtaposition of delicate lines with abstract, often amebic shapes (e.g., Dog Barking at the Moon, 1926; Philadelphia Mus. of Art). In some of his works there is a distinct undertone of nightmare and horror. After 1941, Miró lived mainly in Majorca. He painted murals for hotels in New York City and Cincinnati and for the Graduate Center at Harvard. In 1958 he completed ceramic decorations for the UNESCO buildings in Paris. Many of his canvases are in the Museum of Modern Art and Guggenheim Museum.
Bibliography: See studies by J. T. Soby (1959), U. Apolonio (tr. 1969), and R. Penrose (1971).
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Mir receives needed supplies.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 7/7/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...A crucial docking system on the hobbled Mir space station worked flawlessly Monday...the Progress M supply ship floated toward Mir, fearful that a malfunction could send...Douglas Englund, who has been monitoring the Mir program. A visiting American astronaut...
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Mir space station: back in action.(reopening of Mir space station)(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Popular Science; 7/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...a brief interlude, the 14-year-old Mir has reopened for business. What does that...won't let their enduring space station Mir come to its ultimate end. Maybe they...its age and well-publicized problems, Mir is a decrepit marvel that just keeps on...
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MiRS Deploys Fixed Mobile Convergence Solution From Tekelec.
PR Newswire Europe; 12/9/2005; 700+ words
; ...switching solution has been selected by MiRS, Israel's integrated digital enhanced...wireless operator. The solution enables MiRS' transition to the Internet protocol multimedia...architecture drives switching for both MiRS' entire mobile device line and SIP-based...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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MIR PROBLEMS ARE FAR FROM MERE PROBLEMS.(News/National/International)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 6/26/1997; 700+ words
; ...cargo ship crashed into the space station Mir. Wednesday's accident was the latest...s safety. Russian authorities insist Mir can operate safely through 1999. NASA is...400 million for its astronauts to live on Mir as training for a new international space...
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Mir feat: easy linkup
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 9/28/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...with the troubled Russian space station Mir Saturday, bringing fresh supplies, repair...Russian space project, who have watched Mir crew members endure a procession of heart...s docking was especially tense because Mir's central guidance control computer...
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MIR makes all-electric press, sets up factory.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Plastics News; 9/24/2001; ; 700+ words
; Italian machinery maker MIR SpA is making two big moves by introducing...2001 and setting up a factory in Brazil. MIR executives announced the news at a K show...related news conference in Italy. This year MIR expects to build about 700 injection presses...
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Mir, despite all its problems, is still important in history of space.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 3/16/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...cremation services for the Russian space station Mir _ a milestone in humanity's stutter...Linenger, a 1997 resident. "Prior to the Mir expeditions, all the space flights were...spent a year aboard it in the late `80s. "Mir turned it into a normal working process...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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`MIR' MAKES FIERY RETURN TO EARTH.(MAIN)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 3/23/2001; 700+ words
; ...New York Times KOROLYOV, Russia -- The Mir space station streaked back to Earth today...buckshot. The controlled descent, which ended Mir's 15-year-career as an orbiting laboratory...ground station on Guam had confirmed that Mir was descending through the atmosphere according...
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Mir's Demise Caps Soviet Space Era
News Wire article from: AP Online; 8/25/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Associated Press Writer AP Online 08-25-1999 Mir's Demise Caps Soviet Space Era MOSCOW...time on Feb. 19, 1986. They called it Mir, or ``peace,'' in a bit of Cold War...around the Earth and 1,600 breakdowns, the Mir is scheduled to bid farewell to its final...
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Mir's ups and downs mirror Russian life; Two cosmonauts dock April 6 with the aging station, which had been set to crash.(World)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 4/5/2000; ; 700+ words
; The thrills and spills of Mir, the first and presently one-and-only...renewal and brave horizons, the creaking Mir station has just been granted an unexpected...scrapped in a financial dispute. After Mir was left dormant eight months ago, it...
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Mir
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
MIR The word mir in Russian has several meanings. In addition to "community" and "assembly...world for the peasants, where they tried to keep a peaceful society. Thus mir was, in all probability, a peasant-given name for a spontaneously generated...
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Miró, Joan
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Joan Mir Ó Born: April 20, 1893 Montroig...Spain Spanish painter The Spanish painter Joan Mir ó was one of the first surrealists...that began in the early twentieth century). Mir ó developed a highly personalized...
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Joan Miró
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Joan Mir ó The Spanish painter Joan Mir ó (1893-1983), one of the first surrealists, developed...pictorial language derived from prehistoric and naive sources. Joan Mir ó was born on April 20, 1893, in Montroig near Barcelona...
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Gabriel Miró Ferrer
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Gabriel Mir ó Ferrer The Spanish author Gabriel Mir ó Ferrer (1879-1930) was one of the outstanding...appealed to the senses rather than to the intellect. Gabriel Mir ó Ferrer was born on July 28, 1879, in Alicante...
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Mir Space Station
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
MIR SPACE STATION The Mir ("world") space station was a modular space facility providing living...its fifteen-plus years in orbit around the Earth. The core module of Mir was launched on February 20, 1986, and the station complex was commanded...
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