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Brewer's: Michel

or Cousin Michael. A German. Michel means a dolt; thus the French call a fool who allows himself to be taken in by thimble-rigs and card tricks mikel. In Old French the word mice occurs,…

Michel Mirowski

Michel MirowskiBorn: 1924Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland Implantable defibrillator—Heilman, Langer, Mower, and Mirowski: This team of doctors developed the implantable defibrillator, an internal…

Notable Women in U.S. Government

Sandra Day O'Connor Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and Scholars Fashion Designers…

Fra Diavolo

(Encyclopedia) Fra DiavoloFra Diavolofrä dēäˈvōlō [key] [Ital.,=friar devil], 1771–1806, Italian bandit and soldier, whose real name was Michele Pezza. He entered the service of the king of Naples in…

Ventimiglia

(Encyclopedia) VentimigliaVentimigliavāntēmēˈlyä [key], Fr. Vintimille, town (1991 pop. 25,308), Liguria, NW Italy, on the Ligurian Sea and the Italian Riviera, near the French border. It is a…

Biographies: 2011 People in the News

2011 People in the News See also 2010 People in the News 2009 People in the News 2008 People in the News 2007 People in the News 2006 People in the News…

Michel Stuart Biography

Michel Stuartdancer, designer a member of the original company of A Chorus Line; designed costumes for A Day in Hollywood/A Night in Ukraine and Cloud 9Born: 1943?Died: 1997Jon Stone1997…

Michel Petrucciani Biography

Michel PetruccianiAge: 36 acclaimed French pianist whose aggressively romantic style of jazz earned him international popularity.Died: Manhattan, January 6, 1999Kim PerrotM - RJohn Pingel…

Women in the 111th Congress

This table provides the name and state of the women currently serving in the 111th Congress (which began in 2009). There are 77 women in the House of Representatives and 17 women in the Senate…