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Middle Santiam River The Middle Santiam River is a tributary of the South Santiam River, approximately 35 mi (56 km) long, in western Oregon in the United States. It drains a remote area of the Cascade Range east of Corvallis in the watershed of the Willamette River.
Middle School Archive The Middle School Archive Project was started in 2005 at Quintanilla Middle School, an inner city school in Dallas, Texas. The goal of the project was to motivate students and hopefully raise the high school graduation rate among the largely Hispanic student body well above the 40% graduation rate for similar students district wide, as measured in November 2001.
Middle School Attached to Nanjing Normal University The Middle School Attached to Nanjing Normal University(南京师范大学附属中学) was founded in 1902 and it changed from the Middle School Attached to Nanjing University (南京大学附属中学) to the Middle School Attached to Nanjing Normal College(南师附中) in 1952 when the Normal School of Nanjing University became Nanjing Normal College in 1952. The Middle School Attached to Nanjing Normal College renamed Middle School Attached to Nanjing Normal University when Nanjing Normal College was renamed Nanjing Normal University.
Middle School Attached to Nanjing University The Middle School Attached to Nanjing University(南京大学附属中学) was founded in 1896 with the name Nanking Christian Girl's School(金陵基督女书院). The first person to head the school was Miss Lyon.
Middle Schools in England Since the Education Act 1964, it has been possible for local authorities in England and Wales to open Middle schools which cross the traditional primary / secondary divide. Two middle schools were also opened in Scotland, although these closed in 1987.
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools is a voluntary, peer-based, non-profit association dedicated to educational excellence and improvement through peer evaluation and accreditation. They are one of six regional accrediting organizations recognized by the United States Department of Education.
Middle term The middle term is the term that occurs in both premises (but not in the conclusion) of a categorical syllogism. The other two terms, called the end terms are the major term and minor term, which do appear in the conclusion.
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee is a distinct portion of the state of Tennessee, delineated according to law as well as custom. Middle Tennessee consists of that portion of the state east of the Tennessee River's western crossing of the state (in which it flows northward back into Tennessee after having flowed through northern Alabama) and west of the dividing line between the Eastern and Central time zones.
Middle Tennessee Anime Convention The Middle Tennessee Anime Convention (MTAC) is the first (and currently only) anime convention in Tennessee. Founded in 1998/1999 by standing members of Anime Nashville, MTAC set forth to deliver rich anime and Japanese related content to fans in the Tennessee area on an annual basis.
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team plays for Middle Tennessee State University in the Sun Belt Conference. They play their home games at Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Middle Township High School Middle Township High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Middle Township in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Middle Township Public Schools.
Middle Township Public Schools The Middle Township Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Middle Township, in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States.
Middle verse of the Bible Many people believe Psalms 118:8 to be the middle verse of the Bible. This is perpetuated in large part by an e-mail chain letter of Bible facts, which tries to illustrate the recurrence of the number 1188 in the Bible.
Middle Village, Queens Middle Village is a neighborhood in central Queens, a borough of New York City. The neighborhood is located in the western central section of Queens, bounded to the north by the Long Island Expressway, to the east by Woodhaven Boulevard, to the south by Cooper Avenue, and to the west by Lutheran Cemetery.
Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line) Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue is the northern terminal station of the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Metropolitan Avenue and 67th Street in the Middle Village neighborhood of central Queens, it is served by the train at all times.
Middle World Heritage Road The Middle World Heritage Road (or Con duong Di san Mien trung)is a tourism program initiated by the Administration of Tourism of Vietnam. This road will link World Heritages in the Middle of Vietnam, namely: Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park (Quang Binh province), ancient capital of Hue, ancient trade port city of Hoi An (Quang Nam province) and My Son Champa ancient capital.
Middle-easternisation Middle-easternisation is a term used to describe the increasing influence of events in the Middle East, particularly the Israel-Palestine conflict, on the politics of South East Asia, especially Indonesia and Malaysia, and the tendency of Islamic organisations in these countries to adopt the anti-Western rhetoric of Middle Eastern Islamism.
Middle-market A middle-market newspaper mixes news and gossip. Middle-market status is the halfway point of a three-level continuum of journalistic seriousness; up-market newspapers generally cover hard news and down-market newspapers favor sensationalist stories.
Middle-of-the-Road Italy Middle-of-the-Road Italy (L'Italia di mezzo) is an Italian centrist political grouping founded in 2006 by Marco Follini, Senate member and former leader of the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (UDC, 2002-05), and Riccardo Conti, member of the Chamber of Deputies. Initially founded as a free political association in support of the "no" vote for the 2006 constitutional referendum, it became a party on October 21, 2006, after Follini announced his resignations from the UDC caucus.
Middleboro Gazette The Middleboro Gazette is a weekly newspaper founded in 1852. Based in Middleborough, Massachusetts, its coverage area includes Lakeville, Middleboro, and occasionally Freetown as a result of Freetown and Lakeville sharing a regional school system.
Middlebrook encampment The Middlebrook encampment refers to the seasonal encampment of the Continental Army during the American War for Independence at a site near Martinsville, New Jersey that straddles the ridge of the First Watchung Mountains. Its position provided a natural fortress not only protecting the Continental Army, but also overlooking the plains towards New Brunswick where the British forces were stationed in 1777.
Middleburg, Kentucky Middleburg, Kentucky is a rural village with a post office sitting just off the Green River in central Casey County. The first land owner in the area was Abraham Lincoln I, the grandfather of president Abraham Lincoln, who purchased 800 acres in the area in 1784.
Middleburg, Virginia Middleburg is a town in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. There are approximately 640 people currently residing in the town established in 1787 by Revolutionary War Lieutenant Colonel and Virginia statesman, Levin Powell.
Middlebury College Middlebury College is a small, highly selective liberal arts college located in the rural New England shire town of Middlebury, Vermont, United States. Drawing 2,350 undergraduates from all 50 United States, the District of Columbia, and over 70 foreign countries, the College particularly is well known for the strength of its foreign language, writing, environmental, and international studies programs.
Middlebush Giant Arthur James Caley or Routh Goshen (May 5, 1837 - February 12, 1889) was most commonly known as Colonel Routh Goshen, but this was a stage name that was created by Phineas Taylor Barnum. He was billed as the tallest man in the world at 7 feet, 11 inches (240 cm) and 620 pounds (280 kg) but was most likely no more than 7 feet, 5 inches (226 cm) and 400 pounds (180 kg).
Middlebush, New Jersey Middlebush is an unincorporated area and community located within Franklin Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. It is perhaps most distinguished as being the host section for Franklin Township's municipal complex.
Middlecliffe A small hamlet straddling the road between Darfield & Great Houghton, close to Barnsley, where Middlecliff lane joins the B66273. A collection of mostly council & ex-council houses is served by a Post Office, small corner shop and a Working Mans club.
Middlegame In chess, the middlegame refers to the portion of the game that happens immediately after the opening (usually the first move after the procession of moves that make up a standard opening) and blends somewhat with the endgame. During this time, players will attempt to strengthen their positions while weakening their opponent's, both by careful arrangement of the pieces for prepared attacks and defenses and by whittling away at their opponent's numbers.
Middleham Castle Middleham Castle in Wensleydale, in the county of North Yorkshire, was built by Robert Fitz Ralph, 3rd Lord of Middleham & Spennithorne, commencing in 1190. It was built near the site of an earlier motte and bailey castle.
Middlemarch, New Zealand Middlemarch is a small town (population 300) within the limits of Dunedin city. It lies some 80km to the west of the city centre, at the foot of the Rock and Pillar Range of hills in the broad Strath-Taieri valley, through which flows the middle reaches of the Taieri River.
Middlemore Train Station Middlemore Railway Station is on the Southern Line of the Auckland railway network. It has side platforms on each of the northbound and southbound lines connected by a pedestrian level crossing at the south end of the platforms.
Middlemount, Queensland Middlemount is a town in Queensland, Australia, located about 250km inland (by road) from Mackay and Rockhampton. It is a mining town with a population of about 2,000, servicing two coal mines, Foxleigh and German Creek.
Middleport, Staffordshire Middleport is a residential and industrial district of the town of Burslem in the city of Stoke-on-Trent, England. Middleport lies to the west of Burslem, between Burslem town centre and the Newcastle-under-Lyme district of Porthill.
MiddlePeak Railways MiddlePeak Railways specializes in the spot-hire and long term lease of shunting locomotives similar to the ex-British Railways Class 08 and NS 0-6-0 600 Class shunting locos. Its fleet is available for hire to both industrial and mainline railway operators, in the UK and Europe.
Middlesboro crater Middlesboro is a meteor crater in Kentucky, United States. It is named after the city of Middlesborough (also spelled Middlesboro)The city is incorporated as "Middlesborough", but the city's post office is named "Middlesboro".
Middlesbrough (borough) Middlesbrough is a unitary authority and borough in North Yorkshire, England. It is based on the town of Middlesbrough, which is sometimes considered to spread outside the borough boundaries into the neighbouring borough of Redcar and Cleveland; the borough extends southwards to a semi-rural area.
Middlesbrough College Middlesbrough College is a college, comprising of predominantly further education but also selected higher education provision, existing on four sites in the town of Middlesbrough, UK. 16,000 students are presently under its roof, second in the town only to Teesside University.
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art The Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art or mima is a flagship contemporary art gallery based in Middlesbrough, in the borough of Middlesbrough and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire in the North East of England. The venue for modern art and craft from 1900 onwards, is due to open in early 2007, although it was originally planned to open at the end of 2006.
Middlesbrough Ironopolis F.C. Middlesbrough Ironopolis Football Club were an English association football club which briefly played in the Football League in the 1890s. Their entire history was played out during the Victorian era in Middlesbrough.
Middlesbrough Music Live Middlesbrough Music Live or MML is an annual music festival held in Middlesbrough town centre. It is run and organised by local promotions company Ten Feet Tall, and known for staging several bands before they become famous.
Middlesbrough railway station Middlesbrough railway station serves the large town of Middlesbrough in the borough of Middlesbrough and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. The station is managed by First TransPennine Express and has two platforms.
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (UK Parliament constituency) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge The Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge linking Middlesbrough to Port Clarence in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, England spans the River Tees. It is a transporter bridge, carrying a travelling 'car', suspended from the bridge, across the river in 90 seconds.
Middlesex (UK Parliament constituency) Middlesex is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.
Middlesex and Boston Street Railway The Middlesex and Boston Street Railway (M&B) was a streetcar and later bus company in the area west of Boston, Massachusetts. Streetcars last ran in 1930, and in 1972 the company's operations were merged into the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA).
Middlesex Board of Education The Middlesex Board of Education is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Middlesex Borough, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.
Middlesex Community College Middlesex Community College is a public community college with two campuses located in Lowell and Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. The college was founded in 1970 on the grounds of the VA Hospital in Bedford, Massachusetts.
Middlesex County Academy The Middlesex County Academy is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Edison, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA. The school serves around 140 students of many diverse cultures from all over Middlesex County, and is part of the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical High Schools.
Middlesex County Cricket Club Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex, which has now been entirely absorbed by London. Its limited overs team is called the Middlesex Crusaders.
Middlesex County Cricket Club in 2005 Middlesex County Cricket Club in 2005 played their cricket in Division One of the County Championship and Division Two of the totesport League. They started the season at 9-1 to win the County Championship title.
Middlesex County Senior League The Middlesex County Senior League is a football competition based in England. It has a total of four divisions including the Middlesex County Senior League Premier Division, which sits at level 15 of the English football league system.
Middlesex County Vocational and Technical High Schools The Middlesex County Vocational and Technical High Schools is a network of public high schools serving the vocational and technical education needs of students in Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA. The district was the first county vocational school system in the United States.
Middlesex County Volunteers The Middlesex County Volunteers is a 501(C)(3) not-for-profit fife and drum corps that plays music from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Founded in 1982 at the end of the United States Bicentennial celebration, the group is comprised of New England area musicians sixteen years old and older.
Middlesex East Middlesex East was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1968. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867, which divided the County of Middlesex into three ridings: Middlesex North, Middlesex West and Middlesex East.
Middlesex Fells Reservation Middlesex Fells Reservation is a Massachusetts state park located in Malden, Medford, Melrose, Stoneham, and Winchester. The park is managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR).
Middlesex North Middlesex North was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the County of Middlesex into three ridings: the Middlesex North, Middlesex West and Middlesex East.
Middleton (UK Parliament constituency) Middleton was a county constituency in the county of Lancashire of the House of Commons for the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, it was represented by one Member of Parliament.
Middleton and Prestwich (UK Parliament constituency) Middleton and Prestwich was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Middleton and Prestwich districts of Greater Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Middleton Beach, Western Australia Middleton Beach is a coastal suburb of the City of Albany it was named after Captain Middleton in 1834. In the early years of Albany's settlement Middleton beach provided a handy spot to off load supplies and stock onto shore as some of the larger boats could not navigate the entrance into Princess Royal Harbour(the main port).
Middleton C.C. Middleton Cricket Club, based in Middleton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester are an English cricket team currently playing in the Central Lancashire League. Basil D'Oliveira played for the club in the early 1960s.
Middleton Hall Middleton Hall () is a Grade II listed building dating back to medieval times. It is situated in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire in England, south of Fazeley and Tamworth and on the opposite side of the A4091 road to Middleton village.
Middleton High School (Middleton, Wisconsin) Middleton High School is a high school located in Middleton, Wisconsin, and serves more than 1,900 students in the Middleton-Cross Plains area. Middleton is located along the western shore of Lake Mendota and is one of the fastest growing communities in Dane County.
Middleton Junction and Oldham Branch Railway The Middleton Junction and Oldham Branch Railway (MJOBR) was opened on March 31, 1842 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, whose chief engineer was George Stephenson. The MJOBR left the Manchester to Littleborough railway line (built on July 4, 1839), at Middleton Junction (then Oldham Junction) went through the expanding town of Chadderton to a station in the lower part of Oldham named Werneth.
Middleton P. Barrow Middleton "Pope" Barrow (August 1, 1839 - December 23, 1903) was a United States Senator from Georgia. Born near Antioch, Georgia in Oglethorpe County, he attended a private academy and graduated from the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, Georgia with a Bachelor of Arts in 1859 and from the School of Law in 1860.
Middleton Stakes The Middleton Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for four-year-old and above thoroughbred fillies and mares run over a distance of 1 mile 2 furlongs and 88 yards (2,092 metres) at York Racecourse in May.
Middleton-by-Youlgreave Middleton, often known as Middleton-by-Youlgreave or Middleton-by-Youlgrave to distinguish it from nearby Middleton-by-Wirksworth, is a village in the Derbyshire Peak District. It lies south west of Youlgreave, above the River Bradford.
Middleton, Leeds Middleton is an old pit village near Leeds. It mostly consists of council houses that had been constructed in the 1920s, although the Westwood Council Estate was added in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and several council house streets around the Park Grove area were demolished in the late 1970s as unrepairable.
Middleton, Milton Keynes Middleton is a district and civil parish in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,720 Borough of Milton Keynes population statistics, 2001 Census data, page 20 .
Middleton, Norfolk Middleton is the second village on the A47 route to Norwich, after North Runcton approximately 3 miles from King's Lynn. The A47, the main road of Norfolk, runs through the village, and in the past and present the village has been a victim of road traffic accidents.
Middletown (Amtrak station) Middletown Station is an Amtrak rail station located about 10 miles east of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania at Union Street and Mill Street, Middletown, Pennsylvania. The station is located in the south end of Middletown, very close to the borough's primary north/south commercial street (Union Street).
Middletown and New Jersey Railway The Middletown & New Jersey Railroad is the only railway left in the City of Middletown, New York. In addition to its own trackage it uses some of the old trackage of the Erie Railroad and the old NYO&W right of ways.
Middletown High School North Middletown High School North, home of the Lions, is a four-year comprehensive public high school] located within [[Middletown Township, New Jersey|Middletown Township, New Jersey, and is part of the Middletown Township Public School District. The school serves 1,700 students from parts of Middletown Township.
Middletown High School South Middletown High School South is a four-year comprehensive public high school located within Middletown Township, New Jersey, and is part of the Middletown Township Public School District. The school serves 1,450 students from parts of Middletown Township.
Middletown High School, Middletown, Maryland Middletown High School is located in Middletown, Maryland, in the scenic foothills of the Middletown Valley, just outside of Frederick, Maryland. First established in 1888, the school opened in its current building in April 1974.
Middletown Junction, Ohio Middletown Junction was the point in Hamilton Township, Warren County, Ohio, on the eastern bank of the Little Miami River where the Middletown and Cincinnati Railroad joined with the Little Miami Railroad about midway between Kings Mills and South Lebanon. The Little Miami Scenic Trail runs through here today.
Middletown Town Center The Middletown Town Center is a planned mixed-use complex in Middletown, New Jersey. It is very highly criticized because of traffic concerns along Route 35, and the fact that it will be located in one of the only open space areas in Middletown.
Middletown Township Public School District The Middletown Township Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students from kindergarten through twelfth grade from Middletown Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.
Middletown, Connecticut Middletown is a city located in Middlesex County, Connecticut, along the Connecticut River, in the south-central part of the state, 16 miles (26 km) south of Hartford. It was founded in 1650 and incorporated the town of Mattabassett in 1651.
Middletown, Ohio Middletown is an All-American Citylocated in Butler] and [[Warren County, Ohio|Warren counties in southwestern Ohio. Formerly in Lemon, Turtlecreek, and Franklin townships, Middletown was incorporated by the Ohio General Assembly on February 11, 1833, and became a city in 1886.
Middletown, Orange County, New York Middletown is a city in Orange County, New York, USA, in New York's Hudson Valley region. The City of Middletown lies along the northern boundary of the New York Metropolitan Area, an imaginary line that runs from Poughkeepsie through Newburgh, Middletown, and Port Jervis, New York.
Middlewich Folk And Boat Festival The Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival takes place in June in the Cheshire town of Middlewich. The festival builds on the towns industrial heritage in which canal boats were used to move coal and other raw materials in the town for the production of salt, and then move the salt out of town, either for use directly , or as a raw material in the manufacture of chemicals such as Chlorine and soda ash.
Middlewich High School Middlewich High School is a small specialist Science, Mathematics & Computing secondary school in Middlewich, Cheshire. It is a mixed sex school containing 11-16 year olds and has 685 pupils on roll as of the last OFSTED report, less than the average comprehensive.
Midea Midea (美的電器 Shenzhen Stock Exchange Code 000786; Shanghai Stock Exchange Code 000527) is a Chinese electronics manufacturer located in Shunde, Guangdong. In 2002, the enterprise employed a total of more than 20,000 people in China.
Mideast (United States) Mideast is a new, yet still widely unknown geographical term used in urban studies to cluster the rough, hilly North American cities in the former Manufacturing Belt such as: Cleveland, Akron, Buffalo, Erie, Rochester, Pittsburgh, Paterson, Scranton, and Youngstown (including Sharon-Farrell-New Castle, PA).
Midelt Midelt (Arabic: Ů…ŮŠŘŻŮ„ŘŞ) is a market town and former French administrative post at about in central Morocco. With an estimated population of 44,000, Midelt serves as the commercial center of a large agricultural hinterland.
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie The Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie is a prairie reserve operated by the United States Forest Service. It is located on the site of the former Joliet Army Ammunition Plant near Elwood, Illinois, and was established by federal law in 1996.
Midewiwin The Midewiwin (also spelled Midewin and Medewiwin) is from the term for the Grand Medicine Society of the aboriginal groups of the Maritimes, New England and Great Lakes regions in North America. Its practitioners are called Midew and the practices of Midewiwin referred to as Mide.
Midfield Maestro The term Midfield Maestro is a cliché used in football (soccer) to describe a midfield player that excels in the technical and creative aspects of midfield play. A midfield maestro often creates goalscoring opportunities for the attackers, while at the same time controlling the tempo of the match and raising the game of the other members of the team.
Midford railway station Midford railway station was a single-platform station on the Bath extension of the Somerset and Dorset Railway, just to the north of the point where the double-track became a single track. It served the village of Midford.
Midgard Midgard (the common English transliteration of Old Norse Miðgarðr), Midjungards (Gothic), Middangeard (Old English), Midgård (common Danish and Swedish), Midgard or Midgård (Norwegian) and Mittilagart (Old High German), from Proto-Germanic *medja-gardaz (*meddila-, *medjan-, projected PIE *medhyo-ghartos), is an old Germanic name for our world, the places inhabited by men, with the literal meaning "middle enclosure". In Middle English, the name was transformed to Middellærd or Middel-erde ("Middle-earth").
Midgard Serpent (comics) The Midgard Serpent, sometimes called the World Serpent, is a fictional character that appears in the Marvel Universe. The character is based on the creature of the same name from Norse mythology, first appeared in Thor vol.
Midge (car) Midge is a kit car (or rather a "plan and pattern" car) designed by John Cowperthwaite. Like the Locust the body is made of aluminum skinned plywood or MDF and using a grille from a Wolseley 1500 (but many other has been used).
Midge (insect) Midges are small, two-winged flying insects. Midges are a subgroup of gnats, and comprise several families of Diptera, including especially the Chironomidae, or non-biting midges, and the Ceratopogonidae or biting midges (also known as No-see-ums, Thunderflys or Punkies in North America).
Midge and Bob Pinciotti Midge and Bob Pinciotti are two fictional characters on the popular Fox sitcom That 70s Show (1998). They are the loving, lovable but slow witted parents of the red haired tomboy Donna Pinciotti (Laura Prepon).
Midge Gillies Midge Gillies is a British journalist and biographer. Educated at Girton College, Cambridge, she has written extensively for newspapers including The Guardian and the Los Angeles Times and is the author of five books, including biographies of the British music hall star Marie Lloyd and the pioneer woman aviator Amy Johnson.
Midge Ure Midge Ure OBE (born James Ure on October 10 1953 in Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a rock and roll guitarist, singer and songwriter from Scotland, who had particular success in the 1970s and 1980s. His stage name, Midge, is a phonetic reversal of his real name, Jim.
Midge Williams Midge Williams (1915-1952) was an African American Swing Jazz vocalist during the 1930s and 1940s. Although not as famous as other Jazz recording artists, Williams was a respected singer and her group, Midge Williams and Her Jazz Jesters, made several well-received recordings during the late 1930s.
Midgegooroo Midgegooroo (date of birth unknown, died 22 May 1833) was an Indigenous Australian of the Noongar nation, who played a key role in Indigenous resistance to white settlement in the area of Perth, Western Australia. Best known as the father of Yagan, Midgegooroo was executed by white settlers in 1833.
Midget In the 19th century, midget was a medical term referring to an extremely short but normally-proportioned person and was used in contrast to dwarf, which denoted disproportionate shortness.Oxford English Dictionary, articles Dwarf and Midget Like many other older medical terms, as it became part of popular language, it was usually used in a pejorative sense.
Midget submarine A midget submarine is a small submarine, typically with one or two crew and no on-board living accommodation. Midget submarines normally work with mother ships which they are launched and recovered from, and which provide living accommodation for the crew and other support.

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