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Midrash Esfah Midrash Esfah (Hebrew: מדרש אספה) is one of the smaller midrashim, which as yet is known only from a few excerpts in Yalḳuṭ and two citations in Sefer Raziel and Ha-Roḳeaḥ. It receives its name from Num.
Midrash halakha Midrash halakha was the ancient rabbinic Jewish method of verifying the traditionally received laws by identifying their sources in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), and by interpreting these passages as proofs of the law's authenticity. Midrash more generally also refers to the non-legal interpretation of the Tanakh (aggadic midrash).
Midrash Petirat Moshe Midrash Petirat Moshe (Hebrew: מדרש פטירת משה) or Midrash on the Death of Moses is one of the smaller midrashim. This midrash describes in great detail the last acts of Moses and his death, at which the angels and God Himself were present.
Midrash Rabbot Midrash Rabbot (Hebrew: מדרש רבות) refers to a collection of aggadic midrashim on the books of the Tanach, generally having the term "Rabbah" (רבה), meaning "great," as part of their name. These midrashim are as follows:
Midre Cummings Midre Almeric Cummings (born October 14, 1971 in St. Croix, Virgin Islands) was an Outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1993-97), Philadelphia Phillies (1997), Boston Red Sox (1998 and 2000), Minnesota Twins (1999-2000), Arizona Diamondbacks (2001), Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2004) and Baltimore Orioles (2005).
Midreshet Ben-Gurion Midreshet Ben-Gurion () is a small settlement, near the kibbutz Sde Boker in the Negev desert of Israel. David Ben-Gurion and his wife Paula Ben-Gurion are buried side by side on the cliff overlooking a Zin valley.
Midreshet Lindenbaum Midreshet Lindenbaum is a midrasha, or institution of higher Torah learning for women. It is located in Israel and is, along with Nishmat one the formost institution for women's learning in new (and somewhat controversial) fields, such as Talmud and in-depth halakha
Midseason replacement A midseason replacement is a television show that premieres in the second half of a television season usually between January and April. Midseason replacements usually take place after a show that was in the fall schedule was canceled or put on hiatus.
Midshipman A midshipman is a subordinate officer, or alternatively a commissioned officer of the lowest rank, in the navies of several English-speaking countries. The word derives from the part of ship, midships, where they were usually stationed.
Midshipman fish The midshipman fishes are the genus Porichthys of toadfishes. They are distinguished by having photophores (which they use to attract prey and after which they are named, reminding some of a naval uniform's buttons) and four lateral lines.
Midshipman's Hope Midshipman's Hope is a 1994 science fiction novel by David Feintuch, and the first book in the Seafort Saga. It depicts the first voyage of UNNS officer Nicholas Seafort to the colony of Hope Nation, and is followed by Challenger's Hope.
Midsomer Murders filming locations The following UK locations are some of the many sites that have played host to the filming of the British television series Midsomer Murders since filming began in 1996. Where known, the number of episodes in which a particular location has been used is given in brackets.
Midsomer Norton railway station Midsomer Norton railway station (originally Midsomer Norton & Welton, later Midsomer Norton South) was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway between Bath Green Park and Shepton Mallet. It served the town of Midsomer Norton.
Midstate Regional Library Midstate Regional Library is a state operated regional library in Berlin, Washington County, Vermont. It is one of two regional libraries operated by the Vermont Department of Libraries, the other being Northeast Regional Library in St.
Midstates express Mid-States is an LTL(less than a truck load) carrier that services eleven-plus states in the midwest; and has over 52 years of experience in the Transportation Industry. Their corporate office is located in Aurora Illinois.
Midsummer Midsummer refers to the period of time centered upon the summer solstice and the religious celebrations that accompany it. Midsummer-related holidays, traditions and celebrations, many of which are non-Christian in origin (apart from the designation "St John's Day"), are particularly important in Denmark, Finland and Sweden, but found also in other parts of Germanic Europe and elsewhere.
Midsummer Common Midsummer Common is an area of common land in Cambridge, UK. The Cambridge Midsummer Fair held on the common is one of the oldest fairs in the UK and at one point was possibly the largest medieval fair in Europe.
Midsummer Dream Midsummer Dream, () is a 2005 computer-animated film from Dygra Films, the creators of The Living Forrest. Made in Spain and Portugal, the film is loosely based on William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.
MidSouthCon MidSouthCon is a multigenre convention held each March in Memphis, Tennessee since the 1970s. Besides science fiction, it provides a gathering point for multiple other genres: fantasy, science, comics, horror, and gaming.
MidSun Junior High School MidSun Junior High School is a Canadian middle school teaching grades seven through nine for the communities of Midnapore, Chaparral and Sundance, in Calgary, Alberta. It is part of the public Calgary Board of Education.
Midtdjurs municipality Midtdjurs ("Central Djursland") is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Aarhus County on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality, in the middle of a region known as Djursland, covers an area of 179 km², and has a total population of 7.
Midterm Break Midterm Break are a three piece pop-punk band from the North East of England. The band formed in Sunderland 2005,and have since achieved strong local success and moderate national success, even completing a short US tour in 2006.
Midtnorsk Helikopter Midtnorsk Helikopter is a Norwegian helicopter operator based in Verdal and with branches in Mo i Rana and Ă…s. The airline bases itself on charter flights within areas including aerial photography, line inspection, tourism, sightseeing, surveilance and personnel transport.
Midtown Atlanta Midtown Atlanta is a district in Atlanta, Georgia, situated between the commercial and financial district of Downtown to the south and the affluent residential and nightlife district of Buckhead to the north. It is roughly bounded by North Avenue to the South, I-85 to the west and north, and the future Atlanta Beltline on the east.
Midtown Madness Midtown Madness is a free roam racing/arcade game, first in the Midtown Madness series, developed by Microsoft Game Studios and Angel Studios (now Rockstar San Diego). The game features a range of vehicles which can be driven around Chicago.
Midtown Madness (series) Midtown Madness is a series of racing games set in famous cities around the world. The games differ from conventional racing games of the time in two significant respects; they feature unconventional plots, and allow free roaming through city streets, whereas most racing games of the time only allowed following a pre-defined track.
Midtown Madness 2 Midtown Madness 2 is a free roam racing/arcade sequel to Midtown Madness, part of the Midtown Madness series, developed by Angel Studios (now Rockstar San Diego) and published by Microsoft Game Studios, which features a range of vehicles which can be driven around London and San Francisco.
Midtown Madness 3 Midtown Madness 3 is a free roaming racing/arcade sequel, part of the Midtown Madness series. For the first time in the series, the game was released only on the Xbox, with a Windows version rumoured for later release, but ultimately scrapped.
Midtown Miami Midtown Miami is a newly created section north of downtown Miami, Florida and south of the Design District and Little Haiti. It is roughly divided by I-395 to the south, I-195 to the north, I-95 to the west and Biscayne Bay to the east.
Midtown Phillips, Minneapolis Midtown Phillips is a neighborhood within the Phillips community in Minneapolis. Its boundaries are East 24th Street to the north, Bloomington Avenue to the east, East Lake Street to the south, and Chicago Avenue to the west.
Midtown Recording Midtown Recording (formerly Right Track Studio) is a recording studio located in Cleveland, Ohio. It is a "24-track, 24-bit digital recording studio" which is also capable of live recording because of its location behind the Forward Hall Concert Club.
Midtown, Agoura Hills This Agoura Hills, California residential neighborhood of modern detached homes built in the 1970's is located immediately west and south of Downtown, cutting it off from the South End. The neighborhood's character has created a rather bohemian culture, and the area is considered one of the most eclectic neighborhoods in Agoura Hills.
Midtown, Memphis Midtown is one of the 5 defined districts of Memphis, Tennessee, USA containing different individual areas loosely defined as Danny Thomas on the West, North Parkway and Summer to the North, Highland to the East and Lamar and Park to the South.
Midtown, Minneapolis Midtown is a commercial district in south Minneapolis. It stretches along East Lake Street from Interstate 35W in the west to Hiawatha Avenue in the east, lying along the border between the Phillips and Powderhorn communities.
Midtown, Tennessee Midtown is an unincorporated community in Roane County, Tennessee, United States. Twice in the 1990s residents voted to incorporate as a town and for a time the community maintained a municipal government, but the incorporation was challenged in court and eventually overturnedCourt of Appeals of Tennessee, No.
Midway Airlines (JI) Midway Airlines was an airline based out of Morrisville, North Carolina, between 1993 and 2003. It was formed by Jet Express, a carrier that fed Trans World Airlines and USAir during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Midway Arcade Treasures 2 Midway Arcade Treasures 2 is the second collection of classic arcade games published by Midway for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox. This compilation includes 20 games that were not in the 2003 release of Midway Arcade Treasures or the 2005 release of Midway Arcade Treasures 3.
Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition is an arcade compilation released exclusively for the PC in February 2006. It is a compilation of Midway Arcade Treasures 2 and Midway Arcade Treasures 3, which had both been previously released on consoles only.
Midway Atoll Midway Atoll (also known as Midway Island or Midway Islands, Hawaiian: Pihemanu) is a 6.2 square kilometer atoll located in the North Pacific Ocean (near the northwestern end of the Hawaiian archipelago) at , about one-third of the way between Honolulu and Tokyo.
Midway City Midway City is one of many fictional cities in the DC Universe, the shared universe of comic book titles published by DC Comics. Midway is always shown to be a midwestern city probably based on the real world city of Chicago, Illinois.
Midway College Midway is an independent, liberal arts college with approximately 1,200 students, related by covenant to the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) offering two and four-year degrees. Midway is the only women's college in Kentucky.
Midway High School Midway High School is the only high school in Midway Independent School District of the Waco, Texas area. Although the school is located in southwestern Waco, most students live in the suburbs of Woodway and Hewitt.
Midway Mall Midway Mall is a shopping mall located in Elyria, Ohio approximately 25 miles southwest of Cleveland. It is located on the east side of OH 57 between I-90 to the north and I-80 to the south in northern Lorain County.
Midway Park Midway Park, located in Maple Springs, New York, was established in 1898 by the Jamestown & Lake Erie Railway as a picnic ground. Today, it is recognized as the fifteenth-oldest continually operating amusement park in the United States, and the fifth-oldest remaining trolley park.
Midway Plaisance Midway Plaisance is a linear park located near Lake Michigan in the Woodlawn community area on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, USA approximately 8 miles from the downtown "Loop" area and midway between Washington and Jackson Parks. Known locally as simply the Midway, it served as a center of amusements during the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893, lending the name "Midway" to areas at county and state fairs where sideshows are located.
Midway Point, Tasmania Midway Point is a suburb in the greater area of Hobart, capital of Tasmania, Australia. It is in the local government area of Sorell, and is located on a small peninsula which meets the mid-way point of the Sorell Causeway from Hobart to Sorell, hence the name.
Midway Road, Dallas, Texas Midway Road is a north/south thoroughfare in Dallas, Texas (USA). The road enters Dallas in the north from Plano and continues south out of Dallas into Addison, Carrollton, and Farmers Branch, then re-enters Dallas and ultimately terminates in the south at Lovers Lane.
Midweek politics Midweek Politics with David Pakman is a nationally syndicated talk radio program featuring David Pakman as host. The program first aired in August of 2005 on WXOJ-Valley Free Radio, located in Northampton, Massachusetts, and has since been syndicated on the Pacifica Radio network, airing on multiple Pacifica radio stations.
Midweeks Midweeks, are lists of sales figures for music albums and singles in the United Kingdom during the period between the weekly chart publication on Sundays. They are officially known as "sales flashes" but more frequently referred to as midweeks as they are released during the middle of week (Tuesday-Friday).
Midwest Academic Talent Search The Midwest Academic Talent Search, run by Northwestern University's Center for Talent Development in Chicago, Illinois gives above-level testing to gifted children grades 3-9 in the Midwest region to measure their ability and giftedness. 3rd to 6th graders can receive the EXPLORE test, while 6th to 8th/9th graders can receive the ACT and/or the SAT.
Midwest Academy The Midwest Academy is an educational institution founded in 1973 and based in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Heather Booth, an activist participant in the Mississippi Freedom Summer civil rights projects (1964) founded the Midwest Academy in 1973 to provide training for organizers in neighborhood organizations.
Midwest Airlines Midwest Airlines is an American scheduled passenger airline based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, operating from General Mitchell International Airport. Midwest Airlines is largely known for its Signature Service all business class seating arrangement, which includes leather seats arranged 2-by-2 and fresh-baked chocolate-chip cookies.
Midwest Airlines Center The Midwest Airlines Center (formerly Midwest Express Center) is a convention and exhibition center located in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The center is part of a greater complex of buildings which includes the U.
Midwest Aviation Midwest Aviation was a commuter airline based first in New Ulm, Minnesota then in Marshall, Minnesota. From 1973 to 1977, the airline operated under the name Air New Ulm and from 1977 to 1979 under the name Lake State Airways.
Midwest Bank Robbers The Midwest Bank Robbers is the name given to a criminal group active in the United States in the early 1990s. The group is alleged to have associated with convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh in the months before the Oklahoma City bombing.
Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference The Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference (MBLGTACC), is an annual conference held to promote leadership, activism, networking, diversity, health, and empowerment among gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and allied students, staff, and faculty around the United States and Canada.
Midwest Classic Conference The Midwest Classic Conference (MCC) is a college athletic conference, consisting of eight colleges and universities located in Iowa and Wisconsin. Founded in 1988, the conference's member schools compete on the NAIA level in thirteen different sports.
Midwest Conference The Midwest Conference is a College Athletic Conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in the midwestern United States in the states of Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin.
Midwest Connect Midwest Connect is the operating name of the regional airlines providing feeder service for Midwest Airlines. Currently, only Skyway Airlines operates under this name, but beginning in April 2007, SkyWest Airlines will also fly for Midwest using the Midwest Connect name.
Midwest Dodgeball Conference The Midwest Dodgeball Conference is the world's only known college dodgeball athletic conference. Located in the Midwestern United States of America, it reaches from as far as Kentucky and West Virginia to Nebraska and Michigan.
Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105 Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105 a Douglas DC-9-14 crashed just after takeoff on September 6, 1985 from General Mitchell Airport, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, en route to Hartsfield International in Atlanta, killing all 31 onboard. The cause was determined to be pilot error in handling the aircraft after the right engine suffered a catastrophic failure.
Midwest Gaming Classic Presented by Dan Loosen and Gary Heil of the The GOAT Store, Marty Goldberg of ClassicGaming.Com, and noted pinball collector Tom Lucht, the Midwest Gaming Classic is an annual convention for all forms of electronic entertainment, including video games, arcade games (video, pinball, traditional electo-mechanical), computers, and more.
Midwest Christian Outreach Midwest Christian Outreach (MCO), is a small non-denominational, evangelical organization that claims to "intelligently present and compassionately defend the Gospel of Jesus Christ, especially to those who consciously reject it due to false beliefs, and to challenge and equip believing Christians to do the same". It is primarily known for its efforts to expose groups that it believes are cultic in nature.
Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association The Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) is a collegiate club men's volleyball sports league in the Midwest United States. It is differentiated from the varsity Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (also called "MIVA").
Midwest Living magazine Midwest Living magazine published by Meredith Corporation] (NYSE: MDP), is a regional publication that celebrates the richness of life in the [[Midwest. Founded in 1987, the magazine is dedicated to providing its readers a wealth of region-specific information and inspiration, focusing on travel and events, food and dining, and home and garden, as well as other editorial content categories.
Midwest Military Simulation Association The Midwest Military Simulation Association (MMSA) was a group of wargamers and military figurine collectors active during the late 1960s and 1970s when wargaming was in its heyday and role-playing games were first developed. The group lived in the Minneapolis-St Paul area.
Midwest Regional Conservation Guild The Midwest Regional Conservation Guild was started in 1980 by art conservation and restoration professionals with the purpose of bringing together those individuals in the Midwest region (and beyond) interested in the preservation of historic and artistic works and to promote fellowship and exchange of ideas on a professional level.
Midwest Reliability Organization The Midwest Reliability Organization (MRO) began operations on January 1, 2005, as the successor to the Mid-continent Area Power Pool (MAPP), which was formed in 1965. MRO is one of nine regional electric reliability councils under North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) authority.
Midwest Research Institute Midwest Research Institute (MRI) is an independent, not-for-profit, contract research organization based in Kansas City, MO. MRI was established in Kansas City in 1944 to provide research and development for industry.
Midwest Roadside Safety Facility The Midwest Roadside Safety Facility (MwRSF), part of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is a research organization with a main focus of researching all aspects of highway design and safety. MwRSF conducts safety performance evaluations of various roadside appurtenances, developing new and innovative design concepts and technologies in the area of highway safety.
Midwest Social Forum The Midwest Social Forum (MWSF) is an annual gathering that creates a space for grassroots organizations, community activists, educators, students, and others committed to social justice to come together to exchange experiences and information, strengthen alliances and networks, and devise strategies for progressive social, economic, and political change.
Midwest to Mid-Atlantic United States tornado outbreak of 2002 The Midwest To Mid-Atlantic Tornado Outbreak of April 27, 2002 and April 28 2002 was a widespread outbreak that moved from west to east over a Saturday and Sunday. Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska were affected on the 27th; tornadoes were reported in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia on the 28th.
Midwest Unrest Midwest Unrest is a small collective in Chicago formed by anarchists and anti-capitalists in a planning meeting for that city's mobilization to the protests against the Free Trade Area of the Americas summit in Miami in the November of 2003. Midwest Unrest organized a pre-mobilization consulta, and took part in the week of protests that was met with a style of repression now often referred to as the Miami model.
Midwest Wireless Midwest Wireless was a wireless telephone company serving southern Minnesota, northern Iowa and western Wisconsin in the United States. The company served roughly 400,000 customers and used CDMA phone technology.
Midwest Young Artists Midwest Young Artists (MYA), the largest youth ensemble music program in the Midwest, was founded in 1993 in Chicago by Allan Dennis and consisted of a single orchestra. Since then, MYA has grown and now contains five youth symphony orchestras, big bands, and two choruses.
Midwestern Gas Transmission Midwestern Gas Transmission is a natural gas pipeline which takes natural gas from the Chicago area and brings it down into the Ohio River Valley, although it has occasionally flowed in the opposite direction. It is owned by Northern Border Partners.
Midwestern Junior B Hockey League The Midwestern Junior B Hockey League is a Junior "B" ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association. The league's playoff champion will compete with the champions of the Golden Horseshoe Junior B Hockey League and Western Junior B Hockey League for the Sutherland Cup, the Provincial Championship.
Midwestern State University Midwestern State University is an accredited 4-year college, located in Wichita Falls, Texas with an estimated enrollment of 6480. Originally founded on September 1922 as Wichita Falls Junior College, it was moved to its current location in 1937, and renamed Hardin Junior College.
Midwestern Undergraduate Private Engineering Colleges The Midwestern Undergraduate Private Engineering Colleges (MUPEC) constitute a group of 11 universities. The MUPEC universities cooperate in various conferences and events and form a group of peer institutions sharing a common geography and basic educational goals.
Midwestern University Midwestern University (MWU) is a non-profit, private, graduate school of medicine with two campuses: Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine (MWU/CCOM) in Downers Grove, Illinois and Midwestern University Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine(MWU/AzCOM) in Glendale, Arizona. Although it started as one college over a century ago training physicians only, it now has multiple campuses training health professionals in many different fields.
Midwife toad Midwife toads (Alytes) is a genus of frogs in the Discoglossidae family, and are found in most of Europe and northwestern Africa. Characteristic of these toad-like frogs is their parental care: the males carry a string of fertilised eggs on their back, hence the name "midwife".
Midwifery Midwifery is the term traditionally used to describe the art of assisting a woman through childbirth. In the modern context, this term is used to describe the activities of these health care providers who are experts in women's health care including giving prenatal care to expecting mothers.
Midwich Elementary School Midwich Elementary School is a fictional school from the Konami's survival horror video game series Silent Hill. Midwich Elementary only appears in the first Silent Hill game and is one of several settings throughout the game.
Midwinter Masque In Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy series, the Midwinter Masque is a grand celebration held on the winter solstice at Cereus House, the most famous observation of the Longest Night. It celebrates the passing of the old year and the return of the sun.
Midwives Alliance of North America In 1982, The Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA) was established as a professional organization for all midwives, recognizing the diversity of educational backgrounds and practice styles within the profession. Its goal is to unify and strengthen the profession of midwifery, thereby improving the quality of health care for women, babies, and communities.
Midworld (fictional planet) Midworld is a fictional planet created by Alan Dean Foster for his Humanx Commonwealth universe. Its distinguishing feature is the thousand meter high rainforest that covers nearly all of the planet, making it the most biologically diverse planet in the universe.
Midyat Midyat (Turoyo: Mëḏyaḏ) is a district of Mardin Province of Turkey. The ancient city is the epicenter of a centuries-old Christian Syriac enclave in Southeast-Turkey, widely familiar under its Aramaic name Tur Abdin.
Midzor Midzor, 2170 m, is the highest peak of Serbian part of Balkan mountains (Old Mountain). It is the second highest peak of Serbia (forming natural border between Serbia and Bulgaria), although far behind Djeravica peak (2656 m) that's located in Prokletije mountains of Kosovo, which is currently a UN protectorate.
Mie Hama Mie Hama (浜 美枝 Hama Mie; born in November 20 1943 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress best known for her role as Kissy Suzuki in the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice Her first name is pronounced "Mee-eh".
Mie theory Mie theory, also called Lorenz-Mie theory, is a complete analytical solution of Maxwell's equations for the scattering of electromagnetic radiation by spherical particles (also called Mie scattering). Mie solution is named after its developer German physicist Gustav Mie.
Mieczysław Aszkiełowicz Mieczysław Aszkiełowicz (born January 12, 1957 in Olsztyn) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 5892 votes in 35 Olsztyn district, candidating from Samoobrona Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej list.
Mieczysław Golba Mieczysław Golba (born April 24, 1966 in Jarosław) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 5551 votes in 22 Krosno district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.
Mieczysław Karłowicz Mieczysław Karłowicz (December 11, 1876 – February 8, 1909) was a Polish composer, born in Vilnius (now capital of Lithuania). He may have got his talent from his father, Jan, who was a Polish historian and musician.
Mieczysław Kasprzak Mieczysław Kasprzak (born March 30, 1953 in Jarosław) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 7795 votes in 22 Krosno district, candidating from Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe list.
Mieczysław Marcin Łuczak Mieczysław Marcin Łuczak (born July 09, 1955 in Wieluń) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 6105 votes in 11 Sieradz district, candidating from Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe list.
Mieczysław Moczar Mieczysław Moczar (original name Mikołaj Demko, pseudonym Mietek, born December 25 1913 in Łódź - died November 1 1986) was a Polish communist who played a prominent role in the history of the Polish People's Republic. He was a highly placed member of the Polish United Workers Party, a member of its Central Committee from 1965 to 1981 (one of its secretaries in 1968-1971) and a member of its Politburo in 1970-1971 and 1980-1981.
Mieczysław Smorawiński Brigadier General Mieczysław Smorawiński (1893–1940), was a Polish military commander and officer of the Polish Army. He was one of two Polish generals identified as the victims of the Katyn massacre of 1940.
Mieczysław Walkiewicz Mieczysław Walkiewicz (born November 05, 1949 in Wólka Nowa) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 4634 votes in 21 Opole district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.
Mieczysław Weinberg Mieczysław Weinberg (also Moisey Vainberg, Moisey Samuilovich Vaynberg; Russian Моисей Самуилович Вайнберг; Polish Mieczysław Wajnberg) (December 8 1919 in Warsaw, Poland – February 26 1996 in Moscow, Russia) was a Polish and Soviet composer who lived in the Soviet Union and Russia since before the World War II (1939) and lost most of his family to the Nazis. His large body of work included twenty-two symphonies and seventeen string quartets; according to one reviewer he ranked as, "the third great Soviet composer, along with Prokofiev and Shostakovich".
Mieczysław Zygfryd Słowikowski Mieczysław Zygfryd Słowikowski (Jazgarzew, near Warsaw, 1896 — 1989, London), also known as "Rygor-Słowikowski," was a Polish Army officer whose intelligence work in North Africa facilitated Allied preparations for the 1942 Operation Torch landings.

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