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Michele Adamson Michele Adamson is an ambient and psychedelic trance vocalist and songwriter who has worked with many famous artists in the genre, including Shpongle, Infected Mushroom, Violet Vision, Sub6, Ott, Younger Brother, Art of Trance— and Astrix. Her most well-known works are Converting Vegetarians with Infected Mushroom and Tales of the Inexpressible with Shpongle.
Michele Amari Michele Amari (July 7, 1806, Palermo—July 16, 1889, Florence) was an Italian patriot, born at Palermo, devoted a great part of his life to the history of Sicily, and took part in its emancipation; was an Orientalist as well; he is famous for throwing light on the true character of the Sicilian Vespers; and served as the Kingdom of Italy's first minister of public education.
Michele Austin Michele Austin is a British-based actress, best known for the role of PC (later Acting Sergeant) Yvonne Hemmingway, in the ITV Soap opera The Bill. Hemmingway is not the first role she has had in the programme, having played the character Marsha Harris twice in 2001.
Michele Bachmann Michele Bachmann (born Michele Amble on April 6 1956) is the Republican Representative of Minnesota's 6th congressional district, one of eight congressional districts in Minnesota. She succeeded Representative Mark Kennedy, who vacated the seat in a bid for the U.
Michele Bardsley (author) Michele Bardsley (born 1970 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) writes romantic fiction with paranormal and erotic themes for NAL/Signet Eclipse. Michele also writes short erotic fiction for several electronic publishers including Changeling Press and Ellora's Cave.
Michele Besso Michele Angelo Besso (May 25 1873 Riesbach - March 15 1955 Genova) was a Swiss/Italian engineer, and a close friend of Albert Einstein during his years at the Federal Polytechnic Institute in ZurichEinstein as a Student, today the ETH Zurich, and then at the patent office in Bern. Besso is credited with introducing Einstein to the works of Ernst Mach, the skeptical critic of physics who influence Einstein's approach to the discipline.
Michele Birch Conery Michele Birch Conery is one of four women who claim to have been ordained to the priesthood of the Roman Catholic Church on the 25 July 2005, against the wishes of ecclesiastical authorities. A further five women chose to be ordained as deacons.
Michele Cavataio Michele Cavataio (died December 10, 1969, Palermo), also known as The Cobra was a powerful member of the Sicilian Mafia. He was the boss of the Acquasanta mandamento in Palermo and was a member of the first Sicilian Mafia Commission.
Michele di Rocco Michele di Rocco (born May 4, 1982 in Foligno, Perugia) is a boxer from Italy, competing in the Light Welterweight (– 64kg) division. He represented his native country at the Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and won the bronze medal at the 2002 European Amateur Boxing Championships.
Michele Desubleo Michele Desubleo (Maubeuge, 1602 - Parma, 1676), also called Michele Fiammingo (Flemish) or Michele di Giovanni de Sobleau, was a Flemish painter of active in Central and North Italy during the Baroque era. He worked in Rome, Venice (with the stepbrother Nicolas RĂ©gnier), Bologna (in the studio of Guido Reni), and Florence.
Michele Dotrice Michele Dotrice (born September 27 1948 in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire) is a British actress best known for her portrayal of Betty, the long-suffering wife of Frank Spencer in the 1970s BBC sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.
Michele Dunaway Michele Dunaway (born July 14 1965 as Michele Smith) is a best-selling American author of romantic novels. She is a member of the Romance Writers of America and sold her first book because of an editor appointment at a national convention.
Michele Flournoy Michele Flournoy is the Senior Advisor for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a former pentagon official and moderator of the Black Dawn Report, a scenario based exercise on nuclear terrorism in Brussels, Belgium.
Michele Greco Michele Greco (born May 12, 1924) is a member of the Sicilian Mafia, currently incarcerated for multiple murder. His nickname was “The Pope” because of his ability to mediate between different Mafia families.
Michele Lee Michele Lee (born on June 24, 1942) is an American singer, dancer, actress, producer, director and frequent game show panelist of the 1970s. She is best-known for her role as Karen Cooper Fairgate MacKenzie on the 1980s prime-time soap opera, Knots Landing.
Michele Leggott Michele Leggott, poet and literary scholar, was born in Stratford, New Zealand, in 1956. She received her secondary education at New Plymouth Girls High School, before attending the University of Canterbury where she completed an MA in English in 1979.
Michele Marieschi Michele Marieschi (1710-1743) (also known as Michiel) was a painter of landscapes or vistas (a vedutisti) who painted veduta mostly in Venice. Less well-known than his famous contemporary vedutisti, Canaletto and Francesco Guardi.
Michele Mosca Michele Mosca is Deputy Director of the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo. His principal research interests concern the design of quantum algorithms, but he is also known for his early work on NMR quantum computation together with Jonathan A Jones.
Michele Novaro Michele Novaro (October 23, 1818 - October 21, 1885) was an Italian songwriter. He composed the Italian national anthem popularly known as Inno di Mameli - which was unofficially adopted in 1946 and confirmed in 2005.
Michele Pantaleone Michele Pantaleone (Villalba 1911 – Palermo, February 12, 2002) was a respected journalist and expert on the Sicilian Mafia and one of the first to shed light on the links between organized crime and political power.
Michele Pillar Michele Pillar (born July 26, 1955 in Brentwood, Tennessee) is a three-time Grammy-nominated Christian singer and songwriter. Despite only a short list of studio albums recorded, she has been a strong influence in contemporary Christian music (CCM) for three decades.
Michele Pittaluga International Classical Guitar Competition The "Michele Pittaluga" International Classical Guitar Competition is an annual music competition for young classical guitarists held in Alessandria, Italy. It was founded in 1968 and has earned an international reputation, entering membership of the World Federation of International Music Competitions in 1981.
Michele Renouf Michele Renouf (born 1946) is an Australian-born, British-based socialite, who came to the wider attention of the public when she sat at the side of David Irving during his failed legal action against the historian Deborah Lipstadt in 2000. She is known for her open and virulent antisemitism.
Michele Rinaldi Michele Rinaldi (born 9 January, 1987 in Manerbio, Italy) is an Italian football defender, who currently plays for Udinese of Serie A. Andrea is seen as a promising young player and made his debut for Udinese during the 2005/2006 UEFA Cup.
Michele Strazzabosco Michele Strazzabosco (born June 2, 1976, in Asiago, Italy) is an Italian ice hockey defenseman. He has played professionally in Italy since 1999, and was a member of the Italian national ice hockey team at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
Michele Timms Michele Margaret Timms (born June 28, 1965), and known as Michele Timms, is an Australian basketball player who played for the Phoenix Mercury in the Women's National Basketball Association. Many consider the Melbourne, Victoria native to be one of Australia's greatest female basketball players in history.
Michele Val Jean Michele Val Jean is an American TV script writer on the soap opera General Hospital. Val Jean wrote the critically acclaimed 1998 re-visitation of Luke Spencer's rape of Laura Spencer, Elizabeth Webber's rape and Luke and Laura's 2006 wedding.
Michele Van Gorp Michele Van Gorp (born May 10, 1977 in Warren, Michigan) is a professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), most recently with the Minnesota Lynx. Until October 2005, she was notable as being the league's only open lesbian since the retirement of Sue Wicks in 2002.
Michele Verdier Michele Verdier controlled the press office for the 97th session of the IOC. The British press called her "The IOC's Bernard Ingham" because she controlled the contents of the IOC meetings from the press like Margaret Thatcher's notorious information controller.
Michele Wallace Michele Wallace is a feminist author and daughter of artist Faith Ringgold. She became famous in 1979 when, at age 27, she published Black Macho and The Myth of The Superwoman, a book in which she criticized black nationalism and sexism.
Michelia Michelia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the Magnolia family (Magnoliaceae). The genus includes about 50 species of evergreen trees and shrubs, native to tropical and subtropical south and southeast Asia (Indomalaya), including southern China.
Michelia champaca Michelia champaca (common name champaka) is an evergreen tree, native to South Asia, and is found in the Western Ghats, and parts of Assam, West Bengal, Bangladesh, Myanmar. It is best known and cultivated for its strongly fragrant yellow or white flowers.
Michelin Michelin (full name: Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin) () based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne région of France, is primarily a tire manufacturer. However, it is also famous for its Red and Green travel guides, for the Michelin stars the Red Guide awards to restaurants for their cooking, for its road maps, and for its historic emblem Bibendum, the Michelin Man.
Michelin Guide The Michelin Guide (Le Guide Michelin) is a series of annual guide books published by Michelin for over a dozen countries. The term refers by default to the Michelin Red Guide, the oldest and best-known European hotel and restaurant guide, which awards the Michelin stars.
Michelin House Michelin House at 81 Fulham Road, Chelsea, London was constructed as the 1st permanent UK Headquarters and tyre depot for the Michelin Tyre Company Ltd. The building opened for business on the 20th January 1911.
Michelin tire baby syndrome Michelin Tire Baby Syndrome, also known as congenital diffuse lipomatosis, is characterized by multiple, symmetric, circumferential skin creases, or bands, on the forearms, lower legs, and often the neck that are present at birth. The creases disappear later in life.
Micheline Calmy-Rey Micheline Calmy-Rey (born July 8, 1945) is a Swiss politician, member of the Swiss Federal Council since 2003. She is head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (the Swiss foreign minister) and President of the Confederation for 2007.
Michelle Ang Michelle Ang (born October 17 1983, in Malaysia) is a New Zealand film and television actress. Ang got her start in acting through the Young and Hungry Arts Trust which aims to give young people theater experience.
Michelle Bachelet Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (born September 29 1951) is a center-left politician and the current President of Chile, the first woman to hold this position in the country's history. She won the 2006 presidential election in a runoff, beating center-right billionaire businessman and former senator Sebastián Piñera, with 53.
Michelle Bass Michelle Bass (born February 2, 1981 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England) is a British glamour model, television personality and former contestant on the fifth season of the UK reality television show Big Brother. Previously, Bass had worked as a mortgage adviser.
Michelle Bauer Michelle Bauer (born Michelle Medvitz on October 1, 1958) is a film actress and bondage model. She has also been credited as Kim Bittner, Michelle, Michelle McClellan, Michelle McClellen, Michelle McLellan, Michelle McLelland, Pia Sands, and Pia Snow.
Michelle Bowyer Michelle Bowyer (born June 25, 1976 in Calgary, Alberta) is a former field hockey foward from Canada, who earned a total number of 75 international caps for the Canadian Women's National Team during her career. She was a student of the University of Alberta.
Michelle Brooks Michelle Brooks is an American writer. Exploring themes of grief, mystery, spirituality and sexual politics, her work includes No Half-Measures Here (Ledge Press, 2003), A Hotel Room in Baton Rouge (Liquid Paper Press, 2004) and Such Short Supply (Concrete Wolf/Frost Heaves Press, 2005, ISBN 0-9717671-7-3)
Michelle Burgher Michelle Burgher (born March 12, 1977 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for Jamaica. She was a bronze medalist in the 4x400m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.
Michelle Burke Michelle Burke (born November 30, 1970 in Defiance, Ohio) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Jodi Kramer in the 1993 Richard Linklater film Dazed and Confused and as Connie Conehead in the 1993 film Coneheads.
Michelle Cameron Michelle A. Cameron-Coulter (born January 28 1962 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian Olympic synchronized swimmer, who won the gold medal with Carolyn Waldo, in the Synchronized Swimming, Women's Duet event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera Michelle Caruso-Cabrera is a business news anchor and reporter for CNBC television co-hosting the Worldwide Exchange program airing from 4-6am ET (along with Christine Tan in Asia and Ross Westgate in Europe) and the second hour of the Morning Call program airing from 11am-noon ET weekdays (alongside Liz Claman).
Michelle Conn Michelle ("Mary") Conn (born May 17, 1963 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a former field hockey player from Canada, who represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There she ended up in seventh place with the Canadian National Team, after having finished in sixth position four years earlier in Seoul, South Korea.
Michelle Dawson Michelle Dawson (born 1961) is an autistic, autism researcher and autism rights activist who is best known for writing a paper challenging the ethical and scientific foundations of Applied Behavior Analysis(ABA)-based autism interventions and challenging ABA in the Supreme Court of Canada. Dawson's work has generated considerable controversy.
Michelle Dumaresq Michelle Dumaresq is a professional downhill mountain bike competitor who has completed male-to-female (MTF) sexual reassignment surgery (SRS). She is from Canada and competes with professional female downhill mountain bike racers.
Michelle Federer Michelle Federer (born December 5, 1972) is an American theatre and film actress. Michelle grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio where she was a student of the Shaker Theatre Arts Department, and she gained early experience working under the direction of Carol Pribble in the critically acclaimed University School Theater Program, where she first worked and became friends with future Wicked castmate Michael Seelbach.
Michelle Ford Michelle Jan Ford MBE (born July 15 1962 in Sydney) was an Australian long distance freestyle and butterfly swimmer of the 1970s and 1980s, who won a gold medal in the 800 m freestyle at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. She was the only non Soviet bloc female swimmer to win an individual gold medal at the boycott-marred games.
Michelle Grattan Michelle Grattan AO (born 1936), Australian journalist, was the first woman to become editor of an Australian metropolitan daily newspaper. Specialising in political journalism, Grattan has written and edited for many significant Australian newspapers.
Michelle Heaton Michelle Christine Scott-Lee, née Heaton (born 19 July 1980, Gateshead, England) is an English pop star, television personality and sometime glamour model. She is married to former boyband member Andy Scott-Lee.
Michelle Heights (Ottawa) Michelle Heights is a small neighbourhood located in Ottawa, Ontario. Located in the west end of the city, it is bounded by Bayshore Drive in the west, the Ottawa River to the north, Pinecrest Road to the east and Richmond Road to the south.
Michelle Hinn Michelle Hinn is the current chairperson of the IGDA's Game Accessibility Special Interest Group, a game industry advocacy group for creating mainstream games accessible to gamers with disabilities. She is involved with GameAccessibility.
Michelle Hooton Michelle Hooton is a New Brunswick politician. She is currently the deputy mayor of Saint John (New Brunswick's largest city) and was a candidate for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in a by-election for the riding of Saint John Harbour held on November 14, 2005.
Michelle Horn Michelle Horn (born February 28, 1987 in Pasadena, California) is an American actress best known for her work in the TV shows Strong Medicine and Family Law. Horn is also known for her voiceover work in Disney's Lion King 2: Simba's Pride as the lion cub Kiara.
Michelle Charlesworth Michelle Charlesworth is an American television news reporter and anchor. Since 1998 she has been a reporter for both ABC News and WABC-TV, as well as a weekend morning anchor for WABC-TV's Eyewitness News and is best known for an award winning series of reports about her battle with skin cancer, which aired on both WABC-TV and ABC's Good Morning America.
Michelle Knotz Michelle Knotz is an American voice actress who does work for New York-based studios such as TAJ Productions. She was the winner of the 2003 Anime Idol voice acting contest held at anime conventions and debuted in the role of Hajime Yagi in The World of Narue.
Michelle L'amour Michelle L'amour is an American neo-burlesque performer who grew up in Orland Park, Illinois. In 2006, she performed her stripteases for several audiences including more than 40 million people via NBC's America's Got Talent, Showtime's "Sexual Healing", two foreign documentaries and international performances from Canada to Brazil.
Michelle Leslie Michelle Leslie (born 1981), who also works under the name Michelle Lee, is an Australian model. Leslie is best known for her 2005 arrest, conviction and three-month imprisonment (time served) for possessing two ecstasy tablets in Bali, Indonesia.
Michelle MacPherson Michelle MacPherson (born May 11, 1966 in Toronto, Ontario) is a former backstroke and butterfly swimmer from Canada, who competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There the resident of Chandler, Arizona won the bronze medal in the 4x100m Medley Relay, alongside Anne Ottenbrite, Reema Abdo, and Pamela Rai.
Michelle Manhart Staff Sergeant Michelle Manhart (born 1976) is a United States Air Force Military Training Instructor based at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. In January 2007 she was relieved of duty and placed under investigation for posing nude in Playboy magazine.
Michelle Martin Michelle Martin (born April 29 1967) is a former professional squash player from Australia who was one of the game's leading players in the 1990s. During her career, she won three World Open titles and six British Open titles.
Michelle McCool Michelle Leigh McCool-Alexander (born January 25, 1980), also known simply as Michelle McCool, is an American professional wrestler currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment as part of the SmackDown! brand.
Michelle McManus Michelle McManus (born on 8 May, 1980, in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish singer and television personality who won the second season of Pop Idol in the United Kingdom. McManus has been only moderately successful as a recording artist.
Michelle O'Byrne Michelle Anne O'Byrne (born March 6, 1968), Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1998 to 2004, representing the Division of Bass, Tasmania. In 2006 she was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the state electorate of Bass.
Michelle Pearson Michelle Pearson (born April 22 1964), was an Australian medley and freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won a bronze medal in the 200m individual medley at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Her versatility saw her qualify for four finals.
Michelle Phillips Michelle Phillips (born June 4, 1944) is an American singer and actress. She was born Holly Michelle Gilliam in Long Beach, California and grew up partly in Mexico City where her father was attending college on the GI Bill.
Michelle Rosaldo Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo (1944, New York - 1981, Philippines), known to her friends and colleagues as Shelly, was a social, linguistic, and psychological anthropologist famous for her studies of the Ilongot tribe in the Philippines and for her pioneering role in women's studies and the anthropology of gender.
Michelle Scully Michelle Elizabeth Scully was a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Kate Keltie. She first appeared in 1999 when she and her family moved into 26 Ramsay Street after the Martin family moved out up until 2003, when she left for America.
Michelle Slatalla Michelle Slatalla is a New York Times featured columnist and author of the book The Town on Beaver Creek. She is also an entertaining speaker, and gave a lecture about "How Internet Has Changed Our Lives" at an alumni luncheon organized by the University of San Francisco.
Michelle Snow Donnette JĂ©-Michelle Snow (born March 20, 1980 in Pensacola, Florida, USA) is a basketball player from the Women's National Basketball Association. She currently plays the center position for the Houston Comets.
Michelle Thorne Michelle Thorne (born August 2 1975 in Bristol, England) is a porn actress, glamour model and erotic actress from the UK. It is not known if she is related to the 1980s Page 3 girl Sarah Thorne although Sarah also came from Bristol and there are some facial similarities.
Michelle Triola Michelle Triola (born 1933 in Los Angeles, California, United States) is an actress who is mainly notable for unsuccessfully suing Lee Marvin in 1977 after her relationship with him ended. The trial, which brought about the concept of palimony, was widely covered in the media at the time.
Michelle Turner Michelle Kay Hollands (born August 1, 1974 in Palmerston North) is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who was born under her maiden name Turner. She finished in sixth position with the Women's National Team, nicknamed Black Sticks, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Michelle Urry Michelle Urry (December 28, 1939 - October 15, 2006, born Michelle Dorothy Kaplan) was the cartoon editor of Playboy magazine for over 30 years. Together with Hugh Hefner, she edited the retrospective Playboy: 50 Years The Cartoons.
Michelle Vizzuso Michelle Vizzuso (born April 13, 1977 in Fairfield, New Jersey) is a former field hockey player from the United States, who made her international senior debut for the Women's National Team in 1997. Playing as a forward, the former student of the University of Virginia was a member of the team, that won the silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada.
Michelle Watt Michelle Watt is a Scottish television presenter, who has established herself as a brilliant and experienced live presenter. In the past, Michelle has presented Junior Eurovision for ITV2 and This Morning Puzzle Book for ITV Play, as well as co-presenting and interviewing a range of celebrity guests for BBC Radio Scotland.
Michelle Wie Michelle Sung Wie (born October 11, 1989 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is a professional American golfer who has gained attention for her many attempts to make a cut at a PGA Tour event. In 2006, she was named in a Time magazine article, "one of 100 people who shape our world.
Michelob Michelob is the trade name of a family of beers produced by the Anheuser-Busch brewery. It takes its name from a speciality beer developed by Adolphus Busch in 1896 as a "draught beer for connoisseurs".
Michelob Ultra Futures Players Championship The Michelob ULTRA FUTURES Players Championship is an event on the FUTURES Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. The event, formerly known as the Michelob ULTRA FUTURES Charity Golf Classic, has been a part of the FUTURES Tour's schedule since 1985.
Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill The MIchelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill is an annual golf tournament, originating in 2003, for professional female golfers which takes place every May on the LPGA Tour. The final round is traditionally played on Mother's Day.
Michelson interferometer The Michelson interferometer is the most common configuration for optical interferometry and was invented by Albert Abraham Michelson. An interference pattern is produced by splitting a beam of light into two paths, bouncing the beams back and recombining them.
Michelson-Gale-Pearson experiment The Michelson-Gale-Pearson experiment is a modified version of the Michelson-Morley experiment which tests the aether drag along the rotating frame of Earth. That is, if aether is dragged rotationally by the Earth, as was assumed by many, the Michelson-Gale-Pearson experiment would be able to detect this effect.
Michelson–Morley experiment The Michelson–Morley experiment, one of the most important and famous experiments in the history of physics, was performed in 1887 by Albert Michelson and Edward Morley at what is now Case Western Reserve University, and is generally considered to be the first strong evidence against the theory of a luminiferous aether. Primarily for this work, Albert Michelson was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1907.
Michener Award The Michener Award is one of the highest distinctions in Canadian journalism. The award was founded in 1970 by Roland Michener who was Governor General of Canada at the time but is named after Michener's daughter Wendy, a Toronto journalist and art critic who died unexpectedly in 1969.
Michie Tavern Michie Tavern, located in Albemarle County, Virginia, is a Virginia Historic Landmark that was established in 1784 by Scotsman William Michie. The Tavern served as the social center of its community and provided travelers with food, drink and lodging.
Michie Tomizawa Michie Tomizawa (富沢 美智恵 Tomizawa Michie, previously 富澤 美智江 Tomizawa Michie, born October 20, 1961) is a veteran seiyū (Japanese Voice Actor) who was born in Nagano. Her most recent roles were as OL in 1999's Ebichu and *Roberta in 2006's Black Lagoon, a collaboration with fellow Sailor Moon alumna Mitsuishi Kotono; since then she appears to have retired from voice acting after getting married in 2002.
Michiel Bartman Michiel Bernhard Emiel Marie Bartman (born May 19, 1967 in Badhoevedorp, Noord-Holland) is a former rower from the Netherlands, who won a total number of four Olympic medals during his career. A member of the Nereus Rowing Club from Amsterdam, he won the gold medal with the Holland Acht (Holland Eights), followed by silver in Sydney (Quadruple Sculls) and silver (Eights) once again in Athens.
Michiel de Ruyter Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter (24 March 1607 – 29 April 1676) was one of the most famous admirals in Dutch history. De Ruyter is most famous for his role in the first three Anglo-Dutch Wars, in which he often fought his English rival, Admiral Robert Blake.
Michiel Schapers Michiel Schapers (born October 11, 1959 in Rotterdam) is a former tennis player from The Netherlands, who turned professional in 1982. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in quarter finals by eventual winner Miloslav Mecir of Slovakia.
Michif language Michif (also Mitchif, Mechif, Michif-Cree, MĂ©tif, MĂ©tchif) is the language of the MĂ©tis people of Canada and the northern United States, who are the descendants of First Nations women (mainly Cree, Nakota and Ojibwe) and fur trade workers of European ancestry (mainly French Canadians). Nowadays; Michif is spoken in scattered MĂ©tis communities in the provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada and in North Dakota and Montana in the United States.
Michigan & Smiley Michigan and Smiley were a Jamaican singing combo of the late seventies first wave of Dancehall music, which included Yellowman, Eek a Mouse, Lone Ranger, General Echo, and others. They first recorded at Clement Coxsone Dodd's famous Studio 1, pressing their first number one hit, "Rub a Dub Style", which featured their innovative call and response style vocals overdubbed on the classic Studio 1 rhythm, "Vanity".
Michigan Air-Line Railroad The Michigan Air-Line Railroad was a planned railroad across southern Michigan, connecting the Canada Southern Railway to Chicago, Illinois. Only part of the line was built, and it was split between the Michigan Central Railroad (part of the New York Central Railroad, which also acquired the Canada Southern Railway) and the Grand Trunk Railway.
Michigan Avenue Michigan Avenue refers to remnants of Old US 12 that ran from downtown Detroit to Chicago. It was replaced by I-94 in 1962, and the state of Michigan re-routed the US 12 designation to the former route of US 112.
Michigan Basin The Michigan Basin is a geologic basin centered on the lower peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The feature is represented by a nearly circular pattern of geologic sedimentary strata in the area with a nearly uniform structural dip toward the center of the peninsula.
Michigan Brigade The Michigan Brigade, sometimes called the Wolverines, the Michigan Cavalry Brigade or Custer's Brigade, fought in the American Civil War. It was composed of the 1st Michigan Cavalry, 5th Michigan Cavalry, 6th Michigan Cavalry and 7th Michigan Cavalry.
Michigan Bucks Michigan Bucks are an American soccer team, founded in 1995. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and play in the Great Lakes Division of the Central Conference against teams from Chicago, Cleveland, Fort Wayne, Grand Rapids, South Bend and Toronto.

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