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Modern attempts to revive the Sanhedrin Within Judaism, the Sanhedrin is seen as the last institution which commanded universal authority among the Jewish people in the long chain of tradition from Moses until the present day. Since its dissolution in 358 CEThe dissolution of the Sanhedrin, in terms of its power to give binding universal decisions, is usually dated to 358CE when the Hillel II's mathematical Jewish Calendar was adopted.
Modern Age of Comic Books The Modern Age of Comic Books is an informal name for the period in the history of mainstream American comic books generally considered to last from the mid-1980s until present day. In this period, comic book characters generally became darker and more psychologically complex, creators became more well-known and active in changing the industry, independent comics flourished, and larger publishing houses became more commercialized.
Modern Arab Association The Modern Arab Association is an Egyptian publisher. Established in the year 1960, it published school books till the year 1984 when it started publishing a various collection of novel series under the name (Egyptian Pocket Novels, aka Rewayat).
Modern Arnis Modern Arnis is the system of Filipino martial arts founded by the late Remy Presas as a comprehensive self-defense system. His goal was to create an injury-free training method as well as an effective self-defense system in order to preserve the older Arnis systems.
Modern Art (game) Modern Art is a bidding game for 3-5 players designed by Reiner Knizia and first published in 1992 by Hans im GlĂĽck in German. Players bid on works of art by five different artists; at the end of each round, they then sell their art.
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth was first granted a Charter form the State of Texas in 1892 as the "Fort Worth Public Library and Art Gallery", evolving through several name changes and different facilities in Fort Worth. The mission of the museum is "collecting, presenting and interpreting international developments in post-World War II art in all media.
Modern British cuisine Modern British (or New British) cuisine is a style of British cooking which emerged in the late 1970s, and has become increasingly popular since. It uses high-quality ingredients local to the British Isles, preparing them in ways which combine traditional British recipes with modern innovations, and has an affinity with the Slow Food movement.
Modern Cambodia After the fall of the Pol Pot regime (Democratic Kampuchea), Cambodia was under Vietnamese occupation and in a civil war during the 1980s. Vietnam ruled through former Khmer Rouge heading the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party, fighting the Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea, composed of their Maoist ex-comrades, the republican conservative KPNLF and the royalists of FUNCINPEC.
Modern Celts This article concerns those peoples who consider themselves, or have been considered by others, to be Celts in modern times. In ancient times, the Celts were a number of interrelated peoples in central Europe sharing various cultural traits and speaking Indo-European languages with a common Proto-Celtic origin.
Modern Classics - The Greatest Hits Modern Classics - The Greatest Hits is a compilation album of music by English singer-songwriter Paul Weller, originally released in 1998. It featured most of his solo singles up to that point as well as a new track Brand New Start.
Modern dance Modern dance is a dance form developed in the early 20th century. Although the term Modern dances has also been applied to a category of 20th Century ballroom dances, Modern dance as a term usually refers to 20th century concert dance.
Modern dance in the United States Closely related to the development of American music in the early 20th century was the emergence of a new, and distinctively American, art form -- modern dance. Among the early innovators was Isadora Duncan (1878-1927), who stressed pure, unstructured movement in lieu of the positions of classical ballet.
Modern Dances Modern Dances is the fourteenth album by Jandek, released as Corwood #0752. It is the first of two releases from 1987, and marks the end of the original "garage" band (which would have a different incarnation starting a few albums later).
Modern Defense The Modern Defense also known as the Robatsch Defense is a chess opening in which Black allows White to occupy the center with pawns on d4 and e4. Black's hope is to attack and undermine White's "ideal" position without directly attempting to occupy the center himself.
Modern Devotion The Modern Devotion, or Devotio Moderno, literally "present day piety" was a spiritual movement that took place within the Roman Catholic Church in the 14th century. Founded by Geert Groote, its teachings greatly influence modern day views on piety and spirituality.
Modern Drunkard Magazine Modern Drunkard Magazine is a bi-monthly glossy color periodical promoting the "functional alcoholic's" lifestyle. Created in 1996, it has slowly gained notoriety, and currently enjoys a circulation of roughly 50,000.
Modern evolutionary synthesis The modern evolutionary synthesis (often referred to simply as the new synthesis, the modern synthesis, the evolutionary synthesis, neo-Darwinian synthesis or neo-Darwinism), generally denotes the integration of Charles Darwin's theory of the evolution of species by natural selection, Gregor Mendel's theory of genetics as the basis for biological inheritance, random genetic mutation as the source of variation, and mathematical population genetics. Major figures in the development of the modern synthesis include Thomas Hunt Morgan, R.
Modern expressionism Modern Expressionism is a post-expressionistic artistic style in which the artist creates his or her artwork by merging images and/or objects with emotions. This is accomplished through the use of both literal and abstract emphasis on color, texture, obscured subject matter, distortion, unnatural depth, exaggeration and modified surrounding imagery.
Modern English Modern English is the term used for the contemporary use of the English language. In terms of historical linguistics, it covers the English language after the Middle English period; that is, roughly, after the Great Vowel Shift, which was largely concluded after 1550.
Modern English Bible translations There are many attempts to translate the Bible into modern English which is defined as the form of English in use after 1800. Since the early 19th century, there have been several translational responses to the rapid spread of Christianity throughout the world.
Modern Film Distributors Modern Film Distributors was the name of a film distribution organization formed by filmmakers in the 1940s. Following the success of the exploitation film Mom and Dad, the four leading presenters of the time (including Kroger Babb) agreed to work together to book eachothers' films (Mom and Dad, Street Corner, Because of Eve, and The Story of Bob and Sally) in various territories to reduce overlap and increase the profits for each party.
Modern Folk Quartet The Modern Folk Quartet recorded two albums of commercially-minded folk revival music in the early 1960s, with an emphasis on group harmonies, and have subsequently re-formed more than once and made further recordings.
Modern geocentrism Modern geocentrism is a belief currently held by certain groups that the Earth is the center of the universe and does not move. The prime motivating factor for the modern belief, as opposed to the geocentrism of Ptolemy, is explicitly religious.
Modern girl The modern girl (モダンガール, modan gaaru) appeared in Japan in the 1920s as a representation of changing gender roles and related societal shifts. Called the moga for short, these modern girls are often likened superficially with the American flappers of the 1920s.
Modern Gallae The Modern Gallae are a movement which acknowledges and embraces the spiritual aspects of being transsexual or transgendered, as inspired by the ancient Galli of Rome. The notable attributes of ancient Galli were that they:
Modern Girls & Old Fashion Men "Modern Girls & Old Fashion Men" is the b-side on "Reptilia", the second single lifted from Room on Fire, the sophomore album of acclaimed American garage rock/post-punk band The Strokes. Julian Casablancas and Regina Spektor wrote the song while on tour in support of the album and performed the duet at The Theater in Madison Square Garden on October 29th and 30th of 2003.
Modern Greek grammar This article presents a sketch of the grammar of Standard Modern Greek, as spoken in present-day Greece and Cyprus. Standard Modern Greek grammar is basically that of Demotic Greek, but it has also assimilated certain elements of Katharevousa, the archaic, learned variety of Greek imitating Classical Greek forms, which used to be the official language of Greece through much of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Modern Greek literature Modern Greek literature refers to literature written in the Greek language from the 11th century, with texts written in a language that is more familiar to the ears of Greeks today than is the language of the early Byzantine literature, the compilers of the New Testament, or, of course, the classical authors of the fifth and fourth centuries BC.
Modern history of Cyprus In 1878 as the result of the Cyprus Convention, the United Kingdom took over the government of Cyprus as a protectorate from the Ottoman Empire. The first British High Commissioner was Lieutenant-General Sir Garnet Joseph Wolseley (1833-1913).
Modern history of Fiji Since attaining independence from the United Kingdom on 10 October 1970, Fijian history has been marked by exponential economic growth up to 1987, followed by relative stagnation, caused to a large extent by political instability following two military coups in 1987 and a civilian putsch in 2000. Rivalry between indigenous Fijians and Indo-Fijians, rather than ideological differences, have been the most visible cleavage of Fijian politics.
Modern history of Yemen The Modern history of Yemen began in 1918 when North Yemen gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1918. North Yemen became a republic in 1962, but it was not until 1967 that the British, who had set up a protective area around the southern port of Aden in the 19th century, withdrew from what became South Yemen.
Modern Homemakers Modern Homemakers was the world's second color television series, making its debut on June 27, 1951, on five stations of the CBS television network in the eastern United States. This half-hour daytime program was hosted from New York by home economist Edalene Stohr, and broadcast Monday through Friday.
Modern Humanities Research Association The Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA) is an international organisation that aims to encourage and promote advanced study and research of humanities. It is most notable for producing the MHRA Style Guide.
Modern Humorist Modern Humorist is a humor webzine started in 2000, founded by John Aboud and Michael Colton (who later became panelists on VH1's Best Week Ever). A competitor of the more popular Onion, Modern Humorist stopped publishing new material in 2003.
Modern Chivalry Modern Chivalry: Containing the Adventures of Captain John Farrago and Teague O'Regan, His servant is a rambling, satirical American novel by Hugh Henry Brackenridge, a Pittsburgh lawyer and writer, first published in 1792.
Modern Improvisational Music Association MIMA is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt nonprofit music organization located in Princeton, New Jersey that invites college jazz musicians to give free music lessons to under-served public school children. The non-profit runs an after-school program called Spinjazz providing improvisational music education.
Modern Islamic philosophy Modern Islamic philosophy revives some of the trends of medieval Islamic philosophy, notably the tension between Mutazilite and Asharite view of ethics in science and law, and the duty of Muslims and role of Islam in the sociology of knowledge and in forming ethical codes and legal codes, especially the fiqh (or "jurisprudence") and rules of jihad (or "just war"). See list of Islamic terms in Arabic for a glossary of key terms used in Islam.
Modern literature in Irish Although Irish has been used as a literary language for more than a thousand years (see Irish literature), and in a form intelligible to contemporary speakers since at least the sixteenth century, modern Irish literature is thought to begin with the revival movement.
Modern Language Association The Modern Language Association of America (usually referred to as simply Modern Language Association or MLA) is the principal professional association in the United States for American and international scholars of literature and literary criticism that aims to "strengthen the study and teaching of language and literature.""About the MLA.
Modern Life Is War Modern Life Is War (MLIW) is a Marshalltown, Iowa-based melodic hardcore punk band. They have gained notoriety of late for their unique take on the melodic hardcore and post-hardcore sound, usually avoiding standard songs structures and abandoning the use of breakdowns almost entirely.
Modern Love George Meredith's Modern Love (1862) is a collection of 50 16-line sonnets about the failure of his first marriage. He reflects his own disillusionment after his wife, the daughter of Thomas Love Peacock, left him for the painter Wallis.
Modern Love's Silliness Modern Love's Silliness, known in Japanese as Anime Ai no Awa Awa Awā (literally "Anime Love Bubble Bubble Hour") was an anime anthology series produced by Gainax. The series consisted of 3 love and relationship-related comedy segments aimed at women;
Modern Lullaby Modern Lullaby is a 1992 album by Martha and the Muffins. Although it was released under the band's original name, on this album the band consisted only of Martha Johnson and Mark Gane, the duo who had continued as M + M following the original band's breakup.
Modern Man (magazine) Modern Man (subtitled "The Adult Picture Magazine") is a now defunct monthly men's magazine founded in 1952 and running for several decades. Predating Playboy, Modern Man focused on items of interest to adult men, with an emphasis on soft-core pornography, sex, humor, automobiles and popular culture.
Modern Matriculation School, Cholvaram Nagar Modern Matriculation School was founded in 1979 by the Cholvaram Nagar Welfare and Cultural Association, Chennai to provide primary education to children underprivileged sections of society. At present the school educates children from economically backward families at subsidised fees.
Modern Maximum The Modern Maximum refers to the ongoing period of relatively high solar activity that began circa 1950. This period is a natural example of solar variation, and one of many that are known from proxy records of past solar variability.
Modern Norwegian Modern Norwegian is the Norwegian language that emerged after the Middle Norwegian transition period (1350-1536). The transition to Modern Norwegian is usually dated to 1525, or 1536, the year of the Protestant Reformation and the beginning of the Kingdom of Denmark-Norway (1536-1814).
Modern Orthodox Judaism Modern Orthodox Judaism (or Modern Orthodox or Modern Orthodoxy; sometimes abbreviated as "MO" or Modox) is a movement within Orthodox Judaism that attempts to synthesize traditional observance and values with the secular, modern world.
Modern pentathlon The modern pentathlon is a sports contest consisting of 5 events, hence the name pentathlon. The events are épée fencing, pistol shooting, 200 m freestyle swimming, a show jumping course on horseback, and a cross-country run.
Modern pentathlon at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Individual The individual competition was a modern pentathlon event held as part of the Modern pentathlon at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. One segment of the pentathlon was held each day, from 11 October to 15 October 1964.
Modern pentathlon at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Team The team competition was a modern pentathlon event held as part of the Modern pentathlon at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. The team scores were the sum of the three pentathletes' scores in the individual competition.
Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics The modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics was represented by two events (both for men): Individual competition and Team competition. As usual in Olympic modern pentathlon, one competition was held and each competitor's score was included to the Individual competition event results table and was also added to his teammates' scores to be included to the Team competition event results table.
Modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics The modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics was represented by two events (both for men): Individual competition and Team competition. As usual in Olympic modern pentathlon, one competition was held and each competitor's score was included to the Individual competition event results table and was also added to his teammates' scores to be included to the Team competition event results table.
Modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics The modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics was represented by two events (both for men): Individual competition and Team competition. As usual in Olympic modern pentathlon, one competition was held and each competitor's score was included to the Individual competition event results table and was also added to his teammates' scores to be included to the Team competition event results table.
Modern pentathlon at the 1980 Summer Olympics The modern pentathlon at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by two events (both for men): Individual competition and Team competition. As usual in Olympic modern pentathlon, one competition was held and each competitor's score was included to the Individual competition event results table and was also added to his teammates' scores to be included to the Team competition event results table.
Modern pentathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics The modern pentathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics was represented by two events (both for men): Individual competition and Team competition. As usual in Olympic modern pentathlon, one competition was held and each competitor's score was included to the Individual competition event results table and was also added to his teammates' scores to be included to the Team competition event results table.
Modern pentathlon at the 1992 Summer Olympics The modern pentathlon at the 1992 Summer Olympics was represented by two events (both for men): Individual competition and Team competition. As usual in Olympic modern pentathlon, one competition was held and each competitor's score was included to the Individual competition event results table and was also added to his teammates' scores to be included to the Team competition event results table.
Modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics The modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre at the Goudi Olympic Complex as single day events for men and women on August 26 and August 27, respectively.
Modern pentathlon at the Summer Olympics Modern pentathlon is a sports contest created especially for the Summer Olympic Games by the founder of the modern Games, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, and was first contested in 1912. Coubertin was inspired by the pentathlon event in Ancient Olympic Games, which was modeled after the skills of the ideal soldier at the time.
Modern portfolio theory Modern portfolio theory (MPT) proposes how rational investors will use diversification to optimize their portfolios, and how a risky asset should be priced given its risk relative to a portfolio containing the entire universe of risky assets. The basic concepts of the theory are Markowitz diversification, the efficient frontier, capital asset pricing model, the alpha coefficient and beta coefficient, the Capital Market Line and the Securities Market Line.
Modern primitive Modern primitives are people in developed nations who engage in body modification rituals and practices while making reference or homage to the rite of passage practices in "primitive cultures". These practices may include body piercing, tattooing, play piercing, flesh hook suspension, corset training, scarification, branding, and cutting.
Modern pseudepigrapha Modern pseudepigrapha or modern apocrypha are terms sometimes used to refer to any book written in the style of the books of the Bible, and claiming to be of similar age (pseudepigrapha), but written in a much later (modern) period. They differ from apocrypha, books from that period but not accepted into the Biblical canon.
Modern rock Modern rock or Nu-breed is term commonly used to describe a rock music format found on American commercial radio. Generally beginning with late 1970s punk but referring especially to any rock music of the 1980s, 1990s or 2000s, the phrase "modern rock" is used to differentiate the music from "classic rock", which focuses upon music recorded in the 1960s and 1970s.
Modern Review (London) Modern Review was the name of a London-based magazine reviewing popular arts and culture, founded by Julie Burchill, Cosmo Landesman and its editor, Toby Young. It was published from 1991 to 1995 and principally financed by Peter York.
Modern Review (North American) The Modern Review (ISSN 1557-265X) is a North American literary journal published quarterly by the Parsifal Press Literary Arts Association, a not-for-profit organization. All printing, binding, and finishing is done in-house with professional machinery.
Modern Rock Tracks Modern Rock Tracks is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10 1988. It lists the forty most-played songs on modern rock radio, most of which are alternative rock songs.
Modern School (United States) The Modern Schools, also called Ferrer Schools, were American schools formed in the early 20th century around the ideas of educator and anarchist Francesc Ferrer i GuĂ rdia and modeled after his Escuela Moderna. They were an important part of the anarchist, free education, socialist, and labor movements in the U.
Modern Skirts Modern Skirts is an alternative pop band based in Athens, GA. The band consists of four members: Jay Gulley (guitar and vocals), JoJo Glidewell (guitar, piano, and vocals), Phillip Brantley (bass, guitar, and vocals) and John Swint (drums).
Modern South Arabian The Modern South Arabian or Eastern South Semitic languages are spoken mainly by tiny minority populations on the Arabian peninsula in Yemen and Oman. Not to be confused is Old South Arabian, which is together with the Ethiopic languages forms the Western South Semitic branch.
Modern Stonemasonry This article is discussing the modern Stonemasons and the modern techniques they use every day in their occupation. It’s not a general discussion of the occupation’s history or a general synopsis of what they do, but rather how they do it.
Modern Taiwanese Language Modern Taiwanese Language (MTL), also known as Modern Literal Taiwanese (MLT), is an orthography in the Latin alphabet for the Taiwanese language based on the Taiwanese Modern Spelling System (TMSS). MTL is able to use the ASCII character set to indicate the proper variation of pitch without subsidiary scripts or diacretic symbols.
Modern Tales Modern Tales is a website featuring many free and subscription-based comics created especially for the web. It was launched on March 2 2002 by Joey Manley, the Modern Tales publisher, and approximately 30 professional cartoonists, such as Dorothy Gambrell, author of popular webcomic Cat and Girl, Chuck Whelon with his webcomic Pewfell, and James Kochalka, the award-winning creator of American Elf.
Modern Times (film) Modern Times is a 1936 film by Charlie Chaplin that has his famous Little Tramp character struggling to survive in the modern, industrialized world. The film is a comment on the desperate employment and fiscal conditions many people faced during the Great Depression, conditions created, in Chaplin's view, by the efficiencies of modern industrialization.
Modern Toss Modern Toss is a British series of cartoon booklets and books aimed at adults, and a television series based on them. It is the creation of Mick Bunnage and John Link; their company is called Modern Toss Ltd, also going under the name '*hitflap' (apparently a euphemism for 'shitflap').
Modern understanding of Greek mythology The genesis of modern understanding of Greek mythology is regarded by some scholars as a double reaction at the end of the eighteenth century against "the traditional attitude of Christian animosity mixed with disdain, which had prevailed for centuries", in which the Christian reinterpretation of myth as a "lie" or fable had been retained.Robert Ackerman, 1991.
Modern Urban Fantasy Modern Urban Fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy, consisting of works set in the modern or post-modern world with paranormal or magical themes and subplots. The modern urban fantasy protagonist faces extraordinary circumstances as plots unfold in either open (where magic or paranormal events are commonly accepted to exist) or closed (where magical powers or creatures are concealed) worlds.
Modern valence bond theory Modern valence bond theory has been developed by several researchers, including Gerratt, Cooper and Raimondi (1997); Li and McWeeny (2002); Song, Mo, Zhang and Wu (2005); and Shaik and Hiberty (2004). In its simplest form the overlapping atomic orbitals are replaced by orbitals which are expanded as linear combinations of the atom-based basis functions.
Modern weapons After World War II most nations adopted 9 mm Luger pistols for military use. The most popular version was the FN Browning Hi-Power, which was the first high capacity pistol; another popular model was the Walther P38 because of its many modern safety features.
Modern Western square dance Modern Western square dance (also called Western square dance, contemporary Western square dance, or modern American square dance) is one of two types of square dancing, along with traditional square dance. As a dance form, modern Western square dance grew out of traditional Western dance.
Modernising Medical Careers Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) is a new programme for postgraduate medical training being introduced in the UK from 2005 onwards. The programme will replace the traditional grades of medical career before the level of Consultant.
Modernism Modernism is a trend of thought that affirms the power of human beings to make, improve, deconstruct and reshape their built and designed environment, with the aid of scientific knowledge, technology and practical experimentation, thus in its essence both progressive and optimistic. The term covers many political, cultural and artistic movements rooted in the changes in Western society at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century.
Modernism (music) Modernism in music is characterized by a desire for or belief in progress and science, surrealism, anti-romanticism, political advocacy, general intellectualism, and/or a breaking with tradition or common practice. Ezra Pound's modernist slogan, "Make it new," in music.
Modernism (Roman Catholicism) Modernism describes a broad body of theological views, including the belief that the Church and Catholic dogma are mere human institutions and as such their nature may radically change over time. The Modernist teaching of the evolution of dogma is therefore distinct from and not to be confused with Cardinal Newman’s teaching on the “development of doctrine”, which he characterized in acceptably orthodox fashion as an unfolding in time of what was already implicit in Christ’s initial teaching.
Modernisme Catalan Modernisme (not to be confused with modernism) was the Catalan equivalent to Art Nouveau, Jugendstil and other fin-de-siècle artistic movements, from roughly 1888 to 1911. The modernisme movement was centred on the city of Barcelona, and its best-known exponent was the architect Antoni Gaudí.
Modernist literature Modernist literature is the literary form of Modernism and especially High modernism; it should not be confused with modern literature, which is the history of the modern novel and modern poetry as one. There is a separate section on modernist poetry.
Modernist poetry Modernist poetry refers to poetry written between 1890 and 1970 in the tradition of modernist literature; the dates of the term depend upon a number of factors, including the nation of origin, the particular school in question, and the biases of the critic setting the dates. It is usually said to have begun with the French Symbolist movement.
Modernization Modernization is a concept in the sphere of social sciences that refers to process in which society goes through industrialization, urbanization and other social changes that completely transform the lives of individuals.
Modernization of Investigative Techniques Act Modernization of Investigative Techniques Act is Canada's (proposed) federal statute governing lawful access. The Act first, requires telephone and Internet service providers to include an interception capability as they introduce new technologies, and second, allows law enforcement to compel ISPs to disclose subscriber information without a warrant.
Modernization of Japanese Military 1868-1931 The modernization of the Japanese army and navy during the Meiji period (1868-1912) and until the Mukden Incident (1931) was carried out by the newly founded national government, a military leadership that was only responsible to the Emperor and the help of French, English and Prussian military advisors.
Modernization theory Modernization theory is a socio-economic theory, sometimes known as (or as being encompassed within) development theory, which highlights the positive role played by the developed world in modernizing and facilitating sustainable development in underdeveloped nations, often contrasted with dependency theory. It is also a part of the wider theme of theories in sociology, known as the sociocultural evolution.
Modernized Load-Carrying Equipment Modernized Load-Carrying Equipment, also known as M-1967 Modernized Load-Carrying Equipment or MLCE, was introduced into United States Army service in 1968 during the Vietnam War. The M-1967 MLCE was not specifically designed to replace the canvas and cotton duck M-1956 Load-Carrying Equipment [LCE] (which was the current United States Army load-carrying system at the time), but instead it was designed for use in tropical environments.
Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Модест Ильич Чайковский, May 13 [OS May 1] 1850, Alapaevsk – January 15 [OS January 2] 1916, Moscow) was a Russian dramatist, opera librettist and translator.
Modest Urgell Modest Urgell (1839-1919) was a Spanish painter, illustrator, and playwright of comedies. He was educated at the Llotja School, in Barcelona, with RamĂłn MartĂ­ i Alsina and knew Gustave Courbet after a visit to Paris.
Modesta Modesta is a 1956 short film, set in Puerto Rico, in which a peasant woman rebels against her husband's authoritarianism. She and the other women of her community organize the Liberated Women League to fight for their rights.
Modestas Paulauskas Modestas Paulauskas (March 19 1945 in Kretinga) was a Lithuanian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He also won a bronze medal with the team at the 1968 Olympic Games.
Modeste Demers Bishop Modeste Demers, (11 October, 1809 – 28 July, 1871) was born in Lower Canada and studied at the seminary of Quebec. He was ordained as a priest in 1836 and left the following year to be a missionary at the Red River Settlement.
Modesto and Empire Traction The Modesto & Empire Traction is a Class III shortline operating in California's San Joaquin Valley. It is owned by the Beard Land & Investment Company and the Beard family has always owned the railroad.
Modesty Blaise Modesty Blaise is a fictional character in a comic strip of the same name created by Peter O'Donnell (writer) and Jim Holdaway (art) in 1962. The strip follows the adventures of Modesty Blaise, an exceptional young woman with many talents and a criminal past, and her trusty sidekick Willie Garvin.
Modesty Blaise (1966 film) Modesty Blaise was a comedic spy-fi motion picture produced in the United Kingdom and released worldwide in 1966. It was loosely based upon the popular comic strip Modesty Blaise by Peter O'Donnell, who wrote the original story and scenario upon which Evan Jones based his screenplay.
Modesty Blaise (novel) Modesty Blaise is the title of an action-adventure/spy fiction novel by Peter O'Donnell which was first published in 1965, featuring the character Modesty Blaise which O'Donnell had created for a comic strip in 1963.

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