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Morsbach Morsbach is a Northrhine-Westfalian municipality in the Oberbergischer Kreis in Germany, about 50 km east of Cologne. It lies in the southern corner of the Oberbergischen Kreis on the border of North Rhine-Westphalia to Rhineland-Palatinate .
Morse code Morse code is a method for transmitting information by using standardized sequences of variously spaced short and long elements for the characters and words in a message. The short and long elements can be formed by sounds, marks or pulses, and are commonly known as "dots" and "dashes" or "dits" and "dahs".
Morse code mnemonics Due to the fact that associating letters and numbers with audible "dits" and "dahs" can be difficult, many people have developed mnemonics to help remember the morse code equivalent of characters.
Morse codewave CW is a mode of transmission to the same extent as AM, FM, SSB or other digital modes. The CW mode stands for Continuous Wave, which is the manipulation of a continuous AM carrier over the air waves to produce an intelligible audio signal* when mixed with an heterodyne signal from the BFO (Beat Frequency Oscillator) stage of a receiver.
Morse homology In mathematics, specifically in the field of differential topology, Morse homology is a homology theory defined for any smooth manifold. It is constructed using the smooth structure and an auxiliary metric on the manifold, but turns out to be topologically invariant, and is in fact isomorphic to singular homology.
Morse theory In differential topology, the techniques of Morse theory give a very direct way of analyzing the topology of a manifold by studying differentiable functions on that manifold. According to the basic insights of Marston Morse, a differentiable function on a manifold will, in a typical case, reflect the topology quite directly.
Morshed Khan Morshed Khan (Bangla: মোরশেদ খান) (born August 8 1940 in Chittagong) was the foreign minister of Bangladesh from 2001 to 2006. Prior to entering politics, Khan was one of the most successful businessmen in Bangladesh.
Mort and Ysabell Mort and Ysabell are fictional characters, a young married couple in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. Although they have appeared in only two of the almost forty Discworld novels (save for a brief death scene in Soul Music), their presence looms large within the series's grand story arc, particularly their roles as parents to the main character Susan Sto Helit.
Mort Aux Vaches Mort Aux Vaches is the name of a series of albums released by the Staalplaat record label in collaboration with the Dutch radio station, VPRO. The name translates literally from French as "Death to Cows", but with "cows" being French slang for "cops" (same as English slang "pigs") it is about equivalent to "Death to Pigs" or "Fuck the Police" in English.
Mort Aux Vaches (Colleen album) Mort Aux Vaches is a full-length session recording from ambient music artist Colleen, released in 2006 as part of the Mort Aux Vaches music series. Keeping with the style of the series the album is packaged in a hardback case wrapped in textured wallpaper and fastened with a safety pin and was limited edition.
Mort Cinder Mort Cinder is an Argentinian comic book horror-science fiction character created in 1962 by the writer Hector German Oesterheld and artist Alberto Breccia. It is considered one of the best comic strips ever produced in Argentina.
Mort KĂĽnstler Mort KĂĽnstler (born 1931) is a Dutch-born American painter known as 'the premier historical artist in America'. Since the 1980s he has focused his art on the American Civil War which he is probably best known for.
Mort Lawrence Morton "Mort" Lawrence is an American comic book artist and penciller. He is best known for his work on Atlas Comics' Young Men series (1953-1954) which reintroduced Captain America and Bucky as communist hunting super-heroes.
Mort Leav Mortimer Leav (born September 7, 1916, New York City, New York; died 2006) is an American artist best known as co-creator of the influential comic-book character the Heap, and for his advertising art, which included some of the earliest TV commercial storyboards — among them, for Proctor & Gamble's venerable Charmin bathroom-tissue character, the grocer Mr. Whipple.
Mort Meskin Morton Meskin (born May 1916, Brooklyn, New York City; died May 1995) was a prolific American comic book artist best-known for his work in the 1940s Golden Age of comic books, well into the late-1950s and 1960s Silver Age.
Mort Sahl Morton Lyon Sahl (born May 11, 1927) is a Montreal-born actor/comedian/humorist credited with pioneering a style of stand-up comedy that paved the way for Lenny Bruce, Nichols & May, Dick Gregory, and others less famous. He also wrote some speeches for John F.
Mort Todd Mort Todd is an American who has spent his career in comics, animation and entertainment. While Editor-in-Chief of Cracked, Todd was credited with increasing the magazine's circulation and attracting new and alternative artists to work for the magazine.
Mort Walker Addison Morton Walker (born September 3, 1923), more popularly known as Mort Walker, is an American comic artist, best known for creating the newspaper comic strips Beetle Bailey in 1950 and Hi and Lois in 1954.
Mortadella Mortadella, a type of salumi, is a finely hashed/ground heat-cured pork sausage which incorporates at least 15% small cubes of pork fat (principally the hard fat from the neck of the pig). It is delicately flavored with spices (including black pepper, whole corns or ground, myrtle berries, nutmeg and coriander) and typically pieces of pistachio nuts.
Mortadelo y Filemón Mortadelo y Filemón (Mortadelo and Filemón) is one of the most popular comic strip series in Spain, appearing for the first time in 1958 in the children's comic-book Pulgarcito drawn by the hand of Francisco Ibáñez. The series features Mortadelo, the tall, bald master of disguise named after mortadella, and his boss, the shorter, pudgier, and two-haired Filemón Pi.
Mortal coil Mortal coil is a poetic term that means the troubles of daily life and the strife and suffering of the world. It is used in the sense of a burden to be carried or abandoned, most famously in the phrase "shuffle[d] off this mortal coil" from Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Mortal Error Mortal Error: The Shot That Killed JFK is a non-fiction book by Bonar Menninger describing a theory by sharpshooter, gunsmith and ballistics expert Howard Donahue that a Secret Service agent accidentally fired one of the shots that struck and killed President John F. Kennedy.
Mortal Fear (novel) The novel Mortal Fear by Robin Cook in 1988 deals with the issues of euthanasia and right-to-die issues. The piece's villain espouses views that the elderly and incapacitated deserve to die in order to lighten the burden on the overtaxed medical system—quite contrary to the view of "do no harm" held by both the novel's main character and author.
Mortal Kombat (arcade game) Mortal Kombat was the first entry in the famous Mortal Kombat fighting game series by Midway, released in arcades in 1992. It was later picked up by Acclaim Games for the home version, then later returned to Midway.
Mortal Kombat (series) Mortal Kombat (commonly abbreviated MK) is a popular series of fighting games created originally by the Midway Manufacturing Company. Mortal Kombat began as a series of arcade games, which were picked up by Acclaim Entertainment for the home console versions.
Mortal Kombat II: Music from the Arcade Game Soundtrack Mortal Kombat II: Music from the Arcade Game Soundtrack is an album featuring music from Midway's arcade hits Mortal Kombat II and Mortal Kombat. It could only be purchased by ordering it through a limited offer posted on the arcade version of Mortal Kombat IIs demo screen.
Mortal Kombat Musik: MK3 & MK4 Arcade Video Game Soundtrack Mortal Kombat Musik: MK3 & MK4 Arcade Video Game Soundtrack is an album featuring music from Midway's arcade games Mortal Kombat 3 and Mortal Kombat 4. All of the music was composed and performed by Midway sound programmer Dan Forden.
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (also known as Mortal Kombat: The Animated Series) is an animated series based on the popular Mortal Kombat fighting game series. It aired on the USA Network's Action Extreme Team animation block for one season of 13 episodes from September to December of 1996.
Mortal Kombat: Live Tour Mortal Kombat: Live Tour was a martial art theatrical stage show featuring Mortal Kombat characters, sound, and laser light effects on stage. The plot was based on three fighters rescuing their friends and retrieving a magic amulet from the master of Outworld, Shao Kahn in order to save the earth.
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks is the ninth game in the controversial Mortal Kombat series. Shaolin Monks was developed and published by Midway for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox and was released September 16th, 2005 in the United States.
Mortal Kombat: The Album Mortal Kombat: The Album is an album by The Immortals (Maurice Engelen and Oliver Adams), released in 1994 to accompany the home versions of the video game Mortal Kombat. The album featured a techno song for each of the 8 characters, as well as two additional tracks.
Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins is the title of an animated film, released in 1995, loosely based on the video game characters from the Mortal Kombat franchise. The animated film uses both traditional 2D cell animation, motion capture and CGI to tell the origins behind several of the major characters.
Mortal Love Mortal Love is a Norwegian gothic metal band which is currently signed to Massacre Records. Their sound makes combined use of soprano and tenor vocals, whilst placing emphasis on a consistent rhythm section, piano and synthesizer melodies and slower tempos.
Mortal sin According to the beliefs of Roman Catholicism, a mortal sin is a sin that, unless confessed and absolved (or at least sacramental confession is willed if not available), condemns a person's soul to Hell after death.
Mortality drag Mortality drag is a term used, in reference to life time annuities, to describe a negative impact that is experienced when an annuity purchased is delayed on a fund from which regular withdrawals are being taken by an individual.
Mortality Medical Data System The Mortality Medical Data System (MMDS) is used to automate the entry, classification, and retrieval of cause-of-death information reported on death certificates throughout the United States and in many other countries. The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) began the system's development in 1967.
Mortality rate Mortality rate is a measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in some population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit time. Mortality rate is typically expressed in units of deaths per 1000 individuals per year; thus, a mortality rate of 9.
Mortalium Animos Mortalium Animos was a Papal Encyclical promulgated in 1928 by Pius XI on the subject of Religious Unity, condemning the false notions involved in trying to unite groups that claim to be followers of Christ through the "ecumenical movement," but who differ in belief. Here is an excerpt:
Mortar (weapon) A mortar is a muzzle-loading artillery piece that fires indirect shells (bombs in the United Kingdom) at low velocities, short ranges, and high-arcing ballistic trajectories, typically with a barrel length less than 15 times its caliber. These attributes contrast with the mortar's larger siblings, rifled howitzers and field guns, which fire at higher velocities, longer ranges, and flatter arcs.
Mortar Board Mortar Board is a national honor society whose membership is composed of outstanding seniors who believe in the values of scholarship, leadership, and service. The society was founded in 1918 with charter chapters at Swarthmore College, the Ohio State University, the University of Michigan, and Cornell University.
Mortarhate Records Mortarhate Records is the record label founded by the anarcho-punk band Conflict. They released music by Conflict, Icons of Filth, Lost Cherrees, The Apostles, Hagar the Womb, Exitstance, Stalag 17, Admit Your Shit, Potential Threat, and others.
Mortehoe and Woolacombe railway station Mortehoe and Woolacombe railway station (originally Morthoe, until 13th May 1902) was a station on the London and South Western Railway branch line between Barnstaple and Ilfracombe. It served the villages of Mortehoe and Woolacombe.
Mortein Mortein is a high-profile Australian brand of household insecticide. Together with its sister product Aerogard, a popular insect repellant, Mortein has become something of a "household name" in Australia, owing much in this regard to its cartoon antagonist, Louie the Fly.
Morten Alfred Høirup Morten Alfred Høirup (1961–) is a Danish guitarist, known for a modernized version of traditional Danish, Celtic, French and other kinds of music. He has worked with such musicians as Tapani Varis, Ruthie Dornfeld, Chris Wood, Carl Erik Lundgaard, Andy Cutting, Raynald Ouellet, Pelle Lindstrom and Hans Jørgen Christensen.
Morten Øen Morten Øen (1969 in Stavanger) is a prize-winning Norwegian poet and author; his first work, I grønnskyggene ("The Green Shadows") was published in 1990. He has also worked in translation of poetry from Norwegian to English, and from English to Norwegian.
Morten Borg Morten Borg is the father of Marius Borg Høiby, who is principally known as the first son of Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway. The Crown Princess, a former commoner, had a relationship with Morten Borg and gave birth to Marius out of wedlock, thus making Marius illegitimate.
Morten Bruun Morten Bruun (born June 28, 1965) is a Danish retired football (soccer) player, who played in a defending or midfielder role. He spent his entire club career at Silkeborg IF, with whom he won the 1994 Danish Superliga and 2001 Danish Cup trophies.
Morten Cramer Morten Cramer (born 7 November, 1967), is a Danish educated police man, who currently plays professional football (soccer) as a goalkeeper at Brøndby IF in the Danish Superliga. He has played one national youth team match for the Denmark national under-21 football team.
Morten Gamst Pedersen Morten Gamst Pedersen (born September 8, 1981 in Vadsø) is a versatile Norwegian football player who currently plays for Blackburn Rovers primarily as a left winger/midfielder, but can also operate on the right or as a striker. When Gamst Pedersen was 15 his father, a football coach, began to train him to use his left foot rather than his natural right foot in a bid to help him become a professional player, as there is less competition for left-sided roles within the sport.
Morten Harket Morten Harket (born September 14, 1959 in Kongsberg) is the lead singer of the Norwegian pop band a-ha, who have released eight studio albums and topped the charts in several countries after their breakthrough hit "Take on Me" in 1985.
Morten Christensen Morten Christensen (born June 15, 1965 in Copenhagen) is a former tennis player from Denmark, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he was defeated in the first round by the number fifteen seed from Yugoslavia, Slobodan Živojinović.
Morten Lauridsen Morten Lauridsen (born February 27 1943 in Colfax, Washington) is an American composer with Danish roots. He grew up in Portland, Oregon, and attended Whitman College and the University of Southern California, where he studied advanced composition.
Morten Lund Morten Lund, (born April 3, 1973) is an entrepreneur from Copenhagen, Denmark. Along with Soren Kenner, Lund is founder and managing partner of LundKenner, a venture capital firm focusing on technology ventures.
Morten Rasmussen Morten Nicolas Rasmussen (born January 31, 1985) is a Danish professional football (soccer) player, currently playing for Brøndby IF in Denmark. His position as a forward and his heading strength has earned him the nickname of "Duncan", in honor of Scottish footballer Duncan Ferguson.
Morten Rasmussen (football defender) Morten Rasmussen (born 26 March 1985) is a Danish professional football (soccer) player, currently playing as a defender for the Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF. Morten Rasmussen is a talented player with a good attitude.
Morten Søgaard Morten Soegaard (born December 3 1956) won the Men's World Curling Championships (Lausanne, Switzerland) and the Winter Olympic Games Curling (Calgary, Canada) competitions in 1988. Eigil Ramsfjell, skip, Sjur Loen, Morten Soegaard, Bo Bakke and Gunnar Meland (alt.
Morten Skoubo Morten Skoubo (born June 30, 1980) is a Danish professional footballer who currently plays for Real Sociedad in Spain. Skoubo's strength on the playing field is most notably his physical strength, height and heading power, which makes him a typical targetman in the attack.
Morten Wieghorst Morten Wieghorst (born February 25, 1971 in Glostrup, Denmark) is a Danish former professional football (soccer) midfielder and current manager of FC Nordsjælland in the Danish Superliga. He most prominently played for Scottish club Celtic FC, with whom he won the 1998 Scottish football championship.
Mortensrud (station) Mortensrud is an overground subway station in the Søndre Nordstrand borough on Østensjøbanen (Line 3) on the Oslo T-bane. Since Mortensrud's opening on January 4, 1998 it has been the end station of the line; formerly the end station was Skullerud.
Morteza Hannaneh Morteza Hannaneh (مرتضی حنانه)‎ (March 1 , 1923-October 17, 1989) was a Persian (Iranian) composer and horn player. He studied Horn at the Tehran Conservatory of Music and basic composition with Parviz Mahmoud, founder of Tehran Symphony Orchestra.
Mortgage cashback Some mortgage lenders, particularly in the United Kingdom, give a one-off lump sum payment to new borrowers at the beginning of a mortgage. Called cashback, this lump sum is often marketed as free cash, but it is in fact funded by the mortgage interest paid by the borrower.
Mortgage Calculator Mortgage calculators are used to help a current or potential real estate owner determine how much they can afford to borrow to purchase a piece of real estate. Mortgage calculators can also be used to compare the costs or real interest rates between several different loans, determine the impact on the length of the mortgage loan of making added principal payments or bi-weekly instead of monthly payments.
Mortgage Discrimination Mortgage Discrimination or Mortgage Lending Discrimination is the practice of banks, governments or other lending institutions denying loans to to one or more groups of people primarily on the basis of race, ethnic origin, sex or religion. One of the most notable instances of wide-spread mortgage discrimination occurred in United States inner city neighborhoods from the 1930s up until the late 1970s.
Mortgage equity withdrawal In economics, mortgage equity withdrawal is the decision of consumers to borrow money against the real value of their houses. The real value is the current value of the property less any accumulated liabilities (mortgages, loans, etc.
Mortgage GSE controversy The controversy in relation to the United States mortgage government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) was triggered by accounting scandals, which urged the US government to consider tightening the control over them.
Mortgage insurance Mortgage Life Insurance refers to a insurance policy that guarantees repayment of a mortgage loan in the event of death or, possibly, disability of the mortgagor. Private Mortgage Insurance or PMI refers to protection for the lender in the event of default, usually covering a portion of the amount borrowed.
Mortgage Interest Relief At Source Mortgage Interest Relief at Source, or MIRAS, was a scheme introduced by the government of the United Kingdom in 1983 in an effort to facilitate a greater level of borrowing for house purchases; it allowed borrowers tax relief for interest payments on their mortgage.
Mortgage loan Mortgage loan is the generic term for a loan secured by a mortgage on real property; the "mortgage" refers to the legal security, but the terms are often used interchangeably to refer to the mortgage loan. Mortgage loans generally refer to a loan secured by residential property, often for the purpose of acquiring the residence.
Mortgage Life Insurance Mortgage Life Insurance is a form of insurance specially designed to protect a repayment mortgage. If the policyholder were to die while the mortgage life insurance was in force, the policy will pay out a capital sum that will be just sufficient to repay the outstanding repayment mortgage.
Mortgage note A written promise to repay a specified sum of money plus interest at a specified rate. While the mortgage itself pledges the title to real property as security for a loan, the mortgage note states the amount of debt and the rate of interest, and makes the borrower who sign's the note personally responsible for repayment.
Mortgage payment protection insurance Mortgage Payment Protection Insurance (sometimes referred to as MPPI) is a type of insurance that is now very popular in the United Kingdom. It is often sold by the company that also arranges your mortgage when you buy a property.
Mortgage-backed security A mortgage-backed security (MBS) is an asset-backed security whose cash flows are backed by the principal and interest payments of a set of mortgages. Payments are typically made monthly over the lifetime of the underlying loans.
Mortician (band) Mortician is a Brutal Death Metal band from Yonkers, New York founded in 1989. They have released most their albums since the House by the Cemetery EP on Relapse Records] but have released their latest album on their own label, Redrum records.
Mortido Mortido is a term used in psychoanalysis. Originally introduced by Paul Federn (1870-1950), one of Sigmund Freud's pupils, it refers to an energy of withdrawal, disintegration, and resistance to life and growth.
Mortier de 280 modèle 1914 Schneider The Mortier de 280 modele 1914 Schneider was a French WWI siege mortar, manufactured in small numbers by the Schneider company. Sold primarily to France, less than 40 were also sold to Russia and took part in the fights on the eastern front, the Russian Civil War and the subsequent Polish-Bolshevik War.
Mortifera Mortifera is the side project of Noctu from the French black metal band Celestia and Diabolus of the American bands Vrolok and the long-running Black Funeral. Formed sometime in 2001 in the French city of Nimes, the band has released an EP, a full-length and a split album.
Mortiis Mortiis (born as HĂĄvard Ellefsen on July 25, 1975 in Notodden, Norway), is a Norwegian musician. During his career he has created music that falls into the black metal, dark ambient, darkwave and most recently industrial rock genres of music.
Mortimer Gerald Bredon Wimsey, 15th Duke of Denver Mortimer Gerald Bredon Wimsey, the fictional 15th Duke of Denver (1865-1911) was the son of George Bredon Wimsey, 14th Duke of Denver and Mary Death, his Duchess. He was named after his distant cousin, Lord Mortimer Wimsey, second son of the 11th Duke, the "Hermit of the Wash".
Mortimer Jordan High School Mortimer Jordan High School was named after Captain Mortimer Harvie Jordan, a soldier who died in 1918 in World War I in France and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. He graduated from the University of Alabama and later opened his own medical practice before joining the military during World War I.
Mortimer Planno Mortimo "Kumi" Planno, (September 6, 1929, Cuba – March 6, 2006, Kingston, Jamaica) was a renowned drummer and Rastafari elder and considered one of the ideological founders of this back-to-Africa movement. He is best known as the rasta teacher of Bob Marley, and as the man who commanded the respect of a chaotic crowd during the arrival of Haile Selassie on his visit to Jamaica in 1966.
Mortimer Plumtree Mortimer Plumtree was an independent wrestling manager whose claim to fame came with the formation of NWA Total Nonstop Action in June of 2002. Plumtree, whose real name is David Webber, was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and grew up in the same area as the infamous “Robbinsdale” crew of Curt Hennig, Rick Rude, the Road Warriors, Barry Darsow and Nikita Koloff, Brady Boone, John Nord, among others.
Mortimer railway station Mortimer railway station is a railway station in the village of Stratfield Mortimer in the county of Berkshire in England. The station is served by local services operated by First Great Western from Reading to Basingstoke.
Mortise and tenon Simple and strong, the mortise and tenon joint (also called the mortice and tenon) has been used for millennia by woodworkers around the world to join two pieces of wood, most often at an angle close to 90°. Although there are many variations on the theme, the basic idea is that end of one of the members is inserted into a hole cut in the other member.
Mortise lock Created by Eli Whitney's ( creator of the cotton gin ) nephews, Eli Whitney and Philos Blake, a mortise lock (also mortice lock in British English) is one that requires a pocket - the mortise - to be cut into the door or piece of furniture into which the lock is to be fitted. In most parts of the world, mortise locks are generally found on older buildings constructed before the advent of bored cylindrical locks, but they have recently become more common in commercial and upmarket residential construction in the United States.
Mortiser A mortiser (North American English) or morticer (Commonwealth English) is a specialized woodworking machine used to cut square or rectangular holes in a piece of lumber, such as a mortise in a mortise and tenon joint.
Mortlake, New South Wales Mortlake is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is notable as the former site of the Australian Gas Light Company (AGL) gas works, which is now closed and in the process of redevelopment into the Breakfast Point residential development.
Mortlock Football League The Mortlock Football League is an Australian rules football competition based around 8 clubs in the south-west region of Western Australia. It is one of a number of football leagues in the wheat-belt region of WA.
Mortmain Mortmain is a legal term, derived from medieval French, literally meaning dead hand. Mortmain refers to the sterilisation of ownership of property by vesting it perpetually in a corporation (historically, this would usually by a corporation sole in the form of a religious office; today, insofar as mortmain prohibitions still exist, it refers more often to modern companies and charitable trusts).
Morton (Accolade™) Morton (Accolade™) is an elm cultivar derived from a hybrid planted at the Morton Arboretum in 1924, which itself originated as seed collected from a tree at the Arnold Arboretum in Massachusetts. Although this tree was originally identified as U.
Morton Bartlett Morton Bartlett (1909 – 1992) was an outsider artist. Born an orphan, Bartlett attended Harvard University and worked in a series of jobs, including advertising, furniture sales, a stint in the United States Army and, finally, a printing business.
Morton Downey, Jr. Morton Downey, Jr. (December 9, 1933 in Los Angeles, California – died March 12, 2001 in Los Angeles) was a controversial and influential American television talk show host of the 1980s who pioneered the "trash talk show" format.
Morton Feldman Morton Feldman (January 12, 1926 – September 3, 1987) was an American composer. He is best known for his instrumental pieces which are frequently written for unusual groups of instruments, feature isolated, carefully chosen, predominantly quiet sounds, and are often very long.
Morton Fried Morton Herbert Fried (March 21, 1923 - December 1986) , was a distinguished Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University in New York City from the early 1960s to 1986, and a prominent anthropologist of the twentieth century. He made considerable contributions to the fields of social and political theory and neo-evolutionism.
Morton Glossy (Triumph™) The elm cultivar Morton Glossy (Triumph™) was originally known as 'Charisma' until it was realized that name had already been registered for another plant. Derived from a crossing of two hybrids grown at the Morton Arboretum, Accolade™ and Vanguard™, Triumph™ has a good upright form with strong branches bearing glossy, deep-green foliage However, whilst its resistance to Dutch elm disease] is high, it is moderately susceptible to [[elm-leaf beetle and Japanese beetle.
Morton Hospital and Medical Center Morton Hospital and Medical Center is a medical complex located on Washington Street near Route 140 and Route 138 in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA. The facility serves the Greater Taunton Area and is equipped with its own heliport for medical emergency flights.
Morton Kaplan Morton A. Kaplan (born 1921) was a professor of political science at the University of Chicago and was the editor of World&I magazine, published by the Washington Times Corporation, from its founding in 1986 until 2004.
Morton Mintz Morton Mintz is a renowned investigative journalist who in his early years (1946-1958) reported for two St. Louis newspapers, the Star-Times and the Globe-Democrat; and then, most notably The Washington Post (1958-1988).
Morton Red Tip (Danada Charm™) The elm hybrid cultivar Morton Red Tip (Danada Charm™) is another Morton Arboretum selection, derived from an open pollination of the Accolade™ hybrid. The tree has a graceful, vase-shaped habit and its foliage is tinged red on emergence.
Morton Smith Morton Smith (May 29, 1915 in Philadelphia, – July 11, 1991 in New York City) was a Professor of Ancient History at Columbia University in New York City. He is best known for the controversies surrounding his discovery of part of a letter attributed to Clement of Alexandria containing excerpts from a Secret Gospel of Mark during a visit to the monastery at Mar Saba in 1958.
Morton Sobell Morton Sobell (born April 11 1917 in New York City) was an American engineer who worked for General Electric and Reeves Electronics on military and government contracts. Sobell was the third defendant along with Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, at their 1951 espionage trial.
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