Morioka, capital, Iwate ken (prefecture), northeastern Honshu, Japan. It lies on the Kitakami River, southeast of the volcanic cone of Iwate Mountain. Although it is the most-populous city of the prefecture, Morioka retains the atmosphere of the feudal period (1185–1867), when it was the Nambu fief

Moriori, native inhabitants of the Chatham Islands of New Zealand. They are a Polynesian people whose language and culture are related to those of the Maori. Scholars place their migration to the Chatham Islands from New Zealand in the early 16th century. Moriori tradition holds that the islands

José Emilio Pacheco: …in disintegration, and the novel Morirás lejos (1967; “You Will Die Far Away”) documents the purges of Jews throughout history. No me preguntes cómo pasa el tiempo (1969; Don’t Ask Me How the Time Goes By) includes poems in which there is a nostalgic desire to relive the past, sometimes…

gannet, any of three oceanic bird species within the family Sulidae (order Pelecaniformes or Suliformes). Closely related to the boobies and variously classified with them in the genus Sula or separated as Morus (or Moris), the gannets are the best known of the Sulidae. They are found in the

Morris dance: appear across Europe, including Spain’s moriscas (or moriscos), western Europe’s ball de bastons, and Romania’s călușari—a geographic distribution that some scholars suggest reflects a shared ancient European heritage.

Morisco, (Spanish: “Little Moor”), one of the Spanish Muslims (or their descendants) who became baptized Christians. During the Christian reconquest of Muslim Spain, surrendering Muslim (Mudejar) communities in Aragon (1118), Valencia (1238), and Granada (1492) were usually guaranteed freedom of

James Morison was a Scottish theologian and founder of the Evangelical Union (Morisonians). Licensed to preach in 1839, Morison won many converts to his view that Christ’s atonement saved nonbelievers as well as believers. This universalism, contrary to the Westminster Confession (a statement of

Robert Morison was a Scottish botanist whose work, along with that of his contemporary John Ray, served to elucidate and develop the systematic classification of plants. Morison was the director of the Royal Gardens at Blois, France (1650–60). He returned to England as physician to Charles II and

Celtic literature: The 17th century: …his son Murdo Mackenzie; and Roderick Morison, known as An Clarsair Dall (the Blind Harper), who became harper to Iain Breac MacLeod of Dunvegan. The strong texture and poetic intensity of Morison’s Oran do Iain Breac MacLeòid (“Song to Iain MacLeod”) and his Creach na Ciadaoin (“Wednesday’s Bereavement”) are remarkable.…

Samuel Eliot Morison was an American biographer and historian who re-created in vivid prose notable maritime stories of modern history. Combining a gift for narrative with meticulous scholarship, he led the reader back into history to relive the adventures of such figures as Ferdinand Magellan,

Stanley Morison was an English typographer, scholar, and historian of printing, particularly remembered for his design of Times New Roman, later called the most successful new typeface of the first half of the 20th century. Following an elementary-school education, Morison became, in 1905, a clerk

James Morison: …theologian and founder of the Evangelical Union (Morisonians).

Berthe Morisot was a French painter and printmaker who exhibited regularly with the Impressionists and, despite the protests of friends and family, continued to participate in their struggle for recognition. The daughter of a high government official (and a granddaughter of the important Rococo

Morris dance, traditional English folk dance performed in groups, often during spring and early summer festivals such as May Day. It features coordinated footwork—including steps, hops, and leaps—accompanied by bells strapped to dancers’ shins, props such as sticks or handkerchiefs, and live folk

Alanis Morissette is a Canadian musician known for her confessional lyrics and a layered rock-influenced sound. Her 1995 album Jagged Little Pill established her as one of alternative rock’s foremost female vocalists of the 1990s. Morissette began studying piano at age six and composing at seven;

Alanis Morissette is a Canadian musician known for her confessional lyrics and a layered rock-influenced sound. Her 1995 album Jagged Little Pill established her as one of alternative rock’s foremost female vocalists of the 1990s. Morissette began studying piano at age six and composing at seven;

Mauritian Creole, French-based vernacular language spoken in Mauritius, a small island in the southwestern Indian Ocean, about 500 miles (800 km) east of Madagascar. The language developed in the 18th century from contact between French colonizers and the people they enslaved, whose primary

Morita Akio was a Japanese businessman who was cofounder, chief executive officer (from 1971), and chairman of the board (from 1976 through 1994) of Sony Corporation, a world-renowned manufacturer of consumer electronics products. Morita came from a family with a long tradition of sake brewing and

Bandō Tamasaburō V: …the family of Kabuki actor Morita Kan’ya XIV, who had no sons of his own and was looking for a successor. He made his stage debut under the name Bandō Kinoji in 1957, playing the role of Kotarō in the drama Terakoya (“The Temple School”). In 1964 he inherited the…

Bandō Tamasaburō V is a Japanese Kabuki actor who made a name for himself as an onnagata, a man who plays female roles (in Kabuki all roles are traditionally played by men). Somewhat atypically of the Kabuki world, he later gained international acclaim in film and non-Kabuki forms of drama as well.

Pat Morita was an American actor best known for playing the role of a wise martial arts master in the popular film The Karate Kid (1984), which spawned a successful franchise. For his performance in the original movie, Morita became the first Asian American to earn an Academy Award nomination for

Pat Morita was an American actor best known for playing the role of a wise martial arts master in the popular film The Karate Kid (1984), which spawned a successful franchise. For his performance in the original movie, Morita became the first Asian American to earn an Academy Award nomination for

Kurt Weill: …“Moritat von Mackie Messer” (“Mack the Knife”) from Die Dreigroschenoper and “September Song” from Knickerbocker Holiday, have remained popular. Weill’s Concerto for violin, woodwinds, double bass, and percussion (1924), Symphony No. 1 (1921; “Berliner Sinfonie”), and Symphony No. 2 (1934; “Pariser Symphonie”), works praised for their qualities of invention…

Morituri, American spy film, released in 1965, that was notable for being a critical and box-office disappointment despite a cast that included Marlon Brando and Yul Brynner. Robert Crain (played by Brando) is a German deserter living in India during World War II. He is blackmailed by British

tuba: In 1835 Wilhelm Wieprecht and Johann Gottfried Moritz of Berlin patented the bass tuba in F, with five valves. Subsequent designs were considerably influenced by the French contrabass saxhorn.

Karl Philipp Moritz was a German novelist whose most important works are his two autobiographical novels, Andreas Hartknopf (1786) and Anton Reiser, 4 vol. (1785–90). The latter is, with J.W. von Goethe’s Wilhelm Meister, the most mature 18th-century German novel of contemporary life. Moritz’

Ashikaga Takauji: …Ashikaga family of murdering Prince Morinaga, the emperor’s son, who had been confined at Kamakura, and also charged them with rewarding Ashikaga retainers without imperial permission.

Happy Days: …Laverne and Shirley (1976–83), and Mork and Mindy (1978–82), the last two of which, like Happy Days, were produced by Garry Marshall, who went on to direct motion pictures such as Pretty Woman (1990). Howard, who had received his start in television on The Andy Griffith Show (1960–68), also became…

Tomas Tranströmer: Night Vision), written during a difficult time for the Swedish poet. Tranströmer’s next volume, Stigar (1973; “Paths”), included translations into Swedish of some of Bly’s work. The Baltic coast, which captured Tranströmer’s imagination as a boy, is the setting for Östersjöar (1974; Baltics). His later…

Icelandic literature: The sagas: …in more detail, while the Morkinskinna (“Rotten Skin”; Eng. trans. Morkinskinna), probably written earlier, covered the period from Magnus I Olafsson (ruled 1035–47) to the late 12th century.

Western sculpture: Late Baroque: …carvings of Andrea Brustolon; and Giovanni Maria Morlaiter ran the full gamut to a late 18th-century classicism close to the early works of the great Neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova.

Morlaix, seaport town, Finistère département, Brittany région, western France, situated on the Dossen estuary, a tidal inlet of the English Channel, northeast of Brest. Coins found in the vicinity suggest Roman occupation of the site (possibly Mons Relaxus). The counts of Léon held the lordship in

Catherine Morland, fictional character, the impressionable heroine of Jane Austen’s novel Northanger Abbey (written 1798 or 1799, published 1817). Catherine’s view of the world is coloured by her love of Gothic stories until she learns the value of controlling her

George Morland was an English genre, landscape, and animal painter whose work was much imitated in England during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. At age 10, Morland exhibited sketches at the Royal Academy and was apprenticed from 1777 to 1784 to his father, Henry Robert Morland, a painter

metalogic: Generalizations and extensions of the Löwenheim-Skolem theorem: A theorem that is generally regarded as one of the most difficult to prove in model theory is the theorem by Michael Morley, as follows:

Christopher Morley was an American writer whose versatile works are lighthearted, vigorous displays of the English language. Morley’s father was a mathematician and his mother a musician and poet. They were both immigrants from England. The young Morley studied at Haverford College (B.A., 1910) and

Christopher Morley was an American writer whose versatile works are lighthearted, vigorous displays of the English language. Morley’s father was a mathematician and his mother a musician and poet. They were both immigrants from England. The young Morley studied at Haverford College (B.A., 1910) and

Edward Williams Morley was an American chemist who is best known for his collaboration with the physicist A.A. Michelson in an attempt to measure the relative motion of the Earth through a hypothetical ether. Morley graduated from Williams College in 1860 and then pursued both scientific and

John Morley, Viscount Morley was an English Liberal statesman who was a friend and official biographer of W.E. Gladstone and who gained fame as a man of letters, particularly as a biographer. As a long-time member of Parliament (1883–95; 1896–1908), he was chief secretary for Ireland (1886;

oceanic crust: Marine magnetic anomalies: Matthews and Canadian geophysicist Lawrence W. Morley to put these observations together in a theory that explained marine magnetic anomalies. The theory rests on three assumptions: (1) that Earth’s magnetic field periodically reverses polarity, (2) that seafloor spreading occurs, and (3) that the oceanic crust is permanently magnetized as…

Christine Keeler: …of publicity shots with photographer Lewis Morley. The most famous of those images, featuring a nude Keeler astride a wooden chair, became one of the most iconic photographs of the 1960s. Keeler subsequently retreated to private life, emerging in 2001 with the biography The Truth at Last: My Story. The…

Christine Keeler: …of publicity shots with photographer Lewis Morley. The most famous of those images, featuring a nude Keeler astride a wooden chair, became one of the most iconic photographs of the 1960s. Keeler subsequently retreated to private life, emerging in 2001 with the biography The Truth at Last: My Story. The…

Margaret Warner Morley was an American biologist, educator, and writer, author of many works for children on nature and biology. Morley grew up and attended public schools in Brooklyn, New York. She studied at the Oswego Normal School (now State University of New York College at Oswego) and at New

metalogic: Satisfaction of a theory by a structure: finite and infinite models: …1963 by the American mathematician Michael Morley, if a theory is categorical in any uncountable cardinality (i.e., any cardinality higher than the countable), then it is categorical in every uncountable cardinality. On the other hand, examples are known for all four combinations of countable and uncountable cardinalities: specifically, there are…

Robert Morley was a prolific English actor, director, and playwright whose forte was comedy and comedy-drama. Morley was a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, and made his professional debut in Margate in 1928. His distinctive physical appearance, a rotund body and fleshy jowls,

Thomas Morley was a composer, organist, and theorist, and the first of the great English madrigalists. Morley held a number of church musical appointments, first as master of the children at Norwich Cathedral (1583–87), then by 1589 as organist at St. Giles, Cripplegate, in London, and by 1591 at

Indian Councils Act of 1909, series of reform measures enacted in 1909 by the British Parliament, the main component of which directly introduced the elective principle to membership in the imperial and local legislative councils in India. The act was formulated by John Morley, secretary of state

mormaer, (from Gaelic mor, “great”; maer, or maor, “steward,” or “bailiff”), ruler of any of seven provinces into which Celtic Scotland (i.e., the part of the country north of the Forth and the Clyde) was divided. This Celtic title was rendered jarl by the Norsemen and after the 12th century, under

mormaer, (from Gaelic mor, “great”; maer, or maor, “steward,” or “bailiff”), ruler of any of seven provinces into which Celtic Scotland (i.e., the part of the country north of the Forth and the Clyde) was divided. This Celtic title was rendered jarl by the Norsemen and after the 12th century, under

ground beetle: The Malayan leaf beetle, or fiddle beetle (Mormolyce), measuring approximately 100 mm (4 inches) long, resembles a violin with its slender head and thorax and wide elytra. This flat beetle uses its long head to probe into small openings in search of prey. It hides in…

Book of Mormon: …gold plates by the prophet Mormon. His son, Moroni, made additions and buried the plates in the ground, where they remained for about 1,400 years, until Moroni, appearing as a resurrected being or angel, delivered them to Joseph Smith. Moroni instructed him to translate the characters engraved on their surfaces…

shield-backed katydid: The Mormon cricket (Anabrus simplex) is a well-known wingless species of shield-backed katydid in North America, where it once was a serious pest in the Great Plains. In 1848 at Salt Lake City, Deseret (later Utah), the arrival of a flock of sea gulls saved the…

Genoa, unincorporated town, Douglas county, western Nevada, U.S., west of the Carson River and east of Lake Tahoe, 12 miles (19 km) south-southwest of Carson City. Genoa is the oldest permanent settlement in Nevada. It was founded in 1851 as a trading post and provisioning station to serve passing

Utah: The arts: …Mormon Temple and the turtleback Mormon Tabernacle, both in Salt Lake City. The latter was built in the 1860s. It holds up to 8,000 people and has rare acoustical qualities that enrich the sounds of its world-famous organ, with some 11,600 pipes. There are also notable Mormon temples in St.…

Salt Lake City: The contemporary city: …Tabernacle (1863–75; famous for its choir), Salt Lake Temple (1853–93), and the Seagull Monument (1913), all within Temple Square. Near the square are Beehive and Lion houses (residences for Brigham Young’s families) and Young’s grave. The State Capitol (1916), built of Utah granite and marble in Corinthian style, has an…

ephedra: Major species and uses: …tealike preparation known variously as Mormon tea, Mexican tea, and desert tea.

Mesa: …is the site of a Mormon Temple (1927), Mesa Community College (1965), and the University of Arizona’s Agricultural Experimental Station. Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community is across the river to the north. The Chicago Cubs have their spring training camp there. In 2007 commercial air service began at the Phoenix-Mesa…

Mormon Trail, in U.S. history, the route taken by Mormons from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Great Salt Lake in what would become the state of Utah. After Mormon leader Joseph Smith was murdered by a mob in 1844, church members realized that their settlement at Nauvoo was becoming increasingly

Book of Mormon, work accepted as holy scripture, in addition to the Bible, in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and other Mormon churches. It was first published in 1830 in Palmyra, New York, and was thereafter widely reprinted and translated. Its followers hold that it is a divinely

crustacean: Annotated classification: Order Mormonilloida Antennule with 3 or 4 long segments and long setae; fifth leg absent; marine. Order Harpacticoida Antennules short; abdomen not markedly narrower than the thorax; articulation between thoracic segments 5 and 6; mostly benthic, some tunnel in the fronds of seaweeds; usually 1 egg…

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), church that traces its origins to a religion founded by Joseph Smith in the United States in 1830. The term Mormon, often used to refer to members of this church, comes from the Book of Mormon, which was published by Smith in 1830; use of the term

bat: Annotated classification: Family Mormoopidae (leaf-chinned bats) 10 small species in 2 genera of tropical Central and South America. Some walk. All lack nose leaf but have elaborate lip leaves. Tail and interfemoral membrane well developed. Colour ranges from brown through orange, red, and yellow. Feed on flying insects. Densely…

Goa: Settlement patterns and demographic trends: …in contemporary Goa: Panaji (Panjim), Marmagao (Mormugão), and Madgaon (Margão). Panaji was originally a suburb of Old Goa. Like its parent city, Panaji was built on the left bank of the Mandavi estuary. Now a busy port city, it contains the archbishop’s palace, the government house, and many markets. Marmagao,…

mormyrid, any of several species of slimy freshwater African fishes that comprise the family Mormyridae (order Mormyriformes). They are usually found in sluggish, muddy water. Mormyrids are soft-rayed bony fishes with abdominal pelvic fins, forked tail fins, small mouths and eyes, restricted gill

mormyrid, any of several species of slimy freshwater African fishes that comprise the family Mormyridae (order Mormyriformes). They are usually found in sluggish, muddy water. Mormyrids are soft-rayed bony fishes with abdominal pelvic fins, forked tail fins, small mouths and eyes, restricted gill

mormyrid, any of several species of slimy freshwater African fishes that comprise the family Mormyridae (order Mormyriformes). They are usually found in sluggish, muddy water. Mormyrids are soft-rayed bony fishes with abdominal pelvic fins, forked tail fins, small mouths and eyes, restricted gill

osteoglossomorph: Annotated classification: Suborder Mormyroidei With electrical organs; very diverse head shape and mouth form. 2 families, about 200 species. Confined to Africa; fossils from Pliocene of Egypt. Family Mormyridae (mormyrs and elephant-snout fishes) Anal, caudal, and dorsal fins present; about 18 genera, approximately 200 species.

Eugénio Tavares: …most important book, however, was Mornas: Cantigas Crioulas (“Mornas: Creole Songs”), which was published posthumously in 1932.

Émile Ollivier: …and began working with the Duke de Mornay for a “liberal empire” that would incorporate elements of parliamentary government.

Philippe de Mornay, seigneur du Plessis-Marly was a French diplomat who was one of the most outspoken and well-known publicists for the Protestant cause during the French Wars of Religion (1562–98). Mornay received a Protestant education, studying Hebrew, law, and German at the University of

Saint-Pierre and Miquelon: …(the Mornes) that rise to Morne de la Grande Montagne (787 feet [240 metres]), the highest point on the archipelago.

Seychelles: Relief and climate: The highest point in Seychelles, Morne Seychellois (2,969 feet [905 meters]), situated on Mahé, is located within this mountainous island group. The coralline islands, rising only a few feet above sea level, are flat with elevated coral reefs at different stages of formation. These islands are largely waterless, and very…

Roseau: …km) east of town is Morne Trois Pitons National Park, which contains a flooded fumarole known as Boiling Lake. The park was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1997. Pop. (2006 est.) 16,600; (2011) 14,725.

Sweden: Royalist reaction: A Swedish lieutenant, Baron Carl Otto Mörner, was sent to Paris as their envoy to offer one of Napoleon’s marshals the throne of Sweden. The choice fell on the prince of Pontecorvo, the marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte. This choice pleased Napoleon, though he may have preferred the Swedish throne to…

Jane Fonda: …Agnes of God (1985) and The Morning After (1986).

gonorrhea, sexually transmitted disease characterized principally by inflammation of the mucous membranes of the genital tract and urethra. It is caused by the gonococcus, Neisseria gonorrhoeae—a bacterium with a predilection for the type of mucous membranes found in the genitourinary tract and

Harrison Ford: Presumed Innocent and The Fugitive: …Extraordinary Measures (2010), the comedy Morning Glory (2010), the science-fiction western Cowboys & Aliens (2011), and the corporate thriller Paranoia (2013). In the inspirational 42 (2013), about the life of Jackie Robinson, Ford portrayed the pioneering baseball executive Branch Rickey. In Ender’s Game (2013), an

Katharine Hepburn: An unlikely Hollywood star: For her third film, Morning Glory (1933), Hepburn won an Academy Award for best actress for her portrayal of an aspiring actress.

morning glory, any of several herbaceous twining vines or shrubs in the genus Ipomoea (family Convolvulaceae). Several species of morning glories are cultivated for their showy trumpet-shaped flowers and attractive leaves. Common morning glory (I. purpurea), an annual vine that bears heart-shaped

Convolvulaceae, the morning glory family of flowering plants (order Solanales), which includes some 59 genera and about 1,600 species. The family is widespread in both tropical and temperate areas, and its members are widely cultivated for their colourful funnel-shaped flowers. Most are twining and

Ipomoea: Major species: The morning glory tree (casahuate; I. arborescens) is one of several similar tropical American tree and shrub morning glories.

Sonia Sanchez: …Loose My Skin (1999); and Morning Haiku (2010). In 2018 Sanchez received the Academy of American Poets’ Wallace Stevens Award.

Canadian literature: Poetry and poetics: Her Morning in the Burned House (1995) invokes popular and classical myths, the elegy, history, and the personal lyric. Ondaatje also turned to historical personae in his collage The Collected Works of Billy the Kid (1970), as did Bowering in his long poem George, Vancouver (1970).…

nausea: …months of pregnancy is called morning sickness and usually occurs at breakfast time. It recurs daily for two or three weeks and then disappears without any treatment. Nausea may also arise from any of the causes of an abnormal lack of appetite—for example, shock, pain, intracranial pressure, badly fitting dentures,…

Vasily Ivanovich Surikov: …in Surikov’s main trilogy (The Morning of the Execution of the Streltsy, 1881; Menshikov at Beryozovo, 1883; and The Boyarynya Morozova, 1887) stems from actual childhood impressions.

Beck: …a spinal injury—Beck returned with Morning Phase (2014), which he described as a “companion piece” to Sea Change. The acclaimed work earned several Grammy Awards, including album of the year and best rock album. Beck made guest appearances on releases by other artists and worked with producer Greg Kurstin on…

Jennifer Aniston: Later films and The Morning Show: …took a starring role in The Morning Show, which aired on Apple TV+ and also featured Reese Witherspoon and Steve Carell.

nausea: …months of pregnancy is called morning sickness and usually occurs at breakfast time. It recurs daily for two or three weeks and then disappears without any treatment. Nausea may also arise from any of the causes of an abnormal lack of appetite—for example, shock, pain, intracranial pressure, badly fitting dentures,…

Dull Knife was a chief of the northern Cheyenne who led his people on a desperate trek from confinement in Indian Territory (Oklahoma) to their home in Montana. He was known to his people as Morning Star. Five months after Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer’s defeat at the Battle of the Little Big

Karl Ove Knausgaard: Other books: …other books include Morgenstjernen (2020; The Morning Star), a horror-infused novel focusing on nine people who, following the foreboding appearance of a new star in the sky, contend with various problems. The sequel, Ulvene fra evighetens skog (The Wolves of Eternity), appeared in 2021, although the book functions as a…

Asahi shimbun, nationwide Japanese daily newspaper, one of the “big three” in influence and circulation, printed in Tokyo, Ōsaka, and several other regional centres and also as an English-language-edition daily in Tokyo. Asahi was founded in Ōsaka in 1879 and has been in the hands of the Murayama

Thomas Gainsborough: London period of Thomas Gainsborough: ” The Morning Walk (see above), with romanticized figures strolling in a landscape, is painted in the same spirit. The “fancy pictures” painted in the 1780s gave Gainsborough particular pleasure. They are full-sized, idealized portraits of country children and peasants painted from models—for example, The Cottage…

Chinua Achebe: Achebe’s books of essays include Morning Yet on Creation Day (1975), Hopes and Impediments (1988), Home and Exile (2000), The Education of a British-Protected Child (2009), and the autobiographical There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra (2012). In 2007 he won the Man Booker International Prize.

contraception: Hormonal contraceptives: The “morning-after pill”—a series of pills containing either high dosages of both estrogen and progestogen (any progestational steroid, such as progesterone) or only progestogen—is one of the few methods for preventing pregnancy after intercourse.

Annie Dillard: … was published in 1994 and Mornings Like This: Found Poems arrived in 1995. For the Time Being (1999) presents Dillard’s wide-ranging reflections on, among other subjects, the meaning of suffering and death and the nature of God. The novel The Maytrees (2007) takes as its subjects Lou and Toby Maytree,…

Wellesley Islands: Mornington, the largest (250 square miles [648 square km]), is the northernmost. Lying 15 miles (24 km) offshore, it rises to 300 feet (90 m) and has a mission station for Aborigines and an airport. Bentinck (59 square miles) and Sweers (6 square miles) are…

Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley was a British statesman and government official. Wellesley, as governor of Madras (now Chennai) and governor-general of Bengal (both 1797–1805), greatly enlarged the British Empire in India and, as lord lieutenant of Ireland (1821–28, 1833–34), attempted

Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley was a British statesman and government official. Wellesley, as governor of Madras (now Chennai) and governor-general of Bengal (both 1797–1805), greatly enlarged the British Empire in India and, as lord lieutenant of Ireland (1821–28, 1833–34), attempted

Charles-Auguste-Louis-Joseph, duke de Morny was a French political and social leader during the Second Empire who played an important part in the coup d’état of Dec. 12, 1851, which eventually led to the establishment of Charles Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, Morny’s half brother, as Emperor Napoleon

Moro, any of several Muslim peoples of Mindanao, Palawan, the Sulu Archipelago, and other southern islands of the Philippines. Constituting about 5 percent of the Philippine population, they can be classified linguistically into 10 subgroups: the Maguindanao of North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, and