African American folktale: Folktales in print: A collection titled Mules and Men (1935) by African American author Zora Neale Hurston may serve as a counterpoint to Harris’s Uncle Remus collection in its attempt to share the stories from the perspective of an insider.

Francisco Romero: …who reputedly invented the bullfighter’s muleta, a red cape used in conjunction with the sword. With it the matador leads the bull through the most spectacular passes of the bullfight, finally leading it to lower its head, so that the matador may thrust the sword between the bull’s shoulders. Romero…

Naṣrid dynasty: Then, when the Naṣrid ruler Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī (1466–85) introduced a succession struggle at home, while externally antagonizing Castile by refusing to pay tribute, Naṣrid rule was finally ended by the Christian conquest of Granada (1492).

marsupial mouse: The crest-tailed marsupial mouse, or mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda), an arid-land species valued for killing house mice, gets all of its water from the bodies of its prey.

John Sheffield, 1st duke of Buckingham and Normanby was an English statesman, patron of the poet John Dryden, and author of poetic essays in heroic couplets. The son of Edmund, 2nd earl of Mulgrave, he succeeded to the title on his father’s death in 1658. He served under Charles II and was a

Spain: Relief: …with peninsular Spain’s highest summit, Mulhacén Peak, at 11,421 feet (3,481 metres), the Baetic ranges are more fragmented and less of a barrier than the Pyrenees. On their northern and northwestern sides they flank the low-lying and fairly flat Guadalquivir basin, the average elevation of which is only 426 feet…

Spain: Relief: …with peninsular Spain’s highest summit, Mulhacén Peak, at 11,421 feet (3,481 metres), the Baetic ranges are more fragmented and less of a barrier than the Pyrenees. On their northern and northwestern sides they flank the low-lying and fairly flat Guadalquivir basin, the average elevation of which is only 426 feet…

rodeo: Origins and history: …of female competitors, such as Lucille Mulhall and Bertha Blancett, also won acclaim in the early days of rodeo, sometimes competing directly with men.

Mulhouse, industrial town, Haut-Rhin département, Grand Est région, northeastern France, located in the plain of Alsace between the Vosges and Jura mountains. Situated on the Ill River and on the Rhône au Rhin Canal, it lies 12 miles (19 km) southwest of the Rhine River and 21 miles (34 km)

Mülheim an der Ruhr, city, North Rhine–Westphalia Land (state), western Germany. It lies just southwest of Essen, in the Ruhr industrial region. First mentioned in 1093, it was early associated with the counts von Broich, whose medieval castle still overlooks the city. It later belonged to the

Mozambique: Labour and taxation: The Organization of Mozambican Women (Organização da Mulher Moçambicana; OMM) was founded by Frelimo in 1973 to mobilize women around issues of interest to them. After independence many women moved to the cities to take advantage of new economic opportunities.

Mulholland Drive, American surrealist thriller and neo-noir film, released in 2001, that is considered one of director David Lynch’s finest works. The movie is noted for its dreamlike, nonlinear structure and its exploration of the dark side of the so-called Hollywood dream factory. Mulholland

Jennifer Connelly: …was the noir crime drama Mulholland Falls (1996), before she garnered rave reviews for her evocation of drug addiction and degradation in Darren Aronofsky’s Requiem for a Dream (2000). She then appeared in the Jackson Pollock biopic Pollock (2000). Connelly earned a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award as…

David Copperfield: …1991 acquisition of the celebrated John Mulholland Collection. The items were housed in Copperfield’s International Museum and Library of Conjuring Arts in Las Vegas; the facility was not open to the general public. He also donated a generous percentage of his earnings to Project Magic, a charitable organization that utilized…

Los Angeles: From the aqueduct to the 1920s: …a self-trained, Irish-born water engineer, William Mulholland, who also oversaw its construction. The project (1904–13) involved aggressive dealings with ranchers and business owners in the Owens Valley, the work of some 4,000 labourers, and the invention and application of new technologies, including the Caterpillar tractor. The water was propelled entirely…

Mulhouse, industrial town, Haut-Rhin département, Grand Est région, northeastern France, located in the plain of Alsace between the Vosges and Jura mountains. Situated on the Ill River and on the Rhône au Rhin Canal, it lies 12 miles (19 km) southwest of the Rhine River and 21 miles (34 km)

Poaceae: Characteristic morphological features: …muli, or terai, bamboo (Melocanna bambusoides) in its native habitat around the Bay of Bengal in cycles of mostly 30 to 35 years leads to disaster. With the death of the bamboo, an important building material is lost and the accumulation of the avocado-sized fruits promotes a rapid increase…

Savara: …Arsi, weavers of cloth; the Muli, workers in iron; the Kindal, basket makers; and the Kumbi, potters. The traditional social unit is the extended family, including both males and females descended from a common male ancestor.

The Mill on the Po, trilogy of novels by Riccardo Bacchelli, first published in Italian as Il mulino del Po in 1938–40. The work, considered Bacchelli’s masterpiece, dramatizes the conflicts and struggles of several generations of a family of millers. The first two volumes, Dio ti salve (1938; “God

The Mill on the Po, trilogy of novels by Riccardo Bacchelli, first published in Italian as Il mulino del Po in 1938–40. The work, considered Bacchelli’s masterpiece, dramatizes the conflicts and struggles of several generations of a family of millers. The first two volumes, Dio ti salve (1938; “God

Harry Mulisch was a prolific Dutch author known chiefly for his clear, economical prose. Mulisch’s maternal grandmother and great-grandmother died in German concentration camps, whereas his father was an official of a bank under German control; after World War II Mulisch’s father was sent to prison

Harry Mulisch was a prolific Dutch author known chiefly for his clear, economical prose. Mulisch’s maternal grandmother and great-grandmother died in German concentration camps, whereas his father was an official of a bank under German control; after World War II Mulisch’s father was sent to prison

armadillo: Natural history: The mulita (D. hybridus) repeatedly utters a guttural monosyllabic sound similar to the rapid fluttering of a human tongue.

Niẓām al-Mulk: The Seyāsat-nāmeh: Niẓām al-Mulk also antagonized the sultan’s favourite courtier, Tāj al-Mulk, and he made an enemy of the sultan’s wife Terken Khatun by preferring the son of another wife for the succession.

Ottoman Empire: Classical Ottoman society and administration: …the imperial, or palace (mülkiye), institution, personally led by the sultan, which provided the leadership and direction for the other institutions as well as for the entire Ottoman system; the military (seyfiye or askeriye) institution, which was responsible for expanding and defending the empire and keeping order and security…

humus: A mull-humus formation is characteristic of hardwood forests, deciduous forests, or grasslands in warm, humid climates. The porous, crumbly humus rapidly decomposes and becomes well mixed into the mineral soil, so that distinct layers are not apparent. Bacteria, earthworms, and larger insects are abundant, and the…

Mull, second largest island of the Inner Hebrides group, in the Argyll and Bute council area, historic county of Argyllshire, Scotland. Mull lies off the western coast of the Scottish mainland across the Sound of Mull and the Firth of Lorn. The island is mountainous—reaching an elevation of 3,169

humus: A moder-humus formation is intermediate between mor and mull extremes. Moder is sometimes known as insect mull because its distinguishing characteristic is the presence of many arthropod fecal pellets. Chains of these pellets bind plant debris and mineral particles together into a netlike structure. A moder…

the Bāb: …they, especially Sayyid Kāẓim’s disciple Mullā Ḥusayn, seem to have encouraged his proclamation of himself as the Bāb. Traditionally, the Bāb had been considered to be a spokesman for the 12th and last imām, or leader of Shīʿite Islam, believed to be in hiding since the 9th century; since that…

Mullā Ṣadrā was a philosopher, who led the Iranian cultural renaissance in the 17th century. The foremost representative of the illuminationist, or Ishrāqī, school of philosopher-mystics, he is commonly regarded by Iranians as the greatest philosopher their country has produced. A scion of a

Omagh: …and the 1,778-foot- (542-metre-) high Mullaghcarn mountain. Its central and southern portions were composed of fertile river valleys. The area was ruled by the ancient O’Neill family from the 5th through the 16th century, passing to English rule after the flight of Hugh O’Neill, 2nd earl of Tyrone, in 1607.

mullah, a Muslim title generally denoting “lord”; it is used in various parts of the Islāmic world as an honorific attached to the name of a king, sultan, or other noble (as in Morocco and other parts of North Africa) or of a scholar or religious leader (as in parts of the Middle East and the

Esther Duflo: …MIT since 1993), along with Sendhil Mullainathan (an economist then at MIT), founded the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), a research centre supporting scientifically informed policy making to reduce global poverty. Duflo and Banerjee were married in 2015.

wine: Flavoured wines: Mulled wine is usually made with red wine diluted with water, sweetened with sugar, flavoured with such spices as cloves and cinnamon, and served hot. Glogg, a hot punch of Swedish origin, is frequently made with red wine and contains spices, almonds, and raisins. Wine…

mullein, any of the 360 species of the genus Verbascum (family Scrophulariaceae), large biennial or perennial herbs native to northern temperate regions, especially eastern Eurasia. The common mullein (V. thapsus) grows 0.6 to 2 metres (2 to 7 feet) tall, has a single, unbranched stem with large,

papermaking: Strength and durability: …paper and paperboard is the bursting test, or Mullen test. It is defined as the hydrostatic pressure (caused by liquids at rest) necessary to cause rupture in a circular area of a given diameter. Other strength tests for which standard methods exist are tearing strength and folding endurance.

Bono: …David Evans (later “the Edge”), Larry Mullen, Jr., and Adam Clayton formed a band that would become U2. They shared a commitment not only to ambitious rock music but also to a deeply spiritual Christianity. Indeed, one of the few genuine threats to U2’s extraordinary longevity (a collaboration—with the manager,…

Mike Mullen is a U.S. Navy admiral who served as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (2007–11). Mullen graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1968, and his first assignment was as an antisubmarine officer on the destroyer USS Collett, which patrolled the western Pacific during the Vietnam

Mike Mullen is a U.S. Navy admiral who served as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (2007–11). Mullen graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1968, and his first assignment was as an antisubmarine officer on the destroyer USS Collett, which patrolled the western Pacific during the Vietnam

Donna Reed was an American film and television actress who embodied a wholesome, engaging girl next door in numerous movies in the 1940s and ’50s and later on television. Reed graduated from high school in Iowa and then moved to California to attend Los Angeles City College. She was named campus

WordPress: …in 2003 by American blogger Matt Mullenweg and British blogger Mike Little. WordPress is most often used to create blogs, but the program is sufficiently flexible that it can be used to create and design any sort of website. It is also an open-source product, so users can modify it…

muller, in painting, an instrument used in conjunction with a slab to grind artists’ colours by hand. The modern muller and slab are made from glass or stainless steel, although from ancient Egyptian times until the 18th century porphyry was invariably used. After the introduction of the mechanical

Central Kalimantan: Muller (Müller) Mountains run parallel to the northwestern boundary of the province, and an offshoot of the Muller range skirts the northern boundary. Mount Raya, the highest peak in the Schwaner range, reaches 7,474 feet (2,278 metres). To the south of these mountains lies an…

Muller v. State of Oregon, U.S. Supreme Court case decided in 1908 that, although it appeared to promote the health and welfare of female workers, in fact led to additional protective legislation that was detrimental to equality in the workplace for years to come. At issue was an Oregon law passed

tellurium: History: About 1782 Franz Joseph Müller von Reichenstein, an Austrian mineralogist, worked with an ore referred to as German gold. From this ore he obtained a material that defied his attempts at analysis and was called by him metallum problematicum. In 1798 Martin Heinrich Klaproth confirmed Müller’s observations…

gibbon: albibarbis) and Müller’s (H. muelleri) gibbons, both from different parts of Borneo.

Heinrich von Kleist: …and, with the political philosopher Adam Müller, published the periodical Phöbus, which lasted only a few months. While he was in prison his adaptation of Molière’s Amphitryon (published 1807) attracted some attention, and in 1808 he published Penthesilia, a tragic drama about the passionate love of the queen of the…

Erwin Wilhelm Müller was a German-U.S. physicist who originated field emission microscopy. Besides working on solid surface phenomena and gas discharge, Müller studied field electron and field ion emissions, inventing the field emission microscope (1937) and the field ion microscope (1956) which

Royal Copenhagen porcelain: …was founded by a chemist, Frantz Heinrich Müller, who was given a 50-year monopoly. Three wavy lines, one above the other, were adopted as a factory mark in 1775. When, in 1779, the king assumed financial responsibility, the factory was styled the Royal Porcelain Factory.

Friedrich Müller was an Austrian linguist who worked on many different languages and language families; he is often cited for his contributions to the study and classification of African languages. Among the many books written by Müller, the most important is Grundriss der Sprachwissenschaft

Friedrich Müller was a German poet, dramatist, and painter who is best known for his slightly sentimental prose idylls on country life. After studying painting at Zweibrücken, Müller was appointed court painter at Mannheim (1777) but left the next year for Italy. He abandoned painting soon after

Max Müller was a German scholar of comparative language, religion, and mythology. Müller’s special areas of interest were Sanskrit philology and the religions of India. The son of Wilhelm Müller, a noted poet, Max Müller was educated in Sanskrit, the classical language of India, and other languages

Eugen Sandow was a bodybuilder and showman whose actions made him a model for manhood in England and the United States at the end of the 19th century. Sandow, after a brief period of study with the legendary strongman Louis Durlacher (“Professor Attila”), first attracted attention by breaking

Müllerian mimicry: …1878 by the German naturalist Fritz Müller, this resemblance, although differing from the better-known Batesian mimicry (in which one organism is not noxious), should be considered mimicry nonetheless, because a predator that has learned to avoid an organism with a given warning system will avoid all similar organisms, thus making…

Georg Elias Müller was a German psychologist who, as director of one of the major centres of psychological research at the University of Göttingen (1881–1921), contributed to the advancement of knowledge of sensations, memory, learning, and colour vision. Müller received a Ph.D. from Göttingen

Gerd Müller was a German professional football (soccer) player who was one of the greatest goal scorers of all time. He netted 68 goals in 62 career international matches, a remarkable 1.1 goals per contest. Müller was named European Footballer of the Year in 1970—he was the first German to win

Gerd Müller was a German professional football (soccer) player who was one of the greatest goal scorers of all time. He netted 68 goals in 62 career international matches, a remarkable 1.1 goals per contest. Müller was named European Footballer of the Year in 1970—he was the first German to win

Semyon Ivanov Dezhnyov: …Yakutsk until the German historian Gerhard Friedrich Müller found it in 1736, so the discovery was not known about until nearly a century had passed and after Vitus Bering and others had explored the area.

Lucas Cranach, the Elder: Life and career: …was his father, the painter Hans Müller, with whom he worked from 1495 to 1498. He is known to have been in Coburg in 1501, but the earliest of his works that have been preserved date from about 1502, when he was already 30 and living in Vienna. It was…

Gestapo: …Gestapo—led by Himmler’s subordinate, Gruppenführer Heinrich Müller—was joined with the Kriminalpolizei (“Criminal Police”) under the umbrella of a new organization, the Sicherheitspolizei (Sipo; “Security Police”). Under a 1939 SS reorganization, the Sipo was joined with the Sicherheitsdienst, an SS intelligence department, to form the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (“Reich Security Central Office”)

Hermann Müller was a statesman and leader of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) who was twice chancellor of coalition governments during the Weimar Republic. Unable to avert the disastrous effects of the Great Depression on Germany in 1929, he was forced to resign his second chancellorship.

Hermann Joseph Muller was an American geneticist best remembered for his demonstration that mutations and hereditary changes can be caused by X rays striking the genes and chromosomes of living cells. His discovery of artificially induced mutations in genes had far-reaching consequences, and he was

Herta Müller is a Romanian-born German writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2009 for her works revealing the harshness of life in Romania under the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu. The award cited Müller for depicting “the landscape of the dispossessed” with “the concentration of

Regiomontanus was the foremost mathematician and astronomer of 15th-century Europe, a sought-after astrologer, and one of the first printers. Königsberg means “King’s Mountain,” which is what the Latinized version of his name, Joannes de Regio monte or Regiomontanus, also means. A miller’s son, he

Johannes Müller was a German physiologist and comparative anatomist, one of the great natural philosophers of the 19th century. His major work was Handbuch der Physiologie des Menschen für Vorlesungen, 2 vol. (1834–40; Elements of Physiology). Müller was the son of a shoemaker. In 1819 he entered

Johannes Müller was a German physiologist and comparative anatomist, one of the great natural philosophers of the 19th century. His major work was Handbuch der Physiologie des Menschen für Vorlesungen, 2 vol. (1834–40; Elements of Physiology). Müller was the son of a shoemaker. In 1819 he entered

Johannes von Müller was a Swiss scholar and public official who was the most important Swiss historian of the 18th century. Müller’s life was marked by the tension between his work as a scholar and his activity as a diplomat and political journalist at the court of the archbishop of Mainz (1786–92)

K. Alex Müller was a Swiss physicist who, along with J. Georg Bednorz, was awarded the 1987 Nobel Prize for Physics for their joint discovery of superconductivity in certain substances at higher temperatures than had previously been thought attainable. Müller received his doctorate from the Swiss

K. Alex Müller was a Swiss physicist who, along with J. Georg Bednorz, was awarded the 1987 Nobel Prize for Physics for their joint discovery of superconductivity in certain substances at higher temperatures than had previously been thought attainable. Müller received his doctorate from the Swiss

Karl Otfried Müller was a German professor and scholar of classical Greek studies whose considerations of ancient Greece in a broad historical and cultural context began an important era in the development of Hellenic scholarship. Müller was a pupil of August Boeckh, founder of a famous school of

Lucas Cranach, the Elder was a leading painter of Saxony, and one of the most important and influential artists in 16th-century German art. Among his vast output of paintings and woodcuts, the most important are altarpieces, court portraits and portraits of the Protestant Reformers, and innumerable

German Christian: …September the German Christian candidate, Ludwig Müller, assumed leadership of the church as Reichsbischof (“Reich bishop”). The movement acceded to the Nazi definition of a Jew based on the religion of his or her grandparents and to the racist principles embodied in the Nürnberg Laws of 1935. Thus, many practicing…

Friedrich Müller was a German poet, dramatist, and painter who is best known for his slightly sentimental prose idylls on country life. After studying painting at Zweibrücken, Müller was appointed court painter at Mannheim (1777) but left the next year for Italy. He abandoned painting soon after

Max Müller was a German scholar of comparative language, religion, and mythology. Müller’s special areas of interest were Sanskrit philology and the religions of India. The son of Wilhelm Müller, a noted poet, Max Müller was educated in Sanskrit, the classical language of India, and other languages

Otto Müller was a German painter and printmaker who became a member of the Expressionist movement. He is especially known for his characteristic paintings of nudes and gypsy women. When, in 1910, he joined Die Brücke, a Dresden-based group of Expressionist artists, his work still displayed the

Paul Hermann Müller was a Swiss chemist who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1948 for discovering the potent toxic effects on insects of DDT. With its chemical derivatives, DDT became the most widely used insecticide for more than 20 years and was a major factor in increased

Sir Ferdinand von Mueller was a German-born Australian botanist and explorer who was known for his studies of the plants of Australia. After an apprenticeship as pharmacist, Mueller began the study of botany at the University of Kiel. Soon after receiving his Ph.D., he left Germany for Adelaide,

Sophus Otto Müller was a Danish archaeologist who, during the late 19th century, discovered the first of the Neolithic battle-ax cultures in Denmark. Assistant (1878) and inspector (1885) at the Museum of National Antiquities, Copenhagen, Müller became codirector of the Danish prehistoric and

Wilhelm Müller was a German poet who was known both for his lyrics that helped to arouse sympathy for the Greeks in their struggle for independence from the Turks and for his verse cycles “Die schöne Müllerin” and “Die Winterreise,” which Franz Schubert set to music. After studying philology and

graphic design: The International Typographic Style: Josef Müller-Brockmann was a leading designer, educator, and writer who helped define this style. His poster, publication, and advertising designs are paradigms of the movement. In a long series of Zürich concert posters, Müller-Brockmann used colour, an arrangement of elemental geometric forms, and type to…

illusion: Visual perceptual illusions: The Müller-Lyer illusion is based on the Gestalt principles of convergence and divergence: the lines at the sides seem to lead the eye either inward or outward to create a false impression of length. The Poggendorff illusion depends on the steepness of the intersecting lines. As…

transplant: The uterus: Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome (MRKH; also called Müllerian agenesis), characterized by underdevelopment or absence of the vagina and uterus, occurs in about 1 in 4,500 girls at birth. Women with MRKH cannot carry a pregnancy, though those who have functioning ovaries may choose in vitro fertilization (IVF)…

human reproductive system: Development of the reproductive organs: …ducts, called the paramesonephric or müllerian ducts, persist, in females, to develop into the fallopian tubes, the uterus, and part of the vagina; in males they are largely suppressed. Differentiation also occurs in the primitive external genitalia, which in males become the penis and scrotum and in females the vulva…

Müllerian mimicry, a form of biological resemblance in which two or more unrelated noxious, or dangerous, organisms exhibit closely similar warning systems, such as the same pattern of bright colours. According to the widely accepted theory advanced in 1878 by the German naturalist Fritz Müller,

elephant bird: …taxonomies include three genera (Aepyornis, Mullerornis, and Vorombe), with the species V. titan being both the largest member of the family and the largest bird that ever lived.

Luxembourg: Relief and soils: …a great beech forest, the Müllerthal, as well as a sandstone area featuring an attractive ruiniform topography. The country’s eastern border with Germany is formed (successively from north to south) by the Our, Sûre, and Moselle rivers. The slopes of the Moselle River valley, carved in chalk and calcareous clay,…

mullet, any of the abundant, commercially valuable schooling fishes of the family Mugilidae (order Perciformes). Mullets number fewer than 100 species and are found throughout tropical and temperate regions. They generally inhabit salt water or brackish water and frequent shallow, inshore areas,

Alfred B. Mullett was a British-born American architect best known as the designer of the State, War, and Navy Building (1871–89; now the Old Executive Office Building) in Washington, D.C. Mullett’s family immigrated to the United States in 1845. He studied there and in Europe. From 1866 to 1874 he

Alfred B. Mullett was a British-born American architect best known as the designer of the State, War, and Navy Building (1871–89; now the Old Executive Office Building) in Washington, D.C. Mullett’s family immigrated to the United States in 1845. He studied there and in Europe. From 1866 to 1874 he

Alfred B. Mullett was a British-born American architect best known as the designer of the State, War, and Navy Building (1871–89; now the Old Executive Office Building) in Washington, D.C. Mullett’s family immigrated to the United States in 1845. He studied there and in Europe. From 1866 to 1874 he

goatfish, any of more than 60 species of elongated marine fishes of the family Mullidae (order Perciformes). Goatfishes are characterized by two well-separated dorsal fins and by a pair of long, sensory chin barbels. The barbels are used to find the small, bottom-living invertebrates on which the

Mulligan River, intermittent stream in east-central Australia. Rising in the Toko Range, Queensland, it flows southeast past Barrington Peak on the west. It widens into a dry salt bed with artesian wells on its route before merging with Eyre Creek near Muncoonie Lake salt beds. Upon crossing the

Carey Mulligan is a British actress who won critical acclaim and respect for her seemingly effortless ability to inhabit an eclectic variety of characters on screen and stage. Mulligan’s mother was a university lecturer and her father an executive in a hotel conglomerate. She spent part of her

Carey Mulligan is a British actress who won critical acclaim and respect for her seemingly effortless ability to inhabit an eclectic variety of characters on screen and stage. Mulligan’s mother was a university lecturer and her father an executive in a hotel conglomerate. She spent part of her

Gerry Mulligan was an American baritone saxophonist, arranger, and composer noted for his role in popularizing “cool” jazz—a delicate, dry, understated approach to jazz style. Mulligan showed strong musical instincts from his early youth. He played piano and wind instruments with a number of small

Gerry Mulligan was an American baritone saxophonist, arranger, and composer noted for his role in popularizing “cool” jazz—a delicate, dry, understated approach to jazz style. Mulligan showed strong musical instincts from his early youth. He played piano and wind instruments with a number of small

Robert Mulligan was an American director who was best known for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). Although his films do not bear a personal stamp, he was noted for his craftsmanship and ability to elicit strong performances from his cast. After serving in the U.S. Marines during World War II, Mulligan

Robert Mulligan was an American director who was best known for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). Although his films do not bear a personal stamp, he was noted for his craftsmanship and ability to elicit strong performances from his cast. After serving in the U.S. Marines during World War II, Mulligan

Robert Sanderson Mulliken was an American chemist and physicist who received the 1966 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for “fundamental work concerning chemical bonds and the electronic structure of molecules.” A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mulliken worked, during World War I

Golden State Warriors: …Mitch Richmond, and small forward Chris Mullin. While Nelson’s teams were entertaining, they failed to advance past the second round in the playoffs over this period, and Nelson left the Warriors during the 1994–95 season. Golden State then entered into a period that saw them post last- and second-to-last-place finishes…