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Michelet
French nationalist historian. He taught history and philosophy before he was appointed head of the historical section of the Record Office in 1831. His time there provided him with unique resources for his life's work, the 17-volume Histoire de France (1833-67). His method, an attempt to resurrect the past by immersing his own personality in his narrative, resulted in a historical synthesis of great dramatic power, though the 11 volumes that appeared in 1855-67 are distorted by his hatred of priests and kings, hasty or abusive treatment of documents, and mania for symbolic interpretation. His other works include the vivid and impassioned Histoire de la r\u00e9 volution fran\u00e7 aise (7 vols., 1847-53). In his later years he wrote a series of lyrical books on nature, displaying his superb prose style.


Michelin
Leading French manufacturer of tires and other rubber products. It was founded in 1888 by the Michelin brothers, Andr\u00e9 (1853-1931) and \u00c9 douard (1859-1940), to manufacture tires for bicycles and horse-drawn carriages. It introduced pneumatic tires for automobiles in the 1890s and soon became one of the major European tire producers. Michelin opened its first foreign plant in Turin in 1906 and today operates plants in many countries; it was reorganized as a holding company in 1951. It also publishes a famous series of travel guides and road maps. Its headquarters are at Clermont-Ferrand.


Michener
U.S. novelist and short-story writer. Michener was a foundling discovered in Doylestown, Pa., and raised as a Quaker. Initially a teacher, during 1944-46 he was a naval historian in the S. Pacific, the area of his early fiction; his Tales of the South Pacific (1947, Pulitzer Prize) was adapted as the Broadway musical South Pacific (1949; film, 1958). He is best known for epic and detailed novels drawing on extensive research, incl. Hawaii (1959; film, 1966), Centennial (1974), Chesapeake (1978), Space (1982), and Mexico (1992).


lichen
Any of about 15,000 species of small, colorful, scaly plants that consist of a symbiotic association of algae (usually green) and fungi (see fungus). These extremely hardy, slow growers often are pioneer species in sparse environments such as mountaintops and the far North. Fungal cells, anchored to the substrate with hairlike growths (rhizines), form the base. In the body (thallus), numerous algal cells are distributed among fewer fungal cells. Through photosynthesis the algal cells provide simple sugars and vitamins for both partners in this symbiotic association. The fungal cells protect the algal cells from environmental extremes. Lichens may form a thin, crustlike, tightly bound covering over their substrate (e.g., cracks in rocks), or they may be small and leafy, with loose attachments to the substrate. Their colors range from brown to bright orange or yellow. In far N Europe and Asia, lichens provide two-thirds of ...

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