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* Mason, R. L., Gunst, R. F., & Hess, J. L. ( 1989 ).
The Conference Center & Hotel is LEED-certified Gold by the U. S. Green Building Council, and is the only full-service, upscale hotel in Fairfax and near George Mason University.
The Mason Inn is operated by Crestline Hotels & Resorts, and hosts conferences, business meetings, scholastic events, and area social occasions.
* F. Josephus & S. Mason: Flavius Josephus: translation and commentary.
In April 1972, the Modern Lovers traveled to Los Angeles where they held two demo sessions: the first was produced by the Velvet Underground's John Cale for Warner Bros. while the second was produced by Alan Mason for A & M.
* Heinz Baked Beans are first launched at the Fortnum & Mason department store in London, United Kingdom, although they are manufactured in Canada.
* Maskelyne is a supporting character in Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon.
In 1859, Sherman accepted a job as the first superintendent of the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy in Pineville, a position he sought at the suggestion of Major D. C. Buell and secured because of General George Mason Graham.
* R v Mason ( 1820 ) R & R 419
A Brief History of the Pequot War: Especially of the Memorable taking of their Fort at Mistick in Connecticut in 1637 / Written by Major John Mason, a principal actor therein, as then chief captain and commander of Connecticut forces ; With an introduction and some explanatory notes by the Reverend Mr. Thomas Prince ( Boston: Printed & sold by.
A Brief History of the Pequot War: Especially of the Memorable taking of their Fort at Mistick in Connecticut in 1637 / Written by Major John Mason, a principal actor therein, as then chief captain and commander of Connecticut forces ; With an introduction and some explanatory notes by the Reverend Mr. Thomas Prince ( Boston: Printed & sold by.
The magazine ( best known for producing the original Pledge of Allegiance in 1891 ) was published in Boston, Massachusetts, by the Perry Mason Company ( renamed " Perry Mason & Co ." after the founder died ).
Postmodern novelists such as John Barth and Thomas Pynchon operate with even more freedom, mixing historical characters and settings with invented history and fantasy, as in the novels The Sot-Weed Factor and Mason & Dixon respectively.
* Thomas Pynchon's three novels Gravity's Rainbow, Mason & Dixon and Against the Day are historical, and they variously contrast outrageous personal, subjective, hallucinogenic or even supernatural events with very real, well-researched accuracies from the past.
The Civic Square Building in downtown New Brunswick houses the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy and the Mason Gross School of the Arts.
Mason & Dixon is the title of a 1997 novel by American author Thomas Pynchon.
The novel meanders widely through the lives of Mason & Dixon, traditional American history and other themes such as hollow earth theory, geomancy, deism and — perhaps — alien abduction.
* Carol A. Mason ’ 67, Professor, Pathology & Cell Biology, Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, Columbia University
* Wiley, Mason & Bona, Damien, Inside Oscars, Ballantine Books, 1996, ISBN 0-345-40053-4
* Mason Frazier-Singer & Writer
On Vistavia Circle between Clairmont Road & Mason Woods Drive.
The History of Menard & Mason Counties, Illinois credits Spears with the name, and notes that it was said to mean " dropping water ", but nothing in the area is especially related to dropping water ; the county tourist bureau claims that William G. Greene named the town, that it means " trickling water ", and that it is related to " abundant springs in the area ".
* Mason Steam Engine & Thresher's Club Show, a steam engine show, starting the last Friday in July.
* Telephone Service-AT & T, and Embarq south of Mason School Road.

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It is sometimes considered as the western extension of the MasonDixon Line that divided Pennsylvania from Maryland, and thus part of the border between free and slave territory, and between the Northern and Southern United States or Upper South.
* 1767 – Surveying for the MasonDixon Line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed.
The cuisine of the Southern United States is defined as the historical regional culinary form of states generally south of the Mason Dixon Line dividing Pennsylvania from Maryland and Delaware as well as along the Ohio River, and extending west to southern Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas.
By the mid-20th century, some speakers applied the word to any American born north of the MasonDixon Line, though usually with a specific focus still on New England.
Maskelyne took a great interest in various geodetical operations, notably the measurement of the length of a degree of latitude in Maryland and Pennsylvania, executed by Mason and Dixon in 1766 – 1768, and later the determination of the relative longitude of Greenwich and Paris.
The Maryland – Pennsylvania boundary was surveyed and marked between April 1765 and October 1767 by astronomer Charles Mason and surveyor Jeremiah Dixon.
That boundary would finally be settled in 1763 when surveyors Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon incorporated the line as the definitive boundary between Delaware and Maryland.
The intersection of these two historical lines is the midpoint of the Transpeninsular Line, fixed by Mason and Dixon between 1763 and 1767.
The MasonDixon Line ( or Mason and Dixon's Line ) was surveyed between 1763 and 1767 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon in the resolution of a border dispute between British colonies in Colonial America.
In popular usage, especially since the Missouri Compromise of 1820 ( apparently the first official use of the term " Mason's and Dixon's Line "), the MasonDixon Line symbolizes a cultural boundary between the Northeastern United States and the Southern United States ( Dixie ).
As part of the settlement, the Penns and Calverts commissioned the English team of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon to survey the newly established boundaries between the Province of Pennsylvania, the Province of Maryland, Delaware Colony, and parts of Colony and Old Dominion of Virginia.
The MasonDixon Line was marked by stones every mile and " crownstones " every five miles, using stone shipped from England.
Mason and Dixon confirmed earlier survey work which delineated Delaware's southern boundary from the Atlantic Ocean to the ” Middle Point ” stone ( along what is today known as the Transpeninsular Line ).
The stones may be a few to a few hundred feet east or west of the point Mason and Dixon thought they were ; in any event, the line drawn from stone to stone forms the legal boundary.
Doyle said the Maryland – Pennsylvania MasonDixon Line is exactly:
The disputants engaged an expert British team, astronomer Charles Mason and surveyor Jeremiah Dixon, to survey what became known as the MasonDixon Line.

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Roy Mason is essentially a landscape painter whose style and direction has a kinship with the English watercolorists of the early nineteenth century, especially the beautifully patterned art of John Sell Cotman.
It is this subject matter that has brought Mason a large and enthusiastic following among sportsmen, but it is his exceptional performance with this motif that commends him to artists and discerning collectors.
and that over-all, amazing control of large washes which is the Mason stylemark.
In analyzing the watercolors of Roy Mason, the first thing that comes to mind is their essential decorativeness, yet this word has such a varied connotation that it needs some elaboration here.
True, a Mason watercolor is unmistakably a synthesis of nature rather than a detailed inventory.
In following this general principle, Mason provides the observer with a natural eye progression from foreground to background, and the illusion of depth is instantly created.
This is not unlike the order received by the sergeant of an army motor pool: `` Four trucks to Fort Mason gym, 7:30 tonight, for hauling girls to dance.
Mason and Taylor both show that the major axis of the ellipsoids is at 45-degrees at low rates of shear and that it approaches the direction of shear with increased rates of shear.
This formula is given by Rumscheidt and Mason.
Her husband, who is the son of Alton John Mason of Shreveport, La., and the late Mrs. Henry Cater Parmer, was president of Alpha Tau Omega and a member of Delta Sigma Pi at Lamar Tech, and did graduate work at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa, on a Rotary Fellowship.
One of the main characters of the 1969-1971 animated cartoon The Ant and the Aardvark is a blue aardvark voiced by John Byner, doing an impersonation of Jackie Mason.
Guitarist Christopher Parkening is quoted in the book Classical Gas: The Music of Mason Williams as saying that it is the most requested guitar piece besides Malagueña and perhaps the best known instrumental guitar piece today.
The game is published in PDF and HTML versions, and is illustrated by Sue Mason and the author.
George Mason University ( often referred to as GMU or Mason ) is a public university based in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, south of and adjacent to the city of Fairfax.
Today, Mason is recognized for its strong programs in economics, law, creative writing, computer science, and business.
George Mason, ( 1725 – 1792 ) after whom the University is named.
While George Mason University is young compared to established research universities in Virginia, it has grown rapidly, reaching an enrollment of 30, 714 students in 2008.
The main campus of George Mason University is situated on just south of the City of Fairfax, Virginia in central Fairfax County, approximately west of Washington, D. C.
Fairfax is the only campus of George Mason University with on-campus student housing.
Fenwick Library is the main research library at George Mason.
George Mason University is a member of the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area, granting it access to resources of thirteen other libraries in the District of Columbia.

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