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Michael Olmert

Michael Olmert, born 1940 is a professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park and a writer. He was born and raised in Washington D.C. His specialty is British Literature. He has a Phread more....D. from Maryland in medieval English literature. He has written many shows and television movies for National Geographic, and many articles for the Colonial Williamsburg Magazine.read less...

Thirty-first government of Israel

The thirty-first government of Israel was formed by Ehud Olmert on 4 May 2006, following Kadima's victory in the March elections. His coalition initially included the Labor Party, Shas and Gil, and heread more...ld 67 of the 120 seats in the Knesset. The 11-seat Yisrael Beiteinu joined the coalition in November 2006, but left on 16 January 2008 in protest at peace talks with the Palestinian National Authority. With the inclusion of the Labor Party's Raleb Majadele as a Minister without Portfolio on 29 January 2007, it became the first Israeli cabinet to have a Muslim minister. The makeup of the coalition resulted in a center-left government.read less...

Old Merensky Library

The Old Merensky Library on the Hatfield campus of the University of Pretoria is home to the Edoardo Villa Museum.

Olmert

Olmert is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Aliza Olmert, German-Israeli artist, photographer, author and social worker, wife of Ehud Olmert Dana Olmert, Israeli left wing activist, lread more...iterary theorist and editor Ehud Olmert, Israeli politician, the 12th Prime Minister of Israel Michael Olmert, professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park, and writer Mordechai Olmert (1908-1998), Israeli politician Shaul Olmert, Israeli entrepreneur and business executive. read less...

Old Merchants and Farmers Bank Building

The Old Merchants and Farmers Bank Building, also known as the Old Public Library, is a historic bank building located at Emporia, Virginia. It was built in 1902, and is a one-story, eclectic, red andread more... yellow brick structure with a concave mansard roof. The front facade features a galvanized sheet-metal cornice that may have been manufactured by H. T. Klugel. The bank occupied the building until 1914, after which it housed the public library until 1977. It is currently occupied by the Greensville-Emporia Historical Museum.read less...

Mercian dialect

Mercian was a dialect spoken in the Anglian kingdom of Mercia. Together with Northumbrian, it was one of the two Anglian dialects. The other two dialects of Old English were Kentish and West Saxon. Earead more...ch of those dialects was associated with an independent kingdom on the island. Of these, all of Northumbria and most of Mercia were overrun by the Vikings during the 9th century. Part of Mercia and all of Kent were successfully defended but were then integrated into the Kingdom of Wessex. Because of the centralisation of power and the Viking invasions, there is little to no salvaged written evidence for the development of non-Wessex dialects after Alfred the Great's unification, until the Middle English period.read less...