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| | Mississippi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Mississippi is bordered on the north by the state of Tennessee; on the east by Alabama, on the south by Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico; and on the west by Louisiana and Arkansas (across the Mississippi River). | | | At the federal level, Mississippi's two U.S. senators are Trent Lott (Republican) and Thad Cochran (Republican). | | | Before the Civil War, Mississippi was the fifth-wealthiest state in the nation. |
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| | The Mississippi Bar Association - |
| | The Mississippi Bar Foundation is cooperating with the Family Law Section of the American Bar Association to assist the Section in providing small cash grants to lawyers on the Gulf Coast whose practices have a substantial portion dedicated to | | | In March of 2005 the Mississippi Supreme Court amended the Mississippi Rules of Professional Conduct to require attorneys to report annually their hours of pro bono legal services. | | | The University of Mississippi Law Center is seeking nominations and applications for the position of Director of the Mississippi Judicial College. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mississippi |
| | The State of Mississippi was created by Act of Congress of 1 March, 1817. | | | The validity of these suffrage qualifications has been sustained by the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Williams vs. The State of Mississippi, decided by a unanimous court in 1896. | | | The highest water is from January to April, followed often, in the Mississippi, by what is termed the June rise which is caused by the melting of the snow and ice in the upper Mississippi and in its tributaries. |
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| | Mississippi River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | It runs through two states -- Minnesota and Louisiana -- and forms the borders of eight states -- Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Mississippi -- before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico about 100 miles (160 km) downstream from New Orleans. | | | The Mississippi is joined by the Illinois River and the Missouri River near Saint Louis, and by the Ohio at Cairo, Illinois. | | | His notoriety was such that author Mark Twain devoted an entire chapter to him in his book Life on the Mississippi, and Murrell was rumored to have an island headquarters on the river at Island 37. |
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| | Introduction to Mississippi - The United States of America |
| | The Bayou State: Mississippi is sometimes referred to as "The Bayou State" for it's slow-moving streams that wander through marshes and lowlands along the Mississippi River and the southern section of the state to the Gulf coast. | | | The Magnolia State: The most well-known nickname for Mississippi is "The Magnolia State." This nickname honors the stately beauty of the Magnolia Trees of Mississippi. | | | The Magnolia is Mississippi's official State Tree and the blossom is Mississippi's official State Flower. |
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| | State symbols |
| | In 1935, the Director of Forestry started a movement by which to select a State Tree for Mississippi, to be selected by nomination and election by the school children of the State. | | | The Largemouth or Black Bass (Micropterus salmoides) was designated the State Fish of Mississippi, Chapter 551, General Laws of Mississippi of 1974. | | | The Honeybee (Apis mellifera) was designated the State Insect of Mississippi, Chapter 317, General Laws of Mississippi of 1980. |
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| | The Mississippi Teacher Center |
| | The 2006 Mississippi Career Fair for Educators will be held on Saturday, April 1 at the Mississippi Trade Mart in Jackson, MS. | | | MANDATED by the Mississippi Legislature to open in July 1994. | | | Mississippi State funds are available for those interested in teaching as a career. |
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| | The Mississippi - The United States Mint |
| | On February 26, 1952, the Mississippi legislature finally adopted the magnolia as the state flower, opposed by only one vote. | | | The Mississippi quarter, the fifth and last quarter of 2002 and 20th in the series, showcases the beauty and elegance of the state flower, combining the blossoms and leaves of two magnolias with the inscription "The Magnolia State." | | | In 1900, when Mississippi schoolchildren were asked to vote for a state flower, they selected the magnolia over a group that included cape jasmine, yellow jasmine and cotton. |
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| | Booklet |
| | The duties and functions of this office were to aid all residents of Mississippi who served in the military forces of the United States during any war and their dependents and beneficiaries so that they would receive all benefits to which they were entitled under the laws of the United States | | | Any legal resident of the State of Mississippi who was a prisoner of war and the unmarried surviving spouse of such person is privileged to obtain annually one (1) motor vehicle license plate or tag for a private passenger vehicle or pickup truck in the county of his or her residence. | | | Any legal resident of the State of Mississippi, who is a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor and the unmarried surviving spouse of such person is privileged to obtain annually, one (1) motor vehicle license plate or tag for a private passenger motor vehicle or pickup truck in the county of his residence. |
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| | SearchSystems.net - The Largest Mississippi Public Records Directory |
| | Description: Use this Mississippi Secretary of State service to search the Mississippi Constitution by keyword or browse through the document. | | | Description: Browse the Mississippi Attorney General's database of summaries of opinions from 1979 to the present or search by keyword. | | | Description: Search the Mississippi Secretary of State inventory of agency lands (public lands managed by the State) by agency or county. |
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| | The Office of the Mississippi Homeland Security |
| | The Office of Homeland Security realizes that the residents of Mississippi are an integral part in the protection of the state, and encourage all citizens to be informed, vigilant, and prepared. | | | The people of Mississippi can take pride in that our fair state was recently recognized in Washington D.C. for excellence in grant dispersal of Homeland Security funds provided by the Federal Government, allowing the funds allocated for fighting terrorism to be put to immediate use. | | | As Director of the Mississippi Office of Homeland Security, it is my pleasure to welcome you to Mississippi’s Homeland Security website. |
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| | IPL Kidspace: Stately Knowledge |
| | This is the official website for the State of Mississippi. | | | Bordering States: Mississippi borders Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Tennessee. | | | Here is the homepage for the Mississippi State Library Agency. |
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| | Great Mobile Homes of Mississippi - The Trailer Park |
| | arning, if you were educated in Mississippi's public schools, these pichurs ain't for colorin. | | | Truly, this home has earned the title, a Great Mobile Home of Mississippi. | | | Covering all the notable mobile homes of Mississippi would be as tremendous an undertaking as putting a man on the moon. |
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| | RealClear Politics - Mississippi 2003 Gubernatorial Election |
| | Updated 10/29: Governor Musgrove was elected by the Mississippi House of Representatives in January 2000 after beating Republican Mike Parker by 8,343 votes, in the closest election in Mississippi history. | | | Mississippi is a very conservative state and while Musgrove is running as a conservative and has totally eschewed the national Democratic Party, it won't be enough. | | | Senator Trent Lott may be an unpopular politician in the country at large, but he is very popular in Mississippi and that entire episode last Christmas, probably hurt the Democrats in Mississippi. |
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| | Mississippi SoS - Elections |
| | All material kept by the Secretary of State relating to elections in Mississippi is open to the public. | | | The Secretary of State is Mississippi's chief elections officer. | | | The agency has consistently advocated increased public disclosure and open records on the part of officials, candidates, and lobbyists, signifying that government is open and accountable to the people. |
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| | The Freedom Hills Greens |
| | We are based in Oxford, Mississippi and have sister organizations in Jackson, Hattiesburg / University of Southern Mississippi | | | More recently, the Freedom Hills Greens led the effort to get Ralph Nader on the ballot for president in Mississippi, and we participatied in the Nader for President campaign. | | | We reject the idea that the people of North Mississippi are merely consumer markets to be "developed, " labor pools to be exploited, or faceless masses to be regulated by government. |
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| | mississippi judge |
| | Mississippi Mississippi judge Mississippi judge Mississippi judge Mississippi | | | Mississippi Judge Mississippi auto health home life Mississippi Judge Contact Contact the Mississippi Judge | | | Mississippi judge Mississippi Mississippi judge ace Mississippi Mississippi judge Mississippi ace ace |
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| | Mississippi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | At the federal level, Mississippi's two U.S. senators are Trent Lott (Republican) and Thad Cochran (Republican). | | | The Mississippi Territory was organized on April 7, 1798, from territory ceded by Georgia and South Carolina; it was later twice expanded to include disputed territory claimed by both the U.S. and Spain. | | | Mississippi was the 20th state admitted to the Union, on December 10, 1817. |
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| | Mississippi Maps - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection - UT Library Online |
| | Natchez Trace Parkway National Scenic Trail [Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee] (Natchez to Jackson, Mississippi) 1997 (387K) | | | Natchez Trace Parkway National Scenic Trail [Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee] (Jackson to Dancy, Mississippi) 1997 (323K) | | | Natchez Trace Parkway National Scenic Trail [Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee] (Dancy, Mississippi to Rock Spring, Alabama) 1997 (387K) |
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| | Mississippi River Facts |
| | Over the centuries, the Mississippi and its tributaries have carried soil and dissolved particles from one part of the continent and deposited them in another part of the continent. | | | Near LaCrosse, Wisconsin, Mississippi water held behind Lock and Dam #7 and water held back by damming the Black River combine to form this broad reach of the Mississippi River. | | | Shipping at the lower end of the Mississippi is focused on petroleum and petroleum products, iron and steel, grain, rubber, paper and wood, coffee, coal, chemicals, and edible oils. |
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| | Mississippi |
| | To look up Jackson, Mississippi (be sure to use a comma following the city and only a two letter abbreviation for the state.) If you enter just "Jackson", you will get information on all locations called Jackson Nationwide. | | | Mississippi Counties and Cities Capital Impact - Mississippi State Site Counties Listed | | | Find Out What County A City Is In Example = City followed by comma and State (Jackson, MS) |
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| | Mississippi Guide to Local Hotels, Lodging, Restaurants, Real Estate, Car Rentals and Area Information |
| | On December 10, 1817 the Mississippi Territory became the 20th state accepted into the United States of America. | | | The Mississippi Delta can conger up thoughts of elegant plantations filled with beautiful women in large bell shirts or dirty hillbillies running moonshine and strumming banjos. | | | However, anyone who thinks that a day at the beach is all that Mississippi has to offer will be missing a chance to see an amazing area that is steeped with tradition. |
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| | Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine |
| | The College of Veterinary Medicine is a vital part of Mississippi State University and it serves the state, region, and nation through teaching, research, clinical service and public service. | | | Copyright 2004 Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine. | | | Mississippi State University is an equal opportunity institution. |
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| | Mississippi |
| | The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission and beach integration, 1959-1963: a cotton-patch Gestapo? | | | Ecology and Vegetation of LeFleur's Bluff State Park, Jackson, Mississippi. | | | University of Mississippi - Mississippi, University of, main campus at Oxford; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1844,... |
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| | Mississippi News |
| | Dateline 1980 - Opening the bids wider Mississippi Coast Coliseum Chairman F. Yankie Barhanovich issued a stern advisory that he would like henceforth to see 'only written bids' submitted by contractors. | | | The Mississippi Private School Association is headquartered in Pearl, but when it comes to academy baseball, the epicenter lies in Baker, La. | | | By Bobby Harrison Daily Journal Jackson Bureau JACKSON - Homeowners across the state could pay more for insurance because of the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Katrina. |
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| | Sample Defenses to Complaints |
| | Mississippi, and the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of the | | | Mississippi, and the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution | | | thereof, and violative of the provisions of the Mississippi |
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| | The Constitutions of Mississippi |
| | Under the territorial government, Mississippi was governed by officers and judges appointed by the national government at Washington. | | | As the population of Mississippi grew and as new lands were obtained from the American Indians, territorial officials pressed for statehood. | | | The State of Mississippi has had four state constitutions: the original Constitution of 1817, the Constitution of 1832, the Constitution of 1868, and the present-day Constitution of 1890. |
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| | The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States - Mississippi |
| | That law was upheld by the Mississippi Supreme Court in 1994 in the case of Miller v. | | | the Mississippi Supreme Court, in 1955, ruled unanimously that, because of the recodification of the archaic law under the heading "Unnatural Intercourse," a prosecution of fellatio could be sustained. | | | Always having used the common-law definition of the crime, it is not surprising that the Mississippi Supreme Court decided in its first published sodomy case that cunnilingus did not constitute a violation of it. |
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| | Mississippi Business Journal |
| | The Mississippi Business Journal is Mississippi's only statewide business publication. | | | JACKSON — The Mississippi Supreme Court recently took another step intended to help fund access to justice for the poor when it ordered most private practice attorneys to place certain client and third-party funds into interest-bearing accounts. | | | JACKSON and WAVELAND — Habitat for Humanity affiliates are celebrating a significant milestone with the building of the 1,000th and 1,001st Habitat homes in Mississippi. |
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| | Atlas: Mississippi |
| | Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody | | | National Audubon Society Regional Guide to the Southeastern States : Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South... | | | Radical Equations: Civil Rights from Mississippi to the Algebra Project by Robert P. Moses and Charles E. Cobb |
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