SAN MIGUEL

sän mēgĕlˈ, city (1993 pop. 118,214), E El Salvador, at the foot of San Miguel volcano (6,996 ft/2,132 m). It has textile, rope, and dairy-products industries. The region produces cotton, henequen, and vegetable oil. San Miguel was founded in 1530. The town was the site of fighting between government troops and local guerrillas in the 1980s.

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Miguel Marmol
Book by Roque Dalton, Kathleen Ross, Richard Schaaf, Miguel Maarmol; Curbstone Press, 1987
Subjects: Communists--El Salvador--Biography, Labor unions--El Salvador, Marmol, Miguel
...track of him. Ismael then settled in San Miguel. By the way, in those days there...conflict of gravest proportions in San Miguel. What was called "the Sotista uprising...siege throughout the Department of San Miguel and sent in the Army to control the...
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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra: A Memoir
Book by James Fitzmaurice-Kelly; Clarendon Press, 1913
Subjects: Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel De--1547-1616
...marido, con todo eso porque el senor Miguel de Cerbantes Saavedra, mi padre...diopusicion que della tomaron los dichos Miguel de Cerbantes, mi padre, y secretario...Molina, priest of the church of San Miguel at Cuenca. He accuses his uncle...
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Outpost of Empire: The Story of the Founding of San Francisco
Book by Herbert Eugene Bolton; A.A. Knopf, 1931
Subjects: Anza, Juan Bautista de--1735-1788, California--Description and travel--To 1848, San Francisco (Calif.)--History
...278 , 284 , 291 , 293 , 294 , 295 , 296 San Luis Rey River San Juan Capistrano , 228 San Martin, 176 San Mateo, 257 San Miguel River, 154 San Pablo, 74 San Pasqual, 178 , 295 , 321 San Patricio, 100 , 220 San Pedro Claver, 6 San Pedro Point...
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The American Alps: The San Juan Mountains of Southwest Colorado
Book by Donald L. Baars; University of New Mexico Press, 1992
Subjects: Geology--San Juan Mountains (Colo. And N.M.), Geology--San Juan Mountains (Colo. And N.M.)--Guidebooks, San Juan Mountains (Colo. And N.M.)--Description And Travel
...52 San Luis Uplift, 48 , 49 , 50 , 54 , 111 San Miguel Mountain Range, 112 , 113 ; tour sites for viewing, 146 , 147 , 149 San Miguel River: tour site for, 146 , 147 San Rafael Swell, 73 Sawatch range, 48 schist...
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Saving San Antonio: The Precarious Preservation of a Heritage
Book by Lewis F. Fisher; Texas Tech University Press, 1996
Subjects: Historic Preservation--Texas--San Antonio--History, San Antonio (Tex.)--Buildings, Structures, Etc--Conservation And Restoration, San Antonio Conservation Society--History, Urban Renewal--Texas--San Antonio--History
...Mission San Francisco, Calif., 14, 34, 265, 311, 493, 504, 514 San Jacinto, Battle of, 24, 42 San Jacinto Street, 133 San Jos6 y San Miguel de Aguayo Mission, 252, 256, 337,493,496 Bexar County, 65, 148, 152, 154-157,160,164...
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Holding the City Hostage: Popular Sectors and Elites in San Miguel, El Salvador, 1875
Journal article by Aldo A. Lauria-Santiago; The Americas, Vol. 68, 2011
...Hostage: Popular Sectors and Elites in San Miguel, El Salvador, 1875 by Aldo A...This article will use the city of San Miguel in eastern El Salvador and a major...from the port of Amapala arrived in San Miguel; another 200 were on their way from...
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Pedro L. San Miguel. the Imagined Island. History, Identity & Utopia in Hispaniola
Journal article by Alexandre Coello De La Rosa; Utopian Studies, Vol. 17, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Imagined Island. History, Identity and Utopia in Hispaniola (Book)--Book reviews
Pedro L. San Miguel. the Imagined Island. History, Identity...Alexandre Coello de la Rosa Pedro L. San Miguel. The Imagined Island. History, Identity...Century Europe (1973), Pedro L. San Miguel examines historical narratives of Hispaniola...
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Home and the Ruins of Language: Victor Hernandez Cruz and Miguel Algarin's Nuyorican Poetry
Journal article by Carmelo Esterrich; MELUS, Vol. 23, 1998
Subjects: Algarin, Miguel--Criticism, interpretation, etc., American poetry--Puerto Rican authors, Hernandez Cruz, Victor--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Home--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Puerto Ricans in New York (State)--Literature
...idealized and marvelous. Miguel Algarin has two poems...narrative poem, "San Juan / an arrest...they drive away from San Juan, the mechanisms...occurs at the end of Miguel Algarins "Posed Release...lenguaje: Pedro Pietri y Miguel Algarin." The Americas...By Lingual Wholes. San Francisco: Momos...
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Don Quixote till Kingdom Come: The (Un)realized Eschatology of Miguel De Unamuno
Journal article by Galen B. Yorba-Gray; Christianity and Literature, Vol. 54, 2005
Subjects: Spanish literature--Criticism and interpretation, Spanish literature--Religious aspects, de Unamuno, Miguel--Criticism and interpretation, de Unamuno, Miguel--Religious aspects
...in Evanss research: "that Miguel de Unamuno read Kierkegaard...Scribners Sons, 1958. Cervantes, Miguel de. El ingenioso hidalgo Don...Kierkegaard and Unamunos San Manuel Bueno, martir: A Study...El lugar de Don Quixote, Miguel de Unamuno, Graham Green y...
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Utopian Studies, Environmental Literature, and the Legacy of an Idea: Educating Desire in Miguel Abensour and Ursula K. le Guin
Journal article by Christine Nadir; Utopian Studies, Vol. 21, 2010
Subjects: Abensour, Miguel--Works, Le Guin, Ursula K.--Works, Novelists--Works, Novels--Criticism and interpretation, Postmodernism--Analysis, The Disposessed (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Utopian literature--Criticism and interpretation, Utopias in literature--Criticism and interpretation
...Routledge, 1992). (8.) Miguel Abensour, "Utopie et democratie...democratie," 248. (10.) Miguel Abensour, "William Morris...Anthology, ed. Max Blechman (San Francisco: City Lights Books...emphasis added. (16.) Miguel Abensour, "Le nouvel esprit...
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Luz San Miguel Lighting Up the Stage: This Milwaukee Ballet Star Is a Force of Nature in Dramatic Roles
Magazine article by Stefanie Ramp; Dance Magazine, Vol. 81, September 2007
Subjects: Ballerinas--Interviews, Ballet dancers--Interviews, San Miguel, Luz--Interviews
Luz San Miguel Lighting Up the Stage: This Milwaukee...Stefanie Ramp ILLUSTRATION OMITTED Luz San Miguel opens the door, welcoming me into her...designed for exquisite movement, But San Miguel might disagree. She would tell you that...
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Sleepless in San Miguel
Magazine article by David Lansing; Sunset, Vol. 201, October 1998
Subjects: Cities, Geographic profiles, History, San Miguel de Allende Mexico
Sleepless in San Miguel by David Lansing IT IS DAWN, just...safe to say that in the colonial town of San Miguel de Allende, only babies and village...end of the Fiestas del Santo Patrono San Miguel Arcangel-the Feasts of the Patron Saint...
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The Spell of San Miguel: A Mexican Hill Town's Indolent Beauty Belies Its Fiery Past
Magazine article by Martha Spaulding; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 298, November 2006
Subjects: San Miguel de Allende, Mexico--Description and travel
The Spell of San Miguel: A Mexican Hill Towns Indolent Beauty...again be renting a house for a month in San Miguel de Allende, and invited me to stay with...Acapulco induce me to make the trip. San Miguel was said to be safe and generously larded...
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Splendors of San Miguel
Magazine article; Sunset, Vol. 201, October 1998
Subjects: Bed & breakfast inns, Hotels & motels, Restaurants, San Miguel de Allende Mexico, Tourism, Tourist attractions
Splendors of San Miguel Aeromexico, Mexicana, American, and...international airport, a 90-minute drive to San Miguel. You can rent a car at the airport...and other specific areas of Mexico, San Miguel de Allende has not seen any corresponding...
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Fall in Love with San Miguel
Magazine article; Sunset, Vol. 220, April 2008
Subjects: San Miguel de Allende Mexico, Tourist attractions, Travel
Fall in Love with San Miguel Seeing San Miguel San Miguel is in Guanajuato state, about 170 miles northwest of Mexico City. There are frequent flights from the U.S. to Leon-El Bajio Airport, about an So-minute drive from San Miguel via...
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San Miguel Pale Pilsen Beer Reaps Highest Award
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, August 18, 2004
Subjects: Beverage industry, San Miguel Corp.
San Miguel Pale Pilsen Beer Reaps Highest Award. The flagship brand of San Miguel Corporation, San Miguel Beer Pale Pilsen, received last June a Grand Gold medal, the...
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San Miguel Brewery Sets P23-B IPO
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 14, 2008
Subjects: Breweries--Securities, Brewing industry--Securities, Going public (Securities), Initial public offerings, San Miguel Corp.--Securities
San Miguel Brewery Sets P23-B IPO. Byline: ANA MARIE MACUJA San Miguel Brewery, Inc., the spin-off unit of food and beverage conglomerate San Miguel Corporation (SMC), is all set to conduct...
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San Miguel Properties Aims to Become Major Developer
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, August 18, 2010
Subjects: Breweries, Brewing industry, Real estate developers, Real estate development, Real estate industry, Sales promotions, San Miguel Corp., Tourism promotion, Travel industry
San Miguel Properties Aims to Become Major Developer. San Miguel Corporation formally announced its foray...estate via its wholly owned subsidiary, San Miguel Properties, which aims to capitalize on...
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San Miguel Corp
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, August 30, 2011
Subjects: Breweries, Brewing industry, Esso Malaysia Bhd., Gasoline, Petroleum refineries, Petroleum services industry, San Miguel Corp., Service stations (Automotive), Service stations (Motor vehicles)
San Miguel Corp. MANILA, Philippines - San Miguel Corp. (SMC), the Philippines biggest listed company by...Dickson, Malaysia that may include a petrochemical plant, San Miguel director Eric Recto said by e-mail yesterday. Renovating...
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Business and Society; Learning from San Miguel Corporation
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, September 3, 2007
Subjects: Breweries, Brewing industry, San Miguel Corp.
...Business and Society; Learning from San Miguel Corporation. Byline: Bernardo M...Hernandez, former President of the San Miguel Packaging Products Company, in helping...food and beverage companies like San Miguel Corporation, Alaska Corporation...
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San Miguel
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SAN MIGUEL san megel , city (1993 pop. 118,214), E El Salvador, at the foot of San Miguel volcano (6,996 ft/2,132 m). It has textile, rope, and dairy...
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Carrera, JosÉ Miguel
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CARRERA, JOSE MIGUEL hosa megel , 1785 1821, Chilean revolutionist. With his brothers...Spanish reconquest of Chile. Later he was forbidden by Jose de San Martin to reenter Chile. San Martin and OHiggins ordered the execution at Mendoza of his...
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Telluride
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TELLURIDE tel y rid, town (1990 pop. 1,309), seat of San Miguel co., SW Colo., on the San Miguel River in the San Juan Mts., inc. 1887. A trade center in a sheep, dairying, and mining (gold, silver...
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El Salvador
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...excellent transportation system that links San Salvador with the ports of La Union...La Libertad and the inland cities of San Miguel and Santa Ana . Offshore assembly products...federal capital transferred (1831) to San Salvador. After the dissolution of...
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Cabrillo, Juan RodrÍguez
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...after Alvarados death. He discovered San Diego Bay on Sept. 28, 1542, landing...sailed on to Northwest Cape beyond San Francisco Bay, which he did not find. Returning to winter on San Miguel Island off the Santa Barbara coast...
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