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Encyclopedia > Morrison

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Morrison may refer to:


Companies

  • Morrisons, a chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom
  • Morrison's Cafeteria, a chain of cafeteria-style restaurants located in the southeastern United States
  • Morrison & Foerster, an American law firm
  • Morrison & Sinclair, a ship building company based in Sydney, Australia
  • Gran Morrison, a chain of stores that sell household goods and specialty crafts in Panamá
  • Morrison Freight Unlimited, a leading Freight Forwarder, specialising in European Road Haulage
  • Morrison Homes, a home builder part of the George Wimpy plc family of companies

For other uses, see Morrison. ... Morrisons Cafeteria was a chain of cafeteria-style restaurants located mostly in Georgia and Florida. ... Morrison & Foerster LLP is a full service and large law firm. ... Morrison & Sinclair was a Sydney, New South Wales based company and one of the great ship and boat-building names of Port Jackson. ... Panama (Spanish: Panamá) is the southernmost country of Central America. ...

Place names

Settlements in the United States

Morrison is a town in Jefferson County, Colorado, in the United States. ... Morrison is a city located in Whiteside County, Illinois. ... Morrison is a city located in Grundy County, Iowa. ... Morrison is a city located in Gasconade County, Missouri. ... Morrison is a town in Noble County, Oklahoma, United States. ... Morrison is a town located in Warren County, Tennessee. ... Morrison is a town located in Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. ... Morrison Bluff is a town located in Logan County, Arkansas. ... Morrison County is a county located in the state of Minnesota. ... Morrison Ranch is a residential district of Agoura Hills, California. ... Morrison Township is a township located in Aitkin County, Minnesota. ...

Other

Morrison Cove (also referred to as Morrisons Cove or Morrisons Cove), in Blair and Bedford counties of central Pennsylvania, United States is a long narrow agricultural valley extending from Evitts Mountain near New Enterprise, north to the Frankstown Branch Juniata River at Williamsburg. ... The Morrison Formation is a distinctive body of rock in the western United States and Canada that has been the most fertile source of fossils in North America. ... Morrison Hill (摩利臣山) is a hill in Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. ... Morrison Road is a major road which runs through the suburbs of Woodbridge, Midland, Midvale and Swan View, in the east of Perth, Western Australia. ... Wangfujing, looking south (August 2004 image) The southern end of Wangfujing, viewed from the intersection of Wangfujing and East Changan Avenue. ... According to USGS GNIS, Mount Morrison may refer to one of four possible peaks in the United States: Mount Morrison is also an obsolete name for Jade Mountain, in Taiwan. ... Alexander Morrison is a national park in Western Australia (Australia), 207 km north of Perth. ... Morissen is a municipality in the district of Surselva in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. ...

People names

Morrison (alternate spellings: Morison, Morrieson or Moryson) is a surname, and may refer to: Alexander Morrison (botanist), whose author abbreviation is Morrison Brendan Morrison (1975) NHL hockey player Fynes Moryson (1566-1630), English traveller and writer Grant Morrison, comic writer and artist Hugh Morrison (UK politician) (1868–1931), British Conservative... Baron Morrison was a title created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on 16 November 1945 for Robert Morrison, the former Member of Parliament for Tottenham North. ... // Identity Highland clan, chiefly originating from the Western Isles. ...

Music

For the former building in Chicago, see Morrison Hotel (Chicago). ... Morrison Records is an independent Australian jazz record label that is co-owned and run by James Morrison, his brother John Morrison and friend David Green. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

Ships

  • Morrison, a 19th century American merchant ship (see: Morrison Incident)
  • USS Morrison (DD-560), a Fletcher-class destroyer sunk in the Pacific in 1945
  • USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13), a frigate decommissioned in 2002

The Morrison Incident (モリソン号事件) of 1837 occurred when the American merchant ship Morrison was driven away from sakoku (isolationist) Japan by canon fire. ... USS Morrison (DD-560), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy, named for Coxswain John G. Morrison (1838–1897), who received the Medal of Honor for exceptional bravery during the Civil War. ... USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13), the seventh Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, was named for Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison (1887–1976), one of Americas most distinguished naval historians, who wrote more than 40 books on naval history. ...

Buildings and institutions

, Morrisons Academy is an independent co-educational school in Crieff, Scotland, which provides nursery, primary and secondary school facilities. ... Morrison Christian Academy (at Taichung Main Campus) Morrison Academy was established in 1952 and offers a rigorous, college preparatory, American-based Christian affiliated education to expatriate children living in Taiwan. ... Morrison Glace Bay High School was one of the two high schools serving the town of Glace Bay located in Nova Scotia, Canada, during the later half of the twentieth century. ... Morrison Institute for Public Policy is an Arizona State University resource for objective policy analysis and expertise. ... Morrison Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Central Methodist University located in Fayette, Missouri (USA). ... Michael G. Morrison, S.J., Stadium is a 6,000-capacity soccer-specific stadium located in Omaha, Nebraska. ...

Supreme Court cases

Holding The Independent Counsel Act is constitutional, as it does not increase the power of the judiciary or legislative branches at the expense of the executive. ... Holding The Violence Against Women Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. § 13981, is unconstitutional as exceeding congressional power under the Commerce Clause and under section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. ...

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The best free thing to do in any city is find a park and watch local life, but between bench-warmings in Paris, visit Pere Lachaise cemetery, one of the top 5 free things to do in Paris for student travelers.
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Morrisons is planning to close the former Safeway distribution centre at Felling in Gateshead with the loss of 130 jobs, and a further 600 jobs are at risk at its depot in Stockton.
Morrisons is to recruit 350 staff for a new supermarket due to open at Easterhouse in Glasgow in the summer.
Morrisons is expected to shed a further 200 to 300 jobs at the Safeway head office in Hayes, in preparation for the relocation of its corporate functions to a new office in Bradford in the next 18 months.
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