An hors d'oeuvre,appetiser or starter is a small dish served before a meal in European cuisine. Some hors d'oeuvres are served cold,others hot. Hors d'oeuvres may be served at the dinner table as a part of the meal,or they may be served before seating,such as at a reception or cocktail party. Formerly,hors d'oeuvres were also served between courses.
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies is a scientific research institute in the La Jolla community of San Diego,California. The independent,non-profit institute was founded in 1960 by Jonas Salk,the developer of the polio vaccine;among the founding consultants were Jacob Bronowski and Francis Crick. Construction of the research facilities began in spring of 1962. The Salk Institute consistently ranks among the top institutions in the US in terms of research output and quality in the life sciences.
The 1904 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held in St. Louis,Missouri,United States,from 1 July to 23 November 1904. Many events were conducted at what is now known as Francis Field on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis. This was the first time that the Olympic Games were held outside Europe.
William Francis QuinnOESSH was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 12th and last governor of the Territory of Hawaii from 1957 to 1959 and the first governor of the State of Hawaii from 1959 to 1962. Originally appointed to the office by President Dwight D. Eisenhower,Quinn was the last executive appointed by an American president,after American rule of the Hawaiian Islands began after the overthrow of the monarchy in 1893. He was also the last Republican to serve as governor until Linda Lingle in 2002. Quinn appeared as a guest on the television program What's My Line. He was the recipient of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre,a papal knighthood conferred by Pope John Paul II. He was the state's first Republican governor.
David Rowland Francis was an American politician and diplomat. He served in various positions including Mayor of St. Louis,the 27th Governor of Missouri,and United States Secretary of the Interior. He was the U.S. Ambassador to Russia between 1916 and 1917,during the Russian Revolution of 1917. He was a Wilsonian Democrat.
The United States District Court for the Central District of California is a federal trial court that serves over 19 million people in Southern and Central California,making it the most populous federal judicial district. The district was created on September 18,1966. Cases from the Central District are appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Along with the Central District of Illinois,the court is the only district court referred to by the name "Central" –all other courts with similar geographical names instead use the term "Middle."
Justin Francis Rigali is an American cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was the eighth Archbishop of Philadelphia,having previously served as Archbishop of St. Louis from 1994 to 2003,and was elevated to the cardinalate in 2003. Following a sex abuse probe into the Catholic Church,Cardinal Rigali resigned in 2011.
The St. Louis Stars were a soccer team based in St. Louis,Missouri that played in the original North American Soccer League from 1968 to 1977. The Stars were known for playing mostly American players,many from the St. Louis area,in contrast to other NASL teams' reliance on foreign players. The team moved to Anaheim in 1978 and became the California Surf.
Covenant Theological Seminary,informally called Covenant Seminary,is the denominational seminary of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). Located in Creve Coeur,Missouri,it trains people to work as leaders in church positions and elsewhere,especially as pastors,missionaries,and counselors. It does not require all students to be members of the PCA,but it is bound to promote the teachings of its denomination. Faculty must subscribe to the system of biblical doctrine outlined in the Westminster Standards.
Francis Olympic Field is a stadium at Washington University in St. Louis that was used as the main venue for the 1904 Summer Olympics. It is currently used by the university's track and field,cross country,football,and soccer teams. It is located in St. Louis County,Missouri on the far western edge of the university's Danforth Campus. Built in time for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition,the stadium once had a 19,000-person seating capacity,but stadium renovations in 1984 reduced the capacity to 3,300 people. It is one of the oldest sports venues west of the Mississippi River that is still in use. Francis Olympic Field now uses artificial turf that can be configured for both soccer and football.
Francis Gerard Slay is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 45th Mayor of St. Louis,Missouri from 2001 to 2017. The first mayor of the city of St. Louis to be elected to the office four consecutive times,Slay is the longest-serving mayor in St. Louis history. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
The Third Order of Saint Francis is a third order in the Franciscan tradition of Christianity,founded by the medieval Italian Catholic friar Francis of Assisi.
Jeremiah James Harty was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the 26th archbishop of the Archdiocese of Manila in the Philippines from 1903 to 1916. He later served as bishop of the Diocese of Omaha in Nebraska from 1916 until his death in 1927.
Alexander Keith Marshall was an American physician who became aligned with the Know Nothing Party and served as single term as United States Representative from Kentucky.
Louis Vitale,OFM,was an American Franciscan friar,peace activist,and a co-founder of Nevada Desert Experience. His religious beliefs led him to participate in civil disobedience actions at peace demonstrations and acts of religious witness over 40 years. In the name of peace,Vitale has been arrested more than 400 times. Vitale stated that Francis of Assisi,Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. provided him with inspiration.
Mark Demling is a retired American soccer defender who currently coaches high school soccer. Demling spent seven seasons in the North American Soccer League and one in Major Indoor Soccer League.
St. Francis de Sales Church is a Roman Catholic Oratory located in south St. Louis,Missouri,United States. It is the second largest church in the Archdiocese of St. Louis after the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis. The church is popularly known as the "Cathedral of South St. Louis".
Christian Herman Winkelmann was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Wichita from 1940 to 1946. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Louis in Missouri from 1933 to 1940.
St. Francis Xavier College Church is a Catholic church in the Midtown neighborhood of St. Louis,Missouri,United States. The church was built by the Society of Jesus in 1836:the current building dates from 1884. It serves as a parish church in the Archdiocese of St. Louis and for the Saint Louis University community. It is a contributing property in the Midtown Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places and it is listed as a City Landmark in St. Louis.
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