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Amish
Member of a conservative Christian group in N. America known as the Old Order Amish Mennonite Church. The Amish originated in 1693-97 as followers of the Mennonite elder Jakob Ammann (1644?-c.1730) in Switzerland, Alsace, and Germany. He taught that lying was grounds for excommunication (which meant being shunned by all other Mennonites), that clothing should be uniform and beards untrimmed, and that the state church should be avoided. Migration to N. America and assimilation eliminated the Amish in Europe. They settled in Pennsylvania in the 18th cent. After 1850 they split into "Old Order" (traditional) and "New Order" (now the Mennonite churches). Old Order Amish now live in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas. Adults are baptized and admitted to formal church membership at age 17 to 20. Services are in Pennsylvania Dutch (a German dialect) and some English. Though similar in theology to Mennonites, Amish wear modest, old-fashioned clothing and reject modern technology, incl. automobiles and telephones.
Laristan
Region, S Iran. Located on the Persian Gulf, it is a former province; its chief town is Lar. The region was ruled by the Muzaffarid dynasty of Kerman until it was conquered by Timur. After his death in 1405, it was ruled by local chiefs under the Safavid dynasty. The last chief was put to death by Abbas I the Great, who ruled 1587-1629.
Maris
U.S. baseball player. Born in Hibbing, Minn., he excelled in high-school sports in Fargo, N.D., playing Amer. Legion baseball in the summer. An outfielder and left-handed hitter, he played for the Cleveland Indians (1957-59), the New York Yankees (1960-66), and the St. Louis Cardinals (1967-68). In 1961 his one-season total of 61 home runs broke B. Ruth's long-standing record of 60, edging out his Yankee teammate M. Mantle. Maris's record stood until 1998, when it was broken by M. McGwire's 70 and S. Sosa's 66.
marsh
Freshwater or marine wetland ecosystem characterized by poorly drained mineral soils and by plant life dominated by grasses. Fewer plant species grow in marshes than on well-watered but not waterlogged land; grasses, sedges, and reeds or rushes are most common. Commercially, rice is by far the most important freshwater marsh plant: it supplies a major portion of the world's grain. Salt marshes are formed on intertidal land by seawater flooding and draining, and salt-marsh grasses will not grow on permanently flooded flats. See also swamp.
Paris
City (pop., 1990: 2,180,000; metro. area pop., 1990: 9,060,000), river port, and capital of France., on both banks of the Seine River. Lutetia, the original settlement, on an island in the Seine, was in existence by the late 3rd cent. BC. It was captured and fortified by the Romans in 52 BC. During the 1st cent. AD the city spread to the left bank of the Seine. By the early 4th cent. it was known as Paris. It withstood ...
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