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  2. History of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    The area that is now Massachusetts was colonized by English settlers in the early 17th century and became the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the 18th century. Before that, it was inhabited by a variety of Native American tribes. Massachusetts is named after the Massachusett tribe that inhabited the area of present-day Greater Boston.

  3. Massachusetts State Police - Wikipedia

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    The MSP was established by Massachusetts state governor John A. Andrew when he signed a law creating the State Constabulary on May 16, 1865. This legislative act to "establish a State Police Force", founded the first statewide enforcement agency in the nation. The first leader of the State Police was William Sterling King, an American officer ...

  4. Mass media - Wikipedia

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    Mass media includes the diverse arrays of media that reach a large audience via mass communication . Broadcast media transmits information electronically via media such as films, radio, recorded music, or television. Digital media comprises both Internet and mobile mass communication. Internet media comprises such services as email, social ...

  5. Mass (2021 film) - Wikipedia

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    Box office. $250,513 [3] [4] Mass is a 2021 American drama film written and directed by Fran Kranz in his directorial debut. It stars Reed Birney, Ann Dowd, Jason Isaacs, and Martha Plimpton as grieving parents who meet to discuss a tragedy involving their sons. The film had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 30 ...

  6. Mass General Brigham - Wikipedia

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    Mass General Brigham is a not-for-profit, [5] integrated health care system [6] that engages in medical research, [7] teaching, [8] and patient care. It is the largest hospital-based research enterprise in the United States, with annual funding of more than $2 billion. [9] The system's annual revenue was nearly $18 billion in 2022. [10]

  7. Mass spectrometry - Wikipedia

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    Mass spectrometry. Mass spectrometry ( MS) is an analytical technique that is used to measure the mass-to-charge ratio of ions. The results are presented as a mass spectrum, a plot of intensity as a function of the mass-to-charge ratio. Mass spectrometry is used in many different fields and is applied to pure samples as well as complex mixtures ...

  8. Atomic mass - Wikipedia

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    The atomic mass ( ma or m) is the mass of an atom. Although the SI unit of mass is the kilogram (symbol: kg), atomic mass is often expressed in the non-SI unit dalton (symbol: Da) – equivalently, unified atomic mass unit (u). 1 Da is defined as 12 of the mass of a free carbon-12 atom at rest in its ground state. [1]

  9. Mass in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    The Mass is the central liturgical service of the Eucharist in the Catholic Church, in which bread and wine are consecrated and become the body and blood of Christ. [1] [2] As defined by the Church at the Council of Trent, in the Mass "the same Christ who offered himself once in a bloody manner on the altar of the cross, is present and offered ...