Milton
John, 1608–74, English poet.
a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
a male given name: a family name taken from a placename meaning “mill town.”
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Regulators opened investigations, and Milton left the company.
Milton was among the experts who argued early in the pandemic that the coronavirus was spread through smaller aerosol particles, not just larger person-to-person droplets.
Coronavirus can travel farther and faster inside restaurants than previously thought, South Korean study suggests | Tim Carman | December 11, 2020 | Washington PostSince the report dropped, Nikola’s stock has fallen 30%, and Milton has resigned.
Little Big Shorts: How tiny ‘activist’ firms became sheriffs in the stock market’s Wild West | Bernhard Warner | December 3, 2020 | FortuneAt a 2016 event, Milton suggested Nikola’s first truck, a prototype called the Nikola One, was drivable, but people familiar with the matter said it was not fully functional.
Nikola postpones conference where its electric pickup was supposed to debut | radmarya | September 30, 2020 | FortuneOn Sunday night, Milton said he planned to defend himself against “false allegations” in a statement issued via Twitter.
As short-sellers and SEC investigators close in, Nikola founder Trevor Milton steps down. Shares bomb | Bernhard Warner | September 21, 2020 | Fortune
Second,” said Sen. Paul, “is the Milton Friedman efficiency argument.
Locke mentioned it in his Second Treatise on Government; Milton dreamed of it in Paradise Lost.
Poet and Rake, Lord Byron Was Also an Interventionist With Brains and Savvy | Michael Weiss | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Milton Ager and Jack Yellow song signified the end of a dark era in American history...and the start of something new.
Marc Jacobs is on Cloud Nine at New York Fashion Week | Erin Cunningham | February 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt one point, Powers invokes Milton Babbitt's 1958 essay "Who Cares If You Listen?"
Moseley sent Milton to William Marshall, a.k.a. engraver to the stars.
A Picture Says It All Or Does It? Judging an Author by Their Photo | Jennifer Miller | December 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was contemporary with Milton, and preferred before him by critics of the day, but has now sunk into oblivion.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellEve, too, lovely as she is, seems to bear no likelihood of resemblance to Milton's superb mother of mankind.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine ClementI waved away such matters, and we returned around the giant lilac tree to the side door, searching for Milton Noble.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonMacaulay, writing of the “muster-rolls of names” which Milton uses, goes into details.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterWhen Macaulay begins to discuss “the public conduct of Milton,” what method of introduction does he adopt?
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
British Dictionary definitions for Milton
/ (ˈmɪltən) /
John. 1608–74, English poet. His early works, notably L'Allegro and Il Penseroso (1632), the masque Comus (1634), and the elegy Lycidas (1637), show the influence of his Christian humanist education and his love of Italian Renaissance poetry. A staunch Parliamentarian and opponent of episcopacy, he published many pamphlets during the Civil War period, including Areopagitica (1644), which advocated freedom of the press. His greatest works were the epic poems Paradise Lost (1667; 1674), and Paradise Regained (1671) and the verse drama Samson Agonistes (1671)
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