v. Battle fought in 1847 near Monterrey, Mexico, in the Mexican War. A U.S. force of 5,000 commanded by Gen. Zachary Taylor and assisted by Jefferson Davis invaded northern Mexico and engaged a Mexican force of 14,000 under Gen. Antonio Santa Anna. The U.S. forces repulsed the Mexican attack, and the Mexicans retreated with 1,500 casualties. Taylor's victory helped him win the 1848 U.S. presidential election
{i} place in north Mexico where the American forces led by Zachary Taylor defeated the Mexican forces in battle during the Mexican War in 1847; village in Saskatchewan (Canada); name of several places in the United States
City (pop., 2000: 173,556), southwestern California, U.S. It lies on the eastern shore of San Diego Bay south of San Diego. Laid out in 1888 by the Santa Fe Railway and named for its "pretty view," it developed as a citrus centre, later turned to truck gardening, and is now primarily residential
A vista is a vision of a situation or of a range of possibilities. These uprisings come from desperation and a vista of a future without hope. = vision
{i} prospect; (from Italian) view, sight, panorama; comprehensive mental view of a visualized future situation or event which will happen in the future
The Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VISTA), within the Department of Veterans Affairs, is the component of the Veterans Health Administration that develops software and installs, maintains, and updates compatible computer systems in VA medical facilities (Previously known as the Decentralized Hospital Computer Program [DHCP] )
A view; especially, a view through or between intervening objects, as trees; a view or prospect through an avenue, or the like; hence, the trees or other objects that form the avenue
Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture VISTA is the primary repository of clinical, administrative/financial, and infrastructure data in VA It consists of computer systems at each VA medical center and the national network that links them Within each VISTA implementation is a large number of separate 'modules' or 'packages' designed to store data on a particular subject and to produce management reports
A vista is a view from a particular place, especially a beautiful view from a high place. From my bedroom window I looked out on a crowded vista of hills and rooftops. = panorama