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Mercator (crater) Mercator is a lunar crater that is located on the southwest edge of Mare Nubium, in the southwest part of the Moon. It is located to the southeast of Campanus crater, and the two are separated by a narrow, winding valley.
Mercator projection The Mercator projection is a cylindrical map projection presented by the Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator, in 1569. It became the standard map projection for nautical purposes, for it is a conformal projection (scale is the same in every direction, around any position) and rhumb lines, which are the lines making constant angles with the meridians, are represented by straight segments.
Mercatus Center The Mercatus Center at George Mason University is a research, education, and outreach organization that works with policy experts, lobbyists, and government officials to connect academic learning and real world practice.
Mercaz haRav Mercaz haRav or Yeshivat Mercaz haRav (ישיבת מרכז הרב) is a religious Zionist yeshiva situated in Jerusalem. The yeshiva was founded in 1924 by Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, and is commonly regarded as the flagship of the national-religious movement.
Mercedes (car) Mercedes was a brand of the Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (DMG) which began to develop in 1900, after the death of its co-founder, Gottlieb Daimler. Although the name was not lodged as a trade name until June 23, 1902 and had to wait until September 26 to be registered legally, the brand name eventually would be applied to an automobile model built by Wilhelm Maybach to specifications by Emil Jellinek that was delivered to him on December 22, 1900.
Mercedes (rapper) One of the few female artists in Master P's No Limit stable, R&B/hip-hop singer Mercedes was born Raequel Miller in Louisiana in 1978 and grew up in Detroit, attending the city's High School for the Fine and Performing Arts and participating in the spiritually oriented Brazeal Dennard Youth Chorale. While studying music at Xavier University in New Orleans, she came to the attention of Master P at a talent show, and was signed immediately and christened Mercedes.
Mercedes 35 hp The Mercedes 35 hp was an early car model designed in 1901 by Wilhelm Maybach for Emil Jellinek and produced in Stuttgart, Germany by the Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (DMG), a predecessor of Daimler-Benz and their Mercedes-Benz automobiles, and which later merged again to become DaimlerChrysler.
Mercedes Alison Bates Mercedes Alison Bates (1916 – August 16, 1997) Mercedes Bates, OSU alum known as "Betty Crocker," dies is a graduate of Oregon State University most famous for her involvement in General Mills, specifically the Betty Crocker division.
Mercedes Coghen Mercedes Coghen Alberdingk-Thijm (born August 2, 1962 in Madrid) is a former field hockey player from Spain, who was a member of the Women's National Team that surprisingly won the golden medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics on home soil (Barcelona). She has a Dutch mother, and was a member of the Madrid-committee biding for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Mercedes de Acosta Mercedes de Acosta (March 1, 1893 - May 9, 1968) was a Spanish-American poet, playwright, costume designer, and socialite best known for her lesbian affairs with Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Alla Nazimova, Eva Le Gallienne, Isadora Duncan, Katharine Cornell, Maude Adams, Ona Munson ("Belle Watling" in the movie Gone with the Wind), Adele Astaire, and others.
Mercedes divide The phrase "Mercedes divide" was spoken by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Michael Powell at the initiation of his chairmanship. The statement took place during a press conference in which he stated "I think there is a Mercedes divide.
Mercedes Lackey Mercedes Lackey (born June 24, 1950) (also known as Misty Lackey) is a prolific American author of fantasy novels. Many of her novels and trilogies are interlinked and set in the world of Velgarth, mostly in and around the country of Valdemar.
Mercedes McNab Mercedes Alicia McNab (born March 14, 1980) is a Canadian-born actress perhaps best known for playing the role of Harmony Kendall on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff Angel. More minor TV roles include a "Boston Public" where she posed nude for an adult magazine.
Mercedes Paz Mercedes María Paz (born June 27, 1966 in Tucumán) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina, who won three singles titles during her career on the WTA Tour. The righthander reached her highest career ranking on April 29, 1991, when she became the number 28 of the world.
Mercedes Renard Mercedes Renard is a young actress from Miami, Florida, who made her big screen debut with roles in two feature films in 2005. The first, an independent, sci-fi thriller titled Headspace, will feature Renard in the role of reporter Connie Sanchez.
Mercedes Simplex The Mercedes Simplex was an automobile model produced, between the years 1902 and 1909, by the Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (DMG, Daimler Motor Society, a predecessor of Daimler-Benz and Daimler-Chrysler). It contined the use of Mercedes (car) as the new brand of DMG, rather than Daimler.
Mercedes Tenorio Mercedes Tenorio (born November 11, 1956, Rivas), a Nicaraguan nurse, is Edén Pastora's running mate in the Nicaraguan general election, 2006 for the Alternative for Change party. Tenorio was an active member of the Sandinista Health Workers' Federation (FETSALUD).
Mercedes-Benz 240D The Mercedes-Benz 240D was introduced in 1973 in Europe (1974 in North America) as a new diesel-powered variant of the W115 chassis, outranking the 220D as Mercedes' most powerful diesel car. Introduced in 1973 at a price of 19,913.
Mercedes-Benz A-Class The Mercedes-Benz A-Class (popularly known as the Baby Benz) is a supermini produced by the German automaker Mercedes-Benz. The first generation (W168) was introduced in 1997 and a redesign (W169) appeared in 2004.
Mercedes-Benz buses Mercedes-Benz Buses has been making buses since 1895 in Mannheim in Germany. Since 1995, the brand of Mercedes-Benz buses and coaches is under the umbrella of EvoBus GmbH, belonging 100 % to the DaimlerChrysler Group.
Mercedes-Benz C111 The C111 was a series of experimental automobiles produced by Mercedes-Benz in the 1960s and 1970s. The company was experimenting with new engine technologies, including Wankel engines, Diesel engines, and turbochargers, and used the basic C111 platform as a testbed.
Mercedes-Benz C291 The Mercedes-Benz C291 was a Group C prototype race car introduced in the 1991 World Sportscar Championship season as a replacement for the previous Mercedes-Benz C11. With a chassis built again by Sauber, the C291 differed from the C11 in that it used a new purpose-built M291 3.
Mercedes-Benz C292 The Mercedes-Benz C292 was a stillborn Group C prototype race car intended for the 1992 World Sportscar Championship season as an evolution of the Mercedes-Benz C291, but never raced due to Mercedes-Benz withdrawing from sportscar racing after a dismal 1991 season.
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR The Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR was intended to enter in the 1997 FIA GT Championship sportscar racing world championship series, known as BPR Series up to 1996. To be allowed to do so, 25 cars had to be built for the GT1 class.
Mercedes-Benz Cup The Mercedes-Benz Cup is a July tennis tournament that has hosted the top men and—until 1975—women competitors in the world since 1927. The Mercedes-Benz Cup presented by Countrywide is now an ATP International Series tournament in its 80th year.
Mercedes-Benz E-Class The Mercedes-Benz E-Class is a mid-size luxury car / executive car sold by the Mercedes-Benz branch of DaimlerChrysler. The model line is available with various four, six and eight-cylinder petroleum gasoline and diesel engines.
Mercedes-Benz E-Ponton The 50+ year old Mercedes Ponton is still popular with collectors and with people who just want to drive a solid, reliable vehicle. Although by today's standards it was underpowered (52 HP in the 4-cylinder gasoline model) and without crumple zones or airbags, it handled remarkably well by virtue of its split rear axle, providing it with four-wheel independent suspension, and 13" wheels, giving it a low center of gravity.
Mercedes-Benz F-Cell The F-Cell is a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle developed by DaimlerChrysler. Two different versions are known - the current one based on the Mercedes-Benz A-Class, and a concept vehicle for a future version based on the Mercedes-Benz B-Class.
Mercedes-Benz G-Class Commonly referred to as the G-Wagen, short for Geländewagen (or Cross-Country Vehicle), Mercedes secured military contracts for the vehicle in the late 1970s and offered a civilian version to the public in 1979. Designed to be the most durable, reliable, and rugged machine with four wheels, the G-wagen is a highly sophisticated off-road vehicle utilizing three fully locking differentials (one of the only vehicles sold in the U.
Mercedes-Benz GL-Class The Mercedes-Benz GL-Class (code name X164) is a DaimlerChrysler full-size luxury crossover SUV built by the German automaker Mercedes-Benz since the 2007 model year. The GL-Class debuted at the 2006 North American International Auto Show.
Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class Mercedes-Benz has planned to assemble a compact crossover SUV to compete with the Acura RDX, BMW X3, Lexus RX the Land Rover Freelander and the future Audi Q5 and Volvo XC60. The name of this series is not yet known, but DaimlerChrysler has already made preparations to use "X-Class" and "MLK-Class".
Mercedes-Benz M-Class The Mercedes-Benz M-Class is a 4-door SUV with light off-road capability, first offered in 1998, and built in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA, at the same time as its competitor, the Lexus RX. It marked a shift at Mercedes-Benz in becoming a global player; while it had plants outside Germany before, they merely built facsimiles of German models.
Mercedes-Benz M110 engine The M110 engine family is a DOHC(double overhead cam) design with 4 valves per cylinder straight-6 automobile engine made by Mercedes-Benz in the 1970s and 1980s. The M110 was replaced by the SOHC M103 starting in 1986.
Mercedes-Benz M156 engine The M156 is the first V8 automobile engine designed autonomously by Mercedes-Benz subsidiary Mercedes-AMG as previous AMG engines have always been based on original Mercedes engines. The engine was designed to be a naturally-aspirated racing unit, and will also be used in a number of high-performance "AMG"-badged Mercedes-Benz models.
Mercedes-Benz M950F The extremely rare (12 total built) Mercedes-Benz M950F was a Wankel engine mounted in experimental Mercedes-Benz C111 vehicles, built in 1969-70. There were two versions: 3-rotor engine (600 cc each) with power output of 280 hp at 7000/min, and 4-rotor engine (600 cc each) with power output of 350 hp at 7000/min.
Mercedes-Benz Mixed Tapes Mercedes-Benz Mixed Tapes are a series of mixtapes selected and hosted by Mercedes-Benz for free download on its official website. Each album contains fifteen or sixteen tracks; the music is classified "driving music", in styles ranging from hip-hop, rap, soul and R&B to techno and other kinds of electronic music.
Mercedes-Benz O305 Mercedes-Benz O305 is a rear-engined bus model built in West Germany between 1967 and 1987. The O305 was the Mercedes-Benz adaptation of the first so called "Standard-Linienbus" design, that was produced by many different German bus manufacturers.
Mercedes-Benz O371 The Mercedes-Benz O371 was built in Brazil by Mercedes-Benz from the mid-1980s to the late-1990s. It was the replacement for the Mercedes-Benz O303 chassis in South America and was widely used in South America.
Mercedes-Benz O405 The Mercedes-Benz O405 was a highly successful single-decker bus chassis built by Mercedes-Benz from the mid-1980s to the late-1990s. It was the replacement for the Mercedes-Benz O305 chassis and was widely used in Europe, Australia and Singapore.
Mercedes-Benz O405NH The Mercedes-Benz O405NH is a low-entry bus chassis produced by EvoBus for the Australia market. Much of its popularity with government and private operators alike can be attributed to the popularity of the Mercedes-Benz O405 MkII chassis that it replaced.
Mercedes-Benz O530 Citaro The Mercedes-Benz Citaro (or: O530) is the current Mercedes-Benz/EvoBus mainstream bus intended for public transport. It features a low floor, making it more accessible for people with disabilities and people with young children or carrying heavy items.
Mercedes-Benz OC500LE The Mercedes-Benz OC 500 LE is a modular, heavy-duty, twin-axle bus chassis produced by Mercedes-Benz/EvoBus in Sámano, Spain. It was designed as a base for low-entry city, suburban, and intercity buses weighing a maximum of 18,000 kg.
Mercedes-Benz Ponton The Ponton series was Mercedes-Benz's first totally-new automobile series after World War II. The cars replaced the pre-war-designed Type 170 series in July of 1953 and were the bulk of the automaker's production through 1959, though some models lasted in production through 1962.
Mercedes-Benz R-Class The R-Class is an MPV/SUV crossover automobile offered by DaimlerChrysler in 2006 model year under the Mercedes-Benz brand. A concept was first seen at the 2001 Detroit Auto Show as the Vision GST (Grand Sports Tourer) concept, and the final production vehicle was shown at the 2005 New York International Auto Show.
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class The Mercedes-Benz SL-Class is a series of luxury automobiles. SL, meaning "Sport Light", or in German, Sport Leicht, first appeared on the 1954 300SL 'Gullwing' so named because of its upward-opening passenger doors.
Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class The Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class is a luxury roadster built by the German manufacturer Mercedes-Benz since 1997. The name was chosen to reflect the company's intentions for the car - that it be Sportlich (sporty), Leicht (light), and Kompakt (compact).
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter is a tall delivery van, pickup truck and minibus built by DaimlerChrysler and sold under its Mercedes-Benz, Dodge, and Freightliner brands. It was launched in Europe in 1995 to replace the famous but outdated Mercedes-Benz T1 van dating from 1977 and in 2001 in the U.
Mercedes-Benz Type 300 The Mercedes-Benz Type 300 (chassis codes W186, W188, and W189) were the company's largest and most-prestigious models throughout the 1950s. Analogous to today's S-Class, the Type 300 cars were elegant, powerful, exclusive, and expensive.
Mercedes-Benz V-Class The Mercedes-Benz V-Class is a series of vans that currently contains two models: the Vaneo and the Viano. The Vaneo is loosely based on the A-Class while the Viano is based on the Vito Panel Van, with which it shares a body.
Mercedes-Benz Vaneo The Mercedes-Benz Vaneo was a leisure activity vehicle based on the platform of the previous generation A-class, sold in the from 1997 to 2004. It boxy and upright appearance led some people to say that it got part of its name from the word van.
Mercedes-Benz Vario The Mercedes-Benz Vario is a heavy van manufactured by Mercedes-Benz, originally launched as the T2 (Transporter 2) in 1986, the Vario gained its current name when facelifted in 1996. The T2 van, itself succeeded the Mercedes-Benz L van series.
Mercedes-Benz W110 The W110 "Fintail" (German: Heckflosse) was Mercedes-Benz's line of midsize four-cylinder automobiles in the mid-1960s. The line was introduced with the 190c and 190Dc sedan in 1962, replacing the W120 180c/180Dc and W121 190b/190Db.
Mercedes-Benz W111 The "Fintail" (German: Heckflosse) was a series of luxury cars produced by Mercedes-Benz from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. Though never officially designated as such, the cars gained the nickname because of the distinctive rear-end which incorporates small tailfins, thought to be an understated attempt to appeal to the United States market at the time (with their outrageously finned cars, such as the Cadillacs and Buicks of the times).
Mercedes-Benz W112 The W112 "Fintail" (German: Heckflosse) was Mercedes-Benz's line of six-cylinder luxury cars in the mid-1960s. Three models were produced, the 300SE sedan, coupé and convertible of 1961 and the 300SEL sedan one year later.
Mercedes-Benz W114 The Mercedes-Benz W114 (and similar W115) "Stroke-8" midsize cars were produced from 1968 through to 1976. The W114 chassis used straight-6 engines and were sold under the "230", "250", and "280" model names.
Mercedes-Benz W116 The Mercedes-Benz W116 automobiles were produced from 1972 through 1980 and were the first Mercedes models to be officially called S-Class, although earlier sedan models had already unofficially been designated with an
Mercedes-Benz W125 Rekordwagen The Mercedes-Benz W125 Rekordwagen was an experimental, high-speed automobile produced in the late 1930s. The streamlined car was derived from the open-wheel race car Mercedes-Benz W125 Formel-Rennwagen, of which also a streamlined version was raced in 1937 at the AVUS in Berlin.
Mercedes-Benz W126 The Mercedes-Benz W126, manufactured by the German automotive marque Mercedes-Benz premiered at the Frankfurt International Motor Show in September 1979. Initially both short (SE, SD) and long (SEL, SDL) wheelbase sedans were offered, but September 1981 saw the introduction of the coupé (SEC) body style.
Mercedes-Benz W128 The Mercedes-Benz 220SE (chassis W128) was an automobile that was available in sedan, coupé, or cabriolet body styles. This particular model is the last of the "Ponton" series which had design roots and styling cues beginning in 1953 with the Mercedes-Benz 180 sedan (chassis W120).
Mercedes-Benz W210 The Mercedes-Benz W210 is a mid-size luxury car / executive car produced by the German automaker Mercedes-Benz from 1996 through 2002. They were sold under the E-Class model names in both sedan and station wagon body types.
Mercedes-Benz W220 The Mercedes-Benz W220 sedans (and similar C215 coupés) started production in 1998 and went out of production in 2005 when it was replaced by the W221 S-Class. They were sold under the S-Class and CL-Class model names, respectively.
Mercedes-Benz W463 The Mercedes-Benz W463 was a large SUV sold as the G-Class or Geländewagen. It was introduced in 1990, replacing the W460/W461 G-Class which was gone out of the model program in 1993, and was announced to be replaced for 2006 by a unibody truck based on the W164 M-Class, however, due to popular uprising, particular in southern California, where the vehicle is popular, the G-Class will be produced through at least the 2007 model year The Mercedes-Benz G class or " G wagon" is particularly famous amongst rappers such as 50 Cent.
Mercedes, Corrientes Mercedes is a city in the center of the . It is a first-class municipality with a population of about 35,000 inhabitants (), and the head town of the department of the same name, which also includes the towns of Felipe Yofre and Mariano I.
Mercedes, Princess of Asturias Infanta Maria de las Mercedes of Spain (1880–1904), Princess of the Asturias, for all 24 years of her life the Heiress Presumptive of the Spanish royal crown, and for a period in 1885–1886, the extant Head of the State of Spain, was born as Doña María de las Mercedes de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena, eldest daughter of King Alfonso XII of Spain (Don Alfonso de Borbón de Cádiz y Borbón de España) and his second wife Queen Maria Christina of Austria (Doña María Cristina de Habsburgo-Lorena y de Habsburgo-Lorena).
Mercedez SCL600 There Is a Chain Letter Going Around the Internet, and is popping up in places about a new Mercedez Benz SCL600 car, where the standard driving wheel is replaced with a joystick. I've not confirmed this with Mercedez, but my suspicion is it is urban legend.
Mercedonius Mercedonius, also known as Intercalaris, was the intercalary month (added in leap years) of the Roman calendar. It had 27 days, beginning after the 23rd or 24th day of Februarius, so that the year was lengthened by a total of 22 days.
Mercenaries in India In 18th and early 19th centuries, the imperial Mughal power was crumbling and other powers, mainly Maratha chiefs, were emerging. At this time, a number of mercenaries, arriving from several countries found employment in India.
Mercenary The generic definition of a mercenary is a soldier who fights or engages in warfare primarily for private gain, usually with little regard for ideological, national, or political considerations. However, when the term "mercenary" is used to refer to a soldier of a national, regular army, it usually is an insult, epithet or pejorative.
Mercenary (band) Mercenary is a six-piece metal band from Denmark that combines both power metal and melodic death metal genres, and in their earlier work thrash metal; however, they are simply "tagged" as a melodic death metal band by many. The band was formed in 1991.
Mercenary (computer game) Mercenary is the first in a series of computer games, published on a number of 8-bit and 16-bit platforms from the mid 1980s to the early 1990s, by Novagen Software. The second and third games were known as Damocles and Mercenary III: The Dion Crisis respectively.
Mercenary War The Mercenary War (c.240 BC) — also called the Libyan War and the Truceless War by Polybius — was an uprising of mercenary armies formerly in the employ of Carthage, backed by Libyan settlements revolting against Carthaginian control.
Mercer (car) There was considerable talent & backing for the Mercer Automobile Company; Ferdinand Roebling, son of John A Roebling, was the president, and his nephew Washington Roebling was the general manager. The Roeblings had extensive success with wire rope manufacturing and suspension bridge design; engineering was not a recent concept for them.
Mercer and Somerset Railway The Mercer and Somerset Railway was a short-lived line of the Pennsylvania Railroad in western New Jersey, built to delay completion of the Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad, part of the National Railway line (later owned by the Philadelphia and Reading Railway) from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to New York City.
Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens (over 250 acres) are county botanical gardens with an arboretum and natural areas located at 2306 Aldine Westfield Road, Humble, Texas. They are open daily with free admission.
Mercer Arena The Mercer Arena is a performing arts venue at Seattle Center, though the Arena predates the rest of the Seattle Center by about 35 years. Initially conceived as just an ice-arena, its features bloomed into a large multi-purpose venue.
Mercer County Vocational School District The Mercer County Vocational School District is a countywide vocational public school district, serving the entire high school-aged population of Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The district's programs are offered on a shared-time basis, whereby a student is enrolled in his/her home school for academic and other educational activities and then attends a technical school on a half-day basis.
Mercer Girls The Mercer Girls or Mercer Maids were an 1860s project of Asa Shinn Mercer, an American who lived in Seattle, who decided to "import" women to the Pacific Northwest. This story formed the basis of the television series Here Come the Brides.
Mercer Island Rodeo The Mercer Island Rodeo is an award winning comedy sketch group based in Dublin, Ireland, founded in 2005. It comprises of five founding members- David Mc Entegart, Daniel Herd, Patrick McKeating, Brianne Fitzpatrick and Bob .
Mercer Museum The Mercer Museum is a National Historic Landmark located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, archeologist Henry Chapman Mercer began collecting the pre-industrial hand tools and implements of the past.
Mercer Union Established and incorporated in 1979, Mercer Union began as an artist-run centre in Toronto through the collective efforts of artists who believed in alternative art production and presentation. Throughout its history, the venue has maintained ambitious programming, exhibiting national and international artists and presenting cultural professionals both in formative and established stages of their careers.
Mercer University School of Engineering The Mercer University School of Engineering (MUSE) is part of Mercer University and offers challenging engineering and engineering-related programs. The School of Engineering is located at the Mercer University main campus in Macon, GA.
Mercer's Mill Covered Bridge Mercer's Mill Covered Bridge or Mercer's Ford Covered Bridge is a covered bridge that spans the East branch of the Octoraro Creek on the border between Lancaster County and Chester County in Pennsylvania, United States. A Lancaster County-owned and maintained bridge, its official designation is the East Octoraro #2 Bridge.
Mercer's theorem In mathematics and functional analysis Mercer's theorem is a representation of a symmetric positive-definite function on a square as a sum of a convergent sequence of product functions. This theorem (presented in ) is one of the most notable results of the work of James Mercer.
Mercerized cotton Mercerization is a treatment for cotton fabric and thread mostly employed to give cotton a lustrous appearance. The series of processes was devised by John Mercer of Great Harwood, Lancashire, in the middle of the 19th century, but didn't become popular until improvements were made to the process in 1890.
Mercersburg Theology A German-American theological movement begun in the mid-1800s that is often seen as a reaction to the Revivalism of the same era. It draws its name from Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, home of Marshall College from 1836 until its merger with Franklin College(Lancaster, Pennsylvania) in 1853.
Mercerville-Hamilton Square, New Jersey Mercerville-Hamilton Square is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Hamilton Township, in Mercer County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 26,419.
Mercey Hot Springs, California Located at the western edge of Fresno County, California, the populated place Mercey Hot Springs is a resort along Little Panoche Road (Fresno County Road J1). This area is about ten driving miles west of Interstate 5.
Merci Beaucoups "Merci Beaucoups" is a song from the 1962 Walt Disney adventure film: In Search of the Castaways. It was written by Disney songwriters, Bob and Dick Sherman and is based on the same common French expression which is the title.
Merci Chérie Merci Chérie (English translation: "Thank You Darling") was the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 performed for Austria by Udo Jürgens, the only occasion to date on which Austria has won the Contest. Despite the French of the title, the lyrics are almost exclusively in German.
Mercian Regiment The Mercian Regiment is one of the new large infantry regiments of the British Army. The regiment's formation was announced on 16 December 2004 by Geoff Hoon and General Sir Mike Jackson as part of the restructuring of the infantry - it will be formed of three regular battalions, plus a TA battalion, and will be created through the merger of three single battalion regiments:
Merck family Friedrich Jacob Merck purchased the second town pharmacy in Darmstadt, known as the Engel-Apotheke or Angel Pharmacy. When Friedrich died, the pharmacy was passed on to his nephew and ever since has gone from father to son.
Merck KGaA Merck KGaA is a German-based chemicals and pharmaceutical company. Merck (also referred to as “German Merck” or “Merck Darmstadt”) was founded in Darmstadt, Germany, in 1668 and is one of the oldest still-operating chemical/pharmaceutical companies in the world.
Mercora Mercora is a social music network based in Silicon Valley, California. Mercora allows Internet users to search and listen to a digital radio network of over three million songs, express their musical identity via a customizable profile page, and webcast music to friends, family, and other Mercora users.
Mercosur Mercosur or Mercosul (Spanish: Mercado ComĂşn del Sur, Portuguese: Mercado Comum do Sul, English: Southern Common Market) is a RTA (Regional Trade Agreement) between Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Paraguay, founded in 1991 by the Treaty of AsunciĂłn, which was later amended and updated by the 1994 Treaty of Ouro Preto. Its purpose is to promote free trade and the fluid movement of goods, peoples, and currency.
Mercure de France The "Mercure de France" was a French gazette and literary magazine first published from 1672 to 1724 (with an interruption in 1674-1677) under the title "Mercure galant" (sometimes spelled "Mercure gallant") (1672-1674) and "Nouveau Mercure galant" (1677-1724). The title was changed to "Mercure de France" in 1724.
Mercure du XIXe siècle The "Mercure du XIXe siècle" (sometimes listed as "Mercure français du XIXe siècle") was a French literary magazine published from 1823 to 1830. It was edited by Henri de Latouche and was famous for the first published use of the word "realism" (1826) applied to literature.
Mercuri method The Mercuri method refers to the process of displaying a Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail under glass or clear plastic so that the voter may not walk out of the polling place with it. This was described by Rebecca Mercuri in her PhD Thesis at the University of Pennsylvania in 2000.
Mercurimon Mercurimon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise, a Mega Level Shaman/Wizard (God Man in Japan) Digimon who boasts of being the fastest in the Digital World and an excellent shaman. He was named after Mercurious, another name for Mercury, the Roman Messenger of the Gods and God of craft, trade, thieves, and swiftness.
Mercurio Peruano Mercurio Peruano is the most important newspaper of the Peruvian Enlightenment. Created by a circle of young intellectuals they were published between 1790 and 1795 more than 400 numbers in which one treated the most diverse matters.
Mercury (automobile) Mercury is an automobile marque of the Ford Motor Company founded in 1939 to market near-luxury cars slotted between entry-level Ford and luxury Lincoln models, similar to General Motors' Buick (and former Oldsmobile) brand and DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler brand. To this day, most Mercury models are based on Ford platforms.

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