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Mercury (Amalgam Comics) Mercury is a fictional character and an Amalgam Comics superhero, whose true debut was in JLX #1, though his (metafictional) debut in the Amalgam Universe was in JLA: The New Blood #2. He is a combination of DC Comics' Impulse and Marvel Comics' Quicksilver.
Mercury (cipher machine) Mercury was a British cipher machine used by the Air Ministry from 1950 until at least the early 1960s. Mercury was an online rotor machine descended from Typex, but modified to achieve a longer cycle length using a so-called double-drum basket system.
Mercury (element) Mercury (IPA: ), also called quicksilver, is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Hg (Latinized , meaning watery or liquid silver) and atomic number 80. A heavy, silvery transition metal, mercury is one of five elements that are liquid at or near standard room temperature (the others are the metals caesium, francium, and gallium, and the nonmetal bromine).
Mercury (magazine) Mercury is a science magazine that features articles and columns about astronomy for a general audience. It is the bi-monthly magazine of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific and was first published in 1972.
Mercury (mythology) In Roman mythology, Mercury (IPA: , Latin: Mercurius ) was a major god of trade, profit and commerce, the son of Maia Maiestas and Jupiter. His name is related to the Latin word merx ("merchandise"; compare merchant, commerce, etc.
Mercury (plant) Mercuries (IPA: ) constitute a genus (Mercurialis, IPA: ) of plants of the family Euphorbiaceae (Spurge), which includes slender herbs (forbs), rhizomatious perennials and woody perennials. There are 8 to 10 European species (depending on classification) and 1 Asian species.
Mercury (Pennsylvania) The Mercury is a daily newspaper published in Pottstown, Pennsylvania in the United States. The Mercury has the unique distinction of being the smallest circulation newspaper in the United States to win two Pulitzer Prizes.
Mercury (SMS) Mercury is a free 'GUI' software application for sending SMS messages from an Internet connected computer. It is scriptable, allowing you to write scripts to send SMS from the application to any web based SMS sending site.
Mercury 13 The Mercury 13 is a phrase that was coined by Hollywood producer James Cross to describe the 13 American women who underwent some of the same NASA astronaut tests in the 1960s as the United States' original Mercury Seven astronauts. They never flew in space.
Mercury arc valve A mercury arc valve (mercury vapor rectifier) is a type of electrical rectifier which converts alternating current into direct current. Rectifiers of this type were used in electric motor power supplies for industry, in electric railways,
Mercury battery A mercury battery (also called mercuric oxide battery, or mercury cell) is a non-rechargeable electrochemical battery, a primary cell. Due to the content of mercury, and the resulting environmental concerns, the sale of mercury batteries is banned in many countries.
Mercury Colony Park The Mercury Colony Park was the full-size station wagon offered by Mercury between 1957 and 1991. It was related to the 1957-1991 Ford Country Squire and the 1958 Edsel Bermuda wagons as well as the Mercury Grand Marquis of which the Colony Park was the station wagon version.
Mercury Comet The Mercury Comet was an automobile produced by the Mercury division of the Ford Motor Company between 1960 and 1977. Changes in its design and marketing strategy resulted in the Comet being classified as either a compact or an intermediate-sized car during the seventeen years that the Comet name was used.
Mercury Communications Mercury Communications was a national telephone company in the United Kingdom. The company was formed in 1981 as a subsidiary of Cable and Wireless to challenge the monopoly of British Telecom (BT) which was privatised in 1984.
Mercury Commuter The Mercury Commuter was Mercury's lowest-priced full-size station wagon, priced below the full-size Colony Park wagon, based on the Marquis. Introduced for the 1957 model year, the Commuter, like the full-size Mercury Montclair and Park Lane, was phased out after the 1968 model year.
Mercury Cougar The Mercury Cougar was an automobile sold under the Mercury brand of the Ford Motor Company's Lincoln-Mercury Division. The name was first used in 1967 and was carried by a diverse series of cars over the next three decades.
Mercury Court Mercury Court is a large office building in the business district of the City of Liverpool. The fascia of the building is formed from the frontage of an old train station on the site called Liverpool Exchange, which was replaced by Moorfields.
Mercury Eight The Mercury Eight was the first Post War Mercury Design, which shared the Flathead V8 and running gear with its "Shoebox" Ford Siblings. The styling differed by having a dip in the front doors flowing into the front wings, grille and trim.
Mercury glass Mercury glass is the common term for silvered glass, which describes glass that was blown double walled, then silvered between the layers with a liquid silvering solution, and sealed. Although elemental mercury was used to make mirrors, it was never used in tableware.
Mercury Grand Monarch Ghia The Mercury Grand Monarch Ghia was a luxury automobile built only in 1975 and 1976. Based on the successful Ford Granada and Mercury Monarch platform, the Mercury Grand Monarch Ghia had four-wheel, disc brakes with a sophisticated central hydraulic power system as standard equipment.
Mercury House (publishers) Mercury House is also the name of an independent trade book publishing company, based in San Francisco, that focuses largely (though not exclusively) on literary and environmental titles. Among the notable writers published by the press are Harold Brodkey, Carol Emshwiller, Shulamith Hareven, William Kittredge, and Leonard Michaels.
Mercury in fiction A popular setting for science fiction writers, there are many examples of the planet Mercury in fiction. Recurring themes include the dangers of being exposed to solar radiation and the possibility of escaping excessive radiation by staying within the planet's slow-moving terminator (the boundary between day and night).
Mercury in the fiction of Leigh Brackett [planet Mercury appears frequently as a setting for many of the stories of Leigh Brackett], and Mercury and Mercurians are frequently mentioned in other stories of the [[Leigh Brackett Solar System. Brackett's Mercury shares some characteristics with the astronomical Mercury, but in other respects functions as a consistent fantasy world with recurring landmarks and characteristics that reappear from story to story.
Mercury Insurance Group Mercury Insurance Group is an American automobile and property insurance company founded by George Joseph in 1961, known for having relatively cheap insurance plans due to their careful underwriting procedures.
Mercury Interactive HP Mercury (formerly Mercury Interactive) MERQ.PK (previously and ) is the market leader in automated software quality assurance and offers products in other areas such as diagnostics, monitoring, and IT governance.
Mercury laser The mercury laser is a high-average-power laser system being developed as a prototype for systems to drive inertial confinement fusion. Like the National Ignition Facility, it is intended to produce narrow pulses of extremely high power, using diode-pumped [solid-state lasers.
Mercury Meltdown Mercury Meltdown is the sequel to the 2005 PlayStation Portable title Archer Maclean's Mercury. Like the first game, the idea is to tilt the playing area, guiding one or more blobs of mercury to the finish destination.
Mercury Messenger Mercury Messenger (previously dMSN, but changed on request of Microsoft) is an instant messaging program written in Java for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X and FreeBSD. It connects to the Windows Live Messenger (formerly MSN Messenger).
Mercury Meteor The Mercury Meteor was an automobile model produced by the Lincoln Mercury division of the Ford Motor Company from 1961 to 1963. For 1961, the name was applied to low end full sized vehicles; for 1962 and 1963, the name was applied to Mercury's mid-sized sedans before being discontinued.
Mercury Milan The Mercury Milan is a mid-size sedan based on the Ford CD3 platform. The Milan is an upscale version of its Ford cousin, the Ford Fusion, with unique front and rear fascia designs, LED taillights, and an upgraded interior.
Mercury Monarch The Monarch was a retrimmed version of the Mercury for the Canadian market, produced from 1949-57 and 1959-61. The make was discontinued for 1958 when the Edsel took its place, but was reintroduced for 1959 (as the Monarch II) after the failure of the Edsel.
Mercury Montclair The Mercury Montclair was a full size automobile produced by the Mercury Division of the Ford Motor Company from 1955 to 1957, the M-E-L Division of Ford Motor Company 1958 to 1959 and by the Lincoln Mercury Division of the Ford Motor Company from 1964 to 1968.
Mercury Montego The Montego name (presumably derived from Montego Bay, Jamaica) was a mid-size vehicle in Ford's Mercury line. The name had first been used in 1967 on the Meteor Montego, the top trim level in the Canada-only Ford Meteor.
Mercury Monterey (1950-1974) The Mercury Monterey is a full-size near-luxury car introduced by the Mercury division of the Ford Motor Company in 1950. It would later share the same body style with the slightly more upscale Marquis, and the Park Lane and Montclair until the latter two were extinguished after the 1968 model year.
Mercury Morris Eugene "Mercury" Morris (born 5 January 1947, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a former American football player who played running back in the American Football League in the 1960's and the NFL in the 1970's, and played in three Super Bowls.
Mercury Mountaineer The Mercury Mountaineer is a luxury SUV manufauctured by the Mercury brand name, owned by the Ford Motor Company. The Mountaineer shares many features with the Ford Explorer, and in terms of hardware, the vehicles are virtually identical.
Mercury My The (my) mercury Concept (sometimes known as the Mercury My) was a concept car created by Ford Motor Company under their Lincoln-Mercury Division. The (my) mercury was first introduced at the 1999 North American International Auto Show.
Mercury Park Lane The Mercury Park Lane was a fullsize automobile produced by the Mercury Division of the Ford Motor Company from 1958 to 1960 and by the Lincoln-Mercury Division from 1964 to 1968. During this time, the Park Lane resembled the Monterey, but with a higher trim level.
Mercury Prize The Mercury Prize, currently known as the Nationwide Mercury Prize for sponsorship reasons, is an annual music prize awarded for the best British or Irish album of the previous 12 months. It was established by the BPI and BARD (the British Association of Record Dealers) in 1992 as an alternative to the industry-dominated Brit awards.
Mercury Records Mercury Records is a record label currently headquartered in the UK, and is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. In the US, its name and logo are now only used on back catalogue, country releases, and re-issues.
Mercury Rising Mercury Rising is a 1998 action thriller feature film, starring Bruce Willis and Alec Baldwin. Directed by Harold Becker, the movie is based on Ryne Douglas Pearson's 1996 novel; originally published as Simple Simon.
Mercury silvering Mercury silvering is a technique for applying a thin layer of precious metal such as silver or gold (mercury gilding) to a base metal object. The process was invented during the middle ages and is documented in Vannoccio Biringuccio's 1540 book De la pirotechnia.
Mercury switch A mercury switch is a switch whose purpose is to allow or interrupt the flow of electric current in an electrical circuit in a manner that is dependent on the switch's physical position or alignment relative to the direction of the "pull" of earth's gravity.
Mercury swivel commutator A mercury swivel commutator is an electrical commutator typically used in electrophysiological experiments on head free or moving animals. Electrical recordings from stationary, head-fixed animals can be done with electrodes attached to a stereotaxic rig.
Mercury Studio Mercury Studio is a Portland, Oregon-based illustration studio, founded in 2002. Members of the studio work both individually and as collaborators on a number of high-profile mainstream and independent comic books.
Mercury Theatre The Mercury Theatre was a theatre company founded in New York City by Orson Welles and John Houseman. They had initial success in the theatre, then went to radio in 1938 as The Mercury Theatre on the Air, a series that included one of the most notable radio broadcasts of all time, The War of the Worlds.
Mercury Villager The 1993 Mercury Villager and Nissan Quest were the products of a joint venture between Ford Motor Company and Nissan. The goal was to produce a smaller and more stylish minivan to compete in the traditional minivan market.
Mercury Zephyr The Mercury Zephyr was a compact car sold by the Lincoln-Mercury division of Ford Motor Company in the North American market from 1978 to 1983. Along with its corporate cousin the Ford Fairmont, it was the first use of Ford's long-lived unibody Fox platform, which did not completely leave production until 2004.
Mercury-aluminum amalgam A mercury-aluminum amalgam is a chemical reagent that uses aluminum coated with mercury to reduce compounds, such as the reduction of imines to amines. Since this reaction produces waste mercury metal, it is best avoided in favor of more environmentally friendly reagents such as hydrides.
Mercury-Atlas 2 Mercury- Atlas 2 (MA-2) was launched unmanned on February 21, 1961 at 14:10 UTC, from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Test objectives for this flight were concerned with the ability of the spacecraft to withstand reentry under the temperature-critical abort conditions and with the capability of the Atlas to meet the proper injection conditions.
Mercury-containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act The Mercury-containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act (public law 104-142) was enacted by President Bill Clinton in 1996. The purpose of the law was to phase out the use of mercury in batteries and to provide for the efficient and cost-effective collection and recycling or proper disposal of used nickel cadmium batteries, small sealed lead-acid batteries, and certain other batteries.
Mercury-Redstone 1A Mercury-Redstone 1A (MR-1A) was launched on December 19, 1960 from LC-5 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission objectives of this unmanned suborbital flight were to qualify the spacecraft for space flight and qualify the system for an upcoming primate suborbital flight.
Mercury-Redstone 2 Mercury-Redstone 2 (MR-2) was a rocket mission, launched at 16:55 UTC on January 31, 1961 from LC-5 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Mercury spacecraft # 5 carried Ham the Chimp as a passenger on a suborbital space flight launched on Redstone MRLV-2.
Mercury-Scout 1 On May 5, 1961 NASA issued a Mercury program proposal document to use Scout rockets to launch small satellites that would evaluate the worldwide Mercury Tracking Network in preparation for manned orbital missions. The first of these satellites would be called Mercury-Scout 1 (MS-1).
Mercury-vapor lamp A Mercury-vapor lamp is a gas discharge lamp which uses mercury in an excited state to produce light. The arc discharge is generally confined to a small fused quartz tube mounted within a larger borosilicate glass bulb.
Mercury(I) chloride Mercury(I) chloride is the chemical compound with the formula Hg2Cl2. Also known as calomel or mercurous chloride, this dense white or yellowish-white, odorless solid is the principal example of a mercury(I) compound.
Mercury(II) cadmium(II) telluride HgCdTe or Mercury cadmium telluride (also Cadmium Mercury Telluride, MCT or CMT) is an alloy of CdTe and HgTe and is sometimes claimed to be the third semiconductor of technological importance after Silicon and Gallium(III) arsenide. The amount of cadmium (Cd) in the alloy (the alloy composition) can be chosen so as to tune the optical absorption of the material to the desired infrared wavelength.
Mercury(II) chloride Mercury(II) chloride (also called mercuric chloride and corrosive sublimate) is a poisonous white soluble crystalline salt of mercury. It was formerly used in insecticides, batteries; as an antiseptic, disinfectant, preservative, in metallurgy and as a photographic fixitive.
Mercury(II) thiocyanate Mercury(II) thiocyanate (Hg(SCN)2) is a chemical compound. It was formerly used in pyrotechnics for the long snake-like ash that forms when a pellet of this compound, often with a small amount of a sugar such as glucose added to serve as supplemental fuel, is ignited.
Mercurymon Mercurymon (Japanese: Mercuremon) is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise, appearing as one of the villains of Digimon Frontier. He is the Legendary Warrior of Metal, using the power of AncientWisemon.
Mercutio Mercutio is a character in William Shakespeare's famous tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. He is a relative of Prince Escalus (also known as The Prince), and is a good friend of the Montagues, or, specifically, the son of Montague, Romeo, and Romeo's cousin Benvolio.
Mercy Mercy (Middle English, from Anglo-French merci, from Medieval Latin merced-, merces, from Latin, price paid, wages, from merc-, merx merchandise) can refer both to compassionate behaviour on the part of those in power (e.g.
Mercy (comics) Mercy is a fictional villain at the Marvel Comics universe. She is an alien from another planet who, having come to Earth, took it upon herself to kill those who lacked the strength to commit suicide from despair, believing that she was doing them a favor.
Mercy Academy (Kentucky) Mercy Academy is an all-girls Roman Catholic High school in Louisville, Kentucky that opened in 1872. It is currently located at 1176 East Broadway on the eastern edge of Downtown Louisville but is scheduled to move to a new suburban campus at 5801 Fegenbush Lane in the Fall of 2007.
Mercy Bowl The first Mercy Bowl was played at the Coliseum in Los Angeles, California on November 23, 1961 as a special fundraiser in memory of seventeen California Polytechnic State University football players killed in a plane crash following a Bowling Green State University vs. Cal Poly game a year earlier.
Mercy College (New York) Mercy College is a private liberal arts college with its main campus in Dobbs Ferry, New York, and satellite locations throughout southeastern New York. The college was founded in 1950 by the Sisters of Mercy, but is now a non-sectarian four-year college.
Mercy College of Northwest Ohio Mercy College of Northwest Ohio, located in Toledo, Ohio, United States, was founded as the Mercy School of Nursing in 1917; the name was changed in 1994. All of its academic programs remain in the health sciences field, except for an associate's degree program in General Studies.
Mercy Drive Mercy Drive is an Orlando, Florida-based modern rock band that had gained attention for their creation of entrance themes for several WWE wrestlers. They are perhaps well known for providing the theme music for former WWE superstar Maven Huffman and current superstar Randy Orton.
Mercy Harbison Mercy Harbison (birth and death dates unknown) was a young American woman living in the decades immediately following the Revolutionary War, who wrote a harrowing description of her captivity among Native Americans in the year 1792. Her short deposition, Capture and Escape of Mercy Harbison, 1792, is a work in the American literary genre of captivity narratives.
Mercy High School (San Francisco) Mercy High School, San Francisco is an American all-girls college-preparatory high school located in San Francisco, California. It is a part of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, and is sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy in Dublin, Ireland.
Mercy Hospital - Iowa City Mercy Hospital is a private not-for-profit Roman Catholic hospital located in Iowa City, Iowa. It is one of three hospitals in the city - the others being the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and the Iowa City VA Medical Center.
Mercy Hospital (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Mercy Hospital is the central hospital facility in the Pittsburgh Mercy Health System and is located in the Uptown section of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, adjacent to downtown Pittsburgh and a few blocks from the Mellon Arena, the home of the Pittsburgh Penguins NHL franchise. It is the first chartered hospital to have been founded in the city of Pittsburgh and it is also the first hospital in the world to have been established by the Sisters of Mercy.
Mercy Hospital (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)/Temp Mercy Hospital (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is the central hospital facility in the Pittsburgh Mercy Health System and is located in the Uptown section of Pittsburgh, adjacent to downtown Pittsburgh and a few blocks from the Mellon Arena, the home of the Pittsburgh Penguins NHL franchise. It is the first chartered hospital to have been founded in the city of Pittsburgh and it is also the first hospital in the world to have been established by the Sisters of Mercy.
Mercy Hospital for Women, Melbourne Mercy Hospital for Women, located in the Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg adjacent to the Austin Hospital, is a specialist women's public hospital offering a full range of services in maternity, gynaecology, obstetrics, neonatal care and women's health, as well as providing full teaching and research opportunities in these areas. The hospital is affiliated with the University of Melbourne's Clinical School of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Mercy Ministries Mercy Ministries is a Christian charitable organization that helps young women ages 13-28 deal with life controlling issues such as eating disorders, unplanned pregnancy, self-harm, addictions, depression and abuse.
Mercy Point Mercy Point was a science fiction series that ran from the fall of 1998 to the midsummer of 1999 on UPN. The series, set in the mid-23rd century, took place on a deep-space medical space station (the eponymous "Mercy Point") that catered to the medical needs of both humans and aliens, and served as a crossroads for both human and alien civilizations, as well as between the military and civilian agencies of human culture.
Mercy rule A mercy rule, also well known by the slightly less polite term slaughter rule (or, less commonly, knockout rule and skunk rule), brings a sports event to an early end when one team has a very large and presumably insurmountable lead over the other team. The mercy rule is most common in games such as baseball or softball, where there is no game clock and play could theoretically continue forever, although it is also used in sports such as hockey, football, and soccer.
Mercy Ships Mercy Ships is a global charity engaged in bringing humanitarian aid to developing nations. Founded in 1978 by Don and Deyon Stephens, it operates a fleet of hospital ships to provide free healthcare and community development to developing nations.
Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride (ISBN 0763623326) is the second book in the Mercy Watson series by Kate DiCamillo. Illustrated by Chris Van Dusen and published by Candlewick Press in 2006, it was a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor book for 2007.
Mercy Williams Mercy Williams is the 16th and current mayor of Kochi, Kerala. A member of the Left Democratic Front, she was elected via an open ballot over opposing United Democratic Front candidate Winne Abraham by a ratio of 47 to 23 votes among Kochi municipal corporation council members.
Mercygiver A mercygiver (or misericord) was a long, narrow knife, used in medieval times to deliver the death stroke (the mercy stroke, hence the name of the blade, derived from the Latin 'misericordia' or 'mercy') to a seriously wounded knight. The blade was thin enough so that it could strike through the gaps between armour plates.
Mercyhurst Ice Center Mercyhurst Ice Center is a 1,500-seat hockey rink in Erie, Pennsylvania. It is home to the Mercyhurst College Lakers ice hockey teams, which compete in Division I (Atlantic Hockey for the men, College Hockey America for the women).
Merdeka Merdeka is a word in the Malay language meaning independence. The term was significant during the anticolonialist and pro-independence movements of the colonies of Malaya, Singapore and Indonesia, in the history of Malaysia, the history of Singapore and in the history of Indonesia.
Merdeka Bridge The Merdeka Bridge (Chinese: 独立桥, Malay: Jambatan Merdeka, Singapura) is a vehicular and pedestrian bridge located in Kallang in the south-eastern part of Singapore. It spans over the river mouths of the Kallang River and Rochor River, which empty into the Kallang Basin.
Merdeka Coffee Merdeka Coffee is a company based in West Java, Indonesia, that is dedicated to building ethical trade relationships with small hold Indonesian coffee growers. Its New Zealand technical advisor, Alun Evans, works closely with villages around the country.
Mere addition paradox The mere addition paradox is a problem in ethics, identified by Derek Parfit, and appearing in his book, Reasons and Persons. The paradox identifies apparent inconsistency between three seemingly true beliefs about population ethics.
Mere Dead Men Mere Dead Men (often called MDM) is a British punk band. Formed in 1986 from the break-up of a number of other punk bands, MDM has released several albums, toured the UK, and played in various venues across Europe (such as in the Czech Republic and France).
Mere Jeevan Saathi Mere Jeevan Saathi (Hindi: मेरे जीवन साथी, Urdu: میرے جیون ساتھی) is a Bollywood movie released in 2006 starring Akshay Kumar, Karisma Kapoor and Amisha Patel. The film was supposed to be released in 2004, and was supposed to mark Karisma Kapoor's comeback but due to delays the film was released in February 2006.
Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (Urdu:ﮯﮨ ﻯﺩﺎﺷ ﻰﻜ ﺭﺎﻴ ﮮﺭﻳﻤ) is 2002 Indian movie which was directed by Sanjay Gadhvi and produced by Yash Chopra under Yash Raj Films. The film starred Uday Chopra, Jimmy Shergill, Bipasha Basu and Tulip Joshi.
Mereb Lehe Mereb Lehe is one of the 36 woredas in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mehakelegnaw Zone, Mereb Lehe is bordered on the south by La'ilay Maychew, on the southwest by Tahtay Maychew, on the west by the Mi'irabawi (Western) Zone, on the north by Eritrea, on the east by Enticho, and on the southeast by Adwa.
Meredith (CDP), New Hampshire Meredith CDP is a census-designated place (CDP) within the town of Meredith in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. The United States Census Bureau defines the CDP in order to report separate demographic detail that describes only the more sensely populated central village area of the town.
Meredith Bishop Meredith Anne Bishop (born January 15, 1976) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Annie Mack in Nickelodeon's The Secret World of Alex Mack, which ran on the network from 1994-1998.
Meredith Colket Meredith Bright Colket (born November 19, 1878, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died June 7, 1947, Philadelphia) was an American pole vaulter who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the silver medal in the mens pole vault ahead of Norwegian Carl-Albert Andersen who won bronze.
Meredith College Meredith College is a liberal arts women's college located in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. As of 2006, there are approximately 2,000 students enrolled, including about 150 graduate students, making Meredith the largest women's college in the southeastern United States.
Meredith Dillman Meredith Dillman (born December 31, 1978) is a fantasy artist and illustrator from Minnesota who specializes in fairies and fairy tale paintings. Meredith graduated from Minnesota State University Moorhead where she studied art.
Meredith Eaton Meredith Hope Eaton (born August 26, 1974 in Long Island, New York) is an American actress best known for playing Emily Resnick in Family Law. Her role in the cast of a drama series was somewhat unusual for a little person actor.
Meredith Gardner Meredith Gardner (1912 - 2002) was a linguist and codebreaker, who was born in Mississippi and grew up in Austin, Texas. While working as a linguist and professor of German at the University of Akron, he was recruited by the U.
Meredith Howard Harless Meredith Howard Harless was born on September 6th, 1909 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She earned fame with her twin sister, Virginia, at the Miss Tulsa beauty pageant in 1927 as they were both elected to win the contest.
Meredith Hunter Meredith Hunter (October 24, 1951 – December 6, 1969) was stabbed to death directly in front of the stage at the Altamont Music Festival during the Rolling Stones' performance. He died en route to the hospital.
Meredith Jung-En Woo Meredith Jung-En Woo is Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her teaching and research interests include international political economy, economic development, East Asian politics, and U.

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