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Meritocracy Meritocracy is a system of government or other organization based on demonstrated ability (merit) and talent rather than by wealth, family connections (nepotism), class privilege, cronyism or other historical determinants of social position and political power.
Meritorious Artist Meritorious Artist (sometimes translated as Deserved Artist or Honorary Artist) is a honorary title in the Soviet Union, Union republics, and Autonomous republics, also in some other Eastern bloc states (and communist states in general), as well as in a number of post-Soviet states, modelled after the title of the Meritorious Artist of the USSR.
Meritorious Service Medal The Meritorious Service Medal is a senior level military decoration presented to denote acts of non-combat meritorious service worthy of recognition. The following is a list of Meritorious Service Medals issued by various countries:
Meritorious Service Medal (United States) The Meritorious Service Medal is a military award presented to members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguished themselves by outstanding non-combat meritorious achievement or service to the United States subsequent to January 16, 1969. Effective 11 September, 2001, this award also may be bestowed for non-combat meritorious achievement in a designated combat theatre.
Meritorious Team Commendation The Meritorious Team Commendation is the second lowest unit award of the United States Coast Guard. Created in December 1993, the Meritorious Team Commendation is awarded to lower echelon Coast Guard commands who perform exceptional actions which would normally warrant a Commandant's Letter of Commendation.
Meritorious Unit Commendation The Meritorious Unit Commendation is a mid-level unit award of the United States military which is awarded to any military command which displays exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service, heroic deeds, or valorous actions.
Meritus Mandarin Singapore The Meritus Mandarin Singapore (Chinese: 文华大酒店), is a five-star hotel located at 333 Orchard Road in Singapore. Opened in 1971 and occupying a single 36-story block, it became a landmark for the Orchard Road area when the second block, standing at 40 stories and 173 metres high, became the tallest development in the area when it opened in 1973.
Meritus Negara Singapore The Meritus Negara Singapore (Chinese: 新加坡君华丽嘉大酒店) is a five-star hotel at 10 Claymore Road in the Orchard Road area of Singapore. With 200 rooms and suites ranging from 27 square metres to 153 square metres for the penthouse on the top floor of the 21-storey building, the hotel is managed by Meritus Hotels and Resorts.
Merivale High School Merivale High School (MHS) is a secondary school located at the intersection of Merivale Road and Viewmount Drive in Nepean, Ontario, Canada. The school is known for its gifted student program, but also runs French Immersion programs and extensive visual art, music, and co-operative education programs.
Meriwether Lewis Meriwether Lewis (August 18, 1774 – October 11, 1809) was an American explorer, soldier, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Corps of Discovery, whose mission was to explore the territory of the Louisiana Purchase.
Meriwether, Louisville Meriwether is a neighborhood two miles southeast of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, USA, and immediately east of the University of Louisville. It was laid out by David Meriwether in 1871 and the first houses were built in 1891.
Merkel cell cancer Merkel cell cancer, also called Merkel cell carcinoma or trabecular cancer, is a rare and highly aggressive cancer where malignant cancer cells develop on or just beneath the skin and in hair follicles. This cancer is a type of neuroendocrine tumor, like small cell lung cancer.
Merkel nerve ending Merkel nerve endings are mechanoreceptors found in the skin and mucosa of vertebrates that provide touch information to the brain. Each ending consists of a Merkel cell in close apposition with an enlarged nerve terminal.
Merkhav Mugan Merkhav Mugan (Hebrew writing: מרחב מוגן) is defined by the Israeli law as an area in a building that is strengthened relatively to the building's other parts. As part of the lessons of the events of the Gulf War regarding to the efficiency of shelters, a law that require that there will be Merkhav Mugan in every new building that is used by people was legislated.
Merkin A merkin (first use, according to the OED, 1617) is a pubic wig, worn by prostitutes after shaving their genitalia to eliminate lice or to disguise the marks of syphilis. There are many different ways of wearing a merkin, although most involve placing the merkin on the vulva or the scrotum.
Merkinch Merkinch is an area of the city of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. One of the Inverness's oldest areas, it is located in the north-west of the city, flanked by the Caledonian Canal to the west and the River Ness to the east.
Merkle's Puzzles In cryptography, Merkle's Puzzles is an early construction for a public-key cryptosystem, a protocol devised by Ralph Merkle in 1974 and published in 1978. It allows two parties to agree on a shared secret by exchanging messages, even if they have no secrets in common beforehand.
Merkle-Hellman Merkle-Hellman (MH) was one of the earliest public key cryptosystems invented by Ralph Merkle and Martin Hellman in 1978Ralph Merkle and Martin Hellman, Hiding Information and Signatures in Trapdoor Knapsacks, IEEE Trans. Information Theory, 24(5), September 1978, pp525–530..
Merkur Merkur, the German word for Mercury, was an automobile brand which was briefly marketed by Ford Motor Company in the United States and Canada from 1985 to 1989. Sold through selected Lincoln-Mercury dealers, Merkurs were in fact, German-built Fords (there was no Merkur or Mercury brand in Germany) and were thus a form of captive import.
Merkur (journal) Merkur, subtitled Deutsche Zeitschrift für europäisches Denken, is one of the foremost intellectual journals in Germany, published monthly in Stuttgart. By August 2006 there have been 688 issues of the journal.
Merkur (spacecraft) Merkur, from a Russian word for the planet Mercury, was the name of a Soviet manned spacecraft whose design had features absent from other Soviet designs but found on the three early American projects. Its name was cognate with that of the US Project Mercury, although the shape of the capsule was very much like that of the Command Module of Project Apollo.
Merkys River Merkys is a river in southern Lithuania and northern Belarus. Merkys flows 13 km through Belarus, 5 km along the Belarus-Lithuanian border, and the remaining 185 km through Lithuania before joining the Neman River near MerkinÄ—.
Merl (Buffyverse) Merl is a fictional character from the television series Angel and was a recurring character in the show's second season, to later be killed in the third season. He is portrayed by Matthew James and first appears in the first episode of the second season: "Judgment".
Merle Bettenhausen Merle Bettenhausen (Born June 9, 1943) is a former American race car driver. The second oldest member of the Bettenhausen racing family, he is the son of Tony Bettenhausen and the brother of Gary Bettenhausen and Tony Bettenhausen Jr and was born in Tinley Park, Illinois.
Merle Hansen Merle Hansen (born 1919, Newman Grove, Nebraska) was the founding president of the North American Farm Alliance and a prominent spokesman for the plight of family farmers. Hansen viewed farm policy as an issue of social justice and often urged farmers to align themselves with minorities, environmentalists, the urban poor, labor unions, and other constituencies often regarded as marginalized in American culture.
Merle Hay Merle David Hay (1896 – November 3, 1917) was the first serviceman to die in World War I from Iowa and one of three (James Gresham & Thomas Enright) to have been the first in the nation but reports are conflicting.
Merle Miller Merle Miller (May 17, 1919 – June 10, 1986) was an American novelist best known for his biographies of Presidents Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson. Three years before his best-selling book Plain Speaking, An Oral Biography of Harry S.
Merle Pertile Merle Pertile (born 23 November 1941 in Whittier, California, died 28 November 1997 in Lake Arrowhead, California) was an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1962 issue.
Merle Terlesky Merle Terlesky (born in 1965 in Kamloops, British Columbia) is a former communist, atheist and pro-choice activist. He was diagnosed with leukemia in July of 1998, received a bone marrow transplant and chemotherapy, and survived.
Merle Travis Merle Robert Travis (November 29, 1917 – October 20, 1983) was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and musician born in Rosewood, Kentucky. His lyrics often discussed the exploitation of coal miners.
MerleFest MerleFest is an annual Americana music festival held in Wilkesboro, North Carolina by Wilkes Community College at the end of April. The festival is hosted by legendary guitar player Doc Watson and is named for his son, Eddy Merle Watson, who died in a farming accident in 1985.
Merlene Frazer Merlene Frazer (born 27 December 1973 in Trelawny) is a Jamaican sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. She also competed on the successful Jamaican 4 x 100 metres relay team, and was on the Olympic silver medal team in 2000 (she ran in the heats, but not in the final).
Merlin Merlin is best known as the mighty wizard featured in Arthurian legend. The standard depiction of the character first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, and is based on an amalgamation of previous historical and legendary figures.
Merlin (bicycles) Merlin Metalworks is a manufacturer of bicycles founded by Gwyn Jones, Gary Helfrich, and Mike Augspurger in Cambridge, MA in 1986. Since 1987 the company has had a strong relationship with Tom Kellogg who helped them design their first 3/2.
Merlin (film) Merlin is a 3 hour made-for-television movie released in 1998 that retells the famous legend of King Arthur from the perspective of the wizard Merlin. Sam Neill stars in the title role in a story that covers not only the rise and fall of Camelot but also the phase, supposedly in the history of the British Isles, that had preceded it.
Merlin (game) Merlin (sometimes known as Merlin, the Electronic Wizard) was a handheld electronic game first made by Parker Brothers in 1978. Merlin is notable as one of the earliest and most popular handheld games, selling over 5 million units during its initial run, as well as one of the most long-lived, remaining popular throughout the 1980s.
Merlin (charity) Merlin (an acronym for '"Medical Emergency Relief, International"') is the only specialist UK charity which responds worldwide with vital health care and medical relief for vulnerable people caught up in natural disasters, conflict, disease and health system collapse.
Merlin (The Chronicles of Amber) Merlin is the narrator and main character in the second half of the Chronicles of Amber by American science fiction author Roger Zelazny. He is an incidental character in the first half of the series, eventually being revealed to be the listener to whom Corwin relates the tale of his attempts to take the throne of Amber, and dealing with the subsequent invasion from Chaos.
Merlin Hull Merlin Hull (December 18, 1870 in Warsaw, Indiana-May 17, 1953 in La Crosse, Wisconsin). Hull was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1929-1931, again from 1935 until 1953, when he died in office.
Merlin Malinowski Merlin Malinowski (Born - September 25, 1958 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a retired Canadian Professional Hockey Right WInger who played 5 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Colorado Rockies, New Jersey Devils and Hartford Whalers
Merlin Minshall Merlin Minshall is often claimed to have been one of the inspirations behind James Bond, the fictional spy created by Ian Fleming. Minshall worked for Fleming, as a member of the Special Branch of British Naval Intelligence.
Merlin Santana Merlin Santana (March 14, 1976 - November 9, 2002), was a Dominican-American television and film actor best known for his role as teenager Romeo on The Steve Harvey Show. He also played Rudy's boyfriend Stanley on The Cosby Show.
Merlin Tuttle Merlin Devere Tuttle, an American ecologist, was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1941. He co-directed the Venezuelan Research Project of the Smithsonian Institution from 1965 to 1967, performed research on population ecology at the University of Minnesota in 1972, then became curator of mammals at the Milwaukee Public Museum from 1975 to 1986.
Merlion Cup The Merlion Cup is an invitational football tournament that was held in Singapore annually from 1982-1986 and also in 1992. Participants included full national sides, Olympic sides, Invitational XI's and club teams.
Merlock (Disney) Merlock is a sorcerer and a villain of the Scrooge McDuck universe. He is an anthropomorphic dog, and he possesses a green magic talisman that gives him magic powers which include the ability to transform into (non-anthropomorphic) animals, including a hawk, a beetle, and a mountain lion.
Merlyn (DC Comics) Merlyn is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. He is an archer created by writer Mike Friedrich, artist Dick Dillin and inker Neal Adams as a villain to fight the hero Green Arrow, and he first appeared in Justice League of America #94 (1971).
Merlyn (Marvel Comics) Merlyn is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. He claims to be the Merlin of British Legends (see Notes) and has served for many years as the Omniversal Guardian, a function his daughter Roma now fulfills.
Mermaid A mermaid (from the Middle English mere in the obsolete sense 'sea' + maid(en)) is a legendary aquatic creature with the head and torso of human female and the tail of a fish. The male version of a mermaid is called a merman; the gender-neutral plural is merfolk.
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are a superhero duo, who star on the fictional television series and are watched by characters on the Nickelodeon animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. They are especially watched upon by SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star.
Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Pure Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Pure (マーメイドメロディーぴちぴちピッチピュア) is the name given to the second season of the anime version of Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch, which in turn is based from the manga series created by Michiko Yokote (横手美智子), with artwork by Pink Hanamori (花森ぴんく, Hanamori Pinku). The stories in this season correspond to chapters 21 to 30 of the manga.
Mermaid Theatre The Mermaid Theatre is a theatre in the City of London, and the first built there since the time of Shakespeare. It was also one of the first new theatres to abandon the traditional stage layout; instead a single tier of seats surrounded the stage on three sides.
Mermaid's purse Mermaid's purses are the normally empty egg cases of dogfish, skates, sharks and rays. They are among the objects which are washed in by the sea, and can be found at the strandline, which is the furthest point of the highest tide.
MermaidFX MermaidFX is a company that creates mermaid tails and aquatic costumes for television shows, films and commercials. Their work has been seen in the Hercules: The Legendary Journeys television series worn by actors Angela Dotchin and Michael Hurst.
Merman Mermen are mythical male legendary creatures who are human from the waist up and fish-like from the waist down, whose consorts were their female counterparts, the more commonly known mermaids. In Greek mythology, mermen were often illustrated to have green seaweed-like hair, a beard, and a trident.
Mermin-Wagner theorem In quantum field theory and statistical mechanics (at a nonzero temperature), the Mermin-Wagner theorem (also known as Mermin-Wagner-Hohenberg theorem or Coleman theorem) states that continuous symmetries cannot be spontaneously broken in two dimensional theories. This is because if such a spontaneous symmetry breaking occurred, then the corresponding Goldstone bosons, being massless, would have an infrared divergent correlation function.
Merneith Merneith was a queen during the 1st Dynasty of Ancient Egypt and was possibly the wife of Djet or Djer. She was also thought to have been the mother of Den, although she may have only been his regent while he was a child.
Merneptah Merneptah (occasionally: Merenptah) was the fourth ruler of the 19th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. He reigned Egypt for almost 10 years between late July/early August 1213 to May 2 1203 BC according to contemporary historical records.
Merneptah Stele The Merneptah Stele (also known as the Israel Stele or Victory Stele of Merneptah) is the reverse of a stele originally erected by the Ancient Egyptian king Amenhotep III, but later inscribed by Merneptah who ruled Egypt from 1213 to 1203 BC. The black granite stela primarily commemorates a victory in a campaign against the Labu and Meshwesh Libyans and their Sea People allies, but its final two lines refer to a prior military campaign in Canaan in which Merneptah states that he defeated Ashkelon, Gezer, Yanoam and Israel among others.
Meroitic script The Meroitic script is an alphabet of Egyptian hieroglyphic and Demotic origin that was used to write the Meroitic language of the Kingdom of Meroë by at least c. 200 BC — and possibly also the Nubian language of the successor Nubian kingdoms, that was later written in a Greek uncial alphabet which adopted three of the old Meroitic glyphs.
Merom Conference Center The Merom Conference Center began as Union Christian College in 1859 and is now used as a camp and conference center for the Indiana-Kentucky Conference of the United Church of Christ (UCC). It is located in Merom, Indiana on the Wabash River.
Meromorphic function In complex analysis, a meromorphic function on an open subset D of the complex plane is a function that is holomorphic on all D except a set of isolated points, which are poles for the function. (The terminology comes from the Ancient Greek “meros” ([meaning part, as opposed to “holos” (ὅλος]), meaning whole.
Meron (Israel) Meron (, also Miron) is a moshav (cooperative village) in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel near Safed, and is within the Merom HaGalil Regional Council. It was founded in 1949 on the site of an ancient town of the same name by Orthodox soldiers discharged after the Israeli War of Independence.
Meron Benvenisti Meron Benvenisti is an Israeli political scientist who was Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem under Teddy Kollek from 1971 to 1978 and administered East Jerusalem and its largely Arab neighbourhoodsHe has long been a critic of Israel's policies towards Palestinians in the West Bank] and [[Gaza Strip and is an advocate of the idea of a binational state.
Merope In Greek mythology, several unrelated women went by the name Merope (bee-mask later reinterpreted as honey-like or eloquent), which may, therefore, have denoted a position in the cult of the Great Mother rather than a mere individual's name:
Meropis Meropis (Ancient Greek: ) is a fictional island mentioned by ancient Greek writer Theopompus of Chios in his work "Philippica", which is only fragmentarily maintained via Ailianus.Fragments see FGrHist 115 F 75.
Meroplankton Meroplankton are organisms that are planktonic for only a part of their life cycles, usually the larval stage. Examples of meroplankton include the larvae of sea urchins, starfish, crustaceans, marine worms, and most fish.
Merops (genus) Merops is a large genus of bee-eaters, a group of near passerine birds in the family Meropidae. The members of this Old World family are characterised by richly coloured plumage, slender bodies and usually elongated central tail feathers.
Merovingian The Merovingians were a dynasty of Frankish kings who ruled a frequently fluctuating area, largely corresponding to ancient Gaul, from the fifth to the eighth century. They were sometimes referred to as the "long-haired kings" (Latin reges criniti) by contemporaries, for their symbolically unshorn hair (traditionally the tribal leader of the Franks wore his hair long, while the warriors trimmed theirs short).
Merovingian (The Matrix) The Merovingian is a fictional character in the movies The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, portrayed by Lambert Wilson in both films. The character was named after the Merovingian dynasty of Frankish kings.
Merovingian script Merovingian script was a medieval script so called because it was developed in France during the Merovingian dynasty. It was used in the 7th and 8th centuries before the Carolingian dynasty and the development of Carolingian minuscule.
Merowe Dam The Merowe High Dam, also known as Merowe Multi-Purpose Hydro Project or Hamdab Dam, is a large construction project in northern Sudan, about 350 km north of the capital Khartoum. It is situated on the river Nile, close to the 4th Cataract where the river divides into multiple smaller branches with large islands in between.
Merox Merox™ is an acronym for mercaptan oxidation. It is a proprietary catalytic chemical process developed by Universal Oil Products (UOP) and used in oil refineries and natural gas processing plants to remove mercaptans from LPG, propane, butanes, light naphthas, kerosene and jet fuel by converting them to liquid hydrocarbon disulfides.
Merozygote Merozygote is a bacterial cell having a second copy of a particular chromosomal region in the form of an exogenote. This results from the transfer of a portion of the genetic information of a donor cell to the total genetic information of the recipient cell during a process of genetic exchange such as transduction or conjugation.
Merrell Fankhauser Merrell Fankhauser (b 23 December 1943, Louisville, Kentucky) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who was most active in the 1960s and 1970s with bands including the Exiles, Fapardokly, HMS Bounty, and MU.
Merrelyn Emery Merrelyn Emery is an important figure in the field of Organizational development (OD), particularly in the development of search conferences. She was married to Fred Emery, and was a faculty member at Australian National University.
Merrett-Murray Medal The Merrett-Murray Medal has been awarded annually since 1997, to the player adjudged the Brisbane Lions Club Champion over the immediately preceding AFL season. It is named after Roger Merrett, widely regarded as the best player to have represented the Brisbane Bears and Kevin Murray, the 1969 Brownlow Medalist who played for the Fitzroy Lions.
Merri Creek The Merri Creek is a waterway which flows into Melbourne, Victoria. It begins in Wallan (north of Melbourne) and follows a southerly route, eventually joining with the Yarra River which flows into Port Phillip.
Merriam Street Bridge Merriam Street Bridge is a truss bridge that spans the east channel of the Mississippi River between Nicollet Island and the east bank of the river in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The bridge was originally built in 1887 by King Iron Bridge Company as one of the four spans of the Broadway Avenue Bridge.
Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary (Webster's geographical dictionary, Webster's New geographical dictionary) is a gazetteer by the publisher Merriam-Webster. The latest edition was released in 2001, edited by Daniel J.
Merrick and Rosso Merrick Watts and Tim Ross (Merrick and Rosso) are an Australian comedy duo, best known for their typically Australian attitude and form of humour. They first came to prominence performing a weekly guest spot on the drive program on Triple J radio in 1998.
Merrick Mountains The Merrick Mountains () are a cluster of mountains, 13 km (8 mi) long, standing 11 km (7 mi) northeast of the Behrendt Mountains in eastern Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. Discovered and photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 1947–1948, under Finn Ronne.
Merrick Road Merrick Road, named Merrick Boulevard inside New York City, is a road running from Jamaica, Queens, New York east through Merrick, New York to the line between Nassau and Suffolk Counties, where it becomes Montauk Highway. A bit of it at the east end is signed and maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation as New York State Route 27A.
Merrick Towle Communications Merrick Towle Communications is an advertising agency located in Beltsville, Maryland. Services include marketing strategy, branding, and advertising campaigns that encompass the web, multimedia, print advertising, outdoor, mobile media, sales centers, brochures and collateral materials.
Merrickville, Ontario Merrickville (population 968Statistics Canada) is a small community in Eastern Ontario, Canada, located in the village of Merrickville-Wolford in Leeds and Grenville United Counties. It spans both shores of the Rideau River.
Merrie England (opera) Merrie England is an English comic opera in two acts by Edward German to a libretto by Basil Hood. It opened at the Savoy Theatre in London on April 2 1902, then under the management of William Greet, and ran for a total of 176 performances.
Merrie Monarch Festival The Merrie Monarch Festival is a week-long hula festival that takes place annually in Hilo, Hawaii. It honors King David Kalakaua, who was nicknamed the "Merry Monarch" for his patronage of the arts.
Merrigum Football Club Merrigum Football Club is a Australian rules football club based in Merrigum in North Eastern Victoria, Australia. The club was established in 1909 at Junior level and formed a senior team in 1922 in the Cooma Football Association.
Merril Hoge Merril DuAine Hoge (born January 26, 1965 in Pocatello, Idaho) is a former professional football player. He played eight seasons at running back for the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Bears, retiring after the 1994 season.
Merrill De Maris Merrill De Maris is an artist who worked on Disney Comic Strips for King Features Syndicate. De Maris helped Floyd Gottfredson with many of his early Mickey Mouse comic strips, and helped Carl Barks with one of his Donald Duck stories, titled Too Many Pets.
Merrill Denison Merrill Denison (23 June1893 - 13 June1975) was a prolific and accomplished playwright, born in Detroit and raised in Ontario. Denison's mother was American (described as a United Empire Loyalist, and his father was of American Revolutionary stock.
Merrill Jensen (historian) Merrill Monroe Jensen (1905-1980) was an American historian whose research and writing focused on the ratification of the United States Constitution. His historical interpretations are generally considered to be of the "Progressive School" of American history, the most famous exponent of which was Charles A.
Merrill Lynch Shootout The Merrill Lynch Shootout is a team golf event that takes place during the PGA Tour's Challenge Season, which begins after the last official money event of the season, THE TOUR Championship. In fact, this event takes place the very weekend after the TOUR Championship in November.
Merrill M. Flood Merrill Meeks Flood was a mathematician, notable for developing, with Melvin Dresher, the the basis of the game theoretical Prisoner's dilemma model of cooperation and conflict while at RAND in 1950 (Albert W. Tucker gave the game it's prison-sentence interpretation, and thus the name by which it is known today).
Merrill Singer Merrill Singer is a medical anthropologist known for his research on substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, health disparities, and minority health. Director of the Center for Community Health Research at the Hispanic Health Council in Hartford, CT, he helped to develop the theoretical perspective within medical anthropology known as critial medical anthropology.
Merrill Skolnik Merrill Skolnik (6 Nov, 1927 - ), is a respected researcher in the area of radar systems and the author or editor of a number of standard texts in the field. He is best known for his introductory text "Introduction to Radar Systems" and for editing the "Radar Handbook".
Merrill Womach Merrill Womach (February 7, 1927 in Spokane, Washington) is an American undertaker, organist and gospel singer, notable both for founding National Music Service, which provides recorded music to funeral homes across America, and for surviving a 1961 plane crash that left him him disfigured with third degree burns over most of his body. Womach authorized an autobiography of his recovery titled "Tested by Fire", co-authored by his former wife Virginia and Mel White.
Merrimac coup Merrimac coup (also known as Hobson's coup or Hobson's choice) is a contract bridge coup where a player (usually a defender) sacrifices a high card in order to eliminate a vital entry from an opponent's hand (usually a dummy). It was named after American steam ship Merrimac, which was sunk during the Spanish-American War in 1898 in Santiago de Cuba in an attempt to bottle up the Spanish fleet.
Merrimack River The Merrimack River (or Merrimac River, an earlier spelling that is sometimes still used) is a 110-mile-long (177-kilometer-long) river in the Northeastern United States. It rises at the confluence of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers in Franklin, New Hampshire,The Merrimack River Watershed Council, Inc.
Merrimack Valley The Merrimack Valley is the area surrounding the Merrimack River in northeastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. The area on either side of the Merrimack in New Hampshire is named the Merrimack Valley Region by the NH Division of Travel and Tourism Development.
Merrimack Valley Region The Merrimack Valley Region is an area of south-central New Hampshire, approximately 35 miles wide, centered on the Merrimack River, and running from Canterbury south to the Massachusetts border. Henniker marks the western extent, and Nottingham the east.

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