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Merrimack Wrestling Alliance The Merrimack Wrestling Alliance was a backyard wrestling federation created officially in 1997 by twin brothers Pat and Jeff Williams. It began to take off once Nick Hammond, along with brothers Andrew and Ryan Prevete moved into the neighborhood.
Merrimack, New Hampshire Merrimack is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 25,119 (including the East Merrimack Census-Designated Place making it the eighth largest municipality in New Hampshire.
Merrin Dungey Merrin Dungey, (born August 6, 1971, Sacramento, California), is a film and television actress. Although she was active in ballet and dance beginning at the age of four and later learned piano and became an ice skater, she didn't begin acting until she was 18 at UCLA.
Merrion Gates The area called Merrion Gates, in Dublin, is roughly where the northbound Dublin DART line goes inland before the station at Sydney Parade, which lies to the north. Booterstown DART station is the nearest to the south.
Merrion Square Merrion Square (CearnĂłg Mhuirfean in Irish) is situated on the south side of Dublin city centre and is considered one of the city's finest Georgian squares. The square was laid out after 1762 and was largely complete by the beginning of the 19th century.
Merrion Street Merrion Street is a major Georgian street on the southside of Dublin which runs along one side of Merrion Square. The garden entrance of Leinster House is located on the street, as is Irish Government Buildings, formerly the Royal College of Science for Ireland.
Merrist Wood Merrist Wood is a college north of Guildford, Surrey (the nearest village is Worplesdon). It specialises in horticulture, floristry, landscaping, garden design, animal care, countryside, golf, sports turf, arboriculture and equine studies.
Merritt 7 (Metro-North station) The Merritt 7 Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of the northern part of Norwalk, Connecticut via the Danbury Branch of the New Haven Line. Merritt 7 is named for a nearby business park based at the intersection of the Merritt Parkway and United States Route 7.
Merritt A. Edson Major General Merritt Austin Edson (April 25, 1897 – August 14, 1955), known as "Red Mike", was a general in the United States Marine Corps. Among his many decorations for outstanding, meritorious service, "Red Mike" Edson was awarded the Medal of Honor, two Navy Crosses, the Silver Star, and two Legions of Merit.
Merritt Boat & Engine Works Merritt Boat & Engine Works, sometimes abbreviated as Merritt's, is a yacht builder and boat yard headquartered in Pompano Beach, Florida. Together with Rybovich, Merritt is respected as one of the most historically significant Florida custom sport fishing boat builders.
Merritt Butrick Merritt Butrick (September 3, 1959 in Gainesville, Florida – March 17, 1989 in Los Angeles, California of AIDS) was an American actor who was best known for his role as Captain James T. Kirk's son David Marcus in the movies Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.
Merritt Centennials The Merritt Centennials are a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team from Merritt, British Columbia, Canada. The team moved to Merritt half-way through the 1973-74 season, when the Vancouver frachise's initial move to White Rock proved a failure.
Merritt Island Causeway The present day Merritt Island Causeway, which connects Cocoa, Florida, Merritt Island, Florida and Cocoa Beach, Florida, is the second route over the Indian River Lagoon and Banana River. The causeway is divided by Merritt Island into eastern and weastern sections.
Merritt Island Dragon The Merritt Island Dragon is a dragon-shaped green cement structure that stands at the southern tip of Merritt Island where the Indian River Lagoon split to form the Banana River Lagoon. The dragon was built circa 1971 by Florida artist Louis Van DerCar and property owner Aynn Christal.
Merritt Lyndon Fernald Merritt Lyndon Fernald (October 5, 1873 - September 22, 1950) was an American botanist. In his time he was regarded as the most respected scholar of the taxonomy and phytogeography of the vascular plant flora of temperate eastern North America.
Merritt Parkway The Merritt Parkway is a limited-access highway in Fairfield County, Connecticut, designated as a National Scenic Byway. Signed as Route 15, it runs from the New York state line in Greenwich, where it serves as the continuation of the Hutchinson River Parkway, to the Housatonic River in Stratford, where the Wilbur Cross Parkway begins.
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Merritt-Chapman & Scott, nicknamed "The Black Horse of the Sea", was a noted marine salvage and construction firm of the United States, with worldwide operations. The chief predecessor company was founded in the 1860's by Israel Merritt, but a large number of other firms were merged in over the course of the company's history.
Merriwa, New South Wales Merriwa is a town in the far west of the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, Australia, in Upper Hunter Shire. It is located on the Golden Highway, 273 kilometres northwest of Sydney and about half way between Newcastle and Dubbo.
Merriweather Post Pavilion Merriweather Post Pavilion, named for cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post is an outdoor concert venue located among Symphony Woods, a 40-acre (162,000-m²) lot of preserved land that sits in the heart of the planned community of Columbia, Maryland. It was originally intended to be a summer home for the National Symphony Orchestra but later became a venue for more popular music concerts.
Merriwether Williams Merriwether Williams is a television writer and was a junior executive at Nickelodeon cartoons who issued Network notes to the shows' creators. After leaving the executive ranks, she wrote one episode of The Angry Beavers and was responsible for writing three-paragraph outlines for Spongebob Squarepants.
Merrow Merrow (from Gaelic murĂşch) or Murrough (Galloway) is the Scottish and Irish Gaelic equivalent of the mermaid and mermen of other cultures. These beings are said to appear as human from the waist up but have the body of a fish from the waist down.
Merrow Sewing Machine Company Merrow Sewing Machine Company, based in West Wareham, Massachusetts, is one of the most recognized brands of textile equipment in the world. It is the oldest manufacturer of sewing machines in the United States.
Merrshaulk In many campaign settings for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Merrshaulk is the yuan-ti deity of poison and somnolence. In the "Forgotten Realms" campaign setting, Merrshaulk is known under the alias of Sseth.
Merry Andrew (film) Merry Andrew is a musical comedy film starring Danny Kaye (as "Andrew Larabee") and Pier Angeli (as "Selena Gallini"). Tommy Rall also appeared in the film (as "Ugo Gallini", the most protective of Salena's five brothers).
Merry Cemetery The Merry Cemetery (Romanian: Cimitirul Vesel) is a cemetery in the village of Săpânţa, Maramureş county, Romania. It is famous for its colourful tombstones with native paintings describing, in an original and poetic manner, the persons that are buried there as well as scenes from their lives.
Merry Clayton Merry Clayton (born December 25, 1948 in Gert Town, New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American gospel singer. She provided a number of back-up vocal tracks to songs recorded by major performing artists during the 1960s.
Merry England Merry England, or in more jocular, archaizing spelling Merrie England, is an idealized, idyllic, and pastoral way of life that the inhabitants of England allegedly enjoyed at some point or points between the Middle Ages and the onset of the Industrial Revolution. It is a utopian and not completely consistent vision: a revisited England, "the thatched cottage, the country inn, the cup of tea, and Sunday roast".
Merry Go Round (retailer) Merry-Go-Round was a national clothing retail chain owned by Merry-Go-Round Enterprises Inc that thrived during the 1980's but later fell into bankruptcy during the 1990's and eventually went out of business in 1996. It also owned the men's clothing retailer Chess King.
Merry Hill, Wolverhampton Merry Hill is a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands and a ward of Wolverhampton City Council. It is situated in the south-west of the city, bordering South Staffordshire and the Tettenhall Wightwick, Park, Graiseley and Penn wards.
Merry Christmas (film) Merry Christmas () is a 2005 film about the Christmas truce of December 1914 by French, British and German soldiers of World War I, written and directed by Christian Carion. The film was nominated in "Best Foreign Language Film" category at 78th Academy Awards.
Merry Christmas Darling "Merry Christmas Darling" by The Carpenters was written by Richard Carpenter & Frank Pooler and originally recorded in 1970. At the time it was only available on a 45 rpm from A&M Records (1236) and later in 1974 reissued as A&M 1648.
Merry Christmas from London Not a very country-sounding album at all for Lorrie Morgan, Merry Christmas from London features duets with guest stars Andy Williams ("Little Snow Girl"), Johnny Mathis ("Blue Snowfall"), and Tammy Wynette ("A Christmas Festival," a medley of several traditional Christmas songs). The New World Philharmonic and Choir provide traditional orchestral and vocal backing throughout the album.
Merry Christmas from the Morse Family Merry Christmas From The Morse Family is a collection of tracks Neal Morse (of Spock's Beard and Transatlantic fame) wrote and recorded between 1984 and 2000 in his home studio. Morse had recorded the Christmas songs each year to send to friends and family as Christmas gifts.
Merry Christmas with Love Merry Christmas with Love is Clay Aiken's first Christmas album, released on November 16, 2004. Over one million copies sold within the first 6 weeks and the album won a Billboard Award for the Best Selling Christian Album of 2005.
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Senjou no Merii Kurisumasu aka Furyo in many European editions) is a 1983 movie directed by Nagisa Oshima, produced by Jeremy Thomas and starring David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Takeshi Kitano.
Merry Lea Environmental Center The Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College is located in Wolf Lake, Indiana. The center serves as a field laboratory for students at Goshen College who are studying ecology, environmental education and agroecology.
Merry Men The Merry Men are the group of outlaws who follow Robin Hood, according to English folklore. An early use of the phrase "merry men" occurs in the oldest known Robin Hood ballad, "Robin Hood and the Monk","Robin Hood and the Monk", line 35 which survives in a manuscript completed around 1450.
Merry Mount Merry Mount is an opera in three acts by American composer Howard Hanson; its libretto, by Richard Stokes, is loosely based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "The Maypole Lovers of Merry Mount", taken from his Twice Told Tales. Hanson's only opera, it was commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, and was given its world stage premiere by that company on February 10, 1934; the opera had been heard in concert in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1933.
Merry Pranksters The Merry Pranksters were a group of people who formed around American novelist Ken Kesey and lived communally at his home in La Honda, California. Notable members include Kesey's main cohort Ken Babbs and Mountain Girl (born Carolyn Adams), among others.
Merry Rainbow Merry Rainbow is a popular coin-throwing game in penny arcades and video arcades in Hong Kong. Usually a token coin is thrown instead of an actual piece of currency, and the thrower can win a prize if he/she is able to make the coin fall onto the designated areas of rainbow-shaped color plates.
Merry widow A merry widow is a short, strapless corset with half-cups for the breasts and long garters. It was first made by the lingerie company Maidenform in 1952, to coincide with the 1952 film, The Merry Widow, starring Lana Turner.
Merry Widows of Joe Cain The Mardi Gras mystic society of "Cain’s Merry Widows" (a women’s mystic society) was founded in 1974 in Mobile, Alabama, home of the first Mardi Gras in America (1703) [^MOBMUSE]. Each Mardi Gras, on Joe Cain Day (the Sunday before Fat Tuesday), members of this society dress in funeral black with veils, lay a wreath at Cain’s burial site at Church Street Cemetery, wailing over their "departed husband's" grave, then traveling to Joe Cain’s house on Augusta Street to offer a toast and eulogy to their "Beloved Joe".
Merry-go-round train A Merry-go-round train, often abbreviated to MGR, is a unit train of hopper wagons which both loads and unloads its cargo while moving. In the United Kingdom, they are most commonly coal trains delivering to power stations.
Merry-Go-Round (radio programme) Merry-Go-Round, also known as Mediterranean Merry-Go-Round and Middle East Merry-Go-Round was a BBC comedy-variety radio show introduced as entertainment for British troops during World War II. It lead to several spin-offs, such as Waterlogged Spa and Puffney Post Office.
Merryland An early novel, Merryland (1740), "a fruitful and delicious country," by the pseudonymous "Thomas Stretzer," depicted the female body as a landscape that men explore, till, and plow. For example, he writes: "Her valleys are like Eden, her hills like Lebanon, she is a paradise of pleasure and a garden of delight.
Merrylands, New South Wales Merrylands is a suburb located in Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is the largest suburb in the local government area of the City of Holroyd, and serves as Holroyd City's central business district.
Merryle Rukeyser Merryle Rukeyser (January 3, 1897-December 21, 1988), father of Louis Rukeyser, graduated from Columbia University's Pulitzer school in 1915, and four years later received a masters degree in economics also from Columbia. He became a financial journalist first for the New York Tribune and then the New York Evening Journal.
Merrymeeting Lake Merrymeeting Lake is a 1,111-acre water body located in Strafford County in eastern New Hampshire, United States, in the town of New Durham. Its outlet is the Merrymeeting River, flowing south and then northwest to Lake Winnipesaukee.
Merrymount Press The Merrymount Press was a printing company, both scholarly and craftsmanlike, founded and run by Daniel Berkeley Updike in Boston, Massachusetts, and extant during the years 1893-1941. It was perhaps the finest representative of the Arts and Crafts movement in American book arts, influenced by William Morris and founded "to do common work well.
Merryweather (band) Merryweather was a late sixties Canadian rock band that relocated to California in the autumn of 1968 and recorded for Capitol Records. The band was led by singer/bass player Neil Merryweather and most of the band subsequently formed Salt and Pepper with Rick James.
Mersea Island Mersea Island is the most easterly inhabited island in the UK, located marginally off the coast of the county of Essex, 9 miles (14 km) to the southeast of Colchester. It is situated in the estuary area of the Blackwater and Colne rivers and has an area of around 8 km².
Merseburg Incantations The Merseburg Incantations (German: die Merseburger ZaubersprĂĽche) are two medieval magic spells, charms or incantations, written in Old High German. They are the only known examples of Germanic pagan belief preserved in this language.
Merseburg-Querfurt Merseburg-Querfurt is a district (Kreis) in the south of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from northwest clockwise) Sangerhausen, Mansfelder Land, Saalkreis, the district-free city Halle, the districts Delitzsch and Leipziger Land in Saxony, the districts Weißenfels and Burgenlandkreis, and the Kyffhäuserkreis in Thuringia.
Mersey Basin Campaign The Mersey Basin Campaign works within the catchments of the River Mersey and the River Ribble, in the counties of Lancashire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Cheshire and in the High Peak area of Derbyshire. Its main aim is to repair the damage done by industrialisation and to foster a future that is modern and prosperous with an improved environment.
Mersey River (Nova Scotia) The Mersey River is a river in Nova Scotia, Canada. The river proper flows from the eastern end of Eleven Mile Lake in Annapolis County southward to Kejimkujik Lake in Kejimkujik National Park, then through Lake Rossignol to empty into the Atlantic Ocean at the town of Liverpool, Nova Scotia.
Mersey Tunnels Police The Mersey Tunnels Police is a small, specialised, police force responsible for policing the Mersey Tunnels, Merseyside, England (between Liverpool and the Wirral). Due to its specialised remit, it is not responsible to the Home Office but to the Merseyside Passenger Transport Authority.
Merseyrail Merseyrail is the name given to the electric commuter train network centred on Liverpool in the county of Merseyside. The name was used as the official brand for the network in the days of British Rail, and has stuck through several franchise holders.
Merseyside Development Corporation The Merseyside Development Corporation was a central government-appointed Development Corporation set up in 1981 by Margaret Thatcher's government to regenerate the Mersey docks of Liverpool, Bootle, Wallasey and Birkenhead. It was one of two Development Corporations to be set up in 1981, the other being the London Docklands Development Corporation, which also focused on disused docklands.
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service The Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service covering the county of Merseyside in north-west England and is the statutory firefighting and rescue service responsible for all 999 fire brigade calls in Sefton, Knowsley, St Helens, Liverpool and Wirral.
Merseyside Maritime Museum Liverpool’s seafaring heritage brought to life in the historic Albert Dock. The museum’s collections reflect the international importance of Liverpool as a gateway to the world, including the city’s role in the transatlantic slave trade and emigration, the merchant navy and the Titanic.
Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive The Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive (MPTE, or Merseytravel, as it is branded) is the Passenger Transport Executive responsible for the coordination of public transport in the metropolitan county of Merseyside, England. It was first established in 1970, and took its current boundaries in 1974 when the metropolitan county was created.
Merseytram Merseytram was a proposed tramway for Liverpool and surrounding districts of Merseyside, England. Originally proposed in 2001 - forming part of the Merseyside Local Transport Plan - it called for three lines, connecting outlying suburbs of the city with the city centre.
Mersch (district) The district of Mersch was one of the four districts of Luxembourg between 1857 and 1867. It took its name from the site of its administrative centre, the town of Mersch, and contained the cantons of Mersch and Redange.
Mersin Mersin (Greek: Μερσίνη) is the capital city of Mersin province in Turkey (named İçel province until 2002). It is located in the South Anatolia Region, to the south of the country, south of the Taurus Mountains, by the Mediterranean coast.
Mersing Mersing is the name of a town and district in the northeast corner in the state of Johor, Malaysia. It is a lively tourist town visited by Malaysians and foreign tourists who come to enjoy the quiet life, great seafood, unspoilt beaches and exotic flora and fauna of the East Coast of mainland West Malaysia.
Merstham Merstham is a village in the Reigate and Banstead borough of Surrey, England and is part of the London commuter belt. It is situated just north of Redhill, near the intersection of the M25 and M23 motorways, on the edge of the North Downs and is on the route of the North Downs Way.
Mert YĂĽcel Mert YĂĽcel is a electronic music producer from Istanbul. He has several chart topper singles, such as "Dreamer"released on US and UK labels like Baroque Records], [[Subversive Records, Choo Choo Records, etc.
Merthyr Line The Merthyr Line is a railway line in South Wales from Cardiff to Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare. It is historically the Taff Vale Railway, the first rail development in the Valleys in the 1840s and associated with the notorious Taff Vale Judgment in 1901 when the courts penalised trade unions for losses caused by strikes.
Merthyr Tydfil (UK Parliament constituency) Merthyr Tydfil was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales. From 1832 to 1868 it returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and in 1868 this was increased to two members.
Merti Merti is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Arsi Zone, Merti is bordered on the south by Sude, on the west by Jeju, on the northwest by the Misraq Shewa Zone, on the north by the Afar Region, on the east by Aseko, and on the southeast by Chole.
Mertle Edmonds Mildred Pearl Edmonds, commonly known as Mertle Edmonds, is Lilo's rival in the Disney animated Lilo & Stitch films and television series. She is voiced by Alexandra Deary in the original movie and by Liliana Mumy in the following sequels and television series.
Merton and Morden Urban District Merton Urban District was an urban district in Surrey, England, created in 1907 to cover the parish of Merton. Formerly, the parish had been part of the Croydon Rural District since its formation under the Local Government Act 1894 but an increasing population lead to its creation as a separately administered area.
Merton College Library Merton College Library (in Merton College, Oxford) is one of the earliest libraries in England that is still in continuous daily use. The library is housed in several parts of the college, and houses a priceless collection of early printed books and more than 300 medieval manuscripts.
Merton College, Oxford Merton College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Its foundation can be traced back to the 1260s when Walter de Merton, chancellor to Henry III and later to Edward I, first drew up statutes for an independent academic community and established endowments to support it.
Merton Hanks Merton "The Neck" Hanks (born March 12, 1968) is an American and former NFL safety. Born March 12, 1968 in Dallas, Texas, he attended Lake Highlands High School, where he was a district track and field champion.
Merton parks and open spaces The London Borough of Merton is an outer London borough in the south west of the conurbation. Merton's parks and open spaces range in size from Mitcham Common and a major part of Wimbledon Common to the smaller gardens, sports grounds and recreation grounds within its boundaries.
Merton Russell-Cotes Sir Merton Russell-Cotes (8 May 1835, Wolverhampton – 27 January 1921, Bournemouth) was Mayor of Bournemouth, England, 1894-1895. During his Mayoralty, Meyrick Park, two free libraries, and the two first schools of art in the borough were opened.
Merton Street Merton Street is an historic and picturesque cobbled lane in central Oxford, England. It joins the High Street at its north-eastern end, between the Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art (together with the Examination Schools) and the Eastgate Hotel at the historic east gate of the city.
Merton's portfolio problem Merton's portfolio problem is a well known problem in continuous time finance. An investor with a finite lifetime must choose how much to consume and must allocate his wealth between stocks and a risk-free asset so as to maximize expected lifetime utility.
Mertz Glacier Mertz Glacier () is a heavily crevassed glacier in Antarctica, about 45 miles long and averaging 20 miles wide. It reaches the sea between Cape De la Motte and Cape Hurley where it continues as a large glacier tongue.
Meru language The Meru language, or Kimeru, is spoken by the Meru people or the Ameru who live on the slopes of Mount Kenya, Kenya, Africa and on the Nyambene ranges. They settled in this area after centuries of migration from the north.
Merv Merv (Persian name: مرو sometimes transliterated Marw or Mary; , Mulu), formerly Achaemenid Satrapy of Margiana, and later Alexandria and Antiochia in Margiana (Greek: Αντιόχεια της Μαργιανήs) – in current-day Turkmenistan, was a major oasis-city in Central Asia, on the historical Silk Road, located near today's Mary. Several cities have existed on this site, which is significant for the interchange of culture and politics at a site of major strategic value.
Merv Griffin Entertainment Merv Griffin Entertainment is a production company founded by entertainer Merv Griffin in 1996. Its productions include revivals of recent franchises (such as Dance Fever, revived in 2003 for the ABC Family channel).
Merv Hunter Merv Hunter (born:1926) was the state Member of Parliament for the electorate of Lake Macquarie representing the Australian Labor Party(ALP) in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1969 to 1991. His son Jeff Hunter MP is the current member for Lake Macquarie.
Merv Rettenmund Mervin Weldon Rettenmund (born June 6, 1943, in Flint, Michigan) is the current hitting coach at the San Diego Padres franchise in Major League Baseball. He played thirteen seasons with the Baltimore Orioles (1968-73), Cincinnati Reds (1974-75), San Diego Padres (1976-77), and California Angels (1979-80).
Merv Shea Mervyn John Shea (September 5, 1900 - January 27, 1953) born in San Francisco, California was a Catcher for the Detroit Tigers (1927-29 and 1939), Boston Red Sox (1933), St. Louis Browns (1933), Chicago White Sox (1934-37), Brooklyn Dodgers (1938) and Philadelphia Blue Jays (1944).
Merve Kavakçı Merve Kavakçı was a Turkish politician, who was elected as a Virtue Party deputy for Istanbul on April 18, 1999. On May 2, she was prevented from making her parliamentary oath because of her hijab, which is forbidden for public servants because of the rules of secularism in Turkey.
Merveilles merveilles is Malice Mizer's third album and the first (and only) to be released on the Columbia label. The band's lineup for the album is Gackt (vocals, piano), Mana (guitar, synthesizer), Közi (guitar, synthesizer), Yu~ki (bass), and Kami (drums).
Merville Gun Battery The Merville Gun Battery was a costal fortification in Normandy, France in use as part of the Nazi's Atlantic wall built to defend continental Europe from Allied invasion. It was one of the first places to be attacked by Allied forces on D-Day.
Merville, British Columbia Merville is an unincorporated community in the Comox Valley between the City of Courtenay, Mount Washington, Dove Creek, and Black Creek near the east coast of Vancouver Island. It was named by soldiers returning to the Island after fighting in France for Canada in World War I.
Mervyn Crossman Mervyn Crossman (born April 7, 1935) is a retired field hockey player from Australia, who won the bronze medal with the Men's National Team at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Four years earlier, when Rome, Italy hosted the Games, he made his Olympic debut.
Mervyn Fernandez Mervyn "Swervyn' Mervyn" Fernandez (born December 29, 1959 in Merced, California) is a former professional American and Canadian football player who played wide receiver with the Canadian Football League British Columbia Lions and the NFL Los Angeles-Oakland Raiders.
Mervyn Horton Mervyn Horton was the doyen of the Sydney art world for thirty years as a writer, collector, patron and philanthropist. The Mervyn Horton Bequest has to 2006 purchased over $8 million of contemporary art for the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Mervyn LeRoy Mervyn LeRoy (October 15, 1900 - September 13, 1987) was an American film director, producer and sometime actor. Born to Jewish parents in San Francisco, California, his family was financially ruined by the 1906 earthquake.
Mervyn Meggitt Mervyn Meggitt (August 20, 1924 - November 13, 2003 New York State) was an American anthropologist who was one of the pioneering researchers of higlands Papua New Guinea and Aboriginal Australia. Meggitt was one of the first students of anthropology at the University of Sydney, and between 1953 and 1979 he carried out research amongst the Warlpiri (Walbiri) of Australia and the people of Enga Province, Papua New Guinea.
Mervyn Peake Mervyn Laurence Peake (July 9, 1911 – November 17, 1968) was a English modernist writer, artist, poet and illustrator. He is best known for what are usually referred to as the Gormenghast books, though the Titus books would be more accurate: the three works that exist were the beginning of what Peake conceived as a lengthy cycle, following his protagonist Titus Groan from cradle to grave, but Peake's untimely death prevented completion of the cycle, which is now commonly but erroneously referred to as a trilogy.
Mervyn Pinfield Mervyn Pinfield was a British Television producer and director working for the BBC during the 1950s and 1960s. He is well known for being the associate producer on the BBC television series Doctor Who from the first episode of An Unearthly Child to The Romans, during Verity Lambert's tenure as producer.
Mervyn S. Bennion Mervyn Sharp Bennion (5 May 1887 – 7 December 1941) was an officer in the United States Navy who died during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. While mortally wounded, he remained in command of his ship — for conspicuous devotion to duty, extraordinary courage, and complete disregard of his own life, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
Merwede The Merwede (etymology uncertain, possibly derived from the ancient Dutch word meaning "wide water") is the name of several interconnected stretches of river in The Netherlands, all part of the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta. The Meuse river joins the Waal at Woudrichem to form the Boven Merwede (Upper Merwede).
Merya The Meryas (also Merä) were an ancient tribe who lived in the region of modern Russian cities of Moscow, Rostov, Kostroma, Jaroslavl and Vladimir. They probably spoke a Finnic language related to the languages spoken by other tribes in the surrounding larger region, such as the Mari, the Mordvins, the Meshchera and the Veps who were their neighbours.

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