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Majid Salim Majid Salim is a 'celebrity non celebrity', an original thinker with an intellect known to the UK national media. He was informally offered the job as manager of Chelsea Football Club by Roman Abramovic prior to Jose Mourinho being signed for the club in early July 2004.
Majidae Majidae is a family of crabs, comprising around 700 marine species with a carapace that is longer than it is broad, and which forms a point at the front. The legs can be very long in some species, leading to the name "spider crab".
Majigeen Majigeen is a musical historical fiction drama written by Jennifer Chase. Majigeen is based on the life of Anta Majigeen Njaay, later known as Anna Kingsley, a young teenager torn from her home in Senegal in the early 19th Century and sold into slavery in Spanish Florida.
Majilis The Majilis (also transliterated as Mazhilis; English: Assembly) is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Kazakhstan, known as the Parlamenti, in the Government of Kazakhstan. The upper house of Parliament is the Senate of Kazakhstan.
Majin (Dragon Ball) In the manga/anime Dragon Ball Z, Majin (D'jin in the Viz manga) is the title given to someone under the control of the Wizard Babidi. When someone is Majin, an "M" appears on their body (usually on the forehead, or in Yakon's case, the chest).
Majin Buu Majin Buu is a fictional character in the manga Dragon Ball and the anime Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT. He is the last major villain to appear in Dragon Ball Z and the most powerful of the three major Dragon Ball Z villains (others being Cell and Freeza).
Majin Buu Saga The Majin Buu Saga from the anime Dragon Ball Z, deals with Majin Buu's emergence into Earth by the evil wizard Babidi, the emergence of Rou Dai Kaioshin (Elder Kai), the introduction of the Super Saiyan 3 transformation, and the fusion technique.
Majin Zarak Majin Zarak ('Majin' being one of the Japanese words for 'Demon', hence his name could be Demon Zarak)is one of the largest, most powerful Transformers that exists in the modern era of the Transformers Universe. He is extremely powerful, but not all that bright.
Majitha Majitha is a city and a municipal council in Amritsar district in the Indian state of Punjab. Majitha holds a distinguished place in the history of Punjab as the well-known Majithia Sirdars (chiefs) came from this region.
Majithia Sirdars This term refers to a set of three related families of Sikh sirdars (chiefs) that came from the area of Majitha - a town 10 miles north of the Punjab city of Amritsar and rose to prominance in the early 1800s. The Majithia clans threw in with the rising star of the Sikh misls - Ranjit Singh - during the latter 1700s.
Majjhima Nikaya The Majjhima Nikaya ("Collection of Middle-length Discourses") is the second of the five nikayas, or collections, in the Sutta Pitaka, which is one of the "three baskets" that compose the Pali Tipitaka. This nikaya consists of 152 discourses by the Buddha and his chief disciples, which together constitute a comprehensive body of teaching concerning all aspects of the Buddha's teachings.
Majlis Majlis (مجلس) is an Arabic term used to describe various types of formal legislative assemblies in countries with linguistic or cultural connections to Islamic countries. Also it is the equivalent of the term parliament in some Islamic-culture states like the Maldives.
Majlis Amanah Rakyat The Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Malay: Indigenous People's Trust Council; commonly abbreviated as MARA) is a Malaysian government agency. It was formed to aid, train, and guide Bumiputra (Malays and other indigenous Malaysians) in the areas of business and industry.
Majlis of Iran The Majlis of Iran (Persian:مجلس, originally an Arabic word for "assembly"), is a legislative body of Iran. The Majlis currently has 290 representatives, changed from the previous 270 seats since the February 18, 2000 election.
Majlis-ash-Shura Majlis-ash-Shura (مجلس الشورى) is the Arabic term for advisory council or consultative council. In Islamic context, the Majlis-ash-Shura is one of three ways that a Khalifa (Islamic leader) may be selected, the other two ways being by nomination and by force.
Majlis-e-Shoora Majlis-e-Shoora (Urdu: مجلس شوری) (Council of Advisors in Urdu, although referred to as "Parliament") is the bicameral federal legislature of Pakistan that consists of the Senate (upper house) and the National Assembly (lower house). According to Article 50 of the Constitution of Pakistan, the Council consists also of the President of Pakistan.
Majma al-Zawa'id Majma' al-Zawa'id wa Manba' al-Fawa'id is a 10-volume secondary hadith collection written by Nur al-Din 'Ali ibn Abi Bakr al-Haythami (735-808 AH/1335-1405 CE) and printed in Cairo 1352-1353 AH/1933-1934 CE. It contains those hadiths uniquely reported by Ahmad ibn Hanbal in his Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal and by al-Tabarani, among others.
Majo no Takkyūbin Majo no Takkyūbin (魔女の宅急便) English title "Kiki's Delivery Service" is a children's fantasy novel by Eiko Kadono, first published in 1985. It was adapted in 1989 as an animated film by Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli.
Majolica Majolica is earthenware with a white tin glaze, decorated by applying colorants on the raw surface of white slip before firing. The high viscosity of the glaze restricts flow as the glaze melts, giving a glossy surface that maintains the line quality of the decoration.
Major and minor In music, the adjectives major and minor can describe a scale, key, chord, or interval. For intervals, the terms refer to a difference in their relative width, major referring to notes somewhat further apart; the other terms are classifications based on the use of certain intervals, especially the major or minor third.
Major appliance A major appliance is a large machine which accomplishes some routine housekeeping task, which includes purposes such as cooking, food preservation, or cleaning, whether in a household, institutional, commercial or industrial setting. An appliance is differentiated from a plumbing fixture because it uses an energy input for its operation other than water, generally using electricity or natural gas/propane.
Major Arcana The Major Arcana (Trumps Major, Major Trumps) of the Tarot deck consists of 22 cards. The name Major Arcana is used only in esoteric practice; Tarot decks for playing call them Trumps and usually only show a Roman numeral on each card, plus some decoration that is identical on all of them.
Major Archbishop In the Catholic Church, major archbishop is a title for an Eastern Rite hierarch to whose archiepiscopal see is granted the same jurisdiction in his autonomous (sui juris) particular Church that an Eastern-rite patriarch has in his. 1990 Code of Canons for the Oriental Churches, Canon 151
Major Barbara (1941 film) Major Barbara is a 1941 British film starring Wendy Hiller and Rex Harrison. In this social satire, Wendy Hiller plays Barbara Undershaft, the idealistic daughter of a weapons manufacturer, who joins the Salvation Army.
Major BBS The Major BBS (later renamed Worldgroup in 1995) was developed by Tim Stryker and launched in 1986 by Stryker's company Galacticomm, as a demonstration of the abilities of the Galacticomm Software Breakthrough Library (or GSBL). The GSBL was a powerful set of assembler routines written for IBM and compatible PCs that allowed up to 32 simultaneous connections to a single software instance without the need for an external multitasker.
Major Booth Major William Booth, better known as William Booth, (born 10 December 1886 in Lowtown, Pudsey, Yorkshire, England; died 1 July 1916 near La Cigny, France) was a cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1908 and 1914, a season in which he was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year. His international career was restricted to playing for England in the 1913-14 tour of South Africa, which was the last Test match tour before the First World War.
Major Bowes Amateur Hour Major Bowes Amateur Hour, radio's best known talent show, was one of the most popular programs broadcast in the United States in the 1930s and 1940s. It was created and hosted by Edward Bowes (1874–1946), who in his 50s became a national celebrity known as Major Bowes.
Major Case Unit of The Wire The following is a listing of fictional characters from the HBO series, The Wire who have been part of the show's Major Case Unit. The Major Case Unit was established by Cedric Daniels in Season 3 as part of a previous prior agreement with Commissioner Ervin Burrell.
Major depressive episode Major depressive episode is a symptom of a mood disorder. It is characterized by severe, highly persistent depression, which is often manifested by lack of appetite, chronic fatigue, lethargy, and sleep disturbances (somnipathy).
Major Davis Major Davis (27 March 1882 - 27 April 1959) was an English cricketer who played one first-class match, for Worcestershire against Oxford University in 1911. He scored 29 and 6, and took one catch, to dismiss Oxford captain John Evans.
Major Defect In the process of Fagan Inspections the defects which are found are categorized in two categories: major and minor defects (often much more categories are used). The defects which are incorrect or even missing functionality or specifications can be classified as major defects: the software will not function correctly when these defects are not being solved.
Major Depression Inventory The Major Depression Inventory (MDI) is a self-report mood questionnaire developed by the World Health Organisation. The instrument was constructed by a team lead by Professor Per Bech, a psychiatrist based at Frederiksborg General Hospital in Denmark.
Major Dodge Major Dodge, a graduate of New Albany High School in New Albany, Indiana, has appeared in Off-Broadway productions of Rebel Without A Cause, The Awesome 80s Prom, and most recently the world premiere of Count Down by Dominique Cieri. Off-Off Broadway productions; Angry Young Women in Low-Rise Jeans with High-Class Issues, and Burn This which he also produced.
Major Dundee Major Dundee was a 1965 Western film written by Harry Julian Fink and directed by Sam Peckinpah. It has become notorious for the feud between Peckinpah and the producing studio, Columbia Pictures, during its production and editing.
Major events of the DC Universe During its 75 years of publication, DC Comics has produced many noteworthy stories set in its fictional DC Universe. The following is a list of the major storylines that took place within the "Modern Era of Heroes", a period that covers a fixed number of years before the present (regardless of when the stories were published.
Major events of the Marvel Universe For decades -in particular, since the 1960's- Marvel Comics has been telling noteworthy fictional stories. The following is a list of the major plotlines, detailing such things as first appearances of characters, character deaths (though those tend to be less permanent in superhero comics) and other important developments.
Major film studios The major film studios, often simply known as the majors, are film studios (mostly United States-based) that produce many films per year. These major movie studios include veteran studios (Walt Disney Pictures and Universal Studios) and newer studios (Lions Gate Films and New Line Cinema).
Major histocompatibility complex The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a large genomic region or gene family found in most vertebrates. It is the most gene-dense region of the mammalian genome and plays an important role in the immune system, autoimmunity, and reproductive success.
Major characters in the works of Madeleine L'Engle Madeleine L'Engle, an American novelist, diarist and poet, has produced over fifty books since her first novel, The Small Rain, in 1945. Many of her fictional characters have appeared in more than one novel, sometimes in more than one series of novels.
Major chord Generally speaking, a major chord is any chord which has a major third above its root, as opposed to a minor chord which has a minor third. More specifically, it is the three-note chord made up of a major third and perfect fifth above the root—if the root of the chord is C, the chord will consist of the notes C, E and G.
Major Charles Alva Dale and SSG David Stanley Demmon Major Charles Alva Dale, and Staff Sergeant David Stanley Demmon, were United States Army soldiers whose plane crashed or was shot down during the Vietnam War on June 9, 1965. Whether they were killed in the crash, died later in Viet Cong custody, or still remain alive today is unknown, but Dale's official status was declared Missing in Action and Demmon's was declared Prisoner of War.
Major Impact Wrestling Major Impact Wrestling (MIW) is a Professional Wrestling promotion based on the Gold Coast of Australia. It is run by New Zealand born wrestlers Peter "Hawk" Ball and his son Troy "Cruz" Ball.
Major league debut A major league debut is the first official game a baseball player gets into at the major league level. For example, center fielder Willie Mays made his major league debut on May 25, 1951 against the Philadelphia Phillies at Shibe Park.
Major locrian scale In music, the major locrian scale, also called the locrian major scale, is the scale obtained by sharpening the second and third degrees of the locrian mode. With a tonic of C, it consists of the notes C D E F Gâ™­ Aâ™­ Bâ™­.
Major League Baseball 2K6 Major League Baseball 2K6 or in short, MLB 2K6, is an MLB licensed baseball simulation video game developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K Sports. It is the only 2006 MLB licensed game available for the Xbox 360 and Nintendo GameCube.
Major League Baseball 2K7 Major League Baseball 2K7 or in short, MLB 2K7, is an MLB licensed baseball simulation video game developed by Kush Games and published by 2K Sports. It is the only 2007 MLB licensed game available for the Xbox 360 and Xbox.
Major League Baseball All-Star Game The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual baseball game between players from the National League and the American League, currently selected by fan vote for the starting position players and by the manager (the managers from the previous year's World Series) for pitchers and reserve players. The All-Star Game usually occurs in early to mid-July and marks the symbolic halfway point in the Major League Baseball (MLB) season (though not the mathematical halfway point; in most seasons, the game actually takes place after about 55% of the season has been completed), and since 2003 it has been used to determine home field advantage for the upcoming World Series.
Major League Baseball All-Star Game MVP Award The Major League Baseball All-Star Game MVP Award is given to the outstanding player in each year's Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Awarded each season since 1962, it was originally called the Arch Ward Memorial Award after the man who first came up with the concept of the game.
Major League Baseball All-Time Team The Major League Baseball All-Time Team were chosen in 1997 to comprise the top manager and top player in each of thirteen positional categories across Major League Baseball history. The team, announced by Classic Sports Network in conjunction with the events celebrated around the 1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, were chosen by a by a panel of thirty-six members of the Baseball Writers Association of America in a first- and second-place Borda count voting system.
Major League Baseball Constitution The Major League Baseball Constitution is a document under which the day-to-day operation of Major League Baseball are conducted. It was originally drafted in 1903 as the Constitution of the National League and has since been amended several times, most recently in June of 2005.
Major League Baseball drug policy Major League Baseball's drug policy Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment program is a drug policy established by agreement between the MLB Players Association and the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball in order to deter and end the use by baseball players of banned substances, including anabolic steroids and other illegal drugs, and to "provide for, in keeping with the overall purposes of the Program, an orderly, systematic, and cooperative resolution of any disputes that may arise concerning the existence, interpretation, or application" of the policy itself.
Major League Baseball Draft The Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft is held every year in June by conference call among the 30 Major League clubs. The clubs take turns selecting players in reverse order of their won-loss records at the close of the previous regular season for 50 rounds (since 1998), or until all the teams pass on a player in one round.
Major League Baseball Japan All-Star Series The Major League Baseball Japan All-Star Series is a set of games between All-Star teams from North America's Major League Baseball and Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. The series takes place every even numbered year in the Tokyo Dome and other NPB home stadiums.
Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award The Most Valuable Player Award (commonly known as the MVP award) is an annual award given to one outstanding player in each league of Major League Baseball. Since 1931, it has been awarded by the Baseball Writers Association of America.
Major League Baseball on ABC The American Broadcasting Company presented Major League Baseball in various forms circa 1953-1965 (ABC Game of the Week), 1976-1989 (Monday Night and Thursday Night Baseball), and 1994-1995 (Baseball Night in America). ABC has not televised Major League Baseball since Game 5 of the 1995 World Series.
Major League Baseball on CBS Radio Major League Baseball on CBS Radio was the de facto title for the CBS Radio Network's coverage of Major League Baseball. Produced by CBS Radio Sports (now Westwood One), the program was the official national radio broadcaster for the World Series from 1976-1997.
Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio is exclusive play-by-play broadcast presentation of Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio. The program's official name is MLB on ESPN Radio presented by United States Postal Service.
Major League Baseball on FOX Major League Baseball on FOX is the de facto brand name for a weekly presentation of Major League Baseball games on the Fox television network. Major League Baseball on FOX began on June 1, 1996 and will continue at least through the 2013 Major League Baseball season.
Major League Baseball on NBC Major League Baseball on NBC is the de facto name for a weekly presentation of Major League Baseball games televised on the National Broadcasting Company television network from 1947 to 2000. There have been several variations of the program dating back to the 1940s, including The NBC Game of the Week and Baseball Night in America.
Major League Baseball players who played for Penn State Penn State University, one of the most well-known universities in the United States, has had many alumni that have become professional athletes. Although better known as a football school, Penn State has also produced it's fair share of Major League Baseball players.
Major League Baseball Players Association The Major League Baseball Players Association (or MLBPA) is the union of professional major-league baseball players. Any individual on the 25-man or 40-man roster of an American League or National League team is eligible for membership.
Major League Baseball season The Major League Baseball season has been 162 games long for each team since 1961 in the American League and 1962 in the National League. The preceding 154-game schedule was adopted in 1904 and modified only in 1919.
Major League Baseball television contracts The following is a detailed description of the various television networks (both broadcast and cable), rights fees, and announcers who have called Major League Baseball games throughout the years (from the late 1930s through the present).
Major League Baseball transactions Major League Baseball transactions are changes made to the roster of a major league team during or after the season. They may include waiving, releasing, and trading players, as well assigning players to minor league teams.
Major League Baseball: An Inside Look Major League Baseball: An Inside Look was the pregame television program for NBC's Game of the Week telecasts. It featured one-on-one interviews with the players, and other on-going news and notes relating to Major League Baseball (in particular, the upcoming telecast).
Major League Cricket Major League Cricket, or MLC, is a company dedicated to running a profitable professional cricket competition within the United States, as well as developing and promoting the sport to raise its profile in North America. MLC has not been recognised by the United States of America Cricket Association (USACA), and thus has no official status within the recognised international structure of cricket.
Major League Eating Major League Eating (MLE) is the International Federation of Competitive Eating brand that designates all top-level competitive eaters, eating events, television specials and merchandise. The dynamic brand mark combines the appeal of traditional sports with the most extreme of the extreme sports.
Major League Hockey Major League Hockey (MLH) is the new "league name" for the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) Senior league. The league is sanctioned as "Senior AAA" by the Ontario Hockey Association; the top level of senior hockey in Canada.
Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game is the all-star game of the MLL. Before 2003, the American Division All-Stars play against the National Division All-Stars, but it is unclear what the format will be after the 2006 Western Expansion.
Major League Lacrosse Iron Lizard of the Year Award Major League Lacrosse's SoBe Iron Lizard Award was given to the player who most embodied the traits of toughness, tenacity and determination regardless of pain or injury during season. The award was discontinued after the 2002 season.
Major League Lacrosse Sportsman of the Year Award The New Balance Major League Lacrosse Sportsman of the Year Award is given annually to the best sportsman of the MLL. The award recognizes a player who has consistently demonstrated sportsmanship through tenacity, determination and fair play on the field over the course of the regular season.
Major League Soccer All-Star Game The MLS All-Star Game has been held each season that Major League Soccer has existed. The set-up for the game has been far more fluid than that of All-Star games in more traditional leagues such as the NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB.
Major League Soccer MVP Award The Major League Soccer MVP Award is an association football award for Major League Soccer in the United States. The award is given to the player deemed the most valuable player in the league in any given season.
Major League Wrestling Major League Wrestling (MLW) was a popular professional wrestling promotion that described itself as hybrid wrestling bring together many different forms of wrestling to produce an alternative to sports entertainment. In February 2004 founder, Court Bauer was forced to close the company.
Major Mackenzie (VIVA) Major Mackenzie is a Vivastation on York Region's Viva bus rapid transit system, north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It opened on September 4, 2005, at the intersection of Major Mackenzie Drive and Yonge Street in Richmond Hill, Ontario.
Major Matt Mason Major Matt Mason was an action figure created by Mattel, an astronaut who lived and worked on the moon. When introduced in 1966, the figures were initially based on design information found in Air Force Magazine, Jane's, and other aviation- and space-interest periodicals.
Major Moves Major Moves is the name of a controversial plan conceived by Indiana governor Mitch Daniels to lease the Indiana Toll Road for 75 years to an Australian-Spanish consortium for an upfront payment of $3.8 billion.
Major non-NATO ally Major non-NATO ally (MNNA) is a designation given by the United States government to exceptionally close allies who have strong strategic working relationships with American forces but are not members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. While the MNNA status does not automatically include a mutual defense pact with the United States, it does confer a variety of military and financial advantages that otherwise are not obtainable by countries not in NATO.
Major orders The term major orders was a part of the clerical terminology of the Roman Catholic Church until shortly after the Second Vatican Council, when the use widely disappeared due to reform of the clerical structure. During the Counter-reformation, the Council of Trent issued a decree outlining the orders of the clergy.
Major Organ and the Adding Machine (album) Major Organ and the Adding Machine is essentially a collection of psychedelic jams, full of weird effects, odd clattering noises and quasi-melodies. Every now and then a bizarre pop song emerges from the chaos.
Major Owens Major Robert Odell Owens (born June 28, 1936) is a New York politician, having represented the state's 11th Congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. He retired at the end of his term in January 2007 and was succeeded by Yvette Clarke.
Major planar races In the standard cosmology of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, there are seventeen Outer Planes. Nine of those correspond to a specific alignment, or ethical outlook; the remaining eight fall somewhere in between the former.
Major prophet A major prophet is a book in the Major Prophets section of the Christian Old Testament in the Bible. The term "major prophet" is typically a Christian term as the Jewish Hebrew Bible does not group these books together and does not even include the deuterocanonical/apocryphal Book of Baruch.
Major religious groups Major religions have been distinguished from minor religions using a variety of methods, though any such division naturally reflects a particular bias, since adherents of many religions are likely to consider their own faith "major". Two methods are mentioned in this article: number of adherents and the definitions used by classical scholars of religions.
Major roads in Metro Manila Metro Manila has a very extensive roadway system connecting the cities and municipalities of the metropolis and its surrounding provinces. The major roadways are the ten radial roads, braching from the capital city of Manila, and the five circumferential roads, which form semicircles around the city of Manila.
Major Ratchayonthin Major Cineplex Ratchayothin was the first mega cinema complex in Asia it opened in 1998. This mega complex integrates a complete range of state-of-the-art entertainment, including the simulator theater Krung Thai IMAX and the 38-lane Major Bowl.
Major Rivers of India The rivers of India play an important role in the lives of the Indian people. The river systems provide irrigation, potable water, cheap transportation, electricity, as well as provide livelihoods for a large number of people all over the country.
Major Robert Anderson Robert Anderson (June 14, 1805 – October 26, 1871) was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, known for his command of Fort Sumter at the start of the war. He is often referred to using his rank of that time, Major Robert Anderson.
Major scale In music theory, the major scale (or major mode) is one of the diatonic scales. It is often considered to be made up of seven notes (eight if one includes the octave which is actually the first note of the next octave of the scale).
Major second A major second or whole tone is one of three commonly occurring musical intervals that span two diatonic scale degrees; the others being the minor second, which is one semitone smaller, and the augmented second, which is one semitone larger. The major second is abbreviated as M2 and its inversion is the minor seventh.
Major seventh A major seventh is the larger of two commonly occurring musical intervals that span seven diatonic scale degrees. The prefix 'major' identifies it as being the larger of the two (by one chromatic semitone); its smaller counterpart being a minor seventh.
Major sixth A major sixth is the larger of two commonly occurring musical intervals that span six diatonic scale degrees. The prefix 'major' identifies it as being the larger of the two (by a chromatic semitone); its smaller counterpart being a minor sixth.
Major submarine incidents since 2000 Since the year 2000, there have been twelve major naval incidents involving submarines: three Russian submarine incidents, six incidents involving submarines from the United States, a Chinese incident, a Canadian incident, and an Australian incident.
Major suit In the card game contract bridge, the major suits are spades () and hearts (). The major suits are of prime importance for tactics and scoring as they outrank the minor suits while bidding and also outscore them.
Major third A major third is the larger of two commonly occurring musical intervals that span three diatonic scale degrees. The prefix 'major' identifies it as being the larger of the two (by one semitone: the Major third is a leap of four semitones, while the minor third leaps three); its smaller counterpart being a minor third.
Major Tom Major Tom is a fictional astronaut created by David Bowie. He appears in the songs "Space Oddity" and "Ashes to Ashes" by Bowie, the song "Major Tom" by Peter Schilling, a French cover of "Major Tom" by Belgian artist Plastic Bertrand, and the song "Mrs.
Major Waldemar Fydrych Waldemar Fydrych (born April 8, 1953), also known as "Major," is a Polish activist best known as the founder and leader of the Orange Alternative movement in Poland. He has been recognized worldwide for his numerous cultural actions and publications.
Major William Cadogan Major William Cadogan (1601-1661), of Liscarton, County Meath, was born at Dunster, Somerset, to Henry Cadogan of Llanbetter, Pembrokeshire. His great-grandfather, Thomas Cadogan, of Dunster, claimed descent from the ancient princes of Wales (called Cadwgan).
Major Zamora Major Zamora was a dime museum performer in the late 1890s. He was a physical dwarf who specialized in feats of contortionism and enterology (squeezing into impossibly small spaces, or getting inside a sealed container without disturbing it) and, as an offshoot of this, was a feature escape artist before the advent of Houdini.
Major Zemo Major Zemo was a fictituous Nazi from the Golden Age in Amalgam Comics. His first appearance was in Super Soldier: Man of War #1, though his first (metafictional) appearance in Amalgam continuity was most likely to have been in the All-Star Winners Comics.

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