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Manuel MarĂ­n Manuel MarĂ­n (born October 21 1949) is a Spanish politician. He is currently President of the Congress of Deputies of Spain and was President during the interim MarĂ­n Commission following the Resignation of the Santer Commission, of which he was a member.
Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage Manuel Maria Barbosa de Bocage (1765–1805), Portuguese poet, was a native of Setubal. His father had held important judicial and administrative appointments, and his mother, from whom he took his last surname, was the daughter of a Portuguese vice-admiral of French birth who had fought at the Battle of Matapan.
Manuel Maria Ponce Manuel María Ponce Cuéllar (8 December 1882 – 24 April 1948) was a distinguished Mexican composer active in the 20th century. His work as a composer, music educator and Mexican music enthusiast researcher, connected the concert scene with a usually forgotten tradition of popular song and Mexican folklore.
Manuel MartĂ­n-Oar Spanish Naval Captain Manuel MartĂ­n-Oar (1947 - 2003) died from injuries sustained in the truck bomb attack on the United Nations' Baghdad headquarters on Tuesday August 19, 2003, which killed 24 people. He was working for the Spanish special ambassador to Iraq, Miguel Benzo Perea.
Manuel Martínez Barrionuevo Manuel Martínez Barrionuevo (1857 – January 5, 1917) was a Spanish writer and journalist. During a prolific career he contributed to the periodicals El Progreso, Bandera Liberal and Diaro Mercantil and wrote novels, plays and poetry.
Manuel Marulanda Pedro Antonio Marín, also known by his "nom de guerre", Manuel Marulanda Vélez, and nicknamed by his comrades "Tirofijo" (which means, "Sureshot"), apparently because of a reputed ability to accurately aim firearms. He is the main leader of the FARC-EP ("Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia - Ejército del Pueblo").
Manuel MejĂ­a Vallejo Manuel MejĂ­a Vallejo, (1923 - 1998) was a Colombian writer and journalist. The specialist LuĂ­s Carlos Molina says that MejĂ­a represents the Andean aspect of the contemporary Colombian narrative, characterized by a world of symbols which are little by little being lost in the memory of the mountain.
Manuel Mora Manuel Mora Valverde (born 27 August 1909 in San José – died 29 December 1994) was a communist and labor leader in Costa Rica. He helped to found the Workers' and Farmers' Party (later the People's Vanguard Party) in 1931.
Manuel Moschopulus Manuel Moschopulus (Greek: Mανουήλ Μοσχόπουλος, "Manuel Moskhopoulos"), Byzantine commentator and grammarian, lived during the end of the 13th and the beginning of the 14th century. Moschopulus' means "little calf," and is probably a nickname.
Manuel Negrete Arias Manuel "Manolo" Negrete Arias (born March 11, 1959 in Altamirano, Guerrero) is Mexican coach and former football midfielder, who became famous for scoring one of the most spectacular goals of the 1986 World Cup.
Manuel Noriega Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno (born February 11, 1938) is a Panamanian general, and was the de facto leader and military dictator of Panama from 1983 to 1989. Contrary to the claims offered by several sources, Noriega was never President of Panama.
Manuel Ojeda Manuel Ojeda (born Jesús Manuel Ojeda Ruiz de la Peña on November 4 1940 in La Paz, Baja California Sur) is one of the most active actors of television and the Cinema of Mexico. He also played the villain, Zolo, in the Hollywood film Romancing the Stone
Manuel Ortiz Manuel Ortiz Partida , born May 22, 1971 in Tijuana, Baja California is a professional wrestler who is currently wrestling the Independent Circuit in Mexico, particularly in the Tijuana area. He is better known by his stage name Halloween.
Manuel Palaiologos Manuel Palaiologos or Palaeologus (1455-1512) was the youngest child of Thomas Palaiologos and Catherine Zaccharia. He was brother to the de jure Byzantine Emperor Andrew Palaiologos, Zoe Palaiologina, Grand Duchess of Moscovy and Helena Palaiologina, wife to Despot Lazar Branković of Serbia.
Manuel Pardo Manuel Pardo y Lavalle (1834 – 1878) was a Peruvian politician and the first civilian President of the Republic of Peru. Founder of the most important political party of the era (Civilista Party), he was elected president by the Peruvian Congress after a failed coup launched by colonel Tomás Gutierrez.
Manuel PavĂ­a y RodrĂ­guez de Alburquerque Manuel Pavia y Rodriguez de Alburquerque (August 2 1828-January 4 1895) was a Spanish general, born in Cadiz. He was the son of Admiral Pavia, a naval officer of some note in the early part of the 19th century.
Manuel Pavia y Lacy, 1st Marquis de Novaliches Manuel Pavia y Lacy, 1st Marquis de Novaliches (July 6, 1814 in Granada-October 22, 1896 in Madrid), Spanish marshal, was born at Granada on the 6th of July 1814. He was the son of Colonel Pavia, and after a few years at the Jesuit school of Valencia he entered the Royal Artillery Academy at Segovia.
Manuel Pedro Pacavira Manuel Pedro Pacavira (born 1939 in Cuanza Norte province, Angola) is an Angolan writer, diplomat and politician. Educated in Havana, Cuba during the Angolan Communist era, Pacavira is the current Angolan ambassador to Italy, and has also been ambassador to the United Nations.
Manuel Perez (musician) Emanuel Perez[– also known as Manuel - (1871] – [[1946) was an early New Orleans jazz cornetist and bandleader. Being a contemporary of Buddy Bolden, Perez is considered one of the originators of the jazz sound.
Manuel Piñeiro Manuel Piñeiro Losada (March 12, 1934 – May 14, 1998), also known as Barbarroja (Spanish: "red beard") was Cuban revolutionary who became the first head of the Cuban General Intelligence Directorate (Dirección General de Inteligencia). Born in Matanzas, the son of a Bacardi executive, Piñeiro left his business studies at Columbia University early to join the 1959 Cuban Revolution.
Manuel Pinto da Costa Manuel Pinto da Costa (born 1937) is an economist who was the President of São Tomé and Príncipe from the country's independence in 1975 until 1991. He instituted a one-party, socialist state under the Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe (MLSTP).
Manuel Pinto de Fonseca Manuel Pinto de Fonseca (1681 - 23 January 1773) was a Knight of the Langue of Portugal. He was Grand Master of the Order of the Holy Religion of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem, of Palestine, of Rhodes, and called Malta, from 1741 to 1773.
Manuel Plaza Manuel Plaza Reyes (March 17, 1900 – February 9, 1969) is a former athlete from Chile, who won the country's first ever Olympic medal by finishing second (silver medal) at the Men's Marathon in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He clocked 2 hours, 33 minutes and 23 seconds.
Manuel Prado Ugarteche Manuel Prado y Ugarteche (April 21, 1889 – August 15,1967) was a Peruvian banker and political figure. Son of former president, Mariano Ignacio Prado, he was born in Lima and served as the President of Peru twice, from 1939 until 1945 and again between 1956 and 1962.
Manuel Puig Manuel Puig (General Villegas, December 28, 1932 - Cuernavaca, July 22, 1990) was an Argentinian author. Among his best known novels are La traición de Rita Hayworth (1968) (Betrayed by Rita Hayworth), Boquitas pintadas (1973) (Heartbreak Tango), and El beso de la mujer araña (1976) (Kiss of the Spider Woman), which was made into a film by the Argentine-Brazilian Director, Héctor Babenco and in 1993 into a Broadway musical.
Manuel QuintĂŁo Meireles Manuel QuintĂŁo Meireles (1880-1957) was a Portuguese Navy officer and a politician. He innicially suported the Military Dictatorship, after the 28 May 1926 revolution, but latter moved to the Democratic Opposition field.
Manuel Ramos Manuel Ramos, an attorney who also has taught Chicano literature courses at Metropolitan State College of Denver, is the author of several crime fiction novels. These novels have garnered critical and popular recognition such as the Colorado Book Award and the Chicano/Latino Literary Award (University of California at Irvine), as well as an Edgar nomination from the Mystery Writers of America.
Manuel Rivas Manuel Rivas (born in A Coruña, Galicia, in 1957) is a Spanish writer, poet and journalist. He began his career in some Galician and Spanish newspapers like El Ideal Gallego, La Voz de Galicia, El Pais, and was the sub-editor of Diario 16 in Galicia.
Manuel RodrĂ­guez Patriotic Front The Manuel RodrĂ­guez Patriotic Front (Spanish: Frente PatriĂłtico Manuel RodrĂ­guez) (FPMR) is a communist guerrilla organization in Chile, named for a figure in Chile's independence movement, Manuel RodrĂ­guez. The group was founded in 1983, during the rule of General Augusto Pinochet.
Manuel Rojas Manuel Rojas (1820 – 18??), born in Caracas, Venezuela from a Puerto Rican father and a Venezuelan mother was one of the main leaders of the Grito de Lares uprising against the Spanish colonial government in 1868.
Manuel Rojas (footballer) Manuel Antonio Rojas (born June 13, 1954) is a retired football midfielder from Chile, who represented his native country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain, wearing the number sixteen jersey. He played for several clubs in Chile, including Universidad CatĂłlica.
Manuel Roxas Manuel Acuña Roxas (January 1, 1892 – April 15, 1948) was the first president of the independent Republic of the Philippines. He served as president from the granting of independence in 1946 until his abrupt death in 1948.
Manuel Sadosky Manuel Sadosky (April 13 1914 – June 18 2005) was an Argentine mathematician, born in Buenos Aires to Jewish Russian immigrants fleeing the pogroms. He is widely considered the father of Computer Science studies in Argentina.
Manuel SanchĂ­s Hontiyuelo Manuel SanchĂ­s Hontiyuelo (born May 23, 1965 in Madrid) is a former Spanish football player. Sanchis was the only defender in the famous Quinta del Buitre and the only one of its members to play his entire career for Real Madrid and win the European Cup.
Manuel SanchĂ­s MartĂ­nez Manuel SanchĂ­s MartĂ­nez (born Alberique, Valencia, March 26, 1938 ) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender for Real Madrid and Spain during the 1960s. He also played for CD Condal, Real Valladolid and CĂłrdoba CF.
Manuel Schenkhuizen Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen (May 11, 1986-), is a Dutch professional player of the real-time strategy game Warcraft III (his primary race is "Orc"); he is currently signed to the top electronic sports team in the United Kingdom: Four Kings. He was rated the #1 top Warcraft III player in the World by SK Gaming and WCReplays.
Manuel Silvestre Manuel Silvestre Sánchez (born June 2, 1965 in Barcelona, Catalonia) is a former water polo player from Spain, who was a member of the national team that won the silver medal near his home town, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Manuel Sobral Manuel ("Manny") Sobral (born September 12, 1968 in Galicia, Spain) is a former boxer, competing in the welterweight (– 69kg) division. A resident of Vancouver, British Columbia, he represented Canada at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he was eliminated in the first round by Finland's Joni Nyman on points (1:4).
Manuel Torres (porn star) Manuel Torres is an American porn star who appears in gay pornographic films and pornographic magazines. Known as a "bad boy" of the gay porn industry, he performs as a top, and has appeared in several movies focused on Latino men.
Manuel Urrutia Lleó Manuel Urrutia Lleó (8 December 1901 Yaguajay, Las Villas Province, Cuba–5 July 1981 New York) was a Cuban lawyer and politician. Urrutia campaigned against the Gerardo Machado government and the second presidency of Fulgencio Batista during the 1950s, before serving as Cuban president in the first revolutionary government of 1959.
Manuel Vallarta Manuel Sandoval Vallarta (born 11 February 1899 in Mexico City — died 18 April 1977 in Mexico City) was a Mexican physicist. He had been a professor of physics at both MIT and the Institute of Physics at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Manuel Vega Manuel Vega Tamayo (born in Niquero, Cuba) is a righthanded pitcher who plays for Granma of the Cuban National Series. He was also part of the Cuban team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and there became the first athlete from Granma Province to win an Olympic gold medal.
Manuel Vieira de Matos Manuel Vieira de Matos (* 22 March 1861 in Poiares, Peso da Régua, Portugal; † 28 September 1932, in Braga, Portugal) was Bishop of Guarda, Archbishop of Braga, and the founder of the Corpo Nacional de Escutas - Escutismo Católico Português.
Manuel Zelaya José Manuel Zelaya Rosales, also known as Mel Zelaya, (born September 20, 1952) has been the President of Honduras since January 27 2006. On November 27, 2005, as the Liberal Party of Honduras (PLH) candidate he beat the National Party of Honduras (PNH's) Porfirio Pepe Lobo in the presidential election, replacing Ricardo Maduro as President of Honduras on January 27, 2006 as the PLH's 5th President in the national stadium in Tegucigalpa in front of 250 dignitaries, including leaders from other countries.
Manuela Machado Maria Manuela Machado (born August 9, 1963 in Viana do Castelo) is a former Portuguese long-distance runner, who was particularly successful when running the marathon. Unlike many other marathoners, she did not focus on running city marathons that would have earned her lots of money.
Manuela Malasaña Manuela Malasaña Oñoro, a 15-year-old seamstress from Móstoles, Madrid, Spain, was one of the townspeople who lost their lives during the May 2, 1808 uprising in Madrid against the troops of Napoleon I of France during the Peninsular War.
Manuela Sáenz Doña Manuela Sáenz de Thorne (born December 27, 1797, or possibly 1795, in Quito, Ecuador, died November 23, 1856 in Paita, Peru), "Libertadora del Libertador", was the lover of the South American revolutionary leader Simón Bolívar.
Manuela Stellmach Manuela Stellmach (born February 22, 1970) is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who was a member of the Women's Relay Team that won the gold medal in the 4x100m Freestyle Relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. At the same tournament she captured the bronze medal in the individual 200m Freestyle.
Manueline The Manueline, or Portuguese late Gothic is the sumptuous, composite Portuguese style of architectural ornamentation of the first decades of the 16th century, incorporating maritime elements and discoveries brought from the voyages of Vasco da Gama and Pedro Álvares Cabral. The innovative style synthesizes aspects of Late Gothic architecture with Spanish Plateresque style, Italian, and Flemish elements.
Manufactured risk Manufactured risks are risks that are produced by the modernization process, particularly by innovative developments in science and technology. They create risk environments that have little historical reference, and are therefore largely unpredictable.
Manufacturer statement of origin A Manufacturer Statement of Origin (MSO) is a document of ownership, usually related to a motor vehicle. Libertarian Congressional Canididate Michael Badnarik teaches a class on Constitutional law which refers to allodial title and uses the MSO as an example to demonstrate that the state is a co-owner of your automobile since they typically possess the MSO.
Manufacturers Railway Company The Manufacturers Railway Company , an Anheuser-Busch company, has been serving the rail industry since 1887, providing locomotive repair and maintenance. Repairs range from rebuilding components to rebuilding entire locomotives.
Manufacturers Representative Manufacturers representatives (reps), also known as sales agents, are independently owned and managed sales companies that are an alternative to hiring a direct sales force. Sales agencies have gained in popularity in recent years as the cost of hiring and maintaining direct sales forces has increased.
Manufacturing Manufacturing, a branch of industry, is the application of tools and a processing medium to the transformation of raw materials into finished goods for sale. This effort includes all intermediate processes required for the production and integration of a product's components.
Manufacturing bill of material A manufacturing bill of material (MBOM) is a type of bill of material reflecting the product as planned by manufacturing engineering, also referred to as the "as manufactured" bill of material or the "as-planned" bill of material. It is a list of the parts, materials, and tools required in the manufacture of a product.
Manufacturing clause A clause specifically stating that all copies of a work must be printed or otherwise produced domestically, even if the copyright was held by a foreigner. This was a feature of the 1891 US International Copyright Act, and its extension to all other media was proposed in the 1897 Treloar Copyright Bill.
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992) is a documentary film that explores the political life and ideas of Noam Chomsky, a linguist, intellectual, and political activist. Created by two Canadian independent filmmakers, Mark Achbar and Peter Wintonick, it expands on the ideas of Chomsky's earlier book, Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, which he co-wrote with Edward S.
Manufacturing Message Specification Manufacturing Message Specification (MMS) is an ISO 9506 standard. Control Networks uses the MMS protocol and a reduced OSI stack with the TCP/IP protocol in the transport/network layer, and Ethernet and/or RS-232C as physical media.
Manufacturing of Cheddar cheese The name Cheddar cheese originated because cheddar was first made in a small English village named Cheddar. Cheddar cheese has become so widespread that the term no longer refers to a cheese made in this village, however.
Manufacturing operations Manufacturing operations concern the operation of a facility, as opposed to maintenance, supply and distribution, health, and safety, emergency response, human resources, security, information technology and other infrastructural support organizations.
Manufacturing Process Management Manufacturing Process Management (MPM) is a collection of technology and methods used in the manufacture of products. It incorporates such technologies as computer-aided production engineering (CAPE), Advanced Planning & Scheduling (APS) , computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), Manufacturing Execution System (MES) , computer-aided quality assurance (CAQ), the utilization of CAD and AEC tools for factory layout and digital mockup (DMU) and simulation for assembly analysis.
Manufacturing resource planning Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II) is defined by APICS as a method for the effective planning of all resources of a manufacturing company. Ideally, it addresses operational planning in units, financial planning in dollars, and has a simulation capability to answer "what-if" questions
Manufacturing test requirement design specification Manufacturing test requirement design specification (MTRD) is a document which specifies how the test is going to be implemented on a new/upcoming product. It specifies what test will be ready during different build processes, the percentage of coverage for each stages of those build process, and how the data will be gathered for error yield inspection (among others).
Manufacturing, Science and Finance Manufacturing, Science and Finance (or the Manufacturing, Science and Finance Union; almost exclusively known as MSF) was a trade union in Britain. It is now part of the Amicus trade union after merging with the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union in 2001.
Manuguru Manuguru is a small mandal (third tier of administration in India, belows states and districts) in the Khammam district, Andhra Pradesh, India. It comes under Bhadrachalam parliamentary constituency and Bhoorgampad assembly constituency.
Manuherikia River The Manuherikia River is located in Otago in the South Island of New Zealand. It rises in the far north of the Maniototo, flowing southwest for 85 kilometres before its confluence with the Clutha River at Alexandra.
Manuchar Shervashidze Manuchar Shervashidze was a ruler and head of state of the Principality of Abkhazia in the middle half of the 18th century. Shervashidze was forcefully deposed from the thrown by Ottoman Turkey and sent into exile to that nation, where he converted to Islam together with his brothers Levan and Shirvan.
Manuchehr Manūchehr (in ), older Persian Manōčihr, Avestan Manuščiθra, is a character in Shahnameh. He is the first of the legendary Shāhs who ruled Iran after the breakup of the world empire of Manūchehr's great-grandfather, Fereydūn.
Manuchehr Shahrokhi Manuchehr Shahrokhi is a professor of Global Business-Finance at California State University, Fresno, founding editor of the Global Finance Journal and Executive Director of the Global Finance Association/Conference. He has authored over 80 scholarly articles and books.
Manukau Heads The Manukau Heads is the name given to the two promontories that form the entrance to the Manukau harbour - one of the two harbours of Auckland in New Zealand. The southern head is simply termed "The South Head", whereas the northern head is named Burnett Head.
Manulife Bank of Canada The Manulife Bank of Canada (Manulife Bank) is a Schedule I federally chartered bank and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Manufacturer’s Life Insurance Company of Canada (Manulife Financial). It was established on January 1 1993, when Cabot Trust Company, Huronia Trust Company and the Regional Trust Company were merged by Manulife Financial.
Manulife Centre The Manulife Centre is located on the southeast corner of Bay and Bloor streets, adjacent to the southern edge of the Yorkville district of Toronto. It consists of a 51-storey 800-suite luxury residential tower at 44 Charles Street and a shorter tower at 55 Bloor Street West, connected by a retail complex on the main floor and basement.
Manumatic Manumatic is a portmanteau word, combining the words manual and automatic, that applies to a new class of automotive transmissions. Chrysler Corporation made some luxury cars with a manumatic transmission where the transmission is an automatic with some elements of a manual (e.
Manumuskin River The Manumuskin River is a tributary of the Maurice River, approximately 12 mi (19 km) long, in southern New Jersey in the United States. It flows through a relatively pristine forested area in the southern Pinelands of Cumberland County, as well as arborvitae bogs and salt marshes in its lower reaches.
Manuport In archaeology and anthropology, a manuport is a natural object which has been moved from its original context by human agency but otherwise remains unmodified. The word derives from the Latin words manus, meaning 'hand' and portare, meaning 'to carry'.
Manure spreader A manure spreader or muck spreader is an agricultural machine used distribute manure over a field as a fertilizer. A typical manure spreader consists of a trailer towed behind a tractor with a rotating mechanism driven by the tractor's power take off.
Manus Boonjumnong Manus Boonjumnong (born June 23, 1980) is a Thai boxer who competed in the Light Welterweight (64 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal. A year earlier, at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok, he won the bronze medal in the same division.
Manus Domini (Harsh Realm) Manus Domini is the seventh episode of the short-lived Fox science-fiction action series Harsh Realm. It was the fourth of six remaining episodes that were aired on the Fox affiliate fX after the series was abruptly cancelled.
Manus Island Manus Island is part of Manus Province in northern Papua New Guinea and is the largest island of the Admiralty Islands and the 5th largest island in PNG, measuring around 100kms x 30kms. It is covered in rugged jungles, and has a highest point of 700 metres above sea level.
Manus Province Manus Province is the smallest province in Papua New Guinea with a land area of 2100km², but with more than 220,000km² of water. The capital of the province is Lorengau and the total population is 43,387 (2000 census).
Manuscript A manuscript is any document that is written by hand, as opposed to being printed or reproduced in some other way. The term may also be used for information that is hand-recorded in other ways than writing, for example inscriptions that are chiselled upon a hard material or scratched (the original meaning of graffiti) as with a knife point in plaster or with a stylus on a waxed tablet, (the way Romans made notes), or are in cuneiform writing, impressed with a pointed stylus in a flat tablet of unbaked clay.
Manuscript format Manuscript format is the format in which most editors prefer to receive writers' submittals of text manuscripts for publication. Even with the advent of desktop publishing, making it possible for even an amateur to prepare text that appears typeset, most publishers still require that manuscripts be submitted in this format.
Manuscript Press Manuscript Press is a small press publisher started by Rick Norwood in 1976 and currently located in Mountain Home, Tennessee. It specializes in previously unpublished novels by science fiction authors such as Hal Clement and R.
Manushi Manushi: A Journal about Women and Society is one of the most important Indian journals devoted to feminism as well as to gender studies and activism. It was founded in 1978 by Madhu Kishwar and Ruth Vanita, two scholars based in New Delhi.
Manutara Manutara is the Rapa Nui language name for the Onychoprion lunata and Onychoprion fuscata birds, from the tern family. Both arrive at Easter Island and hatch their eggs on the island called Motu Nui, an event that was used for an annual rite called Tangata manu.
Manute Bol Manute Bol (born October 16 1962) is a Sudanese-born basketball player and activist. Until the debut of Gheorghe MureĹźan (who was supposedly a few millimeters taller), Manute was undisputedly the tallest player ever to appear in the National Basketball Association.
Manvantara Manvantara This term is derived from Sanskrit and may be roughly translated as "the period between two manus". Specifically, a manvantara refers to a period of manifestation, as opposed to a Pralaya or period of dissolution and rest.
Manvers Manvers Main Colliery was a coal mine, sunk on land belonging to the Earl Manvers and was situated on the northern edge of the township of Wath-upon-Dearne, between that town and Mexborough,in the Dearne Valley South Yorkshire. Within the complex was the Regional headquarters and laboratories of British Coal.
Manwel Dimech Manwel Dimech (born 25 December 1860, Valletta – died 17 April 1921, Sidi Bishr) was the pre-eminent workers' leader in pre-independence Malta, a journalist, and a writer of novels and poetry. It can be said that Dimech a nationalist/anti-colonialist with a socialist outlook, as he saw one of the main aims of Malta gaining sovereignty the emancipation of the Working Class and women.
Manx cricket team The Manx cricket team, based in the Isle of Man, joined the ICC in 2004, playing their first ICC affiliated competitions in 2005. Previously the national sides had played fixtures against the MCC, on tour in the UK and against touring sides to the Isle of Man.
Manx English Manx English, or more commonly Anglo-Manx, is the dialect of English which was formerly spoken by the people of the Isle of Man. It has many borrowings from the original Manx language, a Goidelic language, and it differs widely from any other English, including other Celtic-derived dialects such as Welsh English and Hiberno-English.
Manx Grand Prix The Manx Grand Prix motorcycle races are held on the Isle of Man TT Course (or 'Mountain Circuit') every year for a two-week period usually spanning the end of August and early September. The 'MGP' or 'Manx' (as it is more commonly known) is considered to be the amateur rider's alternative to the Isle of Man TT Races held in May and June.
Manx Heritage Foundation The Manx Heritage Foundation, or Undiyns Eiraght Vannin, as it is known in Manx, was established by the Isle of Man Government to promote Manx culture, heritage and language. Its offices are based in Douglas, the capital city of the Isle of Man.
Manx law Manx Law is ostensibly based on the law of England and Wales, but when one looks at significant modern trends and developments, such as the abolition of the death penalty, votes for women and protectionism in employment, the relationship appears to be more complex and less one-sided.
Many angled ones The many angled ones are fictional other-dimensional beings linked to the Cthulhu Mythos. They first appeared in the British comic strip Zenith in which they are known as the Lloigor, a direct reference to creatures from the Cthulhu Mythos.
Many eyes fallacy In computer security, the term many eyes fallacy (sometimes many eyeballs fallacy) refers to the dangers of overzealously applying Eric S. Raymond's famous aphorism, "given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow" (known as Linus's Law) to the security analysis of software, particularly when comparing open-source software to propietary software.
Many Flags The Many Flags campaign was an initiative by United States President Lyndon Johnson to get US allies in Asia and the Pacific to participate in the Vietnam War in support of South Vietnam. While it served a military purpose, the program was also a propaganda effort by Johnson to enlist Free World forces in the cold war conflict against communism.
Many Glacier Hotel Many Glacier Hotel is a historic hotel located within Glacier National Park, on the east shore of Swiftcurrent Lake. The building is designed as a series of chalets, up to four stories tall, and stretches for a substantial distance along the lakeshore.
Many Minds, One Heart Many Minds, One Heart: SNCC's Dream for a New America is a book by Wesley C. Hogan, an assistant professor of history and the co-director of the Institute for the Study of Race Relations at Virginia State University"Institute for the Study of Race Relations.
Many-body theory Many-body theory is an area of physics that is concerned, in general terms, with effects that manifest themselves only in systems containing large numbers of constituents. This incorporates a wide range of phenomena, particularly those in condensed matter physics and nuclear physics, and includes examples in both quantum mechanical and classical statistical physics.
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