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Marion Post Wolcott Marion Post (later Marion Post Wolcott) (June 7, 1910 - November 24, 1990) was a noted photographer who worked for the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression documenting poverty and deprivation. She was born in New Jersey.
Marion Power Shovel Marion Power Shovel was a Marion, Ohio-based manufacturer of tracked vehicles, mainly used in construction and resource extraction. The company's main product line consisted of bucket mining shovels and dragline mining shovels.
Marion Ravenwood Marion Ravenwood is a fictional character from the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark. Played by Karen Allen, she enters the story when Indiana Jones visits her in Nepal, needing her help — specifically, an artifact obtained by her father, Abner Ravenwood, to find the Ark of the Covenant.
Marion Rockefeller Weber Marion Rockefeller Weber (born 1938) is the second eldest daughter of Laurance Spelman Rockefeller (1910–2004) and Mary French and a fourth generation member of the Rockefeller family. Her paternal great-grandfather is Standard Oil's founder John D.
Marion Rodewald Marion Rodewald (born December 24, 1976 in MĂĽlheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a field hockey defender from Germany, who won the gold medal with the German National Women's Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Marion Schultz Marion Miloslavovich Schultz, also Marian Schultz was an asset of the New York KGB working within the immigrant community during World War II. Schultz was a Russian-born American citizen who worked as a mechanic in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and was the Chair of the United Russian Committee for Aid to the Native Country (Russian War Relief) and Slavic organizations.
Marion Smith Marion Smith is a Councillor with North Down Borough Council, having been elected in 1995, 1997, 2001 and 2005. With a wealth of experience in resolving a wide range of problems relating to local services and is a full time Councillor.
Marion Square (Charleston) Marion Square is greenspace in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, spanning 10 acres. Formally the Citadel Green, it was changed to Marion Square, in honor of Francis Marion, after The Citadel moved to Charleston's Westside.
Marion Stadium Marion Stadium is a stadium in Marion, Illinois, that is currently under construction. It will be primarily used for baseball and will be the home of the Southern Illinois Miners in the Frontier League that will begin play in 2007.
Marion Technical Institute Marion Technical Institute (MTI) is Marion County's vocational school that offers 6 on-campus academies and coenrollment opportunities while students still earn their high school diploma. The students get hands on experience in their academy classes and are given the opportunity to earn impressive national certifications.
Marion Tinsley Bennett Marion Tinsley Bennett (1914-2000) served the United States for over 56 years in all three branches of the Federal government of the United States, having been a federal judge, a member of Congress, and a colonel in the Air Force Ready Reserves. Born in Buffalo, Missouri on June 6, 1914 to Philip Allen Bennett and Mary Bertha (Tinsley) Bennett, he attended Southwest Missouri State University and graduated from the School of Law at Washington University in St.
Marion Township, Clinton County, Ohio Marion Township, one of thirteen in Clinton County, Ohio, is located in the southwestern corner of the county on the border with Brown, Clermont and Warren Counties. In 2000, the population was 5,489 up from 5,186 in 1990.
Marion Wachtel Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel (1875–1954), a plein air painter in watercolors and oils, lived and worked with her artist husband Elmer Wachtel in the Arroyo Seco near Pasadena, California, in the early 20th century. Her work was valued in her own day, and her works were exhibited across the United States.
Marion Williams Marion Williams (August 29, 1927 - July 2, 1994) was a legendary American gospel singer, often regarded as one of the most powerful voices in American music history. A powerful singer with a preternaturally broad range, able to reach the highest registers of the soprano range without losing either purity or volume, she could also swoop down to growling low notes in the style of a country preacher.
Marion Worth “Lady” Marion Worth (1934-1999) was an American singer who appeared for many years on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, and was one of the first country singers to appear at New York’s Carnegie Hall.
Marion Zimmer Bradley Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley (June 3, 1930 – September 25, 1999) was a prominent author of fantasy novels such as The Mists of Avalon and the Darkover series, often with a feminist outlook. In literary circles, she is often referred to by her initials, "MZB," a nickname reinforced by her good friend and editor, Donald A.
Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine was a fantasy magazine founded by fantasy and science fiction author Marion Zimmer Bradley in 1988. After her death in 1999 publication was continued by the Marion Zimmer Bradley Living Trust through issue 50 (December 2000), after which the magazine went out of business.
Marion-Franklin High School Marion-Franklin High School is a 4 year high school (grades 9-12) located on the south side of Columbus, Ohio at 1265 Koebel Road. Marion-Franklin is one of 17 different traditional high schools in the Columbus Public Schools district.
Marion, Jersey City Marion is a mostly residential neighborhood in Jersey City, New Jersey. Marion is bordered on the east by Journal Square, on the north by Croxton, on the west by the Hackensack River and on the south by Lincoln Park.
Marion, South Australia Marion () is a suburb located in the City of Marion in Adelaide around 10 km south-west from the CBD. Founded as a rural village in 1838 on the banks of the river two years after the founding of Adelaide itself, Marion was found to have rich soil and the population expanded rapidly.
Marionetas En La Cuerda - Sandie Shaw Canta En Español Marionetas En La Cuerda - Sandie Shaw Canta En Español is a Spanish-language album by 1960s British girl singer Sandie Shaw. It is a compilation of her recordings in this language, featuring Spanish versions of many of her hits.
Marionette (show) Marionette is a 9-minutes non-verbal breakdancing performance, created and performed by a South Korean breakdancing group Expressions. The name Marionette comes from the French word marionette, a type of puppet moved by using strings.
Marionette Box Theatre Marionette Box Theatre was started in the summer of 2005 by Otis and Nicholas when their creative collaborations began to take form in the shape of melodic songs. Joining a side project by name of Isotopes of Green, Otis met with the drummer Adam Bercu.
Marionville, Ontario Marionville is a community situated in Russell Township in Ontario, Canada, roughly eight kilometres south of Russell and about eleven and a half kilometres southwest of Embrun. It is located near the point where the municipalities of North Dundas Township, Russell Township and the City of Ottawa meet.
Marios Varvoglis Marios Varvoglis (Greek: Μάριος Βάρβογλης) (1885 – 1967) was a Greek composer of the Modern Era. He studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris and the Schola Cantorum with Leroux, Georges Caussade, d'Indy and others.
Mariota, Countess of Ross Mariota, Countess of Ross (Mairead, also called Mary and Margaret; died 1402) was the daughter of Euphemia I, Countess of Ross and her husband, the crusading war-hero Walter Leslie, Lord of Ross. Upon the death of her brother, Alexander Leslie, Earl of Ross, she became the heir-presumptive of her niece Euphemia II, Countess of Ross although her husband Domhnall of Islay, Lord of the Isles pressed Mariota's superior claim to the earldom.
Mariovo Mariovo (Мариово) is a mountainous region in southern Macedonia known for its traditional white costume. The area is somewhat large but since there has been no urban development in these spaces over the past century, the region contains no actual towns, only rustic villages.
Mariovo uprising By the help of rebellions in Mariovo, the Karposh uprising and uprising of Ilyo Maleshevski, banditry matured into a national movement aimed at breaking and eradicating existing political structures. Consequently, when resistance against the conqueror developed into an organized national liberation movement in Macedonia, it was not surprising that banditry was assimilated within it or that outlaws became significant figures in the movement itself.
Maripol Maripol (full name Maripol Fauque) was born and raised in France before moving to New York in 1976. She is a fashion designer and stylist who has had influence on the careers of many influential artists, including Grace Jones, Debbie Harry, (Blondie), Madonna, Cyndi Lauper and Naomi Campbell.
Mariposa (database) Mariposa is a relational database research project run by Michael Stonebraker at UC Berkeley. Mariposa focuses on creating wide-area distributed databases using an economic model in which querying servers "buy" data from data servers which "sell" it.
Mariposa (fictional town) Mariposa is a fictional Canadian town created by Stephen Leacock as the setting for a series of short stories. They were originally commissioned by The Montreal Star newspaper and later collected and published in one volume as Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town.
Mariposa Folk Festival The Mariposa Folk Festival was founded in Orillia, Ontario, and after being held in various places in Ontario for a few decades, has returned there. The festival's goal is to study, promote and celebrate folk music, especially that performed by Canadians.
Mariposa School of Skating The Mariposa School of Skating, located in Barrie, Ontario, is one of two major figure skating training centers in Canada. Among the skaters who train there are Olympic bronze medalist Jeff Buttle, 2003 Canadian junior national champion Meagan Duhamel, Canadian national bronze medalists Anabelle Langlois & Cody Hay, and international competitor Christopher Mabee.
Mariquita Sánchez de Thompson Mariquita Sánchez de Thompson y Mendeville (1 November 1786 – 23 October 1868), born María de Todos los Santos Sánchez, was a wealthy woman from Buenos Aires widely known in Argentine historical tradition because the Argentine National Anthem was sung for the first time in her house, on 14 May 1813.
Marira Marira is a village in the rural areas of Shurugwi, Midlands Province, Zimbabwe, 25km southeast of Shurugwi along the main road to Masvingo, Beit Bridge from Gweru thereby linking it with main cities of Zimbabwe and other neibhouring countries in the region notably South Africa and Botswana. Of all the rural areas in Shurugwi, this has been strategically located.
Mariri Mariri is the traditional name for the magical phlegm of the curandero healers of the Peruvian Amazon Basin. It is regurgitated at will by the shamans, and is passed on to a disciple either by swallowing the regurgitated substance from the hands of the shaman, or is smoked through a pipe.
Maris Maris (or MariĹ›) was the Etruscan god of agriculture and fertility later borrowed by the Romans as a war/agricultual god Mars and equated with Greek Ares by interpretatio romana. Some of his known epithets are MariĹ› Halna, MariĹ› Husrnana (literally "Maris the Child") and MariĹ› Isminthians.
Maris Martinsons Maris Martinsons is a professor of management at the City University of Hong Kong and research director of the Pacific Rim Institute for the Studies of Management. He was the first double winner of a university-wide teaching excellence award in Hong Kong.
Maris Stella High School Maris Stella High School is an autonomous, SAP, all-boys Catholic secondary and primary school run by the Marist Brothers located at Mount Vernon Road, off Bartley Road, in Singapore. It has been headed by principal, Bro.
Maris the Chojo is an anime OVA based on a manga story by Rumiko Takahashi. In North America, it was released on VHS by Central Park Media under the "Rumik World" series (which also included OVAs Laughing Target, Fire Tripper, and Mermaid Forest).
Marisa Coughlan Marisa Christine Coughlan (born March 17 1973 in Minneapolis, Minnesota)is a 5'6" American actress. She has appeared in top 100 "hot" lists put out by numerous men's magazines in recent years and graced the cover of Stuff magazine] in [[May 2001.
Marisa Letícia Marisa Letícia da Silva, née Marisa Letícia Rocco Casa, is the second wife of the President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and thus First Lady of Brazil. His first wife died in labour when Lula was in his twenties.
Marisa Miller Marisa Miller (born Santa Cruz, California, August 6, 1978) is an American fashion model who first gained attention when she appeared in the 1997 premiere issue of Perfect 10 magazine. Although she came in third behind Ashley Degenford and Monica Hansen in Perfect 10's first annual model search, she was repeatedly showcased in following issues, including the covers of the Winter 1998, Aug/Sept 1999, and Fall 2004 editions.
Marisa Pavan Marisa Pavan (born Marisa Pierangeli on June 19, 1932) is an Italian-born actress who first became famous as the twin sister to movie star Pier Angeli (Anna Maria Pierangeli) before achieving movie stardom on her own. Her breakthrough came in the film The Rose Tattoo as Anna Magnani's daughter; her role was first assigned to her twin, who at the time was unable to play the part.
Marise Chamberlain Marise Chamberlain (born December 5, 1935 in Christchurch) is a former New Zealand middle distance runner. She became New Zealand's first female Olympic medalist in 40 years, and set world records over 440 and 880 yards as well as 1 mile.
Marisha Pessl Marisha Pessl (born 1977) is an American writer whose first novel, Special Topics in Calamity Physics (2006; ISBN 0-670-03777-X), was released in August 2006. Pessl grew up in Asheville, North Carolina, the area where her novel is situated.
Marishi-Ten In Japanese mythology Marishi-ten (ja:摩利支天) is known as the goddess of heaven, goddess of light, being a Solar deity. Also known elsewhere as: Marici (Sanskrit), Marisha-Ten (another Japanese name) , and Molichitian (Chinese).
Marisol González Marisol González Casas (born March 12, 1983 in Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico) competed in the Miss Universe 2003 pageant, held in Panama City, Panama on June 3, 2003. She recently made her debut as an actress in the telenovela Contra viento y marea (2005).
Marisol Maldonado Marisol Maldonado, a model, is married to Rob Thomas (lead singer of matchbox twenty, and solo artist) since 1999. A native of the borough of Queens in New York City, she is the child of Puerto Rican immigrants.
Marissa Faireborn Marissa Faireborn (occasionally misspelled "Fairborne") is a fictional character from the Transformers series. A human female, she holds the rank of captain in the Earth Defense Command, a military organization helping the Autobots fight against the evil Decepticons.
Marissa Jaret Winokur Marissa Jaret Winokur (born February 2 1973, New York City) is an American actress best known for her performance as "Tracy Turnblad" in the highly successful Broadway musical adaptation of John Waters' film, Hairspray.
Marissa Mayer Marissa Ann Mayer is the Vice President of Search Product and User Experience at American search engine company Google. She acts as a gatekeeper for their product release process, determining when or whether a particular Google product is ready to be released to users.
Marissa Mazzola-McMahon Marissa Ann McMahon (née Mazzola) (born on July 4, 1973 in Boston, MA) is the wife of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Executive Vice President of WWE Global Media Shane McMahon. She has one older brother and one younger brother.
Marist Brothers The Marist Brothers is a Catholic religious order of brothers and affiliated lay people. The order was founded in France, at La Valla near Lyon in 1817 by Saint Marcellin Champagnat, a young French priest of the Society of Mary (Marist Fathers).
Marist Brothers High School (Fiji) Marist Brother's High School is an Roman Catholic all-boys high school situated in Suva, the capital of the Fiji. It is a school in the Marist tradition, founded by in 1949 by order of Marist Brothers, who had had a presence in Fiji since 1844.
Marist College North Shore Marist College North Shore (Marist North Shore), is a Roman Catholic, secondary day school for boys in North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The college is a school of the Marist tradition, and is non-selective, catering for approximately 660 boys from Year 7 (12 years old) to Year 12 (18 years old).
Marist Richmond Brothers The Marist Richmond Brothers were a New Zealand rugby league club that played in the Bartercard Cup. They were formed by the merger of two Auckland Rugby League clubs, the Richmond Bulldogs and the Marist Saints.
Marista Hall Marista Hall, currently named Chevrolet Hall, is a convention center in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, created by the Marist Brothers institution UBEE, the Brazilian Association of Education and Teaching. The goal was to create an environment with a great diversity of spaces.
Maristela Tayoko Maristela Tayoko (born 1967) is a Brazilian painter famous for depicting Japanese and Brazilian themes. She was born in the small village of Juquiá in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, graduated from high school, and studied architecture.
Marit Bjørgen Marit Bjørgen (born March 21, 1980 in Trondheim) is a cross country skier from Midtre Gauldal, Norway. She is with the Rognes IL ski club and is 5'6" (168 cm) tall, weighs 141 lbs (or 64 kg), and is coached by Svein Tore Samdal.
Marit Paulsen Marit Eli Paulsen (born 24 November 1939 in Oslo) is a Swedish politician, and a former Member of the European Parliament for the Liberal People's Party 1999-2004. She is a well-known figure in the Swedish public debate, and was an avid proponent of Swedish membership in the European Union during the EU membership referendum campaign in 1994.
Marita Covarrubias Marita Covarrubias is a fictional character on the television series The X-Files. Played by actress Laurie Holden, Marita first appears as Agent Fox Mulder's third informant in the 1996 season four première "Herrenvolk (2)".
Marita Grabiak Marita Jane Grabiak is an American television director. She has directed episodes of several television series including Dawson's Creek, ER, Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Smallville, Cold Case, Gilmore Girls, Everwood, Battlestar Galactica, Lost, The Inside, Alias, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Point Pleasant and One Tree Hill.
Marita Lange Marita Lange (born June 22, 1943 in Halle) is a former athlete from East Germany, who won the silver medal behind team mate Margitta Gummel in the shot put event at the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico.
Marita Lindahl Marita Lindahl won the 1957 Miss World beauty pageant, representing Finland. She became the first woman from her country to win the title and the third Scandinavian woman; after Sweden had won the two first contests.
Marita Petersen Marita Petersen (1940, Vágur - 2001) was a Faroese politician and member of the Social Democratic Party. She was elected to the Løgting (Parliament) in 1988, and became the first female Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands.
Marital deduction Marital deduction is a type of tax law that allows a person to give assets to his or her spouse with reduced or no tax imposed upon the transfer. Some marital deduction laws even apply to transfers made postmortem.
Mariticide Mariticide (not to be confused with matricide); from the Latin maritus (married) & cidium (killing), literally means the murder of one's married partner, but has become most associated with the murder of a husband by his wife.
Maritime (band) Maritime formed in 2003 out of the ashes of The Promise Ring and The Dismemberment Plan. After these two bands broke up, singer/guitarist Davey von Bohlen, drummer Dan Didier (of The Promise Ring) and bassist Eric Axelson (of The Dismemberment Plan) hooked up and started a band called In English.
Maritime and Coastguard Agency The Maritime and Coastguard Agency is a UK executive agency working to prevent the loss of lives at sea and it is responsible for implementing maritime safety policy. This involves coordinating search and rescue (SAR) at sea through Her Majesty's Coastguard (HMCG), ensuring that ships meet international and UK safety standards and monitoring and preventing coastal water pollution.
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Abbreviation: MPA; Chinese: 新加坡海事及港务管理局, Pinyin: Xīnjiāpō hǎishì jí gǎngwù gúanlǐjú; Malay: Lembaga Pelabuhan dan Maritim Singapura) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Transport of Singapore, established on 2 February 1996 by the MPA Act of 1996 through the merger of the Marine Department, National Maritime Board and the Regulatory departments of the Port of Singapore Authority.
Maritime archaeology Maritime archaeology (also known as marine archaeology) is a discipline that studies human interaction with the sea, lakes and rivers through the study of vessels, shore side facilities, cargoes, human remains and submerged landscapes. One speciality is underwater archaeology, which studies the past through any submerged remains.
Maritime broadcast communications net In telecommunication, a maritime broadcast communications net is a communications net that is used for international distress calling, including international lifeboat, lifecraft, and survival-craft high frequency (HF); aeronautical emergency very high frequency (VHF); survival ultra high frequency (UHF); international calling and safety very high frequency (VHF); combined scene-of-search-and-rescue; and other similar and related purposes.
Maritime Coast Range Ponderosa Pine forests Maritime Coast Range Ponderosa Pine forests are rare temperate forest assemblages associated with a limited range portion of the California Northern Coast Ranges. There are only three known small forests of this type, all situated in Santa Cruz County, California; moreover, the dominant tree species is the Ponderosa Pine.
Maritime College of Forest Technology The Maritime College of Forest Technology (French: Collège de Technologie forestière des Maritimes) is a Canadian post-secondary college with campuses located in Fredericton, New Brunswick (English instruction) and Bathurst, New Brunswick (French instruction).
Maritime Film Classification Board The Maritime Film Classification Board is a government body, created on May 1, 1994, which is responsible for reviewing films and granting film ratings in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Prior to 1994, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island all provided their own ratings for theatrical films and rating stickers for videos however, the ratings were actually identical to those provided by the Nova Scotia Film Classification Board.
Maritime history Maritime history is a broad thematic element of global history. As an academic subject, it crosses the boundaries of standard disciplines, focusing on understanding mankind's various relationships to the oceans, seas, and major waterways of the globe.
Maritime history of Europe Maritime history of Europe is a term used to describe significant past events relating to the northwestern region of Eurasia in areas concerning shipping and shipbuilding, shipwrecks, naval battles, and military installations and lighthouses constructed to protect or aid navigation and the development of Europe. Although Europe is the world's second-smallest continent in terms of area, is has a very long coastline, and has arguably been influenced more by its maritime history than any other continent.
Maritime identification digits Maritime identification digits are used by ship-to-shore radiocommunication facilities to identify their home country or base area in digital selective calling messages. The International Telecommunication Union facilitates the assignment of MID's to countries.
Maritime Industry Authority (Philippines) The Philippines' Maritime Industry Authority (Filipino: Pangasiwaan ng Kalakalang Pandagat), abbreviated as MARINA, is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Transportation and Communications responsible for integrating the development, promotion and regulation of the maritime industry in the Philippines.
Maritime Industry Museum The Maritime Industry Museum is a museum specializing in the history of the United States maritime industry, including commercial shipping, the merchant marine, and the port of New York. It is located inside historic Fort Schuyler on the grounds of the State University of New York Maritime College in Throgs Neck, New York.
Maritime Junior A Hockey League The Maritime Junior A Hockey League is a Tier II Junior A ice hockey league under Hockey Canada, a part of the Canadian Junior A Hockey League. The winner of the MJAHL playoffs competes for the Fred Page Cup with the winners of the Quebec AAA Junior Hockey League and the Central Junior A Hockey League.
Maritime mickey Maritime mickey refers to the large-sized 3000ml (3 litre) format of liquor bottles available for sale in the Maritime Provinces of Canada. Sometimes dubbed the "texas mickey" the most popular brands of maritime mickies are produced by Captain Morgan, Bacardi and Canadian Club, although many other brands do exist.
Maritime Mobile Service Identity A Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) is a series of nine digits which are transmitted over the radio path in order to uniquely identify ship stations, ship earth stations, coast stations, coast earth stations, and group calls. These identities are formed in such a way that the identity or part thereof can be used by telephone and telex subscribers connected to the general telecommunications network to call ships automatically.
Maritime Museum of San Diego The Maritime Museum of San Diego, established in 1948, preserves one of the largest collections of historic sea vessels in the United States. Located in the San Diego Bay, the centerpiece of the museum's collection is the Star of India, an 1863 iron bark.
Maritime Museum of Tasmania The Maritime Museum of Tasmania is a privately operated maritime museum dedicated to the history of Tasmania's association with the sea, ships, and ship-building, and is located at Carnegie House in Sullivans Cove, Hobart, Tasmania.
Maritime nation A maritime nation is any nation which borders the sea and utilizes it for any of the following: commerce and transport, war, to define a territorial boundary, or for any maritime activity (activities using the sea to convey or produce an end result).
Maritime piracy Maritime piracy, according to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) of 1982, consists of any criminal acts of violence, detention, or depredation committed for private ends by the crew or the passengers of a private ship (or aircraft) that is directed on the high seas against another ship, aircraft, or against persons or property on board a ship (or aircraft.) Piracy can also be committed against a ship, aircraft, persons, or property in a place outside the jurisdiction of any State.
Maritime Pine The Maritime Pine (Pinus pinaster) is a pine native to the western Mediterranean region. The range extends from Portugal and Spain north to southern and western France, east to western Italy, and south to northern Morocco, with small outlying populations in Algeria and Malta (possibly introduced by man).
Maritime Safety and Security Team An MSST or Maritime Safety and Security Team is a new United States Coast Guard anti-terrorism team established to protect local maritime assets. It is a United States Coast Guard harbor and inshore patrol and security team that includes detecting and if necessary stopping or arresting submerged divers, using the Underwater Port Security System.
Maritime Security (USCG) Maritime Security is concerned with the prevention of intentional damage through sabotage, subversion, or terrorism. The Maritime Security mission of the United States Coast Guard has gradually developed in response to a series of catastrophic events, which began in 1917.
Maritime Security Operations Maritime Security Operations (MSO) is a term for the actions of modern naval forces to "combat sea–based terrorism and other illegal activities, such as hijacking, piracy, and slavery, also known as human trafficking." Ships assigned to such operations may also assist seafaring vessels in distress.
Maritime Square Maritime Square (Traditional Chinese: 青衣城) is a 4-storey shopping centre located on Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong. It was built and is owned by the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRCL) in conjunction with the opening of Tsing Yi station.
Maritime territory MARITIME TERRITORY: a term used in international law to denote coastal waters which are not Territorial Waters though in immediate contact with the sea. In the case of Territorial Waters, the dominion of the adjacent state is subject to a limitation.
Maritime Telephone and Telegraph Company Maritime Telephone and Telegraph Company (MT&T, later MTT) was founded around 1910 in Halifax, Nova Scotia and operated as such until 1998 when it merged with Island Telecom, NBTel, and NewTel Communications to form Aliant.
Maritime Union A Maritime Union refers to a potential political union of the three Maritime provinces of Canada to form a single new province which would be the fifth largest in Canada by population. In the past, this vision has sometimes been expanded to a proposed Atlantic Union which would also include the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Maritime Union of New Zealand The Maritime Union of New Zealand is a trade union which represents waterfront workers, seafarers and related workers in New Zealand. It was formed in 2002 from the merger of the New Zealand Waterfront Workers' Union and the New Zealand Seafarers' Union.
Maritime Youth Parliament The Maritime Youth Parliament, originally the Maritime Christian Youth Parliament, was a youth model parliament for young people in the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. It was one of the provincial youth parliaments that founded and participated in the Youth Parliament of Canada/Parlement jeunesse du Canada.
Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championships The Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championships are the Junior "C" ice hockey championships for the Martime Junior "C" leagues and Hockey North's Team Nunavut of the Territory of Nunavut. The leagues concerned; the Prince Edward Island Minor Junior Hockey League, the New Brunswick Junior Hockey League, and the Nova Scotia Junior C Hockey League; send their champions to compete for the Maritime Junior "C" crown in a predetermined host city.
Maritimes The Maritime provinces, also the Canadian Maritimes or simply the Maritimes, is a region of eastern Canada on the Atlantic coast, consisting of the three provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. Situated in the Atlantic Northeast, the Maritimes are northeast of New England, southeast of Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula, and southwest of Newfoundland.

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