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The Mackenzies The Mackenzies were an indie band from Glasgow active around 1986/87, releasing two singles of jagged indie-funk on Ron Johnson Records and contributing the track Big Jim to the NME's C86 compilation. They also recorded two sessions for John Peel, the first of which was repeated seven times, such was Peel's high regard for it.
The Macmillan Field Guides to Bird Identification The Macmillan Field Guides to Bird Identification are two small bird field guides. Volume 1, The Macmillan Field to Bird Identification, illustrated by Alan Harris and Laurel Tucker, with text by Keith Vinicombe, was originally published in 1989, covered British birds.
The Mad Capsule Markets 1990-1996 1990-1996 is the second compilation album by Japanese rock band The Mad Capsule Markets. Instead redoing the old songs, this has collected all the best songs from HUMANITY to 4 Plugs, and all of the songs have been re-recorded and remastered, some with 'xxxx' noises or added interludes.
The Mad Dog (comics) "The Mad Dog" is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe, associated with the Batman mythos, created by writer Andersen Gabrych and artist Ale Garza. He first appeared as an enemy of Cassandra Cain (then Batgirl) in Batgirl #67 (October 2005).
The Mad Gasser of Mattoon The Mad Gasser of Mattoon (also known as "The Anesthetic Prowler", "The Mad Anesthetist", and "The Phantom Anesthetist", "The Mad Gasser of Roanoke", or simply "Mad Gasser") was the name given to the person or persons believed to be behind of a series of apparent gas attacks that occurred in Botetourt County, Virginia during the early 1930s, and in Mattoon, Illinois during the mid-1940s.
The Mad Tea Party (band) The Mad Tea Party (originally Ami Worthen's Mad Tea Party) is an eclectic indie-folk band based in Asheville, NC. The high energy group was formed by Ami Worthen (vocals, ukulele, and other occasional instruments) and Jason Krekel (guitar, ukulele, slide whistle, kazoo and other assorted items), who performed and recorded as a duo for several years until the addition of bassist Lora Pendleton in 2005.
The Mad Trist "The Mad Trist" by Sir Launcelot Canning is a story within a story found in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher". Canning is a fictitious author: the story's real author is, of course, Poe himself.
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians was an animated half-hour ABC television special produced by Rankin/Bass Animation (best known for their stop-motion christmas special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer). The show aired on April 7, 1970 before the airing of that year's Oscars.
The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper is a computer-animated short produced by DreamWorks Animation (with soundtrack by Media Ventures young-gun James Dooley), released in movie theatres and on DVD in 2005. The 12-minute film showcases the adventures of four penguins, sometimes known as the Madagascar Penguins, who live in the Central Park Zoo and are trained as spies.
The Madding Crowd The Madding Crowd is an album that was recorded by the band Nine Days. It was their debut album into mainstream music, and was marked by a handful of more popular hits that were recorded on the album, two of the larger names being "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" and "If I Am".
The Madhouse on Castle Street The Madhouse on Castle Street is a British television play, broadcast by the BBC Television Service on the evening of January 13 1963, as part of the Sunday-Night Play anthology strand. The production is notable for featuring the young American folk music singer Bob Dylan, who went on to become a major musical star.
The Madison Observer The Madison Observer is a bi-weekly campus and community publication in Madison, WI. It was started in 2003 as an alternative to the two daily University of Wisconsin-Madison campus papers, the Badger Herald and The Daily Cardinal.
The Madonna Collection Madonna released a 3 VHS box set in June 2000 which included the already released Live - The Virgin Tour, The Immaculate Collection and The Girlie Show - Live Down Under. It was released by Warner Music Vision.
The Madras Regiment The Madras Regiment is one of the oldest regiments in the Indian army formed around the middle of 18th century. The regiment has been through many campaigns with both the British Indian Army and the Indian Army.
The Madwoman in the Attic The Madwoman in the Attic : The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination, published in 1979, examines Victorian literature from a feminist perspective. Authors Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar draw their title from Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, in which Rochester's mad wife Bertha stays locked in the attic.
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (often given as just Fantasy and Science Fiction or F&SF) is a digest size American fantasy fiction and science fiction magazine, launched in 1949 by Mercury Publications. It was first published (Fall 1949) as The Magazine of Fantasy with Anthony Boucher and J.
The Magazine of Sigma Chi The Magazine of Sigma Chi, the official quarterly publication for undergraduate and alumni brothers of the Sigma Chi Fraternity, is one of the most highly esteemed magazines in the Greek-letter world. First published in 1881 as The Sigma Chi, the name was later changed to The Sigma Chi Quarterly and then to its current form.
The Magdalene Sisters The Magdalene Sisters is a 2002 film written and directed by Peter Mullan about teenage girls who were sent to Magdalene Asylums, otherwise known as the Magdalen Laundries; homes for women who were labeled as "fallen" by their families or society (though the film itself questions this). The homes were maintained by individual religious orders in the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland.
The Magic Band The Magic Band were a US rock band. Originally Captain Beefheart's backing band, they reformed in 2003 under the direction of Beefheart's long-term drummer John "Drumbo" French with Gary Lucas] and Denny Walley on guitar, [[Rockette Morton on bass, and Michael Traylor on drums.
The Magic Behind the Voices The Magic Behind the Voices: A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors (also known as The Magic Behind the Voices) is a book by Tim Lawson and Alisa Persons, chronicling the artistic achievements and history of cartoon voice actors from past and present.
The Magic Candle The Magic Candle is a computer role-playing game designed by Ali Atabek and developed and published by Mindcraft in 1989. In the game, players must assemble a group of six adventurers and journey across the kingdom of Deruvia to keep the demon Dreax imprisoned in the eponymous magic candle, which has begun to melt.
The Magic Carpets of Aladdin Located in the Adventureland section of the Magic Kingdom, you sit in a carpet that lifts you up into the air and takes you around in circles. There are four seats per carpet, two in front and two in the back.
The Magic Castle The Magic Castle is a Hollywood landmark, and a well-known performance venue for the magic industry, being one of the most famous magic clubs in the world. It is a private clubhouse for The Academy of Magical Arts, an organization devoted to the advancement of the art of magic, with emphasis on preserving its history.
The Magic Comic The Magic comic was the ill fated third comic to The Beano and The Dandy, it was aimed at a younger audience with more emphasis on Picture Stories. The first issue was published in July 22 1939 and ran for only 80 issues until January 25 1941 2 Annuals named The Magic Fun Book were also published in 1941 and 1942.
The Magic Cottage The Magic Cottage (ISBN 0-450-40937-6) is a 1986 book by James Herbert. The storyline is that a 20 something couple decide to give up on the rat race and buy a dilapidated cottage out in the Hampshire countryside that (unknown to them) has mystical powers.
The Magic Drum and Bugle Corps The Magic Drum and Bugle Corps are an inactive Division I drum and bugle corps based in Orlando, Florida and founded in 1989, and are a member corps of Drum Corps International. Previously known as the Magic of Orlando, and during a financially rough period in 2001-2002 when performing strictly as an exhibition corps, as the Micro Magic, the Magic is a recurring DCI finalist corps.
The Magic Faraway Tree series The Magic Faraway Tree series is a popular series of children's books written by Enid Blyton. The stories revolve around an enchanted wood where a gigantic magic tree grows, which is discovered by three children living nearby.
The Magic Garden (TV series) The Magic Garden was a 30-minute children's show which aired Mondays through Thursdays on New York City's WPIX Channel 11 from September 1972 to March 1984. It was also syndicated nationally for part of its run.
The Magic Hour The Magic Hour was a talk show hosted by basketball legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson that debuted on June 8, 1998 on syndicated television. The talk show was lambasted by critics and consumers alike, with many pointing to Johnson's lack of television experience.
The Magic Key The Magic Key is a series of books published for children as part of the Oxford Reading Tree, from Oxford University Press. The books are written by 2 authors, Alex Brychta and Roderick Hunt, and primarily follow the lives of 3 Children, Biff, Kipper and Chip, their parents and grandmother, and their dog, Floppy.
The Magic Lollipops The Magic Lollipops was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, featuring a boy with lollipops, that if you licked them, they would turn into what you wanted. It ran from the 1940s to early 1950s, and was drawn by Allan Morley.
The Magic Number The Magic Number is a 1990 single by De La Soul, originally recorded in 1988 and first released on their 1989 album, 3 Feet High and Rising. In the song, the trio state that the number three is the perfect number.
The Magic of Herself the Elf The Magic of Herself the Elf (also known by its on-screen title, The Special Magic of Herself the Elf) is a 1983 animated television special produced by the Canadian animation company, Nelvana Limited. Directed by John Celestri (credited under first name Gian) and Raymond Jafelice, it stars the voices of Jerry Orbach, Georgia Engel and Priscilla Lopez.
The Magic of Lassie The Magic of Lassie was produced by The Wrather Corporation in 1978. It features James Stewart in one of only two musical film roles that he played (the first was in 1936's Born to Dance, in which Stewart introduced the Cole Porter standard Easy To Love).
The Magic of Oz The Magic of Oz The full title of the first edition is The Magic of Oz: A Faithful Record of the Remarkable Adventures of Dorothy and Trot and the Wizard of Oz, Together with the Cowardly Lion, the Hungry Tiger, and Cap'n Bill, in Their Successful Search for a Magical and Beautiful Birthday Present for Princess Ozma of Oz. is the thirteenth and final Land of Oz book written entirely by L.
The Magic Pipe The Magic Pipe (, Volshebnaya svirel) is a 1998 Russian stop motion-animated feature film directed by Mikhail Tumelya. Work on the film started in 1993, and it was only Russia's third feature-length animation to be released after the collapse of the Soviet Union (the first was Kings and Cabbage in 1996 Over 120 puppets were used in the film.
The Magic Pudding The Magic Pudding: Being The Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and his friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff is an Australian children's book written by Norman Lindsay. The story features a walking, talking pudding that likes to be eaten and never runs out.
The Magic Roundabout Le Manège Enchanté (known in English as The Magic Roundabout) was a children's television programme created in France in 1963 by Serge Danot. Some 500 5-minute-long episodes were made and were originally broadcast between 1964 and 1971 on ORTF.
The Magic Roundabout (film) The Magic Roundabout (released in North America as Doogal) is a film based on the television series of the same name. The film was released on February 11, 2005 in the United Kingdom and France, and on February 24, 2006 in North America.
The Magic Serpent is a 1966 tokusatsu kaiju/ninja fantasy film produced by Toei Company Ltd. This film is a loose retelling of the famous Japanese folktale, Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatari (The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya), using daikaiju, which the hero Jiraiya and villain Orochimaru turn into using ninja magic (this film was made during the first "Kaiju Boom").
The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks is the first book in the The Magic School Bus series. Written by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degan, it is a picture book and introduces most of the main characters of the series, including Ms.
The Magic School Bus lost in the Solar System The Magic School Bus lost in the Solar System is the fourth book in Joanna Cole and Bruce Degan's The Magic School Bus series. The book depicts arguably the most well-known adventure of the series and introduces the character of Janet.
The Magic Toyshop The Magic Toyshop, a modern British novel written by Angela Carter, was first published in 1967. The novel follows the development of the heroine, Melanie, as she becomes aware of herself, her environment, and her own sexuality.
The Magic Window The Magic Window (also known as The House with the Magic Window) was an American children's television program broadcast on ABC affiliate WOI-TV in Ames, Iowa from 1951 to 1994. With a run of 43 years, it is the longest running children's television program in American history.
The Magic Words are Squeamish Ossifrage The text "The Magic Words are Squeamish Ossifrage" was the solution to a challenge ciphertext posed by the inventors of the RSA cipher in 1977. The problem appeared in Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games column in Scientific American.
The Magical Bag of Mathematical Tricks The Magical Bag of Mathematical Tricks, by Tony Kelly and Kieran Mills, is a series of mathematics textbooks designed for the Irish Leaving Certificate mathematics course. Published by Kieran Mills, the two volumes cover the two papers of the Higher Level course.
The Magical Legend Of The Leprechauns (1999 TV movie) A 1999 made for television movie, originally broadcast on NBC. The movie tells of the adventures of a family of Leprechauns as they battle against their rivals, the Trooping Faeries, of whom Mickey Muldoon, the son of the leader of the Leprechauns, has fallen in love with the Faerie princess, Jessica.
The Magical Mystery Tour (coach trip) The Magical Mystery Tour is a popular sightseeing tour that guides people around many of the locations in Liverpool that inspired the Beatles' music, including Penny Lane, Strawberry Field, their childhood homes, and the home of Brian Epstein.
The Magician (TV series) The Magician was an American television series that ran during the 1973–1974 season. It starred Bill Bixby as stage illusionist Anthony "Tony" Blake, a playboy philanthropist who used his skills to solve difficult crimes as needed.
The Magicians of Caprona The Magicians of Caprona is a 1980 novel by Diana Wynne Jones. Part of the Chrestomanci Series, it follows the story of two venerable Italian spell-houses, the Casa Montana and the Casa Petrocchi, through the eyes of the young Tonino Montana and his brother Paolo.
The Magnet The Magnet (1908 - 1940) was a United Kingdom weekly boys story paper published by Amalgamated Press. It contained a long school story each week (sometimes in serial format running over several issues) about the boys at Greyfriars School.
The Magnetas The Magnetas were an American band from Omaha, Nebraska, only active in 1996, featuring young Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes, Desaparecidos), Todd Fink (formerly known as Todd Baechle) (The Faint), and Chris Hughes (Beep Beep), all of whom are currently signed to Saddle Creek Records.
The Magnetic Fields The Magnetic Fields is a band led by the New York City singer-songwriter Stephin Merritt. Albums released by Merritt under the name "The Magnetic Fields" usually consist of synth-pop music in a 1980s style underlying clever lyrics, often about love, that are sometimes ironic, sometimes bitter and sometimes celebratory.
The Magnificent Ambersons The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1918 novel by Booth Tarkington which won the 1919 Pulitzer Prize. It was the second novel in the Growth trilogy, which included The Turmoil (1915) and The Midlander (1923, retitled National Avenue in 1927).
The Magnificent Seven The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 western film directed by John Sturges, essentially an American remake of Shichinin no samurai (Seven Samurai). Similar to the original film's plot, in it a group of hired gunmen are tasked to protect a Mexican village from bandits.
The Magnificent Void [Magnificent Void (1996) is an album by the American ambient] musician [[Steve Roach. This album is based on the psychological concept that a void, while a state of complete non-existence, can be perceived as all existence in a potential form.
The Magus (handbook) The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer is a handbook of the occult and ceremonial magic compiled by Francis Barrett and published in 1801. Much of the material was actually collected by Barrett from older occult handbooks, as he hints in the preface:
The Magus (novel) The Magus is the first novel by British author John Fowles, but actually the second to be published, following the success of The Collector (1963). Fowles started writing it in the 1950s, partly basing on his experiences as an English teacher on the Greek island of Spetses.
The Machine The Machine, the former Alpha Rho chapter of Theta Nu Epsilon at the University of Alabama, is a select coalition of traditionally-white fraternities and sororities which formed a secret society with enormous influence over student politics. The group, which has operated in varying degrees of secrecy since 1914, is credited with selecting and ensuring the election of candidates for Student Government Association and other influential campus offices.
The Machine that Won the War The Machine that Won the War is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in the October 1961 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and was reprinted in the collections Nightfall and Other Stories (1969) and Robot Dreams (1986).
The Machine's Breaking Down The Machine's Breaking Down is the third single by Australian pop singer Tina Arena, and the second song released from her 1990 deubt album Strong as Steel. It was a moderate commercial success, peaking at #23 on the ARIA Top 50 Singles chart.
The Machines (professional wrestling) The Machines was a stable of masked wrestlers in the WWF. The Machines' masks and gimmick were copied from New Japan Pro Wrestling character "Super Strong Machine," played by Japanese wrestler Junji Hirata.
The Maid The Maid is a 2005 Singaporean horror film telling of a maid recently arriving from the Philippines. She has to acclimate herself to the customs of the Taoist Ghost Month, during which she struggles with supernatural forces.
The Maid Freed from the Gallows "The Maid Freed from the Gallows" is one of many titles of a centuries-old folk song about a condemned pleading for someone to buy their freedom from the executioner. In the collection of ballads compiled by Francis James Child, it is indexed as Child ballad number 95; eleven variants, some fragmentary, are indexed as 95A to 95K.
The Maid of Orleans The Maid of Orleans (Орлеанская дева in Cyrillic alphabet, Orleanskaja deva in transliteration) is an opera in four acts, six tableaux, by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. It was composed during 1878–1879 to a Russian libretto by the composer, based on several sources: Friedrich von Schiller’s Die Jungfrau von Orleans as translated by Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky; Jules Barbier’s Jeanne d’Arc (Joan of Arc); Auguste Mermet’s libretto for his own opera; and Henri Wallon’s biography of Joan of Arc.
The Maid of the Mountains The Maid of the Mountains is a light opera or musical play in three acts, which opened at Daly's Theatre in London on February 10, 1917. The lyrics were by Harry Graham, music by Harold Fraser-Simson, with additional music by James W.
The Mail and Empire The Mail and Empire was formed from the merger of The Toronto Mail and Toronto Empire newspapers, both conservative media outlets in Toronto. The paper merged with The Globe to form the The Globe and Mail in 1936.
The Mail Archive The Mail Archive is a free public mailing list archive. Rather than requiring the owner of a public mailing list to make arrangements to archive it, anyone can subscribe The Mail Archive to their list (as a user account) in order to archive all subsequent mails appearing on the list.
The Mail Building, Toronto The Mail Building was built in the 1870s and home to the newspaper The Daily Mail (later merged with the Empire to form The Mail and Empire) at Bay Street and King Street West. The 4 storey building was topped with a 5 storey spire and has since been demolished.
The Mainzer The Mainzer (Also known as The Mainzer Theater or The Mainzer-Strand Theater, pronounced MINE-Zer) is a music venue in Merced, CA. The building is famous in the indie rock scene as being one of the top tour stops when passing through California.
The Majestic (coop) The Majestic is a housing cooperative located at 115 Central Park West in Manhattan in New York City. The apartment building was constructed in 1930-1931 in the Art Deco style by real estate developed by Irwin S.
The Majestic Documents The Majestic Documents are a series of supposed leaked government documents which purport to describe the existence of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and government coverups regarding them. The documents are related to the Majestic Council conspiracy theory.
The Majestic Star Casino, LLC The Majestic Star Casino, LLC is a gaming holding company based in Gary, Indiana. It is the largest black owned casino operator in the United States and the first and only black owned casino in Las Vegas Nevada.
The Majestic Theatre The Majestic Theatre is a theatre in the market town of Retford in Nottinghamshire, England. Restoration work is carried out constantly on the theatre and any profit made on productions goes straight into the restoration fund.
The Make Yourself at Home EP The Make Yourself at Home EP is an acoustic CD by The Starting Line, released by Drive-Thru Records on 25 November 2003. It contains six songs, one of which ("The Best of Me") was previously released as an electric version on their 2002 album Say It Like You Mean It, along with enhanced CD video footage of their songs "Classic Jazz" and "Surprise, Surprise" performed live.
The Makem Brothers The Makem Brothers — Shane Makem, Conor Makem and Rory Makem — are Irish-born musicians who live in the United States and perform together and with two other brothers. They are the three sons of "The Godfather of Irish Music" Tommy Makem, and grandsons of legendary Irish source singer Sarah Makem.
The Making of Me The Making of Me is a 1989 film about birth directed by Glenn Gordon Caron, and starring Martin Short. The film is shown at the Wonders of Life pavilion at Walt Disney World Resort's Epcot when the pavilion is open.
The Making of the Mahatma The Making of the Mahatma (1996) is joint Indian - South African produced film, directed by Shyam Benegal, about the early life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (also known as Mahatma Gandhi, Great Soul) during his 21 years in South Africa. The film is based upon the book, The Apprenticeship of a Mahatma, by Fatima Meer (who also wrote the screenplay).
The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 The Making of the Representative for Planet 8, is one of a set of unconventional SF novels written by Doris Lessing. They are linked by the name Canopus in Argos, but each is a story in its own right and separate from the others.
The Makropulos Affair The Makropulos Affair (Czech Věc Makropulos) is a play written in 1922 by Karel Čapek that was turned into an opera by the Czech composer Leoš Janáček. Janáček's penultimate opera, it was, (like so much of his work), inspired by his infatuation with Kamila Stösslová, a married woman much younger than himself.
The Male Animal The Male Animal is a 1942 movie starring Henry Fonda as a college English teacher being threatened with being fired for being a Communist because he intends to read some "subversive" literature in class. The film was written by Stephen Morehouse Avery, Julius J.
The Malki Foundation The Malki Foundation is a charity based in the city of Jerusalem that helps out the families of disabled children in Israel. It was founded in 2001 by the family of Malka Chana (Malki) Roth, a fifteen year-old Jerusalem girl with a deep devotion to children who have special needs.
The Mall (Cleveland) The Cleveland Mall is a long public park in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. It was conceived as part of the 1903 Group Plan by Daniel Burnham, John Carrère, and Arnold BrunnerCleveland's Group Plan, conference paper by Arnold Brunner, June 1916.
The Mall (Lahore) The Mall in Lahore, Pakistan (also known as Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam), is one of the city's main roads, and, along with the Grand Trunk Road, one of its most famous as well. The Mall holds significant historical and cultural value, as most of the buildings lining the road are a collection of Mughal and colonial-era architecture, the majority of them built during the British Raj era.
The Mall (London) The Mall (/mæl/) in London is the road running from Buckingham Palace at its western end to Admiralty Arch and on to Trafalgar Square at its eastern end, where it crosses Spring Gardens, which was where the Metropolitan Board of Works and for a number of years the London County Council was based. It is closed to traffic on Sundays and public holidays, and on ceremonial occasions.
The Mall at Greece Ridge The Mall at Greece Ridge is a large shopping mall in Greece, New York, an immediate suburb of Rochester. As of January 6, 2006, it contains 141 stores and restaurants in the main complex, a Circuit City that is attached but has its own entrance, and a free-standing Target which shares the parking lot.
The Mall at Millenia The Mall at Millenia, is an upscale enclosed two-story shopping mall located in Orlando, Florida near Interstate 4. Opened in 2001, it has over 150 stores, and is anchored by Macy's, Bloomingdale's, and Neiman Marcus.
The Mall at Partridge Creek The Mall At Partridge Creek is a proposed open-air shopping mall in Clinton Township, Michigan. Originally proposed in 2005 on the site of a former golf course, the center and Parisian will open in 2007, with Nordstrom opening in April 2008.
The Mall at Prince George's The Mall at Prince George's is an enclosed regional shopping mall located in Hyattsville, Prince George's County, Maryland. It is anchored by Macy's, JC Penney, and Target, with minor anchors Office Depot, Old Navy, Marshalls, and Ross Dress for Less.
The Mall at Turtle Creek The Mall at Turtle Creek (known locally as The Mall, The New Mall, or Turtle Creek) is a shopping mall located at the Highland Drive-Stadium Boulevard intersection in Jonesboro, Arkansas. It is just north of the junction of Interstate 555 and Arkansas Highway 1.
The Mall at Wellington Green The Mall at Wellington Green, is a large enclosed shopping mall located in Wellington, Florida. It is the second largest conventional shopping mall in Palm Beach County, Florida, having 490,000 square feet (46,000 m²) of retail selling space with two floors.
The Mall Athens The Mall Athens is a massive shopping mall situated close to the Athens Olympic Stadium in the Maroussi suburb of Athens, Greece. It spreads over four levels, offering about 200 outlets for commercial and entertainment use, covering about 58,500 square meters with 90,000 square meters of underground space.
The Mall Galleries The Mall Galleries, formerly The Galleries, is a shopping mall situated in the Broadmead shopping centre in Bristol city centre. Functioning as the one of the citys retail mall, it is a three-story building, although this is set to change as part of the Bristol regeneration plan started in 2004.
The Mallee The Mallee is the most northwesterly district in the state of Victoria. It is usually defined as approximately extending from the southern boundary of the Big Desert to the Murray River and east to the basin of the Loddon River.
The Malta Girl Guides Association The Malta Girl Guides Association (MGGA) is the national Guiding association of Malta. Guiding in Malta started in 1918 and became a member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) in 1966.
The Maltese Double Cross – Lockerbie The Maltese Double Cross – Lockerbie is a documentary film on the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 on December 21, 1988. Produced, written and directed by Allan Francovich and financed by Tiny Rowland, the film was released by Hemar Enterprises in November 1994.
The Maltese Falcon The Maltese Falcon (1930) is a detective novel by Dashiell Hammett that has been adapted several times for the cinema. The main character, Sam Spade, appears only in three lesser known short stories and this novel, yet is widely cited as the crystallizing figure in the development of the hard-boiled private detective genre.
The Maltese Falcon (1931 film) The Maltese Falcon is a 1931 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. It was directed by Roy Del Ruth and starred Ricardo Cortez as private detective Sam Spade and Bebe Daniels in the role of Ruth Wonderly.
The Maltese Falcon (1941 film) The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. It was written and directed by John Huston in his directorial debut and stars Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade, Mary Astor (in place of Geraldine Fitzgerald whose clashes with the studio cost her the role) as Brigid O'Shaughnessy, the femme fatale who hires him, Sydney Greenstreet in his film debut as Kasper Gutman, and Peter Lorre as Joel Cairo.
The Mamas & the Papas The Mamas & the Papas (credited as The Mama's and the Papa's on the debut album cover) were a leading vocal group of the 1960s. They were one of the American groups to maintain widespread success during the British Invasion (others being The Byrds, The Beach Boys, The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Buffalo Springfield, Simon & Garfunkel and The Lovin' Spoonful).

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