- marketing facilitator (business)
marketing: Marketing facilitators: Because marketing functions require significant expertise, it is often both efficient and effective for an organization to use the assistance of independent marketing facilitators. These are organizations and consultants whose sole or primary responsibility is to handle marketing functions. In many larger companies,…
- marketing implementation (business)
marketing: Marketing implementation: Companies have typically hired different agencies to help in the development of advertising, sales promotion, and publicity ideas. However, this often results in a lack of coordination between elements of the promotion mix. When components of the mix are not all in harmony,…
- marketing intermediary (business)
marketing: Marketing intermediaries: the distribution channel: Many producers do not sell products or services directly to consumers and instead use marketing intermediaries to execute an assortment of necessary functions to get the product to the final user. These intermediaries, such as middlemen (wholesalers, retailers, agents, and…
- marketing-effectiveness rating review (business)
marketing: Strategic control: …evaluate itself, is called a marketing-effectiveness rating review. In order to rate its own marketing effectiveness, a company examines its customer philosophy, the adequacy of its marketing information, and the efficiency of its marketing operations. It will also closely evaluate the strength of its marketing strategy and the integration of…
- marketing-mix planning (business)
marketing: Marketing-mix planning: Having developed a strategy, a company must then decide which tactics will be most effective in achieving strategy goals. Tactical marketing involves creating a marketing mix of four components—product, price, place, promotion—that fulfills the strategy for the targeted set of customer needs.
- marketization (economics)
marketization, introduction of competition into the public sector in areas previously governed through direct public control. In its broadest usage, the term marketization refers to the process of transforming an entire economy away from a planned economic system and toward greater market-based
- markets, law of (economics)
J.-B. Say: …economist, best known for his law of markets, which postulates that supply creates its own demand.
- Markey, Ed (United States senator)
Ed Markey is an American politician who was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 2013 and began representing Massachusetts later that year. He previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1976–2013). Raised in a Roman Catholic household, Markey attended parochial elementary and
- Markey, Edward John (United States senator)
Ed Markey is an American politician who was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 2013 and began representing Massachusetts later that year. He previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1976–2013). Raised in a Roman Catholic household, Markey attended parochial elementary and
- Markham River (river, Papua New Guinea)
Markham River, river in eastern Papua New Guinea, southwestern Pacific Ocean. The swift but shallow and unnavigable stream rises on the Finisterre Range and receives the Erap River, which courses south from the Saruwaged Range, and the Watut River, which flows north from the Bulolo valley. Flowing
- Markham, Beryl (British author and aviator)
Beryl Markham was an English professional pilot, horse trainer and breeder, writer, and adventurer, best known for her memoir, West with the Night (1942; reissued 1983). She was also the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean from east to west. At age four Markham went with her father
- Markham, Charles Edward Anson (American poet)
Edwin Markham was an American poet and lecturer, best-known for his poem of social protest, “The Man with the Hoe.” The youngest son of pioneer parents, Markham grew up on an isolated valley ranch in the Suisun hills in central California. After graduation from college, he became first a teacher
- Markham, Edwin (American poet)
Edwin Markham was an American poet and lecturer, best-known for his poem of social protest, “The Man with the Hoe.” The youngest son of pioneer parents, Markham grew up on an isolated valley ranch in the Suisun hills in central California. After graduation from college, he became first a teacher
- Markham, Gervase (English poet and author)
Gervase Markham was an English poet and author of a number of popular treatises on country and sporting pursuits. Markham was a minor poet with a few fine passages, but his association with the earl of Essex led Robert Gittings to suggest in Shakespeare’s Rival (1960) that he might be the rival
- Markham, Jervis (English poet and author)
Gervase Markham was an English poet and author of a number of popular treatises on country and sporting pursuits. Markham was a minor poet with a few fine passages, but his association with the earl of Essex led Robert Gittings to suggest in Shakespeare’s Rival (1960) that he might be the rival
- Markham, William (English colonist)
Chester: William Markham, the deputy governor to William Penn, located his seat of government in Upland when he arrived in 1681 to establish the English colony of Pennsylvania. Upon Penn’s arrival in 1682 the province’s first assembly was convened there. Penn probably renamed the settlement Chester…
- markhor (mammal)
markhor, (Capra falconeri), large wild goat of the family Bovidae (order Artiodactyla), formerly found throughout the mountains from Kashmir and Turkistan to Afghanistan but now greatly reduced in population and range. The flare-horned markhor (C. f. falconeri) occurs in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and
- Markievicz, Constance (Anglo-Irish countess and political activist)
Constance Markievicz was an Anglo-Irish countess and political activist who was the first woman elected to the British Parliament (1918), though she refused to take her seat. She was also the only woman to serve in the first Dáil Éireann (Irish Assembly), in which she acted as minister of labour
- Markievicz, Countess Constance Georgine (Anglo-Irish countess and political activist)
Constance Markievicz was an Anglo-Irish countess and political activist who was the first woman elected to the British Parliament (1918), though she refused to take her seat. She was also the only woman to serve in the first Dáil Éireann (Irish Assembly), in which she acted as minister of labour
- marking
potter’s mark, device for the purpose of identifying commercial pottery wares. Except for those of Wedgwood, stonewares before the 20th century were not often marked. On some earthenware, potters’ marks are frequently seen, but signatures are rare. One of the few found on ancient Greek vases reads:
- marking (navigation)
road: Traffic control: The marking of roadway surfaces with painted lines and raised permanent markers is commonplace and effective, despite high maintenance costs and visibility problems at night, in heavy traffic, and in rain or snow. A solid line is a warning or instruction not to cross, and a…
- marking pheromone (biochemistry)
chemoreception: Pheromones: Marking pheromones require characteristics opposite those of alarm pheromones, since their function is to convey a signal to other members of the species for a relatively long term. Thus, they demand some persistence, though not so much that they remain when their utility is past.…
- Markish, Perets (Russian writer)
Peretz Markish was a Soviet Yiddish poet and novelist whose work extols Soviet Russia and mourns the destruction of European Jews in World War II. Markish, the son of poor parents, served with the Russian army during World War I and later joined several other writers in producing modernist Yiddish
- Markish, Peretz (Russian writer)
Peretz Markish was a Soviet Yiddish poet and novelist whose work extols Soviet Russia and mourns the destruction of European Jews in World War II. Markish, the son of poor parents, served with the Russian army during World War I and later joined several other writers in producing modernist Yiddish
- Markish, Pereẓ (Russian writer)
Peretz Markish was a Soviet Yiddish poet and novelist whose work extols Soviet Russia and mourns the destruction of European Jews in World War II. Markish, the son of poor parents, served with the Russian army during World War I and later joined several other writers in producing modernist Yiddish
- Markle, Meghan (consort of Prince Harry)
Meghan, duchess of Sussex is an American British actress and consort (2018– ) of Prince Harry, duke of Sussex and fifth in line to the British throne. She acted on television shows, notably in the legal drama series Suits, before her marriage to Prince Harry. In 2020 the couple gave up their royal
- Markle, Rachel Meghan (consort of Prince Harry)
Meghan, duchess of Sussex is an American British actress and consort (2018– ) of Prince Harry, duke of Sussex and fifth in line to the British throne. She acted on television shows, notably in the legal drama series Suits, before her marriage to Prince Harry. In 2020 the couple gave up their royal
- Marko Kraljević (Serbian king)
Marko Kraljević was a Serbian king (1371–95) of a realm centred in what is now Macedonia and a hero in the literature and traditions of the South Slavic peoples. Marko Kraljević (“Mark, the King’s Son”) was a member of the Mrnjavčević family, which some sources suggest had Herzegovinian origins.
- Markos, General (Greek political leader)
Markos Vafiades was a Greek insurgent, founding member of the Greek Communist Party, and commander of the communist-led Democratic Army in the civil war against the Greek government (1946–49). Vafiades worked as a labourer in Istanbul and fled to Greece as a refugee in 1923. He became a communist
- Markov chain (mathematics)
Markov chain, sequence of possibly dependent discrete random variables (x1, x2, x3,…)—identified by increasing values of a parameter, commonly time—with the property that any prediction of the next value of the sequence (xn) is based on the last state (xn − 1) alone. That is, the future value of
- Markov, Andrey Andreyevich (Russian mathematician)
Andrey Andreyevich Markov was a Russian mathematician who helped to develop the theory of stochastic processes, especially those called Markov chains. Based on the study of the probability of mutually dependent events, his work has been developed and widely applied in the biological and social
- Markov, Georgi (Bulgarian author)
Radio Free Europe: …most famous being Bulgarian writer Georgi Markov, who died in London in 1978 after being stabbed with an umbrella that inserted a poisonous ricin-laced platinum pellet into his leg. RFE/RL headquarters in Munich was bombed in 1981 by terrorists underwritten by the Romanian government and headed by Venezuelan militant Carlos…
- Markova, Dame Alicia (British ballerina)
Dame Alicia Markova was an English ballerina noted for the ethereal lightness and poetic delicacy of her dancing. Markova studied with Serafima Astafieva and Enrico Cecchetti and, after her debut at age 14 with Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, was soon dancing leading roles. In 1931 she joined the
- Marković, Henrietta Theodora (French photographer and painter)
Dora Maar was a French photographer and Surrealist artist whose career and accomplishments were overshadowed during her lifetime by the details of her affair with Pablo Picasso. Her work was resurrected and reexamined more thoughtfully after her death. Maar, whose mother was French and father was
- Marković, Svetozar (Serbian political writer)
Svetozar Marković was a political writer who was largely responsible for introducing socialism into Serbia and whom the Yugoslav Communists claim as their precursor. He was a skilled popularizer of political ideas, an inveterate controversialist, a courageous fighter, and a strong influence on the
- Markovitch, Henrietta Theodora (French photographer and painter)
Dora Maar was a French photographer and Surrealist artist whose career and accomplishments were overshadowed during her lifetime by the details of her affair with Pablo Picasso. Her work was resurrected and reexamined more thoughtfully after her death. Maar, whose mother was French and father was
- Markovnikov rule (chemistry)
Markovnikov rule, in organic chemistry, a generalization, formulated by Vladimir Vasilyevich Markovnikov in 1869, stating that in addition reactions to unsymmetrical alkenes, the electron-rich component of the reagent adds to the carbon atom with fewer hydrogen atoms bonded to it, while the
- Markovnikov, Vladimir Vasilyevich (Russian chemist)
Vladimir Vasilyevich Markovnikov was a Russian organic chemist who contributed to structural theory and to the understanding of the ionic addition (Markovnikov addition) of hydrogen halides to the carbon-carbon double bond of alkenes. After studying at the universities of Kazan and St. Petersburg,
- Markowitz, Harry (American economist)
Harry Markowitz was an American finance and economics educator, cowinner (with Merton H. Miller and William F. Sharpe) of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Economics for theories on evaluating stock-market risk and reward and on valuing corporate stocks and bonds. Markowitz studied at the University of
- Markowitz, Harry Max (American economist)
Harry Markowitz was an American finance and economics educator, cowinner (with Merton H. Miller and William F. Sharpe) of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Economics for theories on evaluating stock-market risk and reward and on valuing corporate stocks and bonds. Markowitz studied at the University of
- Marks & Spencer PLC (British company)
Marks & Spencer PLC, one of the largest British retail clothing and food companies. Headquarters of the firm are in London. Marks & Spencer started in 1884 as a stall in an open market in Leeds, Yorkshire. Then known as Marks’ Penny Bazaar, it was the household goods, haberdashery, toy, and
- Marks of Identity (novel by Goytisolo)
Juan Goytisolo: …novel Señas de identidad (1966; Marks of Identity) is the first of a trilogy that presents a fictionalized account of Goytisolo’s life and celebrates the Moorish roots of contemporary Spain. Reivindicación del Conde don Julián (1970; Count Julian), which is considered his masterwork, experiments with transforming the Spanish language, seen…
- Marks, David (British architect)
London Eye: …as an entry submitted by David Marks and Julia Barfield of Marks Barfield Architects in 1993 to a competition, sponsored by The Sunday Times and Great Britain’s Architecture Foundation, for a new landmark to commemorate the millennium in London. Although no winner was declared, Marks and Barfield undertook the development…
- Marks, David (American musician)
the Beach Boys:
- Marks, Lilian Alicia (British ballerina)
Dame Alicia Markova was an English ballerina noted for the ethereal lightness and poetic delicacy of her dancing. Markova studied with Serafima Astafieva and Enrico Cecchetti and, after her debut at age 14 with Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, was soon dancing leading roles. In 1931 she joined the
- Marks, Michael (British businessman)
Marks & Spencer PLC: …toy, and sheet-music business of Michael Marks, a Jewish refugee from Poland. His sign read “Don’t ask the price—it’s a penny.” In 1894 he took Thomas Spencer as a business partner. Marks’s son Simon transformed the business from a number of outdoor stalls in various markets in northern England to…
- Marks, Phoebe Sarah (British physicist)
Hertha Marks Ayrton was a British physicist who was the first woman nominated to become a fellow of the Royal Society. In 1861 Marks’s father died, and two years later she went to live with her aunt, author Marion Moss Hartog, who ran a school in London. When she was a teenager, Marks changed her
- Marks, Simon (British businessman)
Marks & Spencer PLC: Marks’s son Simon transformed the business from a number of outdoor stalls in various markets in northern England to a number of indoor shops, and he launched the company’s St. Michael brand name—a popular label for decades. In 1988 the parent firm, Marks and Spencer Group PLC,…
- Marksman, The (film by Lorenz [2021])
Liam Neeson: The 2000s and beyond: In The Marksman (2021) he was cast as an Arizona rancher who tries to protect a Mexican boy from members of a drug cartel. Neeson’s subsequent movies included Blacklight (2022), about an operative working for the FBI, and Marlowe, in which he starred as the titular…
- Marksville (archaeological site, Louisiana, United States)
Louisiana: Early settlement: …and the Mississippian culture at Marksville (also a state historic site). Most Louisiana peoples lived in hunting and gathering camps in the uplands and coastal prairies, though there were farming villages in the rich low-lying areas known as bottoms. It is estimated that the native population was about 15,000 in…
- markup language
markup language, standard text-encoding system consisting of a set of symbols inserted in a text document to control its structure, formatting, or the relationship between its parts. The most widely used markup languages are SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language), HTML (Hypertext Markup
- Markurells i Wadköping (work by Bergman)
Hjalmar Fredrik Elgérus Bergman: …with Markurells i Wadköping (1919; God’s Orchid, 1924) he at last captured the wider public. The action of this vigorous comic novel takes place, with numerous recapitulations, within a 24-hour period. It tells the story of the grotesque innkeeper Markurell, who, although he has succeeded in getting most of the…
- Markward of Anweiler (German official)
Italy: Henry VI: Henry gave the trusted ministerial Markward of Anweiler the duchy of Ravenna and the march of Ancona as hereditary fiefs, thereby ensuring that the land route between the kingdom of Italy and the kingdom of Sicily was in safe hands. These measures reveal the centralizing goals that were at the…
- Markward, Rose (American businesswoman)
Rose Markward Knox was an American businesswoman who was highly successful in promoting and selling gelatin for widespread home and industrial use. Rose Markward married Charles B. Knox, a salesman, in 1883. In 1890 they invested their $5,000 savings in a prepared gelatin (gelatine) business to be
- Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch (American musical group)
Mark Wahlberg: …as Marky Mark and formed Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. The band’s debut album, Music for the People (1991), which featured cowriting and arrangements by brother Donnie, was a modest success and produced two hit singles, “Good Vibrations” and “Wildside.” In performances and supporting videos, Marky Mark was prone…
- marl (geology)
marl, old term used to refer to an earthy mixture of fine-grained minerals. The term was applied to a great variety of sediments and rocks with a considerable range of composition. Calcareous marls grade into clays, by diminution in the amount of lime, and into clayey limestones. Greensand marls
- Marl (Germany)
Marl, city, North Rhine–Westphalia Land (state), western Germany. It is situated in the Ruhr industrial district, just northwest of Recklinghausen. First mentioned about 800 as a relatively large settlement, the Marl district was sold to the archbishops of Cologne about 1000 and thereafter was part
- Marlatt, Abby Lillian (American educator)
Abby Lillian Marlatt was an American educator who brought a strong academic base to the university programs in home economics that she established. Marlatt graduated from Manhattan’s Kansas State Agricultural College (now Kansas State University of Agriculture and Applied Science) in 1888 and
- Marlatt, Daphne (Canadian author)
Canadian literature: Fiction: Daphne Marlatt radically revises family and colonial history, narrative, and sexuality in Ana Historic (1988) and Taken (1996). Douglas Glover’s Rabelaisian Elle (2003) chronicles the adventures of a young French woman marooned during Jacques Cartier’s 1541–42 voyage to Canada. Douglas Coupland spawned a new vocabulary…
- Marlboro (county, South Carolina, United States)
Marlboro, county, northeastern South Carolina, U.S. It is located between the Great Pee Dee River to the west and North Carolina to the north and northeast. The county is also drained by the Little Pee Dee River. A richly productive farming region, Marlboro county lies in Fall Line hills and, in
- Marlboro (Massachusetts, United States)
Marlborough, city, Middlesex county, east-central Massachusetts, U.S., 27 miles (43 km) west of Boston. Originally part of Sudbury, it was set off as Whipsuferadge Plantation in 1656 and was incorporated as a town in 1660 and named for Marlborough, England. The adjoining Native American plantation
- Marlboro (cigarette)
smoking: Mass production and mass appeal: …example, in 1925 introduced the Marlboro brand as a woman’s cigarette: “Mild as May”—and more to do with the impact of war and a direct confrontation with societal attitudes by so-called new women. Most important, the cigarette habit was legitimated, celebrated, and glamourized on the Hollywood screen and transported to…
- Marlboro College (college, Marlboro, Vermont, United States)
Vermont: Education: Marlboro College (1946) is noted for its work in the performing arts and for its summer music festivals. Norwich University (1819), in Northfield, is the country’s oldest private military college.
- Marlborough (England, United Kingdom)
Marlborough, town (parish), administrative and historic county of Wiltshire, southern England. It lies on the River Kennet in a valley of the chalky Marlborough Downs (hills). Traces of Neolithic and Roman occupation have been found in the vicinity of the Castle Mound, former site of an
- Marlborough (Massachusetts, United States)
Marlborough, city, Middlesex county, east-central Massachusetts, U.S., 27 miles (43 km) west of Boston. Originally part of Sudbury, it was set off as Whipsuferadge Plantation in 1656 and was incorporated as a town in 1660 and named for Marlborough, England. The adjoining Native American plantation
- Marlborough (unitary authority, New Zealand)
Marlborough, unitary authority, northeastern South Island, New Zealand. It is bounded by Cook Strait (north), the South Pacific Ocean (east), Canterbury regional council (southeast and south), and Tasman and the city of Nelson unitary authorities (west). The Wairau River rises in western
- Marlborough College (school, England, United Kingdom)
Marlborough: Marlborough College, a well-known boys’ school, was founded in 1843, and its buildings include the castle, rebuilt in the 17th and again in the 18th century. The town’s trade is largely based on its role as a rural service centre for the surrounding farming area.…
- Marlborough, Countess of (English duchess)
Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough was the wife of the renowned general John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Her close friendship with Queen Anne bolstered her husband’s career and served to aid the Whig cause. As a child, Sarah Jennings formed a friendship with the Princess Anne (the
- Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st duke of (English general)
John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough was one of England’s greatest generals, who led British and allied armies to important victories over Louis XIV of France, notably at Blenheim (1704), Ramillies (1706), and Oudenaarde (1708). John Churchill was the son of Sir Winston Churchill, member of
- Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st Duke of, Marquess of Blandford, Earl of Marlborough, Baron Churchill of Sandridge, Lord Churchill of Eyemouth, Reichsfürst (English general)
John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough was one of England’s greatest generals, who led British and allied armies to important victories over Louis XIV of France, notably at Blenheim (1704), Ramillies (1706), and Oudenaarde (1708). John Churchill was the son of Sir Winston Churchill, member of
- Marlborough, Sarah Jennings, Duchess of (English duchess)
Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough was the wife of the renowned general John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Her close friendship with Queen Anne bolstered her husband’s career and served to aid the Whig cause. As a child, Sarah Jennings formed a friendship with the Princess Anne (the
- Marlborough, Statute of (English history)
United Kingdom: Later reign: …with the issue of the Statute of Marlborough, which renewed some of the reform measures of the Provisions of Westminster, the process of reconstruction began. By 1270 the country was sufficiently settled for Edward to be able to set off on crusade, from which he did not return until two…
- Marlborough: His Life and Times (work by Churchill)
biography: Historical: …magnificent life of his ancestor John Churchill, first duke of Marlborough, can be read as a history (written from a special point of view) of Britain and much of Europe during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14). Yet there is general recognition today that history and biography are quite…
- Marleau, Patrick (Canadian hockey player)
San Jose Sharks: …forward Owen Nolan, and centre Patrick Marleau—that won San Jose’s first division title and appeared in the 2001–02 Western Conference semifinals, which it lost to the Colorado Avalanche in a seven-game series. Two seasons later the Sharks advanced to the Western Conference finals, in which the Flames denied them a…
- Marlene (documentary film)
Marlene Dietrich: The documentary film Marlene, a review of her life and career, which included a voice-over interview of the star by Maximilian Schell, was released in 1986. Her autobiography, Ich bin, Gott sei Dank, Berlinerin (“I Am, Thank God, a Berliner”; Eng. trans. Marlene), was published in 1987. Eight…
- Marley & Me (film by Frankel [2008])
Jennifer Aniston: Rom-coms: …dissolution of a two-year relationship; Marley & Me (2008), which centers on a couple and their Labrador retriever; and the dark comedies Horrible Bosses (2011) and Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), in which she played against type as a sex-crazed dentist. Aniston also starred in the romantic comedies He’s Just Not…
- Marley, Bob (Jamaican musician)
Bob Marley was a Jamaican singer-songwriter whose thoughtful ongoing distillation of early ska, rock steady, and reggae musical forms blossomed in the 1970s into an electrifying rock-influenced hybrid that made him an international superstar. Marley—whose parents were Norval Sinclair Marley, a
- Marley, Jacob (fictional character)
Jacob Marley, fictional character, the deceased business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol (1843) by Charles Dickens. Marley’s ghost visits Scrooge on Christmas Eve at the beginning of the
- Marley, John (American actor)
John Cassavetes: Independent filmmaker: 1960s and ’70s: …and white in 1966, starred John Marley and Lynn Carlin as a husband and wife facing a split after 14 years of marriage. Both have one-night stands, the husband with a prostitute (played by Cassavetes’s wife, Gena Rowlands) and the wife with a hippie (Seymour Cassel). Originally six hours long,…
- Marley, Robert Nesta (Jamaican musician)
Bob Marley was a Jamaican singer-songwriter whose thoughtful ongoing distillation of early ska, rock steady, and reggae musical forms blossomed in the 1970s into an electrifying rock-influenced hybrid that made him an international superstar. Marley—whose parents were Norval Sinclair Marley, a
- Marlik (archaeological site, Iran)
Iranian art and architecture: Median period: …Iranian Kurdistan; tomb finds at Marlik, near Kazvin; and excavated graves in Luristan.
- marlin (fish)
marlin, any of several species of large long-nosed marine fishes of the family Istiophoridae (order Perciformes) characterized by an elongated body, a long dorsal fin, and a rounded spear extending from the snout. They are wanderers, found worldwide near the surface of the sea, and are carnivorous,
- marlin-spike (seabird)
tropic bird, any member of three seabird species that constitute the family Phaethontidae (order Pelecaniformes or Phaethontiformes). Tropic birds are characterized by pairs of streaming central tail feathers, which may be as long as the bird’s body. Sailors call them marlin-spikes and bosun birds.
- Marlins (American baseball team)
Miami Marlins, American professional baseball team based in Miami that plays in the National League (NL). The Marlins have won two NL pennants and two World Series championships (1997 and 2003). Founded in 1993 as an expansion team alongside the Colorado Rockies, the team (which was known as the
- Marlow (England, United Kingdom)
Marlow, town (parish), Wycombe district, administrative and historic county of Buckinghamshire, southeastern England. It lies on the River Thames. The parish Church of All Saints was built in 1835 on the site of a church that dated from the 12th century. The Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School was
- Marlowe (film by Jordan [2022])
Neil Jordan: Other films: …and cowrote (with William Monahan) Marlowe (2022), a crime mystery starring Neeson, Diane Kruger, and Jessica Lange. The film was adapted from John Banville’s novel The Black-Eyed Blonde, which in itself reimagined characters created by Raymond Chandler, including famous private eye Philip Marlowe.
- Marlowe (film by Bogart [1969])
Bruce Lee: In the 1969 film Marlowe, Lee received notice for a scene in which he destroyed an entire office through kickboxing and karate moves. Troubled by his inability to find other suitable roles, however, he moved back to Hong Kong in 1971. There Lee starred in two films that broke…
- Marlowe, Christopher (English writer)
Christopher Marlowe was an English Elizabethan poet and William Shakespeare’s most important predecessor in English drama. Marlowe is noted especially for his establishment of dramatic blank verse, particularly in such plays as the tragedy Doctor Faustus (1604). Marlowe’s murder in a tavern brawl
- Marlowe, Hugh (American actor)
The Day the Earth Stood Still: Cast: Assorted References
- Marlowe, Julia (American actress)
Julia Marlowe was an English-born American actress, one of the great romantic actresses of her day, known especially for her interpretations of William Shakespeare. Her family immigrated to the United States in 1870, and at the age of 11 she toured the Midwest in a juvenile production of Gilbert
- Marlowe, Philip (fictional character)
Philip Marlowe, fictional character, the protagonist of seven novels by Raymond Chandler. Marlowe is a hard-boiled private detective working in the seamy underworld of Los Angeles from the 1930s through the 1950s. The novels, most of which have been made into films, include The Big Sleep (1939;
- Marma (people)
Marma, people of the Chittagong Hills region of Bangladesh. The Marma numbered approximately 210,000 in the late 20th century. One group, the Jhumia Marma, have long settled in this southeastern region of Bengal; the other group, the Rakhaing Marma, are recent immigrants, having come from Arakan
- Marmagao (India)
Goa: Settlement patterns and demographic trends: …in contemporary Goa: Panaji (Panjim), Marmagao (Mormugão), and Madgaon (Margão). Panaji was originally a suburb of Old Goa. Like its parent city, Panaji was built on the left bank of the Mandavi estuary. Now a busy port city, it contains the archbishop’s palace, the government house, and many markets. Marmagao,…
- marmalade (food)
jelly: jams, conserves, and marmalades differ from jellies in their inclusion of whole fruit or fruit pulp.
- marmalade tree (plant and fruit)
sapote, (Pouteria sapota), plant of the sapodilla family (Sapotaceae) and its edible fruit. Sapote is native to Central America but cultivated as far north as the southeastern United States. The fruit is commonly eaten fresh and is also made into smoothies, ice cream, and preserves. The large
- Marmara Denizi (inland sea, Turkey)
Sea of Marmara, inland sea partly separating the Asian and European parts of Turkey. It is connected through the Bosporus on the northeast with the Black Sea and through the Dardanelles on the southwest with the Aegean Sea. It is 175 miles (280 km) long from northeast to southwest and nearly 50
- Marmara, Sea of (inland sea, Turkey)
Sea of Marmara, inland sea partly separating the Asian and European parts of Turkey. It is connected through the Bosporus on the northeast with the Black Sea and through the Dardanelles on the southwest with the Aegean Sea. It is 175 miles (280 km) long from northeast to southwest and nearly 50
- Marmaraereğlisi (Turkey)
Philip II: Presidency of the Thessalian League: …Greek allies, the cities of Perinthus (later called Heraclea, present-day Marmaraereğlisi) and Byzantium, to review their position, and his coercion of them led to the two great sieges that showed the development of his artillery and allied arms, of which his son Alexander was to make greater use in Asia.
- Marmaray Project (transport project, Turkey)
Turkey: Transportation: In response, the Marmaray Project was undertaken to improve approximately 45 miles (75 km) of Turkey’s railway network. The massive transport project was anticipated to upgrade rail service around Istanbul and included an ambitious rail tunnel running beneath the Bosporus to connect the European and Asian halves of…
- Marmes Rock Shelter (archaeological site, Washington, United States)
Washington: Native Americans and early European explorers: Marmes Rock Shelter, in arid eastern Washington, has yielded a 10,000-year sequence of tools left by hunters and gatherers along with some of the oldest well-documented skeletal remains in the Western Hemisphere. The Ozette site, on the Olympic Peninsula, has a unique collection of well-preserved…