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Mary-Kate Olsen

Mary-Kate Olsen and her twin sister Ashley Olsen are two of the most successful child stars in television history. Their shared role on the TV show Full House (1987-95), where they played the…

Mary Tyler Moore

Mary Tyler Moore was a successful and beloved TV star of the 1960s and 1970s, most notably in The Dick Van Dyke Show and in her own The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Born in Brooklyn and raised in Queens,…

Brewer's: Rig-Marie

Base coin. The word originated from one of the billon coins struck in the reign of Queen Mary, which bore the words Reg. Maria as part of the legend. Billon is mixed metal for coinage,…

Brewer's: Bain Marie

A saucepan containing hot water into which a smaller saucepan is plunged, either to keep it hot, or that it may boil without burning. A glue pot is a good example. Mons. Bouillet says, “…

Brewer's: Mary Anne

or Marianne. A slang name for the guillotine. (See below.) Mary Anne Associations Secret republican societies in France. The name comes about thus: Ravaillac was instigated to assasinate…

Brewer's: Mary Magdalene

(St.). Patron saint of penitents, being herself the model penitent of Gospel history. In Christian art she is represented (1) as a patron saint, young and beautiful, with a profusion of…

Brewer's: Highland Mary

A name immortalised by Burns, generally thought to be Mary Campbell, but more probably Mary Morison. In 1792 we have three songs to Mary: “Will ye go to the Indies, my Mary?” “Highland…

Mary Lou Lord

Got No ShadowWork/Sony Boston-based indie fave Mary Lou Lord, who got her start singing in subway stations, crosses the tracks to the land of major labels and polished production on this…

Mary Chapin Carpenter

A Place in the WorldColumbia If following up a commercial and critical breakthrough album like Stones in the Road was daunting, it doesn't show on this collection of 12 appealing and…

Dr. Mary Walker

The Question: Can you give me information about the only woman ever to be awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor? The Answer: The only woman to receive a Medal…