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8 unusual facts about Mara


Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771

On the evening of 12 May 2010, the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed that one of its passport holders was on the plane, novelist Bree O'Mara.

Bree O'Mara

After travelling through Canada and the United States, living briefly in Elkins, West Virginia, she settled in London during the 1990s.

Charles J. O'Mara

O'Mara also served as acting Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services during the first six months of the Clinton administration.

Chief Agricultural Negotiator

During negotiation of the Uruguay Round of GATT talks that led ultimately to creation of the World Trade Organization, Charles J. O'Mara, a Senior Foreign Service officer of the Foreign Agricultural Service, was appointed Counsel for International Affairs to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and Special Trade Negotiator for Agriculture.

Christopher Friend

The seat had become vacant after former Assemblyman Tom O'Mara ran successfully for the New York State Senate.

James Bacalles

Bacalles unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for the New York State Senate 53rd District seat held by George Winner; the nomination went to Tom O'Mara, who also went on to win the general election.

James O'Mara

After the death in 1923 of Philip Cosgrave, the Cumann na nGaedheal TD for Dublin South and brother of W. T. Cosgrave, O'Mara stood as the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate in the resulting by-election.

Wat Phra Yai

The Buddha statue depicts Buddha in a state of calm and purity and resolve, having overcome temptation and fear sent at him by Mara, Lord of Illusion.


Adele Mara

Mara was married to television writer/producer Roy Huggins and appeared as the leading lady in three episodes of his 1957 television series Maverick, including "Seed of Deception" in the first season (available on DVD), "The Spanish Dancer" in the second season, and "The Marquessa" in the third season.

Bébo's Girl

In 1963 the book was made into a film, also called La ragazza di Bube, directed by Luigi Comencini and starring Claudia Cardinale as Mara.

Clodovil Hernandes

He designed the evening gowns for Miss Brasil and Miss Universe Sandra Mara Ferreira and Sandra Guimarães de Oliveira.

Darling, Chin State

With the arrival of pioneer missionaries to Mara people, Rev. & Mrs. R.A. Lorrain to Maraland on September 26, 1907, the people of Darling are 100 percent Christians.

David Balakrishnan

A 2002 commission awarded by a consortium of presenters headed by the Lied Center of Kansas City resulted in a string octet entitled “Mara’s Garden Of False Delights,” which is featured on Turtle Island String Quartet’s Grammy winning Telarc release, “4 plus Four.”

David Hornsby

Hornsby plays defrocked priest Matthew "Rickety Cricket" Mara on the FX comedy It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, also serving as an executive producer and writer on the show.

Faith branding

Mara Einstein, the author of Brands of Faith and Phil Cooke, the author of Branding Faith both describe the ways that faith branding is used throughout the world and how successful this type of marketing can be when you do the steps correctly and follow the plan.

Fiji–Tonga relations

Blaming Australia and New Zealand, the statement said "the Tongans as seen with their presence at the Minerva Reef will be manipulated through offerings of gifts and aid to try and turn up the ante", adding: "As far as Fiji is concerned there is no Mara or Tonga/Fiji situation. It is a Rudd and McCully spreading their wings to save face situation", in reference to Australian and New Zealand Foreign Affairs Ministers Kevin Rudd and Murray McCully.

Frank Bainimarama

On 5 January 2005, Joji Kotobalavu, a spokesman for Prime Minister Qarase, reminded the public that Bainimarama himself was currently under investigation for his role in the apparently forced resignation of President Mara.

Gary Mara

Mara died while holidaying with his family in Los Angeles, when he and his daughter were struck by a speeding drunk driver as they crossed a road.

George Leonardos

He was twice awarded the prize for best historical novel by the Greek Society of Christian Studies for his novels Mara, the Christian Sultana and Sleeping Beauty of Mystra.

Golders Hill Park

The zoo contains a variety of animals and birds, such as Donkeys, Coatis, Rheas, Maras, Red Junglefowl, Lady Amherst's Pheasants, Red-legged Seriemas, Ring-tailed Lemurs, Kookaburras, Sacred Ibis, Cattle Egrets, Little Egrets, Eurasian Eagle-Owls and White-naped Cranes.

Jay Alaimo

As of October 2012, Alaimo is in pre-production for his third feature film, titled Chronicle, with Ryan Phillippe, Justin Long, and John Hawkes attached to star alongside Milla Jovovich and Kate Mara to co-star.

John Crosdill

The Pantheon series included numerous performances by the Maras; vocalist Gertrud Elisabeth Mara and her husband violoncellist Johann Baptist Mara (1744–1808).

Koila Nailatikau

Rejecting the criticism, the Prime Minister's spokesman Joji Kotobalavu retaliated by accusing Adi Koila's father, Ratu Mara, of having benefited from the 1987 coups.

La Basoche

Stage direction was by Hugh Moss, and the cast included David Bispham (alternating with Wallace Brownlow) as the Duke, Ben Davies (and Joseph O'Mara) as Clément Marot, Charles Kenningham as Jehan L'Eville, and John Le Hay as Guillot.

Landon Liboiron

In 2011, Landon Liboiron played Josh Shannon in the sci-fi television series Terra Nova, the son of the lead character, played by Jason O'Mara, and his wife, played by Shelley Conn.

Maasai Mara

Although one third of the whole Maasai Mara, The Mara Triangle has only one lodge within its boundaries (compared to the numerous camps and lodges on the Narok side) and has well maintained, all weather roads.

Máirtín Ó Direáin

Five of his poems have been put to music by Colm Ó Snodaigh from the music group Kíla: Faoiseamh a Gheobhadsa, Maith Dhom, Bua na Mara, Dínit an Bhróin and Bí i do Chrann.

Maktab Rendah Sains Mara Kota Bharu

Maktab Rendah Sains Mara Kota Bharu or MRSM Kota Bharu is one of the pioneer junior science colleges set up by Majlis Amanah Rakyat or MARA in Malaysia.

Malcolm Whitman

In 1926, Whitman married Lucilla Mara de Vescovi, known as the Countess Mara.

Malik Ram

An Arabic translation of the first edition with the title "Al Mara'tu fil Islam" was published in Cairo in 1958 and of the second edition in New Delhi in 1990.

Mara Corday

Respected film critic Leonard Maltin said that Mara Corday had "more acting ability than she was permitted to exhibit."

Mara Maionchi

Mara began her career in 1967, as secretary in the Ariston Records press office, working with Ornella Vanoni and Mino Reitano.

Mara Zini

Mara Zini (born October 26, 1979 in Sondalo) is an Italian short track speed skater who won a bronze medal in the 3000m relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Max Mara

As of July 17, 2013, Jennifer Garner is the first and, currently, only celebrity spokesperson of Max Mara.

MaxMara Art Prize for Women in association with the Whitechapel

The first winner of the first Max Mara Art Prize in collaboration with the Whitechapel in 2006 was Margaret Salmon.

Media theory of composition

New Media, New Literacies, Cybertext, Digital literacy, Digital rhetoric Digital studio, Richard Lanham, Jonathan Alexander, Lisa Nakamura, Multi-modality Multi-literacies Rhetorical velocity, Cynthia Selfe, Geoffrey Sirc, Anne Wysocki, Richard Selfe, Kris Blair, Andrew Mara, Angela Haas, Gail Hawisher, Richard Ohmann

Mike Knuble

Born in Toronto, Canada, Knuble was raised with younger brother Steve in Kentwood, Michigan by his Latvian-born parents, Aivars and Māra (Miesnieks) Knuble.

Mombasa Air Services

Air Charter services throughout East Africa but mainly to Amboseli, Tsavo, Mara, Samburu, Lamu and Lake Nakuru in Kenya, and in Tanzania Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro and the Serengeti plus Zanzibar.

MS-13

Some sources state the gang is named for La Mara, a street gang in San Salvador, and the Salvatrucha guerrillas who fought in the Salvadoran Civil War.

Noor Ehsanuddin Mohd Harun Narrashid

He later was accepted to a boarding school Maktab Rendah Sains Mara in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.

North Mara Gold Mine

In 2009 a Tanzanian Member of Parliament, Harrison Mwakyembe, demanded the Mara Gold Mine be closed, due to the deaths of eighteen villagers from Nyamongo which had been attributed to drinking water polluted by the mine.

Olivera Despina

Olivera had four older sisters, Mara (mother of Serbian despot Đurađ Branković), Dragana, Teodora, and Jelena (mother of Balša III, the last ruler of Zeta) and two brothers, Serbian despot Stefan Lazarević and Vuk.

Romper suit

Marc Jacobs, Max Azria, and Mara Hoffman were among the numerous designers to showcase versions of the romper in their Spring 2009 collections.

Scrap Saturday

At the centre of the show was the relationship between the then Taoiseach Charles Haughey and "P. J." "Mara", a fantasy figure based loosely on the Fianna Fáil political advisor P. J. Mara.

Ta Mara and the Seen

Lead singer Margaret Cox (a.k.a. Margie Cox), given the stage name Ta Mara by producer Johnson, was born in Kenitra, Morocco and lived there until age seven, when she and her family moved to Minneapolis.

Taylor Burghard

Born on August 31, 1998 in Columbia, Missouri, she is the daughter of veteran, businessman and politician Duane Burghard and former school teacher and businesswoman Mara Judy-Burghard.

The Cambridge Edition of the Letters and Works of D. H. Lawrence

Sea and Sardinia (1921), edited by Mara Kalnins,Cambridge University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-521-24275-4

Tubou

The Tongan-Fijian warlord Enele Ma'afu, who conquered much of eastern and northern Fiji in the mid-19th century, is buried in Tubou, as are Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna (1888–1958), Fiji's first modern statesman, and Mara himself.

UiTM F.C.

Universiti Teknologi MARA Football Club also known as UiTM F.C. is a Malaysiaa football club based in Shah Alam.

Wesley Ngetich Kimutai

Ngetich died after he was shot with a poisoned arrow on January 21, 2008 in Emarti, Trans Mara District, becoming the second international athlete to lose his life, after Lucas Sang, due to the political clashes.

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

To the shrieking dismay of his grandmother, the young man wishes to leave the clergy to be with Mara or to join the French Foreign Legion if Mara rejects him.

Zainah Anwar

Instead, she was persuaded to join the pioneer batch of aspiring journalists at the then Mara Institute of Technology in Shah Alam in 1972 (now Universiti Teknologi Mara, UiTM).


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