Nicaragua: Ortega’s return to power: Ortega’s wife, Rosario Murillo, who had served as the chief spokesperson in Ortega’s previous administration, was elected vice president. As her influence increased in the new government, she and Ortega began to be perceived as copresidents. Their solid grasp of power was threatened in April 2018 when…

mouse opossum, any of a group of more than 55 species of Central and South American marsupials that are the most abundant members of the opossum family (Didelphidae, subfamily Didelphinae). Previously included in the genus Marmosa, mouse opossums are divided today among eight genera: gracile mouse

mouse opossum, any of a group of more than 55 species of Central and South American marsupials that are the most abundant members of the opossum family (Didelphidae, subfamily Didelphinae). Previously included in the genus Marmosa, mouse opossums are divided today among eight genera: gracile mouse

typhus: Other forms of typhus: Endemic, or murine, typhus, caused by Rickettsia typhi, has as its principal reservoir of infection the Norway rat; occasionally, the common house mouse and other species of small rodents have also been found to be infected. The rat flea Xenopsylla cheopis is the principal carrier of the…

woolly spider monkey, (genus Brachyteles), extremely rare primate that lives only in the remaining Atlantic forests of southeastern Brazil. The woolly spider monkey is the largest monkey in South America and is intermediate in structure and appearance between the woolly monkeys (genus Lagothrix)

Jean de Muris was a French philosopher and mathematician who was a leading proponent of the new musical style of the 14th century. In his treatise Ars novae musicae (1319; “The Art of the New Music”) he enthusiastically supported the great changes in musical style and notation occurring in the 14th

Mauritania, country on the Atlantic coast of Africa. Mauritania forms a geographic and cultural bridge between the North African Maghrib (a region that also includes Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia) and the westernmost portion of sub-Saharan Africa. Culturally, it forms a transitional zone between

Germany: Drainage of Germany: …lake in the region is Lake Müritz (44 square miles [114 square km]) in the Weichsel glacial drift of Mecklenburg–West Pomerania. In addition to Dümmer and Steinhude in Lower Saxony, a few small lakes of glacial origin dot Schleswig-Holstein. The remainder of Germany’s lakes are concentrated at the extreme southeastern…

Baghdad: Architecture and monuments: …revolution, and Muḥammad Ghānī’s “Murjāna Monument,” which depicts Murjāna, Ali Baba’s housekeeper in The Thousand and One Nights, pouring boiling oil on the 40 thieves.

Murjiʾah, one of the earliest Islamic sects to believe in the postponement (irjāʾ) of judgment on committers of serious sins, recognizing God alone as being able to decide whether or not a Muslim had lost his faith. The Murjiʾah flourished during the turbulent period of Islamic history that began

Murjiʾah, one of the earliest Islamic sects to believe in the postponement (irjāʾ) of judgment on committers of serious sins, recognizing God alone as being able to decide whether or not a Muslim had lost his faith. The Murjiʾah flourished during the turbulent period of Islamic history that began

Sarah Palin: Frank Murkowski. Palin’s time on the commission was short-lived, however. She resigned after encountering resistance to her investigation of Randy Ruedrich, the state Republican Party chair and a fellow commissioner; Ruedrich later admitted to ethics violations. In 2004 Palin further distanced herself from the party…

Lisa Murkowski is an American politician who was appointed as a Republican to the U.S. Senate from Alaska in 2002 and took office the following year. She was elected to that body in 2004. Her father, Frank Murkowski, was an Alaskan banker turned politician who later served as a U.S. senator

Lisa Murkowski is an American politician who was appointed as a Republican to the U.S. Senate from Alaska in 2002 and took office the following year. She was elected to that body in 2004. Her father, Frank Murkowski, was an Alaskan banker turned politician who later served as a U.S. senator

Murmansk, seaport and center of Murmansk oblast (region), northwestern Russia, lying 125 miles (200 km) north of the Arctic Circle, and on the eastern shore of Kola Bay, 30 miles (48 km) from the ice-free Barents Sea. The town, founded in 1915 as a supply port in World War I, was a base for the

Murmansk, oblast (region), northwestern Russia, occupying the Kola Peninsula between the White and Barents seas. Its upland blocks and mountain massifs, rising to 3,907 feet (1,191 metres) in the Khibiny Mountains, are covered by tundra in the north and swampy forest, or taiga, in the south. The

Barents Sea, outlying portion of the Arctic Ocean 800 miles (1,300 km) long and 650 miles (1,050 km) wide and covering 542,000 square miles (1,405,000 square km). Its average depth is 750 feet (229 metres), plunging to a maximum of 2,000 feet (600 metres) in the major Bear Island Trench. It is

Claude Lanzmann: … (2013), a 1975 interview with Benjamin Murmelstein (1905–89), a rabbi and Jewish leader at Theresienstadt who was working for the Nazis under Adolph Eichmann. Theresienstadt, a stopping point for Jews who would eventually be sent to death camps, was meant to be the “model” ghetto to the outside world and…

Tamāng, people of Nepal living in the mountains northwest, north, and east of the Kāthmāndu Valley. Their numbers were estimated to be about 690,000 in the late 20th century. The Tamāng speak a language of the Tibeto-Burman family. They are Buddhist in religion. Most of them draw their living from

Droupadi Murmu became the 15th president of India on July 25, 2022, when she was sworn in by the chief justice of the country’s Supreme Court. She is the first person from the tribal community, and the second woman after Pratibha Patil, to hold the office of president. She is also the first

vocal fry, in phonetics, a speech sound or quality used in some languages, produced by vibrating vocal cords that are less tense than in normal speech, which produces local turbulence in the airstream resulting in a compromise between full voice and whisper. English speakers produce a vocal fry

Louis Malle: …Le Souffle au coeur (1971; Murmur of the Heart), a tenderly treated comedy about an adolescent boy; and Lacombe, Lucien (1974), about a bored teenager who becomes an informer for the Gestapo during the German occupation of France.

David Hare: …about the Church of England; Murmuring Judges (1991), about the legal profession; and The Absence of War (1993), about politicians. The Blue Room (1998) was an adaptation of Merry-Go-Round by the Austrian playwright Arthur Schnitzler. It follows the partnering of 10 pairs of lovers, each vignette featuring one character who…

Shahdol: It lies along the Murna River (a tributary of the Son River) about 110 miles (177 km) northwest of Bilaspur.

F.W. Murnau was a German film director who revolutionized the art of cinematic expression by using the camera subjectively to interpret the emotional state of a character. Murnau studied philosophy, art history, and literature at the Universities of Heidelberg and Berlin. In 1908 he joined the

German literature: Reformation: …as the “fool” satires of Thomas Murner, a Catholic adversary of Martin Luther: Die Geuchmat (1519; “Field of Fools”) and Von dem grossen Lutherischen Narren (1522; “Concerning the Great Lutheran Fool”).

Muro Kyūsō was a noted Japanese Confucian scholar who, as a leading government official, helped propagate the philosophy of the famous Chinese Confucian thinker Zhu Xi (1130–1200). Muro interpreted Zhu Xi’s emphasis on loyalty to one’s ruler to mean loyalty to the Tokugawa shogun, the hereditary

Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Mũrogi wa Kagogo (2004; Wizard of the Crow) brings the dual lenses of fantasy and satire to bear upon the legacy of colonialism not only as it is perpetuated by a native dictatorship but also as it is ingrained in an ostensibly decolonized culture itself.

Muridae, (family Muridae), largest extant rodent family, indeed the largest of all mammalian families, encompassing more than 1,383 species of the “true” mice and rats. Two-thirds of all rodent species and genera belong to family Muridae. The members of this family are often collectively called

Muridae: …a larger category, the superfamily Muroidea. This would be satisfactory if each group could be clearly demonstrated to have a common ancestor (i.e., to be monophyletic). Some groups are known to be monophyletic (hamsters, voles, African pouched rats, gerbils, Old World rats and mice, African spiny mice,

Murom, city, Vladimir oblast (region), western Russia. Murom lies along the Oka River. It is one of the oldest Russian towns and was first mentioned in the chronicles of 862. Surviving historic buildings include the Trinity and Annunciation monasteries and the churches of the Resurrection and

Japan: The Muromachi (or Ashikaga) period (1338–1573): On the accession of Go-Daigo, the retired emperor Go-Uda broke the long-established custom and dissolved the office of retired emperor (in no chō). As a result, the entire authority of the imperial government was concentrated…

Muromachi period, in Japanese history, period of the Ashikaga Shogunate (1338–1573). It was named for a district in Kyōto, where the first Ashikaga shogun, Takauji, established his administrative headquarters. Although Takauji took the title of shogun for himself and his heirs, complete control of

Japan: The Muromachi (or Ashikaga) period (1338–1573): On the accession of Go-Daigo, the retired emperor Go-Uda broke the long-established custom and dissolved the office of retired emperor (in no chō). As a result, the entire authority of the imperial government was concentrated…

Ilya Of Murom, a hero of the oldest known Old Russian byliny, traditional heroic folk chants. He is presented as the principal bogatyr (knight-errant) at the 10th-century court of Saint Vladimir I of Kiev, although with characteristic epic vagueness he often participates in historical events of the

Muroran, city, southern Hokkaido, northern Japan. It lies on Cape Chikyū at the entrance to Uchiura Bay. After 1906 it began to grow from a village to a company town, producing steel and iron products. In 1982 Muroran succeeded in securing its water supply system from the company. It became the

José Revueltas: Los muros de agua (1941; “Walls of Water”), his first novel, is based on incidents that occurred during his confinement.

Murphy, novel by Irish writer Samuel Beckett, published in 1938. The story concerns an Irishman in London who yearns to do nothing more than sit in his rocking chair and daydream. Murphy attempts to avoid all action; he escapes from a girl he is about to marry, takes up with a kind prostitute, and

Candice Bergen: …a star television journalist, in Murphy Brown. The groundbreaking show was extremely popular and became a cultural touchstone. Bergen was nominated seven consecutive times for Emmy Awards for her performance, winning five times (1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, and 1995); after her fifth win she declined further nominations. When Murphy became…

Charles Bronson: …That Men Do (1984), and Murphy’s Law (1986). In other movies he revealed humanity and tenderness beneath the toughness, as in Sean Penn’s The Indian Runner (1991) and the TV movie Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (1991).

Sunnyvale, city, Santa Clara county, western California, U.S. Adjacent to the cities of Santa Clara and Mountain View, Sunnyvale lies at the southern end of San Francisco Bay, near San Jose. Settled in 1850, it was known as Murphy’s Station (later as Encinal), but it was renamed Sunnyvale in 1912

Eugene Levy: American Pie and Schitt’s Creek: …Levy) and Alexis Rose (Annie Murphy). After losing their immense wealth, the Roses are forced to move to the small town of Schitt’s Creek, which Johnny Rose bought as a joke for his son. Initially just a modest success, the show became a mainstream hit in 2017, when it…

Audie Murphy was an American war hero and actor who was one of the most-decorated U.S. soldiers of World War II. Murphy joined the army in 1942, having falsified his birth certificate in order to enlist before he was eligible. (Thus, some sources incorrectly give 1924 as his birth year.) During

Audie Murphy was an American war hero and actor who was one of the most-decorated U.S. soldiers of World War II. Murphy joined the army in 1942, having falsified his birth certificate in order to enlist before he was eligible. (Thus, some sources incorrectly give 1924 as his birth year.) During

Emma: Legacy: Knightley), Brittany Murphy as Tai (Harriet), and Jeremy Sisto as Elton (Mr. Elton). Unlike the original novel, Clueless is set in Beverly Hills, California, in the mid-1990s. The film achieved cult status in the 21st century. Other notable screen adaptations of Emma were released in 1996…

cycling: Early history of the sport: …when one of these riders, Charles M. Murphy, rode on a wooden track behind a Long Island Rail Road train and covered a mile in 57.8 seconds, earning the nickname of Mile-a-Minute Murphy.

Chris Murphy is an American politician who was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 2012 and began representing Connecticut in that body the following year. In 2024 Murphy comfortably won reelection against Republican challenger Matthew Corey and two other candidates. Murphy previously

Chris Murphy is an American politician who was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 2012 and began representing Connecticut in that body the following year. In 2024 Murphy comfortably won reelection against Republican challenger Matthew Corey and two other candidates. Murphy previously

Cillian Murphy is an Irish actor known for his striking looks and intense performances. His breakout role came in the hit zombie film 28 Days Later (2002), but Murphy is perhaps best known for his performances in several blockbuster movies directed by Christopher Nolan, including Oppenheimer

Eddie Murphy is an American comedian, actor, and singer who was a dominant comedic voice in the United States during the 1980s. Murphy’s comedy was largely personal and observational and at times raunchy. He is also a skillful impersonator. Murphy began doing stand-up comedy in New York City as a

Eddie Murphy is an American comedian, actor, and singer who was a dominant comedic voice in the United States during the 1980s. Murphy’s comedy was largely personal and observational and at times raunchy. He is also a skillful impersonator. Murphy began doing stand-up comedy in New York City as a

Famous 5: Led by judge Emily Murphy, the group included Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise Crummy McKinney, and Irene Parlby. Together, the five women, who lived in the Canadian province of Alberta, had many years of active work in various campaigns for women’s rights dating back to the 1880s…

Bewitched: …have two children, Tabitha (Erin Murphy) and Adam (David Lawrence).

Frank Murphy was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1940 until his death. He was noted for his militant defense of individual liberties and civil rights and for his insistence on doing substantial justice irrespective of legal technicalities. Murphy studied at the

George Lloyd Murphy was an American actor and politician who was remembered as an amiable song-and-dance man in a succession of Hollywood musicals in the 1930s and ’40s and as a U.S. senator from California (1965–71). Murphy attended Yale University but dropped out in his junior year and began

Gerald Murphy and Sara Murphy: Gerald Murphy, the son of the founder of the Mark Cross Company, a New York leather-goods and specialty store, graduated from Yale University (1912) and attended the Harvard School of Landscape Design (1918–20). Sara Wiborg, from a well-to-do Cincinnati family, attended private schools in Europe…

Gerald Murphy and Sara Murphy: Gerald Murphy, the son of the founder of the Mark Cross Company, a New York leather-goods and specialty store, graduated from Yale University (1912) and attended the Harvard School of Landscape Design (1918–20). Sara Wiborg, from a well-to-do Cincinnati family, attended private schools in Europe…

Gerald Murphy and Sara Murphy were wealthy American expatriates in Paris and Antibes, France, during the 1920s and early ’30s who befriended and hosted such artists and writers as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos, Archibald MacLeish, Dorothy Parker, Pablo Picasso, Fernand

Pop art: Predecessors: …Pop art were Stuart Davis, Gerard Murphy, and Fernand Léger, all of whom depicted in their painting the precision, mass production, and commercial materials of the machine-industrial age. The immediate predecessors of the Pop artists were Jasper Johns, Larry Rivers, and Robert Rauschenberg, American artists who in the 1950s painted…

Isaac Burns Murphy was an American jockey who was the first to be elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York. Although Murphy’s career winning percentage is disputed, neither of the figures cited—racing records show 34.5 percent, while Murphy claimed 44

John B. Murphy was an American surgeon who was notable for his advances in abdominal surgery. Murphy served as professor of surgery at Rush Medical College, Chicago (1905–08), and at the Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago (1901–05, 1908–16). He was a pioneer in recognizing the symptoms

John B. Murphy was an American surgeon who was notable for his advances in abdominal surgery. Murphy served as professor of surgery at Rush Medical College, Chicago (1905–08), and at the Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago (1901–05, 1908–16). He was a pioneer in recognizing the symptoms

Washington Capitals: …wing Mike Gartner and defensemen Larry Murphy and Rod Langway led the team to five consecutive second-place divisional finishes between 1983–84 and 1987–88. Washington won its first division title in 1988–89 and appeared in the conference finals in 1989–90, but the Capitals failed to advance any further in the postseason…

Robert Altman: M*A*S*H and the 1970s: …repertory players—Keith Carradine, Shelley Duvall, Michael Murphy, Gwen Welles, and Bert Remsen, among others—helped Altman take his exploration of free-form narrative to another level in Nashville (1975), a wildly inventive profile of some two dozen characters who congregate in the city of Nashville over the course of a weekend—some to…

North Africa campaigns: Planning a second front in Africa: Robert Murphy, the chief U.S. diplomatic representative in North Africa, prepared the way for the landings by discreetly eliciting support from French officers whom he felt were likely to sympathize with the project. He relied particularly on Gen. Charles Mast, commander of the troops in…

Ryan Murphy is a producer, director, and writer of television and film who has built a successful and prolific career by bringing the stories of marginalized characters to the mainstream and by exploring dark and controversial topics. He has been called the most powerful man in television and is

Ryan Murphy is a producer, director, and writer of television and film who has built a successful and prolific career by bringing the stories of marginalized characters to the mainstream and by exploring dark and controversial topics. He has been called the most powerful man in television and is

Gerald Murphy and Sara Murphy: Sara Wiborg, from a well-to-do Cincinnati family, attended private schools in Europe and the United States and married Gerald on December 30, 1915. In 1921 they moved to Europe, taking a flat in Paris and three years later settling also into Villa America, their home…

Gerald Murphy and Sara Murphy: Sara Wiborg, from a well-to-do Cincinnati family, attended private schools in Europe and the United States and married Gerald on December 30, 1915. In 1921 they moved to Europe, taking a flat in Paris and three years later settling also into Villa America, their home…

Frank Murphy was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1940 until his death. He was noted for his militant defense of individual liberties and civil rights and for his insistence on doing substantial justice irrespective of legal technicalities. Murphy studied at the

William P. Murphy was an American physician who with George R. Minot in 1926 reported success in the treatment of pernicious anemia with a liver diet. The two men shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1934 with George H. Whipple, whose research they had built upon. Murphy received

William P. Murphy was an American physician who with George R. Minot in 1926 reported success in the treatment of pernicious anemia with a liver diet. The two men shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1934 with George H. Whipple, whose research they had built upon. Murphy received

Cormac Murphy-O’Connor was a British religious leader and former cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Three of Murphy-O’Connor’s uncles and two of his brothers were priests. He himself was ordained in 1956. After serving parishes in Portsmouth and Fareham, he became director of vocations for the

Helmut Jahn: …2012 it became known as JAHN.

Tri-State Tornado of 1925: …of Gorham, De Soto, and Murphysboro, among others. Murphysboro was the hardest-hit area in the tornado’s path, with 234 fatalities. After killing more than 600 people in Illinois, the tornado crossed the Wabash River into Indiana, where it demolished the towns of Griffin, Owensville, and Princeton and devastated about 85…

Alpine, city, seat (1887) of Brewster county, extreme western Texas, U.S., in a high valley with an altitude of 4,481 feet (1,366 metres), flanked by the Davis Mountains (north) and the Glass Mountains (east), 190 miles (306 km) southeast of El Paso. Founded in 1882 with the arrival of the railroad

Al-Ismāʿīliyyah: …is the Suez Canal, including Great Bitter Lake (Buḥayra al-Murrah al-Kubrā), a shallow, marshy salt lake forming part of the Suez Canal. The governorate consists mainly of desert, except in the northern part.

Suez Canal: …Timsah (Buḥayrat al-Timsāḥ), and the Bitter Lakes—Great Bitter Lake (Al-Buḥayrah al-Murrah al-Kubrā) and Little Bitter Lake (Al-Buḥayrah al-Murrah al-Ṣughrā). The Suez Canal is an open cut, without locks, and, though extensive straight lengths occur, there are eight major bends. To the west of the canal is the low-lying delta of…

Murray, city, Salt Lake county, north-central Utah, U.S., on the Jordan River, near the Wasatch Range. Founded by Mormons in 1847, it was named for Eli H. Murray, governor of Utah Territory from 1880 to 1886. An extension of the Union Pacific Railroad (1870) through the site aided the development

Australia: The Interior Lowlands: …the Eyre Basin, and the Murray Basin. The Carpentaria and Eyre basins are separated by such minute residual relief elements as Mount Brown and Mount Fort Bowen in northwestern Queensland. The Wilcannia threshold divides the Eyre and Murray basins, and the latter is separated from the Otway Basin and the…

Murray Bridge, city, southeastern South Australia, on the Murray River, 52 miles (84 km) by road southeast of Adelaide. Originally a stop for cattle drovers, the town was organized in 1860 as the Hundred of Mobilong and grew as a river port. A bridge spanned the Murray in 1879, and the town of

Murray Fracture Zone, submarine fracture zone in the Earth’s surface, a long mountainous lineation on the North Pacific seafloor. The zone trends east-northeast for 1,900 miles (3,000 km) from latitude 28° N, longitude 155° W (north of the Hawaiian Islands) to the base of the continental slope off

Murray Grey, breed of Australian beef cattle first bred in 1905 in the Murray River valley on the border between New South Wales and Victoria. Its characteristic colour is grey, and the breed is known for its calving and milking ability, its gentle temperament, and its rapid natural growth rate.

organized labour: Challenges to pure-and-simple unionism: …find common ground in the Murray Hill agreement (1900) between the International Association of Machinists and the National Metal Trades Association failed within a year, the die was cast: a quarter-century of bitter industrial warfare ensued. Labour’s fortunes varied at different times and places, but the end result was unquestionably…

South Australia: Relief: The sixth region is the Murray Plain and the Southeast Plain, developed on lime-rich deposits from early Cenozoic time (roughly 50 million years ago). The Murray Plain is characterized by west-east-trending stabilized sand dunes. In the wetter Southeast Plain there are parallel limestone ridges with flats, formerly inundated in winter…

Murray River, principal river of Australia and main stream of the Murray-Darling Basin. It flows some 1,570 miles (2,530 km) across southeastern Australia from the Snowy Mountains to the Indian Ocean. The main towns in the Murray River valley are Albury, Wodonga, Echuca, Swan Hill, Mildura,

cypress pine: Major species: …of the genus are the Murray River pine, or white cypress pine (Callitris columellaris), found throughout Australia; the black cypress pine (C. endlicheri) of eastern Australia, locally also called black pine, red pine, and scrub pine; the Port Macquarie pine, or stringybark (C. macleayana), of southeastern Australia; and the common…

Murray State University, public, coeducational institution of higher education in Murray, Kentucky, U.S. It awards bachelor’s, master’s, and specialist degrees in six academic colleges: business and public affairs, education, fine arts and communication, humanistic studies, industry and technology,

School District of Abington Township v. Schempp: Background: …had arisen in Baltimore, Maryland, Murray v. Curlett, in which the lower court had found that Bible reading in public schools is constitutional. Oral arguments were heard on February 27–28, 1963.

Thurgood Marshall: …his first legal victories was Murray v. Pearson (1935), a suit accusing the University of Maryland of violating the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection of the laws by denying an African American applicant admission to its law school solely on the basis of race. In 1936 Marshall became a…

Australia: Climate: …inches (500 mm), while the Murray plains, in the rain shadows of the range, receive 15 inches (380 mm) or less rainfall annually.

Benjamin R. Curtis: …and foreign commerce, and in Murray’s Lessee v. Hoboken Land and Improvement Company, which confirmed the government’s power to assess and collect sums due to it by its agents without resort to law. His most famous, and last, opinion was his dissent in the Dred Scott case, in which his…

Albert Murray was an African American essayist, critic, and novelist whose writings assert the vitality and the powerful influence of black people in forming American traditions. Murray attended Tuskegee Institute (B.S., 1939; later Tuskegee University) and New York University (M.A., 1948); he also

Albert Murray was an African American essayist, critic, and novelist whose writings assert the vitality and the powerful influence of black people in forming American traditions. Murray attended Tuskegee Institute (B.S., 1939; later Tuskegee University) and New York University (M.A., 1948); he also

Andy Murray is a Scottish tennis player who was one of the sport’s premier players during the 2010s, winning three Grand Slam titles and two men’s singles Olympic gold medals. Though clearly blessed with an unusual talent from an early age—with speed, power, and a light touch—Murray often battled

Andy Murray is a Scottish tennis player who was one of the sport’s premier players during the 2010s, winning three Grand Slam titles and two men’s singles Olympic gold medals. Though clearly blessed with an unusual talent from an early age—with speed, power, and a light touch—Murray often battled

Anna Murray Douglass was an abolitionist, an agent on the Underground Railroad, and a mother of five who lived a life of service to her community. In 1838, she married Frederick Douglass, and throughout her life she demonstrated a fierce, steadfast, and unassuming commitment to her family and home

Pauli Murray was a key figure who helped define the intellectual foundations of the 20th-century civil rights and women’s rights movements. The legal analysis and research by the activist, lawyer, nonbinary Black feminist, poet, and Episcopalian priest formed the basis of the legal argument against

Anne Murray is a widely honoured Canadian country singer known for such popular songs as “Snowbird,” “A Little Good News,” and covers of songs by artists such as the Beatles and Kenny Loggins. She was the first female Canadian solo artist to reach number one on music charts in the United States and

Arthur Murray was an American ballroom-dancing instructor and entrepreneur who established a successful mail-order dance-instruction business and, by 1965, more than 350 franchised dance studios, including nearly 50 in foreign countries. The son of an Austrian-born immigrant baker in Manhattan’s