Markham
Americannoun
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Beryl, 1902–86, English aviation pioneer: first woman to fly solo over the Atlantic Ocean east to west 1936.
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(Charles) Edwin, 1852–1940, U.S. poet.
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Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, SW of the Ross Sea. 15,100 feet (4,600 meters).
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a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, near Toronto.
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a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
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When tech companies went on a recruiting spree a few years ago, Markham, 48, saw a chance to turn his computer-programming hobby into a more lucrative career.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
“That’s part of what made me believe in skills-based hiring,” says Markham, who is working at a restaurant again while hunting for a tech job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
Markham of Pasadena called up the National Guard, which mustered first in San Francisco on July 3.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025
"We don't process those value-added ingredients into more valuable ingredients here at home," says Mr Markham.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2025
Markham took the news quite casually when I walked into his office and told him that he might acquire a model student who would never bother him by cluttering up his lab with experimental apparatus.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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