It is, however, a disarming disguise, or perhaps a shield, for not only has Mercer proved himself to be one of the few great lyricists over the years, but also one who can function remarkably under pressure.

A story, no doubt apocryphal, for Mercer himself denies it, has him sporting a monacle in those Village days.

Arlen is one of the few ( possibly the only ) composer Mercer has been able to work with so closely, for they held their meetings in Arlen's study.

`` Some guys bothered me '', Mercer has said.

Mercer stammered, not knowing what B'dikkat meant, and the two-nosed man answered for him, `` I think he has a nice baby head, but it isn't big enough for you to take yet ''.

The city has ranked as the least expensive city to live in for five years running by Mercer Human Resource Consulting.

Mercer Ellington has stated that Juan Tizol invented the melody to " Caravan " in 1936 as a result of his days studying music in Puerto Rico ; where they couldn't afford much sheet music so the teacher would turn the music upside down after they had learned to play it right-side up.

It has numerous caverns, such as Mercer Caverns, that are national destinations for tourists from across the country.

Mercer County has a County Executive form of government, in which the County Executive performs executive functions and a Board of Chosen Freeholders acts in a legislative capacity.

Mercer County has county routes, state routes, U. S. Routes and Interstates that all pass through.

Founded February 22, 1838, from portions of surrounding counties, Mercer County has a historical impact that reaches back to the pivotal battles of the American Revolutionary War.

Mercer County also has the distinction of being the famed landing spot for a fictional Martian invasion of the United States.

Mercer County has a number of large parks.

Mercer University has a Regional Academic Center in McDonough.

Host Rick Mercer read a spot saying Hull has been misquoted, that he had actually said, " Sittler had some good ideas.

Mercer University has a Regional Academic Center in Newnan.

Mercer University has a Regional Academic Center in McDonough.

Early settlers to the area came from Mercer County, West Virginia, which also has a county seat called Princeton.

Facebook has links back to this small town, including that of the Winklevoss twins ' father attended Mercer High School.

An arts movement has shaped the downtown of Princeton on its main thoroughfare, Mercer Street.

Like other towns in the region, Mercer is in a resort area that has a background in mining and logging.

Irish historian Thomas Keightley has argued that the German kobold and the Scandinavian nis predate the Irish fairy and the Scottish brownie and influenced the beliefs in those entities, but American folklorist Richard Mercer Dorson has discounted this argument as reflecting Keightley's bias toward Gotho-Germanic ideas over Celtic ones.

Mercer has had a who's who from the world of Canadian entertainment and politics appear as guests on his show.

From his playmates in Savannah, Mercer had picked up, along with a soft Southern dialect, traces also of the Gullah dialects of Africa.

While Arlen and Mercer collaborated on Hot Nocturne, Mercer worked also with Arthur Schwartz on another film, Navy Blues.

He also finds a toad, thought to be extinct and considered to be Mercer ( the supposed Messiah )' s favorite animal.

The halftime show was a tribute to American jazz composer, pianist and bandleader Duke Ellington, also featuring the Grambling State University Band along with Ellington's son Mercer.

The Modern Lovers continued to be a popular live attraction, and on New Year ’ s Eve 1972 supported the New York Dolls at the Mercer Arts Center on a bill which also included Suicide and Wayne County.

Mercer may also refer to:

* Ron Mercer, American former basketball player at the University of Kentucky who also had a career in the National Basketball Association

" Jerome Kern considered him the supreme male interpreter of his songs and Cole Porter and Johnny Mercer also admired his unique treatment of their work.

Each of the three state row office winners also carried Mercer in 2008.

Parts of Van Wert and Mercer Counties were also transferred to Allen to form Spencer Township and part of Marion Township.

Parts of Van Wert and Mercer Counties were also transferred to Allen to form Spencer Township and part of Marion Township.

Mercer also boasts its NJTransit's stations, including Trenton, Hamilton, and Princeton Junction.

Mercer County houses a few limited access roads, such as Interstate 295, Interstate 195, and Interstate 95 ( which is also designated along the New Jersey Turnpike ).

Mercer County is also the home of the minor league baseball team, the Trenton Thunder ( Eastern League Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees ), and the minor league hockey team, the Trenton Titans, the ECHL affiliate of the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers and the AHL's Adirondack Phantoms.

It currently serves as the headquarters of the Marengo County Historical Society and also houses history exhibits and the works of Geneva Mercer, a Marengo County native who gained fame as an artist and sculptor.

Developed under the working title The Julie Brown Show, it also starred Marian Mercer as Julie's mother, June ; DeLane Matthews as Debra Deacon, a reporter on the fictional series Inside Scoop ; Susan Messing as Julie's roommate Cheryl ; and Kevin O ' Rourke as Inside Scoop producer Tony Barnow.

Windsor, also known as New Windsor, is a village in Rivoli Township, Mercer County, Illinois, United States.

The name comes from William Henry Harrison Mercer, a well known rancher in the Missouri River Valley for many years and for whom Mercer County is also named.

Their younger brother John Mercer Langston, who became the first black elected to the United States Congress from Virginia in 1888, also graduated from Oberlin.