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Roy J. Plunkett
Roy J. Plunkett Born: 1910Birthplace: New Carlisle, Ohio Tetrafluoroethylene polymers—Plunkett discovered “Teflon” and also worked on the development of many other fluorochemical products and…Mottelson, Benjamin Roy
(Encyclopedia) Mottelson, Benjamin Roy, 1926–, Danish physicist, b. Chicago, Ph.D. Harvard, 1950. Raised and educated in the United States, he moved to Denmark, where he began work as a nuclear…Satyre Ménippée
(Encyclopedia) Satyre Ménippée or Satire MénippéeSatyre Ménippéesätērˈ mānēpāˈ [key], anonymous French political pamphlet (1st ed. 1594) circulated in Paris in the 1590s. A brilliant lampoon…Harris, Roy
(Encyclopedia) Harris, Roy, 1898–1979, American composer, b. Lincoln co., Okla. Harris was a pupil of Arthur Farwell and Nadia Boulanger. He began to compose c.1925, ultimately producing more than…Wilkins, Roy
(Encyclopedia) Wilkins, Roy, 1901–81, American social reformer and civil-rights leader, b. St. Louis, Mo.; grad. Univ. of Minnesota (B.A., 1923). While a student, Wilkins served as secretary of the…Campbell, Roy
(Encyclopedia) Campbell, Roy, 1901–57, South African poet and satirist. After some time in England and France Campbell returned to South Africa to edit Voorslag [Whiplash], a satirical magazine,…Entertainment News from October 1997
Tim AllenArchive Photos1The major networks, except NBC, add the labels D (suggestive dialogue), L (coarse language), S (sex) and V (violence) to the existing television ratings. Though NBC…Katrine, Loch
(Encyclopedia) Katrine, LochKatrine, Lochlŏkh kătˈrĭn [key], lake, 8 mi (12.9 km) long and 1 mi (1.6 km) wide, Stirling, central Scotland. Its beauty is celebrated in Sir Walter Scott's Lady of the…Roy Lichtenstein 1997 Deaths
Roy LichtensteinAge: 73artist A major figure in American art, Lichtenstein drew attention to Pop painting in the 1960s with his distinctive renderings of comic books and advertisements.…Roy Evans 1998 Deaths
Roy EvansAge: 88 longtime president of the International Table Tennis Federation who is credited with coming up with the idea of Ping-Pong Diplomacy, the 1971 initiative that paved the way…Trending
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