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paraffin

(Encyclopedia) paraffin, white, more-or-less translucent, odorless, tasteless, waxy solid. It melts between 47℃ and 65℃ and is insoluble in water but soluble in ether, benzene, and certain esters.…

water gas

(Encyclopedia) water gas, colorless poisonous gas that burns with an intensely hot, bluish (nearly colorless) flame. The gas is a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen with very small amounts of…

Smothers Brothers

(Encyclopedia) Smothers Brothers, American comedians, musicians, and TV hosts. Tom (b. February 2, 1937,as Thomas Smothers) and Dick (b. November 20,…

neomycin

(Encyclopedia) neomycinneomycinnēˌōmīˈsĭn [key], broad spectrum antibiotic effective against both gram positive and gram negative bacteria (see Gram's stain). It interferes with protein synthesis in…

Daiches, David

(Encyclopedia) Daiches, DavidDaiches, Daviddāˈchēz [key], 1912–2005, British critic, b. Sunderland. A graduate of Edinburgh Univ. and Oxford (M.A., 1934; Ph.D., 1939), Daiches taught at several…

Steve AUSTRIA, Congress, OH (1958)

AUSTRIA Steve , a Representative from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, October 12, 1958; graduated from Carroll High School, Riverside, Ohio, 1977; B.A., Marquette University,…

Steve CHABOT, Congress, OH (1953)

CHABOT Steve , a Representative from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, January 22, 1953; graduated from LaSalle High School, Cincinnati, Ohio; B.A., College of William and Mary,…

Steve KING, Congress, IA (1949)

KING Steve , a Representative from Iowa; born in Storm Lake, Buena Vista County, Iowa, May 28, 1949; graduated from Denison Community High School, Denison, Iowa; attended Northwest Missouri State…

Steve LARGENT, Congress, OK (1954)

LARGENT Steve , a Representative from Oklahoma; born in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Okla., September 28, 1954; graduated from Putnam City High School, Okla.; B.S., University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Okla., 1976…