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Heinlein, Robert Anson MacDonald

(Encyclopedia) Heinlein, Robert Anson MacDonaldHeinlein, Robert Anson MacDonaldhīˈlīn [key], 1907–88, American science-fiction writer, b. Butler, Mo. His best-known novel, Stranger in a Strange Land…

science fiction

(Encyclopedia) science fiction, literary genre in which a background of science or pseudoscience is an integral part of the story. Although science fiction is a form of fantastic literature, many of…

Starship Troopers

Director:Paul VerhoevenWriter:Edward NeumeierDirector of Photography:Jost VacanoEditors:Mark Goldblatt and Caroline RossMusic:Basil PoledourisProduction Designer:Allan CameronProducers:Alan…

Robert A. Swanson Biography

Robert A. SwansonAge: 52 biotechnology expert who co-founded Genentech Inc., a company that pioneered genetic engineering. He died of brain cancer.Died: Hillsborough, Calif., December 6,…

Stern, Robert A. M.

(Encyclopedia) Stern, Robert A. M. (Robert Arthur Morton Stern), 1939–, American architect, b. New York City. He studied architecture at Yale Univ., became a practicing architect in the mid-1960s,…

Mundell, Robert A.

(Encyclopedia) Mundell, Robert A., 1932–2021, Canadian economist, b. Kingston, Ont., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D. , 1956). He taught at…

Alvarez, A.

(Encyclopedia) Alvarez, A. (Alfred Alvarez)Alvarez, A.ălvärˈĕz, ălˈvərĕzˌ [key], 1929–2019, English writer, critic, and poet. He was a theater critic, a writer for the British Broadcasting Corp., a…

Robert A. Daly, 1999 News

62, and Terry Semel, 55, cochairmen of Warner Bros., resigned in July from the entertainment empire. The pair, who have been partners at Warners for almost 20 years, plan to form a new…

Rev. Robert A. Graham Biography

Rev. Robert A. GrahamAge: 84 an American Jesuit priest, one of the foremost Roman Catholic authorities on Vatican's role in rescue of Jews in World War II. Died: Feb. 10, 1997.Moe Graif1997…