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O'Neal, Shaquille
(Encyclopedia) O'Neal, Shaquille (Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal)O'Neal, Shaquilleshəkēlˈ rəshônˈ ōnēlˈ [key], 1972–, American basketball player, b. Newark, N.J. Joining the Orlando Magic of the National…Thompson, Mortimer Neal
(Encyclopedia) Thompson, Mortimer Neal: see Thomson, Mortimer Neal.Stephenson, George
(Encyclopedia) Stephenson, George, 1781–1848, British engineer, noted as a locomotive builder. He learned to read and write in night school at the age of 18, while working in a colliery. He…Chesterfield
(Encyclopedia) Chesterfield, city and district, Derbyshire, central England. An important industrial center, Chesterfield produces mining equipment,…William Stephenson
Name at birth: William Samuel Clouston StangerSir William Stephenson was a Canadian industrialist who helped create American and British intelligence organizations at the outset of World War II.…Boyd, Alan Stephenson
(Encyclopedia) Boyd, Alan Stephenson, 1922–2020, U.S. government official, first secretary of transportation (1967–69), b. Jacksonville, Fla. After serving in the Army Air Forces in World War II, he…Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia) Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st BaronBaden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baronbāˈdən-pōˈəl [key], 1857–1941, British…Neal, Patricia
actressBirthplace: Packard, Ky.Born: 1/20/26Neal Cassady
Neal Cassady wasn't much of a writer, and yet he is considered a pillar -- a muse, it's said -- of the Beat Generation, the American narcotized literary movement of the 1950s and '60s that gave…Dow, Neal
(Encyclopedia) Dow, Neal, 1804–97, American prohibitionist, b. Portland, Maine. He helped organize the Maine Temperance Union in 1838 and prepared (1851) the famous “Maine Law,” which superseded the…