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Signs of the Zodiac (table)

(Encyclopedia) Signs of the Zodiac Constellation English Name Symbol Dates Aries The Ram ♈ Mar. 21–Apr. 19 Taurus The Bull ♉ Apr. 20–May 20 Gemini The Twins ♊ May 21–June 21…

Hartwell, Leland Harrison

(Encyclopedia) Hartwell, Leland Harrison, 1939–, American cell biologist, b. Los Angeles, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1964. He is a professor at the Univ. of Washington (1968–) and…

aflatoxins

(Encyclopedia) aflatoxinsaflatoxinsăfˈlətäkˌsĭnz [key], a group of secondary metabolites that are cancer-causing byproducts of a mold that grows on nuts and grains, particularly peanuts. Although…

Rose, Irwin

(Encyclopedia) Rose, Irwin, 1926–2015, American biochemist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1952. Rose was on the faculty of Yale Medical School from 1954 to 1963 and a senior member of…

incantation

(Encyclopedia) incantation, set formula, spoken or sung, for the purpose of working magic. An incantation is normally an invocation to beneficent supernatural spirits for aid, protection, or…

fistula

(Encyclopedia) fistulafistulafĭsˈch&oobreve;lə [key], abnormal, usually ulcerous channellike formation between two internal organs or between an internal organ and the skin. It may follow a…

Chernobyl

(Encyclopedia) ChernobylChernobylchĭrnōˈbyēl [key], Ukr. Chornobyl, abandoned city, N Ukraine, near the Belarus border, on the Pripyat River. Ten miles (16 km) to the north, in the town of Pripyat,…

Ward Cornell 2000 Deaths

Ward CornellAge: 75 host of “Hockey Night in Canada” from 1959-72, when Dave Hodge replaced him; represented the Ontario government as agent general in London until 1978; returned to Canada…

Dee Ward Hock Biography

Dee Ward Hockfinancial services pioneerBorn: 1930Birthplace: Utah Lack of a formal education did not prevent Hock from foreseeing the future of financial services, where he catapulted his own…

Helen Ward 1998 Deaths

Helen Wardsinger sang with Benny Goodman's band in the 1930sBorn: 1916Died: 1998J. T. WalshR - ZJerome Weidman