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Stanley, James

(Encyclopedia)Stanley, James: see Derby, James Stanley, 7th earl of. ...

Stanley, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Stanley, Thomas: see Derby, Thomas Stanley, 1st earl of. ...

Stanley Cup

(Encyclopedia)Stanley Cup: see hockey, ice.

Stanley Falls

(Encyclopedia)Stanley Falls: see Boyoma Falls. ...

Stanley Pool

(Encyclopedia)Stanley Pool, Congo: see Pool Malebo. ...

Stanley Steamer

(Encyclopedia)Stanley Steamer: see automobile.

Melbourne, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Melbourne, city (1990 pop. 59,646), Brevard co., E Fla., on Indian River (a lagoon); inc. 1888, consolidated with Eau Gallie 1969. It is a tourist and aerospace center near the Atlantic Ocean. The lea...

Merrifield, Robert Bruce

(Encyclopedia)Merrifield, Robert Bruce, 1921–2006, American chemist, b. Fort Worth, Tex., Ph.D. Univ. of California at Los Angeles, 1949. As a researcher at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (later R...

McDonald, Arthur Bruce

(Encyclopedia)McDonald, Arthur Bruce, 1943–, Canadian astrophysicist, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 1969. McDonald was a researcher at the Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories in Ottawa, Canada, from 1970...

Myerson, Roger Bruce

(Encyclopedia)Myerson, Roger Bruce, 1951–, American economist, b. Boston, Mass., Ph.D. Harvard, 1976. He has taught at Northwestern Univ. (1976–2001) and the Univ. of Chicago (2001–). With Leonid Hurwicz and ...