Spotlight on the Stanley Cup: Goaltending Detroit Chris Osgood is and always has been a fantastic NHL goalie. Unfortunately his propensity to let in an occasional long shot has tarnished an…
(Encyclopedia) Elkin, Stanley, 1930–95, American writer, b. New York City. An offbeat fiction writer, Elkin had a gift for black comedy, fantastic imagery, bizarre situations, and a kind of lyrical…
(Encyclopedia) Cohen, Stanley, 1922–2020, American biochemist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Univ. of Michigan, 1948. Cohen did his most important work at Washington Univ. with Rita Levi-Montalcini in the…
(Encyclopedia) Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn, 1815–81, English clergyman and author. As a student at Rugby he was influenced by the liberal views of Thomas Arnold. In 1838 he was elected a fellow of…
(Encyclopedia) Bruce, Stanley MelbourneBruce, Stanley Melbournemĕlˈbərn [key], 1883–1967, Australian political leader. Educated at Cambridge, he was called to the bar (1906) in England. After service…
(Encyclopedia) Hall, Granville Stanley, 1844–1924, American psychologist and educator, b. Ashfield, Mass., grad. Williams, 1867. G. Stanley Hall taught at Antioch and Harvard, studied experimental…
TUPPER, Stanley Roger, a Representative from Maine; born in Boothbay Harbor, Lincoln County, Maine, January 25, 1921; educated in Boothbay Harbor public schools, Hebron Academy, Hebron, Maine…
(Encyclopedia) general strike, sympathetic cessation of work by a majority of the workers in all industries of a locality or nation. Such a stoppage is economic if it is for the purpose of redressing…
(Encyclopedia) Quay, Matthew StanleyQuay, Matthew Stanleykwā [key], 1833–1904, American political leader, b. Dillsburg, Pa. He studied law in Pittsburgh and was admitted (1854) to the bar. He fought…
(Encyclopedia) Stanley, Sir Henry Morton, 1841–1904, Anglo-American journalist, explorer, and empire builder, b. Denbigh, Wales. He grew up in poverty and came to America as a worker on a ship, which…
