Born: 1935Birthplace: Perth Amboy, N.J. Recombinant DNA technology—Biochemists Boyer and Cohen combined their expertise in 1973 to create the first genetically engineered organism. They did this…
Godzilla takes on the Russians by Mike Morrison Boston's Joe Thornton rifles a slap shot towards Capitals' goalie Olaf Kolzig from point blank range in the opening round of the playoffs. As…
(Encyclopedia) Kubrick, StanleyKubrick, Stanleyk&oomacr;ˈbrĭk, ky&oomacr;ˈ– [key], 1928–99, American film director, writer, and producer, b. New York City. His visually stunning, thematically…
(Encyclopedia) Morison, Stanley, 1889–1967, English typographer and journalist. Morison was typographical consultant to Cambridge Univ. Press and to the English Monotype Corp. and editor of the…
(Encyclopedia) Donen, Stanley, 1924–2019, American film director, choreographer, and producer, b. Columbia, S.C. He is best known for directing some of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's finest musicals. In 1940…
(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) 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) Baldwin, Stanley, 1867–1947, British statesman; cousin of Rudyard Kipling. The son of a Worcestershire ironmaster, he was educated at Harrow and at Trinity College, Cambridge, and…
