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Cortizo Cohen, Laurentino

(Encyclopedia)Cortizo Cohen, Laurentino, 1953–, Panamanian rancher and political leader. A member of the Democratic Revolutionary party, he studied business administration in the United States and served in the n...

Stanley Steamer

(Encyclopedia)Stanley Steamer: see automobile.

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, Ralph Edmond

(Encyclopedia)Stanley, Ralph Edmond, 1927–2016, American bluegrass singer and banjo player, b. Dickenson co., Va. He and his brother, Carter Glen Stanley, 1925–66, were sons of a country-singer father and banjo...

Cohen-Tannoudji, Claude Nessim

(Encyclopedia)Cohen-Tannoudji, Claude Nessim, 1933–, French physicist, b. Algeria, Ph.D. École Normale Supérieure, Paris, 1962. He has continued his research at the École Normale Supérieure, and was a profess...

Stanley, Carter Glen

(Encyclopedia)Stanley, Carter Glen: see under Stanley, Ralph Edmond. ...

Stanley, Edward Henry

(Encyclopedia)Stanley, Edward Henry: see Derby, Edward Henry Stanley, 15th earl of. ...

Stanley, William Meredith

(Encyclopedia)Stanley, William Meredith, 1904–71, American biochemist, b. Ridgeville, Ind., Ph.D. Univ. of Illinois, 1929. He was a professor at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now Rockefeller Uni...