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series circuit
series circuit see electric circuit .
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Mickey Spillane
Mickey Spillane (Frank Morrison Spillane), 1918-2006, American mystery writer, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. After contributing stories to comic books and pulp magazines, Spillane wrote his first novel, I, the Jury (1947), a best seller that introduced the ruthless detective Mike Hammer. A master of violence...
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actinium series
actinium series natural radioactive decay series beginning with uranium -235 (also called actinouranium) and ending with lead -207. See radioactivity .
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Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby (William Henry Cosby, Jr.) , 1937-, American actor, b. Philadelphia. He became known as a comedian and was subsequently the first African-American actor to star in a dramatic series on television ( I Spy, 1965-68). He has since starred in several television series, most notably the sit...
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Eddie Cantor
Eddie Cantor 1892-1964, American entertainer, b. New York City, originally named Edward Israel Isskowitz. Cantor became one of the best-known theatrical figures of his day. His style was typified by lively footwork, rolling eyes, and an utterly individual singing voice. On stage from 1907 and a Zie...
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Jean Collins Kerr
Jean Collins Kerr 1923-2003, American comic author and playwright, b. Scranton, Pa., wife of Walter Kerr . Kerr had a knack for finding wry humor in the worlds of marriage, suburbia, and show business. Her novel Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1957) was made into a movie (1960) and a television se...
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder 1867-1957, American author of the classic Little House series of children's books, b. Pepin, Wisc. She and her pioneer family traveled (1869-79) throughout the Midwest by covered wagon, settling (1880) in the Dakota Territory. She became a rural schoolteacher at 15, married (...
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lanthanide series
lanthanide series a series of metallic elements, included in the rare-earth metals , in Group 3 of the periodic table . Members of the series are often called lanthanides, although lanthanum (atomic number 57) is not always considered a member of the series. The series always includes the 14 el...
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series
series in mathematics, indicated sum of a sequence of terms. A series may be finite or infinite. A finite series contains a definite number of terms whose sum can be found by various methods. An infinite series is a sum of infinitely many terms, e.g., the infinite series 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8...
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Charles Samuel Addams
Charles Samuel Addams 1912-88, American cartoonist, b. Westfield, N.J. Beginning in 1932, Addams's work appeared regularly in The New Yorker magazine, to which he eventually contributed more than 1,300 cartoons. Members of a ghoulish family were recurring figures in his subject matter. Famed for ...
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