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argent silver as a heraldic tincture. Recorded from late Middle English (denoting silver coins), the word comes via Old French from Latin
argentum ‘silver’.
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 "Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)")
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UCF names new laser institute after Charles Townes.
Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL); 5/4/2007; 700+ words
; ...was still sleeping, so Charles Townes decided to skip breakfast...at the school." The Townes Laser Institute will also...Richardson said. It's hard to place too much emphasis...photonics." Historically, Townes can be compared to Thomas...
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Charles H. Townes: physicist and nobel laureate, 86, Berkeley, California. (What I've Learned).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Esquire; 12/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...that is the center. Wherever we are is as good a center as anything. That's the way the equations say it works, and it's hard to visualize. Whether the equations are telling us what we think they are telling us is debatable. Change fields every one...
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Townes Van Zandt: the self-destructive hobo saint.
Magazine article from: Sing Out!; 6/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Worth, Texas. A true Texan, Townes' kin were both oil barons...railroad to Fort Worth). Townes was named in honor of John Charles Townes, his great-grandfather...to the Everly Brothers and hard knocks country crooner Johnny...
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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TOWNES NOMINATED FOR FEDERAL JUDGESHIP; SHE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN ELECTED TO THE SYRACUSE CITY COURT.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 7/2/2003; 700+ words
; ...said he congratulated Townes when he saw her at the...s been working very hard for this," Tormey said...Tormey said he understood Townes, a Republican, has...Democratic senators, Charles Schumer and Hillary Rodham...that would first examine Townes' credentials, released...
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Townes, Arkansas big men tower over competition
News Wire article from: University Wire; 3/1/2006; ; 620 words
; ...Personally, Townes would be hard pressed not to improve...opener back on Jan. 7. Townes started for the Hogs...matter the trouble, Townes remained in Arkansas...coming off the bench, Townes has hit nearly 58 percent...big men -- Townes, Charles Thomas, Vincent Hunter...
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A life where science and faith coexist.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 3/10/2005; 700+ words
; ...Prize-winning physicist Charles Hard Townes was a professor at Columbia...in scientific inquiry, Townes says it has never led...and a close colleague of Townes. "He really thinks before...cannon, that would be Charles Townes." In 1966, Townes...
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Solid bench play key to hogs' success.(BASKETBALL: University of Arkansas)
Magazine article from: Arkansas Business; 12/24/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Washington, Ervin and Townes were combining for 18...play by Washington or Townes. "I think we want to...Stefan Welsh, forward Charles Thomas and center Steven...Ervin, Washington and Townes. With the victories...I have to do is play hard whenever I'm in the...
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'CHAPTER THREE'.(Business Profile)
Magazine article from: Airport Business; 2/1/2008; 700+ words
; ...here at Meacham Field. Townes and partner Brian Nerney...the NFL.] Comments Townes, "We're now in chapter...last year received the Charles Taylor 'Master Mechanic...for management." Says Townes, "Through Ranger...here, we drive very hard for quality; we increase...
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 "The New York Observer (New York, NY)")
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Half-Empty and Half-Full: Van Zandt and George Jones.(Arts&Entertainment)
Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY); 7/12/1999; 700+ words
; ...Zandt. Arista. Cold Hard Truth. George Jones. Asylum. Townes Van Zandt cringed when...meeting. Loaded was Townes' usual state. He...already live albums of Townes signing solo," she...song, "Squash," a Charles Addams-like ditty...
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Interview: Nobel laureate warns choices in scientific advancement
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 8/24/2005; 505 words
; ...year-old Noble Laureate Charles H. Townes. "Science produces news things which are hard to predict. But I would say...human life much more," said Townes in an interview with Xinhua on Wednesday. Townes was invited to the capital...
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Charles Hard Townes
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Charles Hard Townes Charles Townes (born 1915) was a physicist whose work concentrated on the development of high-resolution spectroscopy of gasses in the microwave region of the electromagnetic spectrum. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics...
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Townes, Charles Hard
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Townes, Charles Hard (1915–95) US physicist. In 1953, Townes invented the first operational maser . He shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in physics with Alexsandr Prokhorov and Nikolai Basov .
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