síabair
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síabair, síabraid, siabhra, síofra, siabra, siabur, sheevra [Ir.
síabraid, arouses to fury, enchants, distorts, bewitches]. Large, malicious
elf or fairy of Irish tradition. One was thought to have tried to choke
Cormac mac Airt when that pagan king showed an interest in Christianity.
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; ...1996 -- Robert F. Curl Jr., United States; Sir Harold W. Kroto, United Kingdom; Richard E. Smalley, United...France; Irene Joliot-Curie, France. 1934 -- Harold Clayton Urey, United States. 1933 -- The prize money was 1/3...
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Urey, Harold (1893-1981)
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Urey, Harold
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Urey, Harold C. 1893-1981
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