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  Past and Present of Dallas County, Iowa 1907 - W
James H. Watson is proprietor of the Elm Park Stock Farm and as such is one of the best known raisers of fine stock in central Iowa.
James H. Watson is the eldest of the sons and came to Dallas county with his parents in 1873.
Watson was joined in wedlock to Miss Cassie Mills, a native of Polk county, Iowa, and a daughter of Willis Mills.
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 Watson
John Watson, the fictional partner of Sherlock Holmes in a series of detective stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, Well known from the oft quoted line "elementary, my dear Watson", which, incidentally, never appeared in any of Doyle's works.
James D. Watson, a scientist who discovered the structure of DNA, of Watson and Crick fame.
Thomas Watson, assistant to Alexander Graham Bell, notably in the invention of the telephone, who would likely be lost to history were it not for the fact that his name is reportedly the first word spoken over the telephone.
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 James D. Watson, Ph.D. Biography -- Academy of Achievement
James Dewey Watson was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois.
The DNA molecule, Watson and Crick had found, is shaped like a double helix, or "gently twisted ladder." The two chains of the helix unlink "like a zipper," and reproduce their missing halves.
Throughout the ensuing controversy, Watson insisted that devotion to the truth was as essential in writing for the general public as it is in scientific research.
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Watson, James Dewey Watson, James Dewey, 1928-, American biologist and educator, b.
Ussher, James Ussher or Usher, Jamesboth: ŭsh´er, 1581-1656, Irish prelate and scholar.
Bruce, James, 8th earl of Elgin Bruce, James, 8th earl of Elgin: see Elgin, James Bruce, 8th earl of.
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 James D. Watson, Ph.D. Profile -- Academy of Achievement
James Watson was only 25 years old when he and his older colleague, Francis Crick, discovered the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) the building block of all life on Earth.
Watson and Crick won the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine in 1962, but this was not the end of Watson's career in the public eye.
From 1988 to 1992 James Watson served as the first Director of the Human Genome Project at the National Institutes of Health, a massive project to decipher the entire genetic code of the human species.
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 Encyclopedia: 1953
Dwight David Ike Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969), American soldier and politician, was the 34th President of the United States (1953–1961) and Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II, with the rank of General of the Army.
James Dewey Watson (born April 6, 1928) is one of the discoverers of the structure of the DNA molecule.
Portrait of Mátyás Rákosi Mátyás Rákosi (March 14, 1892–February 5, 1971) was a Hungarian politician and the leader of Hungary from 1945 to 1956.
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 ★ Reviews for Baldwin,_James
James Watson was 15 years old when he entered University Of Chicago as a freshman in a program for Gifted Students.
James Watson felt he was in a race to find the secret of life.
James became very adamant and Margaret begain to interrupt him and assumed what he's was going to say before he said it.
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 Encyclopedia: James Watson (wrestler)
James Watson, better known as Mikey Whipwreck, is an American professional wrestler.
James Maritato James Maritato, better known as Little Guido or Nunzio (born 1972) is an American professional wrestler performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the Smackdown!
The Sandman James (Jim) Fullington, better known as The Sandman, is an American Professional Wrestler, best known for his career with Extreme Championship Wrestling, where he was dubbed The Hardcore Icon due to his gung-ho wrestling style.
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 James Watson (politician) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
James Watson (April 6, 1750-May 15, 1806) was a (An advocate of federalism) Federalist (Click link for more info and facts about U.S. Senator) U.S. Senator from (A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies) New York.
He was born in (Click link for more info and facts about Woodbury, Connecticut) Woodbury, Connecticut and graduated from (Click link for more info and facts about Yale College) Yale College in 1776.
He was a member of the (Click link for more info and facts about Society of the Cincinnati) Society of the Cincinnati and an organizer and the first president of the New England Society in New York City, from 1805 until his death there in 1806.
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 John Christian Watson --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Watson, John B. American psychologist who codified and publicized behaviourism, an approach to psychology that, in his view, was restricted to the objective, experimental study of the relations between environmental events and human behaviour.
The paintings of Canadian artist Homer Watson are considered to be free of Old World influences, leading to his reputation as the first distinctively Canadian painter.
James Watson and Francis Crick revolutionized the study of genetics when they discovered the structure of DNA.
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 DNZB / BIOGRAPHY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
James Randall Corrigan was born at Woodend, North Canterbury, New Zealand, on 10 July 1865, the son of Samuel Corrigan, a contractor, and his wife, Susan Sanderson (née Randall).
James left school aged 10 and was employed mainly in farm work, including a stint on Longbeach station, where he acquired a good knowledge of stock.
In his prime James Corrigan was a solidly built, robust individual renowned for his repartee, forthright debating style and personal generosity.
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 math lessons - James Watson
James Watson, participant in the Battle of the Little Bighorn
James Watson, painter of 77 portraits held by the U.S. National Portrait Gallery [[1]]
James D. Watson, biologist and co-discoverer of the structure of DNA
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She was born in Tasmania but was brought to England and grew up in Oxford; there, in 1872, she married Thomas Humphry Ward, an editor of the Oxford Spectator.
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, 1834-1903, American painter, etcher, wit, and eccentric, b.
Look up James H. Ward on HighBeam™ Research.
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 Pocono Record Online: Local Stories   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
James Watson was given a life sentence Friday for the April 2001 murder of Jason Ryans, 26, of the Bronx.
On Wednesday, a jury convicted James Watson of the murder.
Kenny Watson was acquitted of murder and kidnapping charges, but was convicted on several related charges.
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 James & Kenneth Collier: Votescam: Chapter 1
A source close to Gov. Sununu insists that Sununu knew from his perspective as a politician, and his expertise as a computer engineer, that the Shouptronic was prime for tampering.
IBM eventually sold its rights in the company after IBM's president, Thomas Watson, read an article that implied he might be trying to install IBM voting machines in enough precincts to win him the first electronically rigged election for President of the United States.
Watson had no ambitions to become a U.S. president and was mortified that his computers would be implicated in antidemocratic functions.
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 First Blood of the American Revolution, 1771
This was the second visit paid by the governor to the county of Orange on account of the agitation of the public mind, and the disturbances in the community, and the difficulty attending the collection of taxes and the fees of the public officers.
The persons styling themselves Regulators, under the conduct of Harmon Husbands, James Hunter, Rednap Howell, William Butler, and Samuel Divinny, still continuing their riotous meetings, and severely threatening the judges, lawyers, and other officers of the court, prevented any of the judges or lawyers attending.
James Pugh, an ingenious gunsmith, had, during the firing at Alamance, killed with his rifle some fifteen of those who served the cannon, and delaying his escape too long was taken prisoner, and made one for this day's sacrifice.
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 Art Fresh : Article 'James D. Phelan'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
James Duval Phelan (April 20, 1861–August 7, 1930) was an American politician.
There are several prominent people named James Phelan, including three American politicians: James Phelan, Sr.
And James D. Phelan (probably unrelated to the previous two), a major political figure in California who served as governor and senator of that state and as mayor of San Francisco, California.
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 "Le Feu Follet," chap. in Legends of Le Detroit.
Elise, daughter of James J. Vandyke, in 1875, Frances, daughter of Pierre Desnoyers.
daughter of the distinguished orator and politician, Emerson Etheridge, of Tennessee.
Agathe was exquisitely beautiful; Julie died at an advanced age unmarried; Monique married John Askin eldest son of Col. James Askin, of Sandwich.
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James Meredith, the first African-American to attend the University of Mississippi, became the first to graduate, August 18.
James Earl Ray was sentenced, March 10, in Memphis, Tennessee, to 99 years in prison for the murder of Martin Luther King Jr.
James Richardson walks out of a Florida prison 21 years after being wrongfully convicted of killing his seven children.
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 William Watson books ; 1199977713 Misspelled:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Watson was elected to the South Carolina state general assembly in 1954.
Watson was stripped of his seniority in 1965 as punishment for supporting Goldwater.
Watson served in the House from June 15, 1965 to 1971.In 1970, Watson ran for Governor of South Carolina.
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 NOVA | Secret of Photo 51 | Before Watson and Crick | PBS
De Valera had been a mathematician before he became a revolutionary, then a politician; in 1940 he set up the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies.
James Watson and Francis Crick stumbled upon the structure of DNA, but only by making use of the discoveries of many scientists who came before them, including Rosalind Franklin.
Friedrich Miescher, working at a laboratory in Tuebingen Castle in southwestern Germany, discovered DNA as early as 1871.
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 James Watson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
James Watson, painter of 77 portraits held by the U.S. National Portrait Gallery [[1] (http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp11440androle=art)]
James Watson, professional wrestler who goes under the name of Mikey Whipwreck
Motivated by a love for invention and for interacting with the musicians who used his technology, the synthesizer whiz had a profound impact on the music world.
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 Sir William Watson --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Watson's Wordsworth's Grave (1890), his Lachrymae Musarum (1892; on the death of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, the poet laureate), and his coronation ode for King Edward VII contributed to his reputation.
British prime minister from April 2 to Dec. 19, 1783, and from March 31, 1807, to Oct. 4, 1809; on both occasions he was merely the nominal head of a government controlled by stronger political leaders.
English politician whose policy of taxing the American colonies, initiated by his Revenue Act of 1764 and the Stamp Act of 1765, started the train of events leading to the American Revolution.
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 mcwms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In 1850 Watson was 52, born in KY.
Most of her life has been spent near the spot on which she was born, and it must seem like a fairy story to have seen the transformation of the Ensley district from a veritable wilderness into one of the busiest spots of the Magic City.
On James’ application, he stated that he was born in York county, Pennsylvania, but did not remember the date.
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 Guardian | Pauses and a pass, but high scores too
There can be nothing better designed to quieten a politician than an invitation to take part in a quiz.
So as Life's interviews with the science minister, David Sainsbury, and two men who want his job, came to a close, they were invited to answer 10 questions, rustled up in an idle moment by the Guardian's science editor, Tim Radford.
Question six marked a shift to the life sciences to test the politician's knowledge of the origins of genetics.
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 The Ice Finders : How a Poet, a Professor, and a Politician Discovered the Ice Age: 紀伊國屋書店BookWeb
This is the story of three ambitious men and how their clash of egos, ignorance, and imaginations led to the discovery of the Ice Age.
Charles Lyell was his century's most influential geologist and a master politician among his fellow scientists.
Like James Watson's "The Double Helix" and Dava Sobel's "Longitude", "The Ice Finders" shows that, for all their boasting about reason, scientists are driven by their passions and obsessions - human traits that actually advance the evolution of scientific discovery.
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 Mausoleums
The second mausoleum was built for James Watson.
The mausoleum was built for James Watson who was a minor politician in the 1880s.
The James Watson Mausoleum, front view and below is the side view.
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 Civil Rights Movement 1955-1965: Sit-Ins
Another part of the sit-ins was that the students would be dressed up in their best Sunday clothing.
James J. Kilpatrick, the editor of the Richmond News Leader and an vehement segregationist, noted that this created an interesting contrast with the whites who came to harass them:
Here were the colored students, in coats, white shirts, ties, and one of them was reading Goethe and one was taking notes from a biology text.
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 Bryan Watson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Watson is the name of several places in the United States :
Watson is a software application for the Apple Macintosh.
James D. Watson, scientist who discovered the structure of DNA (cf.
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