
2007Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1932)[â ]
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes was a French physicist and the Nobel Prize laureate in physics in 1991.
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2007Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1932)[â ]
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes was a French physicist and the Nobel Prize laureate in physics in 1991.
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Director Wong Kar-wai opened this yearâs festival with âMy Blueberry Nights,â a romantic confection that begins with a lingering shot of vanilla ice cream melting into the gooey filling of a blueberry pie.
John W. Snow, former Treasury secretary, is one of the latest politicians hired by private equity for their government connections and skills.
On Air America Radio, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and his former political rival Mark Green made a deep showing of how they had moved on since their bruising contest for mayor in 2001.
There is a feeling of finality about âShrek the Third,â a sense that the tale has at last reached a state of completion.
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More and more boaters are taking the meandering, pleasant way home for summer in the North.
Ben S. Bernanke said problems in the subprime market were unlikely to have a major effect on the economy.
Paul D. Wolfowitzâs resignation, effective June 30, ended weeks of furor over charges of favoritism that blew up into a global fight over U.S. leadership.
The bill would offer legal status to most of the nationâs illegal immigrants while toughening border security.
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