An ounce of prevention
see: ounce of prevention
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Anne Newport, 1769–1854, U.S. writer, newspaper publisher, and reformer. Historical Examples She heard Mr. Royall’s voice, low and peremptory, and opened the door, fearing an accident. Summer Edith Wharton With an exclamation of relief, Mrs. Royall hurried to meet her. The Torch Bearer I. T. Thurston It was true, he told Royall, that the Army’s […]
- Scriabin
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- Shelepin
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- Tupolev
Andrei Nikolayevich [uhn-dryey nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ʌnˈdryeɪ nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1972, Russian engineer and aircraft designer. noun Andrei Nikolaievich (unˈdrjeɪ njɪkəˈlɑjɪvjɪtʃ). 1888–1972, Soviet aircraft designer, who designed the first supersonic passenger aircraft, the TU-144 (tested 1969). He also designed supersonic bombers and the TU-104, one of the first passenger jet aircraft (1955)
- Alfred north whitehead
Alfred North, 1861–1947, English philosopher and mathematician, in the U.S. after 1924. noun Alfred North. 1861–1947, English mathematician and philosopher, who collaborated with Bertrand Russell in writing Principia Mathematica (1910–13), and developed a holistic philosophy of science, chiefly in Process and Reality (1929) whitehead white·head (wīt’hěd’) n. A tiny epidermal cystlike mass with a narrow […]