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(Encyclopedia) Eagleton, Thomas Francis, 1929–2007, U.S. senator (1968–87), b. St. Louis, Mo. Admitted to the bar in 1953, he entered Democratic politics in Missouri and served as circuit attorney for St. Louis ...

(Encyclopedia) Stanley, Ralph Edmond, 1927–2016, American bluegrass singer and banjo player, b. Dickenson co., Va. He and his brother, Carter Glen Stanley, 1925–66, were sons of a country-singer father and banjo...

(Encyclopedia) Stanley, Carter Glen: see under Stanley, Ralph Edmond. ...

(Encyclopedia) Stanley, Edward Henry: see Derby, Edward Henry Stanley, 15th earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Stanley Steamer: see automobile.

(Encyclopedia) Stanley Cup: see hockey, ice.

(Encyclopedia) Stanley Falls: see Boyoma Falls. ...

(Encyclopedia) Stanley Pool, Congo: see Pool Malebo. ...

(Encyclopedia) Stanley, William Meredith, 1904–71, American biochemist, b. Ridgeville, Ind., Ph.D. Univ. of Illinois, 1929. He was a professor at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now Rockefeller Uni...

(Encyclopedia) Kunitz, Stanley Jasspon kyo͞oˈnĭts [key], 1905–2006, American poet, teacher, and editor, b. Worcester, Mass. He graduated from Harvard (B.A., 1926; M.A., 1927), worked as a journalist and editor,...