Richards

[ rich-erdz ]

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Dickinson Wood·ruff [wood, -ruhf], 1895–1973, U.S. physician: Nobel Prize 1956.
I(vor) A(rmstrong) [ahy, -ver, ee, -ver], 1893–1979, English literary critic in the U.S.
Theodore William, 1868–1928, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1914.

Richards

/ ˈrɪtʃədz /

RichardsI(vor) A(rmstrong)18931979MBritishWRITING: literary criticLANGUAGE: linguist I ( vor ) A ( rmstrong ). 1893–1979, British literary critic and linguist, who, with C. K. Ogden, wrote The Meaning of Meaning (1923) and devised Basic English
RichardsSir Gordon19041986MBritishSPORT AND GAMES: jockey Sir Gordon . 1904–86, English flat-racing jockey: champion jockey 26 times between 1925 and 1953; won 4870 races, including fourteen English classics
RichardsViv1952MWest IndianSPORT AND GAMES: cricketer Sir Viv , full name Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards . born 1952, West Indian cricketer, born in Antigua; played in 121 tests, 50 as captain; scored 8,540 test runs

Richards

/ rĭch′ərdz /

American chemist and educator whose survey of water quality in Massachusetts led to the establishment of the first water quality standards in the United States and the first modern sewage treatment plant.

Stanley Richards, Senior Vice President of the Fortune Society, gave a tour along with a few residents.

“Change can be exciting,” Cuomo says to Richards as he helps her pack up her office.

Former Texas governor Ann Richards was a big fan of the Texas Rangers, a contingent of which was her protective detail.

The many great versions include Keith Richards and Dave Edmunds.

One day while Richards was campaigning, someone reported there was a bomb on her small plane.

Mr. Richards has been known, to buy up a drove of cattle at one time.

Before leaving Miss Richards, I inquired who were the women who had done most to make this delightful home possible.

One of his pupils there was Brinley Richards, who practised under him one of the books of studies.

The more Mrs. Richards thought of it, the finer it all appeared to her.

And Mrs. Richards can't make you tell, nor even Michael Daragh.

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