Nichols
Americannoun
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John, 1940–2023, U.S. novelist, known for his “New Mexico Trilogy,” beginning with The Milagro Beanfield War (1974).
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Mike Michael Igor Peschkowsky, 1931–2014, U.S. stage and film director, born in Germany.
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Nichols suggested this showed the sauropod had stopped and leant on one leg for a moment "as if it's looking back over its left shoulder".
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
More than two dozen personnel with the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a report of a hiker in grave medical condition off Nichols Canyon Road near Hollywood Boulevard shortly before 7 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
One area of the site even reveals where the paths of a sauropod and megalosaurus once crossed, with Nichols saying the footprints were on the "same bedding plane".
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
“This is uncharted territory, and we need to be very careful to get it right the first time,” said ABA CEO Rob Nichols.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
She began her sound effects career collaborating with her husband, Arthur Nichols, who invented the first sound machines for radio.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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