Baird
/ (bɛəd) /
John Logie (ˈləʊɡɪ). 1888–1946, Scottish engineer: inventor of a 240-line mechanically scanned system of television, replaced in 1935 by a 405-line electrically scanned system
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Her friends Phyllis Cunningham, 75, and Eva-Lee Baird, 74, stood with her.
Eric Garner Protests: ‘It’s Like Vietnam’ | Abby Haglage, Caitlin Dickson, Jacob Siegel, Chris Allbritton | December 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“There are a lot of companies playing safe at the moment,” Baird said.
As I staggered out of the screening, the director, Jon S. Baird, was waiting for me at the Soho Hotel in Central London.
By then Baird had been working on the project for three years.
“There were many times when we felt like this wasn't going to happen at all,” Baird explains.
Venus & Serena Like You’ve Never Seen Them Before | Nicholas McCarvel | May 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
It was Lady Baird's birthday feast to which we had been bidden, and we had done our best to honour the occasion.
Penelope's Experiences in Scotland | Kate Douglas WigginLady Baird has sent the veil, and a wonderful diamond thistle to pin it on,—a jewel fit for a princess!
Penelope's Experiences in Scotland | Kate Douglas WigginBaird, in the original description, gives "near Fort Massachusetts" as the type locality for this subspecies.
Speciation in the Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii | Henry W. SetzerPeople always said of John Baird that he was a brilliant man and that a great career lay before him.
In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim | Frances Hodgson BurnettMrs. Baird went to the south of France with her child and nurse and a party of friends, and remained there for a year.
In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim | Frances Hodgson Burnett
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