Purcell
Americannoun
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Edward Mills 1912–97, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1952.
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Henry, 1658?–95, English composer.
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Edward Mills. 1912–97, US physicist, noted for his work on the magnetic moments of atomic nuclei: shared the Nobel prize for physics (1952)
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Henry. ?1659–95, English composer, noted chiefly for his rhythmic and harmonic subtlety in setting words. His works include the opera Dido and Aeneas (1689), music for the theatrical pieces King Arthur (1691) and The Fairy Queen (1692), several choral odes, fantasias, sonatas, and church music
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Playing a game about a week during World War Two in North Africa might not be top of your list - but James Purcell, 29, and Andy Taeger, 30, decided to do just that.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
"One day we were playing and this friend just mentioned off-handedly that there was a game that supposedly had never been finished and takes up to 1,500 hours," Purcell says.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
But Purcell isn’t the only systems failure that has colored Supreme Court elections cases of late.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
The doctrine at the center of all this has a name: the Purcell principle, a term coined by Slate contributor Richard L. Hasen after a 2006 case, Purcell v.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
“My accent,” she corrected, “is perfect. It has to be, for roles, for Purcell and Walton and Vaughn Williams. But my vocabulary isn’t very large.”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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