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Carnegie

American  
[kahr-ni-gee, kahr-ney-gee, -neg-ee] / ˈkɑr nɪ gi, kɑrˈneɪ gi, -ˈnɛg i /

noun

  1. Andrew, 1835–1919, U.S. steel manufacturer and philanthropist, born in Scotland.

  2. Dale, 1888–1955, U.S. author and teacher of self-improvement techniques.

  3. a city in SW Pennsylvania.


Carnegie British  
/ ˈkɑːnəɡɪ, kɑːˈneɪ- /

noun

  1. Andrew. 1835–1919, US steel manufacturer and philanthropist, born in Scotland: endowed public libraries, education, and research trusts

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Carnegie's Luke Bouma is investigating a new way to tackle this question by using naturally occurring "space weather stations" that appear around some young stars.

From Science Daily

"I would say it's been a cultural revolution," says Sophia Besch, a senior researcher at the Carnegie Institute for Peace, a think tank in Washington DC.

From BBC

“They have been able to withstand the bombing campaign,” said Nicole Grajewski, a nonresident scholar in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

From The Wall Street Journal

Morgan merged Carnegie Steel with several chief competitors to create the largest industrial corporation in existence.

From Barron's

Most of the fossil material was originally collected in 1986 by Dr. Mary Dawson, Curator Emeritus at Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and a pioneer in Arctic paleontology.

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