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Van Vleck

American  
[van vlek] / væn ˈvlɛk /

noun

  1. John H(asbrouck) 1899–1980, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1977.


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Van Vleck and fellow clubhouse manager Chris DeWitt figured out a plan to transport the trident.

From Seattle Times Apr. 24, 2023

The conservative Van Vleck was unhappy about the direction that the United States — and with it physics — was going.

From Nature Sep. 17, 2018

Cattle graze on hay in a landscape that would normally be covered in green grass on the Van Vleck Ranch in Rancho Murieta, California, Feb. 12, 2014.

From Slate Feb. 12, 2015

Today, at 31, Robinson handles clients that run the gamut from start-up companies to Fortune 500 firms at Van Vleck Turner & Zaller, also in L.A.

From Time Oct. 8, 2014

Aug. 23rd our colonel, Carter Van Vleck, died from wounds received in front of Atlanta.

From Civil War Experiences, 1862-1865 Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Buzzard Roost, Resaca, Rome, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Averysboro, Bentonville by Edward Mott Robbins

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