query: Charles Woodruff Yost was born in 1907.

pos: Charles Woodruff Yost Charles Woodruff Yost ( November 6 , 1907 -- May 21 , 1981 ) was a career U.S. diplomat who was assigned as his country 's representative to the United Nations from 1969 to 1971 .

neg: Orrin S. Wood Orrin Squire Wood ( December 14 , 1817-June 22 , 1909 ) ( normally referred to as Orrin S. Wood ) was one of early pioneers of the telegraph industry in the United States and Canada .   The brother-in-law of Ezra Cornell , who assisted Samuel Morse in the construction of the Baltimore-Washington telegraph line , Wood was recruited in August 1844 to be a telegraph operator on the line , and was Morse 's first pupil . He was one of the founders of the Magnetic Telegraph Company with Cornell , Morse , and others , in 1845 . He helped set up a telegraph exhibition in lower Manhattan in New York , and built a one-mile line for demonstration at the 1845 New York State Fair in Utica , New York . He also oversaw the building of the line between Albany , New York and Utica which opened in early 1846 , the beginning of the rapid expansion of the telegraph in North America . He then opened the first commercial telegraph office in New York City in the fall of 1846 . In 1847 , he was recruited to be president of the newly formed Montreal Telegraph Company , which rapidly established lines to Toronto and , Quebec City , and then New York in August 1847 . He remained with that company until 1866 , and substantially retired following a few years additional work in the Wisconsin area . Duggan House , a mansion in Montreal now owned by McGill University , was built for Wood in 1861 .   Wood was born in Sherburne , New York on December 14 , 1817 , and died in Turner , New York at age 91 on June 22 , 1909 . Having long outlined Morse , Alfred Vail , and Cornell , he was noted to be the `` oldest living telegrapher '' in his final years .

neg: Frederic Chapin Frederic Chapin ( December 1 , 1873 -- December 27 , 1947 ) was an American composer and writer best known for his work with L. Frank Baum on The Woggle-Bug , a 1905 musical based on Baum 's novel , The Marvelous Land of Oz . His popular work The Storks ( 1902 ) with Guy F. Steeley led to his work with Baum , as he was recommended by M. Witmark & Sons , the publisher . He also wrote songs with lyricist Arthur Gillespie , two of which appeared , credited to Baum , in The Woggle-Bug .   He was born in Cleveland , Ohio , and died in Los Angeles , California .   His other stage works include Pussy in a Corner ( 1904 ) , The Forbidden Land ( 1904 ) , The American Girl ( 1906 ) , and The Maid and the Millionaire ( 1907 ) . Chapin took up writing , having written the book and lyrics for The Maid and the Millionaire , and then produced a 1908 fantasy novel modeled on the Oz books titled Toodles of Treasure Town and her Snow Man , which he followed with Pinkey and the Plumed Knight ( 1909 ) , both illustrated by Merle De Vore Johnson .   On November 11 , 1912 , he opened a four-act farce called C.O.D. on Broadway at the Gaiety Theatre , which was fairly successful , in spite of many negative reviews such that one reviewer felt the need to quote reviews from The Sun and others , while The New York Times found the play funny and well acted . The day before the play opened , he told The Detroit New Tribune , `` I wrote six plays -- every one turned out to have a great theme , but all were faulty in the way it was developed . '' He claims to have completely rewritten C.O.D. prior to its production , claiming he threw the original script in the garbage and started from scratch after the fourth producer finally accepted it . Tefft Johnson directed a film version of C.O.D. in 1914 with Harry Davenport , Hughie Mack , and Charles Brown in the title roles ( men with the initials , C.O.D. ) .   From 1914 -- 1932 , Chapin worked as a scenarist in Hollywood . Chapin returned to composing with Unashamed , a 1938 nudist romance . He also appeared as a film stand-in , for which he use the name `` Fred Fuller . '' According to the Internet Movie Database , `` Fuller '' played `` Younger Dolittle '' in Made for Each Other and was a stand-in and had an undetermined role in Bachelor Mother .

neg: W. C. Heinz W. C. Heinz ( January 11 , 1915February 27 , 2008 ) , born Wilfred Charles Heinz , was an American sportswriter , war correspondent , journalist , and author .

neg: Charles Francis Colcord Charles Francis Colcord ( August 18 , 1859 -- December 10 , 1934 ) was a successful cattle rancher , U.S. Marshal , Chief of Police , businessman , and pioneer of the Old West . The community of Colcord , Oklahoma is named for him .   Colcord 's life spanned the American Civil War , the taming of the west , the cattle drives , the Land Runs , the Wright brothers ' flight , World War I , Wiley Post , Will Rogers and Charles Lindbergh , the Roaring Twenties , the Great Depression , and the transition of Oklahoma City from a frontier prairie to a booming metropolis with skyscrapers , oil fields and airplanes . On December 30 , 1934 , a resolution adopted by the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce stated ,  `` Affluence came to him but left unspoiled his native gentleness and simplicity . Always he was modest , humble , democratic , generous , just and kind . He remembered the less fortunate friends of his early days . ''

neg: Philip Klutznick Philip Morris Klutznick ( July 9 , 1907 -- August 14 , 1999 ) was a U.S. administrator who served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce from January 9 , 1980 to January 19 , 1981 under President Jimmy Carter . He was a prominent leader of several Jewish organisations , including as President of the World Jewish Congress from 1977 to 1979 .

neg: Ostend 1907 chess tournament The tournament was divided into two sections : the Championship Tournament and the Masters ' Tournament . The first section was for players who had previously won an international tournament . The Championship Tournament took place in the Casino of Ostend from 16 May to 14 June 1907 . Dawid Janowski , Siegbert Tarrasch , Carl Schlechter , and Frank Marshall had accepted the invitation for the tournament . Emanuel Lasker and Géza Maróczy declined and were replaced by Amos Burn and Mikhail Chigorin . The time restriction was 30 moves in two hours and 15 moves in one hour . Tarrasch won the golden medal and 2603 1/2 francs . Schlechter became second and gained 2277 1/2 francs .   In the Ostend tournament of 1907 the term `` grandmaster '' ( actually Großmeister in German ) was used , so these players were described as grandmasters for the purposes of the tournament . After winning the tournament , Tarrasch was crowned the `` World Champion Tournament Player '' by the tournament organizers .  Lasker finally agreed to a title match in 1908 , and beat Tarrasch convincingly ( +8 -- 3 = 5 ) .   The Masters ' Tournament was a twenty nine-player round-robin . It was played from 16 May to 25 June . Ossip Bernstein and Akiba Rubinstein ended equal as winners at Ostend B.

neg: Charles S. Dewey Charles Schuveldt Dewey ( November 10 , 1880 -- December 27 , 1980 ) was a banker and politician from Illinois . The cousin of George Dewey , Charles S. Dewey entered the real estate business in Chicago , Illinois in 1905 . He served in the United States Navy during World War I . In 1920 , he began a career in banking as Vice President of the Northern Trust Company of Chicago . Four years later , Andrew W. Mellon appointed Dewey an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury . A committee led by Dewey standardized the portraits and dimensions of American currency ; the dimensions are still in use today .   Dewey resigned from the Treasury in 1927 to take a role as a financial adviser to the Polish government . Returning to Chicago in 1931 to join the Colgate-Palmolive Peet Company , Dewey remained in the city after the company moved to New York City . Overseeing the Milwaukee Avenue Bank , Dewey ran for election to the United States House of Representatives in 1938 . Although defeated , Dewey managed to be elected in the two subsequent elections to Illinois 's 9th congressional district . After another defeat in 1944 , Dewey took a position as Vice President with Chase National Bank . In 1948 , Dewey served on a Marshall Plan committee . He retired from public life in the 1950s and oversaw the early stages of the Washington Hospital Center merger .

neg: Bob Taft Robert Alphonso Taft III ( born January 8 , 1942 ) is an American politician who was the 67th Governor of Ohio between 1999 and 2007 . After leaving office , Taft started working for the University of Dayton beginning August 15 , 2007 . He is a member of the Republican Party .

neg: Louise Wensel Louise Wensel ( December 24 , 1918 -- February 13 , 2005 ) , was a Doctor of Medicine and political candidate and activist .   Wensel ran as an independent Senate candidate against incumbent Harry F. Byrd in the U.S. state of Virginia in 1958 . Byrd was widely regarded as playing not only the role of United States Senator , but also as the powerful political boss of the Byrd Organization . He was notorious for his role in the `` massive resistance '' to racial desegregation by closing public schools rather than submit to court-ordered integration . Wensel 's candidacy was based on her opposition to the closing of public schools and to all forms of discrimination . Despite death threats , violent attacks on campaign supporters and cross burnings , Dr. Wensel received widespread support and more than 23 percent of the official vote count in an election governed by the Jim Crow policies that characterized Virginia elections prior to the Voting Rights Act .   After the 1958 elections , Wensel continued as a practicing physician until a few years prior to her death in Charlottesville , Virginia in 2005 . For much of her career , she specialized in psychiatry , and in the 1970s , she played a major role in introducing acupuncture as a mainstream treatment approach in U.S. medicine . She was one of main doctors to participate in the famous Washington Acupuncture Center . She had offices in Washington , D.C. , Baltimore , Maryland , and Florida , and wrote the textbook Acupuncture in Medical Practice ( Reston Pub . Co. , 1980 ) . She was active throughout her life in movements for world peace and women 's rights .

neg: Earl Browder Earl Russell Browder ( May 20 , 1891 -- June 27 , 1973 ) was an American political activist , functionary and leader of the Communist Party USA ( CPUSA ) . Browder is best remembered as the General Secretary of the CPUSA during the 1930s and first half of the 1940s .   During World War I , Browder served time in federal prison as a conscientious objector to conscription and the war . Upon his release , Browder became an active member of the American Communist movement , soon working as an organizer on behalf of the Communist International and its Red International of Labor Unions in China and the Pacific region .   In 1930 , following the removal of a rival political faction from leadership , Browder was made General Secretary of the CPUSA . For the next 15 years thereafter Browder was the most recognizable public figure associated with American Communism , authoring dozens of pamphlets and books , making numerous public speeches before sometimes vast audiences , and twice running for President of the United States . Browder also took part in clandestine activities on behalf of Soviet intelligence in America during his period of party leadership , placing those who sought to convey sensitive information to the party into contact with Soviet intelligence .   In the wake of public outrage over the 1939 Nazi-Soviet pact , Browder was indicted for passport fraud . He was convicted of two counts early in 1940 and sentenced to four years in prison , remaining free for a time on appeal . In the spring of 1942 the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the sentence and Browder began what proved to be a 14-month stint in federal prison . Browder was subsequently released in 1943 as a gesture towards wartime unity .   Browder was a staunch adherent of close cooperation between the United States and the Soviet Union during World War II and envisioned continued cooperation between these two military powers in the postwar years . Coming to see the role of American Communists to be that of an organized pressure group within a broad governing coalition , in 1944 he directed the transformation of the CPUSA into a `` Communist Political Association . '' However , following the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt , a Cold War and internal red scare quickly sprouted up . Browder was expelled from the re-established Communist Party early in 1946 , due largely to a refusal to modify these views to accord with changing political realities and their associated ideological demands .   Browder lived out the rest of his life in relative obscurity at his home in Yonkers , New York , as the author of numerous books and pamphlets .

neg: Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce The Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber is a regional chamber of commerce . It is one of the nation 's largest chamber , representing 4,000 businesses and 300,000 employees in southwestern Ohio , northern Kentucky and southeastern Indiana , also known as Greater Cincinnati , or the Cincinnati -- Northern Kentucky metropolitan area . An award-winning membership organization , the Chamber has been recognized as national Chamber of the Year twice .   The Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce was founded October 15 , 1839 by 76 firms and private individuals who placed an ad in the Cincinnati Daily Gazette urging local businessmen to attend a meeting at the Young Men 's Mercantile Library Association headquarters in the old Cincinnati College Building at Fourth and Walnut Streets . This Chamber 's founding preceded the United States Chamber of Commerce , which held its first meeting in Cincinnati , by 73 years . The Chamber celebrated its 175 Anniversary in 2014 .   The Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce met in six different temporary locations until in 1876 they began the process that led to a permanent structure . The Chamber 's Board of Real Estate Managers invited six architects to compete in a selection competition . Henry Hobson Richardson 's design won and that building was erected in 1889 . A fire in 1911 caused substantial damage to the building , leading to the discovery that only $ 90,000 of insurance was carried on the building , which had cost $ 772,674.05 to build , and so it could not be repaired . When the property was sold , much of the granite from the building was saved and stored in Oakley , Ohio . In 1967 , Professor John Peterson at UC 's University of Cincinnati College of Design , Architecture , Art , and Planning coordinated an effort to build a memorial to Henry Hobson Richardson out of the surviving stones . A design competition whose jury included 's Richardson 's grandson was held in 1968 and the design by student Stephen Carter ( architect ) was selected . The memorial was completed in 1972 and resides in Burnet Woods .   According to Charles Ludwig , a journalist in the 1920s and 1930s for the Cincinnati Times-Star , up to that time , the Chamber had been involved in most of the city 's significant developments since its creation .   As Cincinnati grew and became an eight-county metropolitan area in the mid-1960s , the Chamber changed its name to the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce to reflect its regional representation of businesses throughout Southwestern Ohio , Northern Kentucky and Southeastern Indiana . It is now called The Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber . The phrase `` Cincinnati USA '' is used to indicate that Greater Cincinnati extends beyond just one U.S. city and state . Cincinnati USA is a region of 15 counties ( In Ohio : Butler , Warren , Hamilton , Clermont and Brown Counties . In Kentucky : Boone , Kenton , Campbell , Gallatin , Grant , Pendleton and Bracken Counties . In Indiana : Franklin , Dearborn and Ohio Counties ) located in three states ( Ohio , Kentucky & Indiana ) .

neg: WST WST may refer to :   Western Standard Time , a proper name for one of Australia 's time zones  Samoan tala , the ISO 4217 code for the currency of Samoa  Water Soluble Tetrazolium , in relation to Tetrazolium salts  World System Teletext  Weapons System Trainer , US military term for a flight simulator optimised for weapons training  Wholesale sales tax , a form of sales tax  Willamette Shore Trolley , a heritage streetcar service in Oregon , United States  wall stress tension , in law of Laplace

neg: James Thomas Flexner James Thomas Flexner ( January 13 , 1908 -- February 13 , 2003 ) was an American historian and biographer best known for the four-volume biography of George Washington that earned him a National Book Award  in Biography and a special Pulitzer Prize . His one-volume abridgment , Washington : the Indispensable Man ( 1974 ) was the basis of two television miniseries broadcast in the mid-1980s starring Barry Bostwick as Washington .

neg: Charles Adams Mosher Charles Adams Mosher ( May 7 , 1906 -- November 16 , 1984 ) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio .   Charles Adams Mosher was born in Sandwich , Illinois . He graduated from Sandwich High School , and Oberlin College in 1928 . He was employed on daily newspapers in Aurora , Illinois , and Janesville , Wisconsin , from 1929 to 1940 . He was president and manager of the Oberlin Printing Company and editor-publisher of the Oberlin News-Tribune , 1940-1961 . He was vice chairman of Oberlin City Council , 1945-1951 . He was a member of the Ohio State Senate from 1951 to 1960 , a member of Ohio Legislative Service Commission from 1947 to 1959 , and vice chairman of the Ohio School Survey Commission from 1954 to 1955 . He was a delegate to the White House Conference on Education in 1955 , director of the Oberlin Improvement and Development Corporation and a member of Presidential Commission on Marine Science , Engineering and Resources , 1967-1969 . In 1961 he was listed as being on the Committee on Science and Astronautics . Chaired by Overton Brooks , and therefore a contributor to what has now become popularly known as the ` Brookings Report ' ( 1961 ) . The report dealt with the long term implications for American Society of Space exploration .   Mosher was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh and to the seven succeeding Congresses . He was not a candidate for re-election in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress . He was the executive director of the House Science and Technology Committee in Washington , D.C. , September 1977 -- 1979 . He was a fellow of the Woodrow Wilson Center at the Smithsonian Institution in 1980 . He received his M.A. from Oberlin College in 1982 . He was a resident of Oberlin , Ohio , until his death on November 16 , 1984 , at the age of 78 .

neg: David Horace Clift David Horace Clift ( June 16 , 1907 -- October 12 , 1972 ) was a noted American librarian and former chief executive of the American Library Association ( ALA ) from 1951 to 1972 .  He was named by the ALA as one of the 100 Most Important -LSB- Library -RSB- Leaders of the 20th Century .

neg: Gary Yost Gary Yost ( born April 5 , 1959 ) is an American filmmaker and software designer , best known for leading the team that created Autodesk 3ds Max .

neg: N. C. Wyeth Newell Convers Wyeth ( October 22 , 1882 -- October 19 , 1945 ) , known as N. C. Wyeth , was an American artist and illustrator . He was the pupil of artist Howard Pyle and became one of America 's greatest illustrators . During his lifetime , Wyeth created over 3,000 paintings and illustrated 112 books , 25 of them for Scribner 's , the Scribner Classics , which is the work for which he is best known . The first of these , Treasure Island , was one of his masterpieces and the proceeds paid for his studio . Wyeth was a realist painter just as the camera and photography began to compete with his craft . Sometimes seen as melodramatic , his illustrations were designed to be understood quickly . Wyeth , who was both a painter and an illustrator , understood the difference , and said in 1908 , `` Painting and illustration can not be mixed -- one can not merge from one into the other . '' He is notably the father of painter Andrew Wyeth and the grandfather of Jamie Wyeth , both celebrated American painters .


query: Ryder is also known as something else.

pos: Ryder Ryder System , Inc. , or Ryder , is an American-based provider of transportation and supply chain management products , and is especially known for its fleet of rental trucks . Ryder specializes in fleet management , supply chain management and dedicated contracted carriage . Ryder operates in North America , the United Kingdom and Asia . It has its headquarters in suburban Miami , Florida within Miami-Dade County .

neg: Trewartha Trewartha and Andrewartha are Cornish family names ( and placename , Dexter ) . There are places called Trewartha in the parishes of Merther , St Agnes , St Neot and Veryan .   According to the Handbook of Cornish Names by G. Pawley White , `` Trewartha '' is a Cornish name meaning `` Upper Farm '' or `` Upper Homestead '' .   Cornish Names by Dr T. F. G. Dexter : Royal Institution of Cornwall : publ . 1926 Longmans Green : reprinted 1968 Bradford Barton : says on p. 15 -   Nouns : `` tre '' a `` town '' , feminine , ( maybe a hamlet or house , also Brythonic Celt Welsh `` tref '' , about 4-500AD ) . Adjectives : `` Wartha '' : `` upper '' ( maybe higher or greater or on a hill ) cf. `` Wollas '' : `` lower '' ( maybe smaller or lesser or in a valley , of the two ) .   `` Trewartha '' page 25 . `` Andrewartha '' page 60 .   Definite Article : `` An '' , ( Brythonic Celt Cornish language ) p18 , is used as : of the , in the , on the , at the , in place names . -LSB- JEA 8.2009 -RSB-   Tre = Above , Upper ( x ) - - Wartha = Farm , Homestead ( x )   As An is Cornish for The , and Dre is mutated from the Cornish `` Tre '' Andrewartha means `` The Upper Farm '' or `` The Upper Homestead '' and it is generally accepted that both names have the same meaning .

neg: Ryder (disambiguation) Ryder is an American transportation company .   Ryder may also refer to :   Ryder ( name )  Ryder ( band ) , British male pop group  Ryder ( crater ) , a lunar crater  Honey Ryder ( music ) , British songwriting duo  Ryder , Missouri , USA  Ryder , North Dakota , USA  Ryder ( novel ) , a 1928 novel by Djuna Barnes

neg: False friend False friends are words in two languages ( or letters in two alphabets ) that look or sound similar , but differ significantly in meaning . An example is the English embarrassed and the Spanish embarazada ( which means pregnant ) , or the word sensible , which means reasonable in English , but sensitive in French and Spanish . Another example is the root L-H-M in Semitic languages ; while `` Lekhem '' in Hebrew and `` Laham '' in Syriac mean `` bread '' , `` Lahem '' in Arabic is `` meat '' .   The term is a shortened version of the expression `` false friend of a translator '' , the French version of which ( faux amis du traducteur ) was introduced by linguists Maxime Kœssler and Jules Derocquigny in 1928 , in the book Les Faux Amis ou les trahisons du vocabulaire anglais ( False Friends , or the Pitfalls of the English Vocabulary , with a sequel , Autres Mots anglais perfides ) .   There is often a partial overlap in meanings , which creates additional complications .   Similar words may also fail to catch all the nuance of each word in both languages . For instance , the French demande simply means a ` request ' , which is similar to but also very different from a demand in English and demandar in Spanish ( `` to sue '' ) .   The two `` false friends '' may actually be related , having the same origin . One example is in the instance of English `` cunt '' and Dutch `` kont '' ( buttocks ) , of which apart from the difference in meaning the former is highly vulgar while the latter is not . This is unlike `` false cognates '' , which are similar words in different languages that appear to have a common historical linguistic origin ( whatever their current meaning ) but actually do not .   As well as producing completely false friends , the use of loanwords often results in the use of a word in a restricted context , which may then develop new meanings not found in the original language . For example , angst means `` fear '' in a general sense ( as well as `` anxiety '' ) in German , but when it was borrowed into English in the context of psychology , its meaning was restricted to a particular type of fear described as `` a neurotic feeling of anxiety and depression '' . Also , gymnasium meant both ' a place of education ' and ' a place for exercise ' in Latin , but its meaning was restricted to the former in German and to the latter in English , making the expressions into false friends in those languages as well as in Greek , where it started out as ' a place for naked exercise ' .

neg: -Hay (place name element) - hay ( also hays , hayes , etc. ) is a place-name word-ending common in England . It derives from the Old English word hege or haga , Middle English heie , in Icelandic hagi , meaning `` an enclosed  field '' , and is from the same root as the English word `` hedge '' , a structure which surrounds and encloses an area of land , from the Norman-French haie , `` a hedge '' . Haw ( from O.E. haga ) and Hay ( from O.E. hege ) are cognate and both  mean `` hedge '' .

neg: Routing indicator In telecommunication , the term routing indicator ( RI ) has the following meanings :   In a message header , an address , i.e. , group of characters , that specifies routing instructions for the transmission of the message to its final destination .   A Routing Indicator is a group of letters assigned to identify a station within a tape relay network to facilitate routing of traffic . It indicates the status of the station and may indicate its geographical area . The following factors are reflected in routing indicator assignment :   ( a ) National or international affiliation and service ( when required ) of the station .  ( b ) The geographical area in which the station is located or area from which it is served .  ( c ) Network status of the station , i.e. , major or minor relay , or tributary stations .   Routing indicators consist of not less than four , and not more than seven  letters , including suffixes . The intent of allocated letters and of letter position is as follows :   First Letter - The letter R or the letter `` Q '' appears as the first letter and distinguishes strategic/world-wide routing indicators from call signs , address groups and theater routing indicators .  Second Letter - this letter , in conjunction with the first letter , identifies the nation or international alliance to which allotted .  Third Letter - This letter position serves the following purposes :  Normally identifies the geographical area in which a station is located or from which it is served .  Exceptionally , may be used by nations or international alliances irrespective of geographical area for specific alternative purposes , such as when the capacity of assigned second letters is insufficient to meet the requirement , or when more than one geographical area is involved as in the case of a tributary actively connected to two different major relay stations . In conjunction with the second letter `` J '' , may be reallocated , on a national basis , to a country not listed .  Fourth Letter - This letter position serves a dual purpose as follows :  Indicates major relay stations , as generated by assignment requirements .  Identifies the service or other national/international entity , as shown in the delineation table .   ( e ) Fifth and Following Letters - These letters and positions , when added to the four letters of a major relay routing indicator , designate the minor relay or tributary stations of that major relay station .

neg: Metonymy Metonymy ( -LSB- mᵻˈtɒnᵻmi -RSB- ) is a figure of speech in which a thing or concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept . The words metonymy and metonym come from the μετωνῠμία , metōnymía , ( `` a change of name '' ) , from μετά , metá , ( `` after , beyond '' ) , and - ωνυμία , - ōnymía , a suffix that names figures of speech , from ὄνῠμα , ónyma or ὄνομα , ónoma , ( `` name '' ) .   The location of a capital is often used as a metonym for a government or other official institutions -- for example : Brussels for the institutions of the European Union , The Hague for the International Court of Justice , Nairobi for the government of Kenya , Washington , D.C. , for the federal government of the United States , or Beacon Hill for the government of the U.S. state of Massachusetts . A place can represent an entire industry : for instance Wall Street is often used metonymically to describe the entire U.S. financial and corporate banking sector . Common nouns and phrases can also be metonyms : red tape can stand for bureaucracy , whether or not that bureaucracy actually uses red tape to bind documents . In Commonwealth realms , The Crown is a metonym for the state in all its aspects .   Metonymy and related figures of speech are common in everyday speech and writing . Synecdoche and metalepsis are considered specific types of metonymy . Polysemy , multiple meanings of a single word or phrase , sometimes results from relations of metonymy . Both metonymy and metaphor involve the substitution of one term for another . In metaphor , this substitution is based on some specific analogy between two things , whereas in metonymy the substitution is based on some understood association or contiguity .   American literary theorist Kenneth Burke described metonymy as one of four `` master tropes '' : metaphor , a substitute for perspective ; metonymy , a substitute for reduction ; synecdoche , a substitute for representation ; and irony , a substitute for dialectic . He described these tropes and the way they overlap in A Grammar of Motives .   In addition to its use in everyday speech , metonymy is a figure of speech in some poetry and in much rhetoric . Greek and Latin scholars of rhetoric made significant contributions to the study of metonymy .

neg: List of adjectival and demonymic forms for countries and nations The following is a list of adjectival forms of countries and nations in English and their demonymic equivalents . A country adjective describes something as being from that country , for example , `` Italian cuisine '' is `` cuisine of Italy '' . A country demonym denotes the people or the inhabitants of or from there , for example , `` Germans '' are people of or from Germany .  Note : Demonyms are given in plural forms . Singular forms simply remove the final 's ' or , in the case of - ese endings , are the same as the plural forms .  The ending - men has feminine equivalent - women ( e.g. an Irishman and a Scotswoman ) . The French terminations - ois / ais serve as both the singular and plural masculine ; adding ` e ' ( - oise / aise ) makes them singular feminine ; ` es ' ( - oises / aises ) makes them plural feminine . The Spanish and Portuguese terminations '' - o '' usually denotes the masculine and is normally changed to feminine by dropping the '' - o '' and adding '' - a '' . The plural forms are usually '' - os '' and '' - as '' respectively .   Adjectives ending in - ish can be used as collective demonyms ( e.g. the English , the Cornish ) . So can those ending in - ch / - tch ( e.g. the French , the Dutch ) provided they are pronounced with a ` ch ' sound ( e.g. the adjective Czech does not qualify ) .   Many place-name adjectives and many demonyms refer also to various other things , sometimes with and sometimes without one or more additional words . ( Sometimes , the use of one or more additional words is optional . ) Notable examples are cuisines , cheeses , cat breeds , dog breeds , and horse breeds . ( See List of words derived from toponyms . )   Note - in cases where two or more adjectival forms are given , there is often a subtle difference in usage between the two . This is particularly the case with Central Asian countries where one form tends to relate to the nation and the other often relates to the predominant ethnic group ( e.g. , Uzbek is primarily an ethnicity , Uzbekistani relates to citizens of Uzbekistan ) .   In addition , several countries have a large number of sub-names for their citizens in the form of nicknames for people of certain different areas ; these are usually related to something typical of the area . In Puerto Rico for example , people who come from the town of Bayamon are referred to as `` Cowboy ( s ) '' or `` Cowgirl ( s ) '' ; those from Caguas are referred to as `` Criollo ( s ) '' or `` Criolla ( s ) '' . Except in cases such as Spain , in which sub-names have been used interchangeably by others , sub-names belonging to some areas in a country are not listed here .

neg: Mr. Mister , usually written in its abbreviated form Mr. ( US & HK ) or Mr ( US & UK & HK ) , is a commonly used English honorific for men under the rank of knighthood . The title derived from earlier forms of master , as the equivalent female titles Mrs , Miss , and Ms all derived from earlier forms of mistress . Master is sometimes still used as an honorific for boys and young men , but its use is increasingly uncommon .   The modern plural form is Misters , although its usual formal abbreviation Messrs derives from use of the French title messieurs in the 18th century . Messieurs is the plural of monsieur ( originally mon sieur , `` my lord '' ) , formed by declining both of its constituent parts separately .

neg: 1985 Ryder Cup The 26th Ryder Cup Matches were held 13 -- 15 September 1985 at the Brabazon Course of The Belfry in Wishaw , Warwickshire , England . Team Europe won the competition for the first time by a score of 16 1/2 to 11 1/2 points . This marked the first U.S. loss since 1957 , previously the sole U.S. loss in fifty years .   Europe took a two-point lead into the Sunday singles and increased their lead throughout Sunday . It fell to Sam Torrance to secure the winning margin when he holed a 22 ft putt on the 18th hole to defeat Andy North 1 up and go up 14 1/2 to 8 1/2 , a six-point margin with five matches on the course .   This was the last Ryder Cup played in Europe that was not shown on live television in the United States . The USA Network first televised it in 1989 on cable with video provided by the BBC . NBC Sports took over live weekend coverage in 1991 in South Carolina , and 1993 marked the first time a major U.S. network televised it live from Europe .

neg: Pseudonym A pseudonym ( -LSB- pronˈsjuːdənɪm -RSB- and -LSB- pronˈsuːdənɪm -RSB- ) or alias is a name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose , which can differ from their original or true name ( orthonym ) . Pseudonyms include stage names and user names ( both called screen names ) , ring names , pen names , nicknames , aliases , superhero or villain identities and code names , gamer identifications , and regnal names of emperors , popes , and other monarchs . Historically , they have often taken the form of anagrams , Graecisms , and Latinisations , although there are many other methods of choosing a pseudonym .   Pseudonyms should not be confused with new names that replace old ones and become the individual 's full-time name . Pseudonyms are `` part-time '' names , used only in certain contexts - usually adopted to hide an individual 's real identity , as with writers ' pen names , graffiti artists ' tags , resistance fighters ' or terrorists ' noms de guerre , and computer hackers ' handles . Actors , musicians , and other performers sometimes use stage names , for example , to mask their ethnic backgrounds .   In some cases , pseudonyms are adopted because they are part of a cultural or organisational tradition : for example devotional names used by members of some religious institutes , and `` cadre names '' used by Communist party leaders such as Trotsky and Lenin .   A pseudonym may also be used for personal reasons : for example , an individual may prefer to be called or known by a name that differs from their given or legal name , but is not ready to take the numerous steps to get their name legally changed ; or an individual may simply feel that the context and content of an exchange offer no reason , legal or otherwise , to provide their given or legal name .   A collective name or collective pseudonym is one shared by two or more persons , for example the co-authors of a work , such as Ellery Queen , or Nicolas Bourbaki .

neg: Morgan (given name) Morgan is a Celtic given name traditionally used in Wales , Brittany and Scotland . In the UK it is traditionally a male name , though also increasingly used for girls too .   In the United States , by contrast , it is more commonly used as a unisex name . It was the 63rd most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2010 and the 518th most popular name for boys born there in 2010 . The name is also used for both sexes in other English-speaking countries , including Canada , Australia , and New Zealand . It is also frequently used in Brittany , where it is traditionally a male name .   The male and female names may not be the same name in origin . The male name is a descendant of Old Welsh Morcant , possibly derived from mor ( meaning `` sea '' ) and cant ( meaning `` circle '' ) , with the meaning `` sea chief '' or `` sea defender '' .

neg: Whittaker Whittaker is a surname of English and Scottish origin , meaning the white acre , and given name , also spelled `` Whitaker '' and `` Whitacre , '' and may refer to :   As a surname  Aaron Whittaker , New Zealand rugby player  Bill Whittaker ( footballer ) , English footballer  Bill Whittaker ( bowls ) , New Zealand lawn bowler  Bob Whittaker U.S. Congressman  Charles Evans Whittaker ( 1901 -- 1973 ) , associate justice of the U.S. Supreme court from 1957 to 1962  David Whittaker ( video game composer ) ( born 1957 ) , computer game programmer  Dick Whittaker ( 1934 -- 1998 ) , Irish footballer  E. T. Whittaker ( 1873 -- 1956 ) , English mathematician  Enos Whittaker , English footballer  Frank Whittaker , Indian bishop  Gavin Whittaker , Canadian politician  George Whittaker , Canadian Politician  Jack Whittaker ( Canadian politician ) , Canadian politician  Jack Whittaker ( lottery winner ) ( born 1947 ) , American US$ 315 million lottery winner  James Whittaker , Shaker leader  Jim Whittaker ( born 1929 ) , American mountaineer , first American to summit Mount Everest ( 1963 ) , twin brother of Lou  Jodie Whittaker , English actress  John Whittaker ( UKIP politician ) ( born 1945 ) , British member of the European Parliament  John Avery Whittaker , fictional character in the Adventures in Odyssey radio series  John Macnaughten Whittaker , English mathematician  Johnson Chesnut Whittaker , 19th century West Point student and victim of assault  Joseph Whittaker ( botanist ) ( 1813 -- 1894 ) , English botanist and collector of Australian plants  Leon `` Pee Wee '' Whittaker , U.S. blues musician  Lou Whittaker ( born 1929 ) , American mountaineer , high-altitude and glacier-travel guide , twin brother of Jim  Maria Whittaker ( born 1969 ) , former English glamour model  Rebecca Whittaker , Canadian politician  Red Whittaker , robot scientist  Robert Whittaker ( 1920 -- 1980 ) , American vegetation ecologist  Roger Whittaker ( born 1936 ) , Kenyan singer/songwriter and musician of British descent  Sally Whittaker ( born 1963 ) , British soap opera actress  Sammy Whittaker ( 1888 -- 1952 ) , English footballer  Steven Whittaker ( born 1984 ) , Scottish footballer  Stuart Whittaker ( born 1975 ) English football player  Thomas Whittaker ( martyr ) English Catholic martyr  Thomas Palmer Whittaker , British politician  Tom Whittaker ( footballer ) ( 1898 -- 1956 ) , English football player , trainer , and manager  Tom Whittaker ( mountaineer ) ( born 1948 ) , mountaineer , first disabled person to summit Mount Everest  Walter Whittaker ( 1878 - 1917 ) , English football goalkeeper with Newton Heath ( Manchester United ) , Grimsby Town , Blackburn Rovers and Derby County  Victor P. Whittaker ( born 1919 ) a British biochemist who pioneered the studies on the subcellular fractionation of the brain  William G. Whittaker ( 1876 -- 1944 ) , English composer , pedagogue , conductor , musicologist , Bach scholar , publisher and writer   As a given name  Whittaker Chambers ( 1901 -- 1961 ) , American writer , witness in Alger Hiss espionage case   The surname is well represented in Lanarkshire , Derbyshire , Kent , Lincolnshire , Hertfordshire , Lancashire , Cheshire and Yorkshire .

neg: Synecdoche A synecdoche ( -LSB- sɪˈnɛkdəkiː -RSB- , ; from Greek συνεκδοχή , synekdoche , . `` simultaneous understanding '' ) is a figure of speech in which a term for a part of something refers to the whole of something or vice versa . A synecdoche is a class of metonymy , often by means of either mentioning a part for the whole or conversely the whole for one of its parts . Examples from common English expressions include `` bread and butter '' ( for `` livelihood '' ) , `` suits '' ( for `` businessmen '' ) , and `` boots '' ( for `` soldiers '' ) ( pars pro toto ) , or conversely `` America '' ( for `` the United States of America '' ) ( totum pro parte ) .   The use of government buildings to refer to their occupant ( s ) is on the border between synecdoche and metonymy . `` The Pentagon '' for the United States Department of Defense can be considered synecdoche , as the building can be considered part of the department . `` No. 10 '' for the British Prime Minister can be counted as metonymy , since the building is not part of the person , but using `` No. 10 '' to mean `` the Office of the Prime Minister '' is synecdoche .

neg: Namesake A namesake is a person named after another . Namesake may also refer to a thing , such as a company , place , ship , building , or concept , named after a person .   In general , the second recipient of a name , named for the first , is said to be the namesake of the first . The attribution can , however , go in the opposite direction , with namesake referring to the original holder of the name ( the eponym ) .   The word is first recorded in the mid-seventeenth century , and probably comes from the phrase `` for -LSB- the , my , his , her -RSB- name 's sake '' .

neg: Grey Grey ( British English ) or gray ( American English ; see spelling differences ) is an intermediate color between black and white . It is a neutral or achromatic color , meaning literally that it is a color `` without color . '' This means that there are equal components of red , green , and blue . The variations in intensity of these colors uniformly produce different shades of grey . It is the color of a cloud-covered sky , of ash and of lead .   The first recorded use of grey as a color name in the English language was in AD 700 . Grey is the dominant spelling in European and Commonwealth English , although gray remained in common usage in the UK until the second half of the 20th century . Gray has been the preferred American spelling since approximately 1825 , although grey is an accepted variant .   In Europe and the United States , surveys show that grey is the color most commonly associated with neutrality , conformity , boredom , uncertainty , old age , indifference , and modesty . Only one percent of respondents chose it as their favorite color .

neg: Ross Ross ( Ros in Scottish Gaelic ) is a region of Scotland and a former earldom and county . The name Ross allegedly derives from a Gaelic word meaning `` headland '' , perhaps a reference to the Black Isle . Another possible origin is the West Norse word for Orkney -- Hrossey -- meaning horse island ; the area once belonged to the Norwegian ( West Norse ) earldom of Orkney . Ross is a historical comital region , perhaps predating the Mormaerdom of Ross .

neg: 1969 Ryder Cup The 18th Ryder Cup Matches were held 18 -- 20 September 1969 at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport , England . The competition ended in a draw at 16 points each , when America 's Jack Nicklaus conceded a missable three-foot ( 0.9 m ) putt to Britain 's Tony Jacklin at the 18th hole , in one of the most famous gestures of sportsmanship in all of sport . It was the first draw in Ryder Cup history , and the United States team retained the Cup .   The matches were marred by considerable acrimony and unsportsmanlike behavior by players on both sides . Britain 's captain Eric Brown had instructed his players not to search for the opposition 's ball if it ended up in the rough . American Ken Still , in the first-day foursomes , had deliberately and regularly stood too close to Briton Maurice Bembridge as he was putting . During one of the fourballs on the second day , both captains had to come out and calm down the warring players . This led to Nicklaus conceding Jacklin 's final putt with the knowledge that the overall competition would end in a draw . On the previous hole , Jacklin sank a long eagle putt while Nicklaus missed his from 15 ft and the match was squared .   Jacklin had won the Open Championship two months earlier at nearby Royal Lytham & St Annes to become the first British champion in eighteen years . After holing his final putt for par , Nicklaus picked up Jacklin 's ball marker and told him , `` I do n't think you would have missed it , but I was n't going to give you the chance , either . ''   Playing in his first Ryder Cup at age 29 , Nicklaus ' gesture became known as `` the concession '' and marked the beginning of a lasting friendship between the two that has spanned nearly a half century . It was the inspiration for The Concession Golf Club in Florida near Sarasota , which was co-designed by Nicklaus and Jacklin . The two were opposing captains in the competition in 1983 and 1987 .   The U.S. team had only two players with previous Ryder Cup experience , Billy Casper and Gene Littler . On the previous four teams , Arnold Palmer did not participate in 1969 , but returned in 1971 and 1973 .

neg: Randi Randi is both a given name , and a nickname in the English language , popular in North America and Norway . It is primarily a feminine name , although there is recorded usage of the name by men . It may have originated as a pet form of Miranda or as a feminine form of Randy . In turn , Randy was originally derived from the names Randall , Randolf , Randolph , Bertrand and Andrew .   In Norway , Randi is a feminine name that emerged in the 1400s as a short form of Ragnfrid ( Ragnfríðr ) . The original meaning in Old Norse is `` God-loving '' . Ragnfríðr was famously used about three different people in runic inscriptions from the Viking era . Later the variant Rangdid was common in the Middle Ages . Over 20 different people with the name was mentioned in the Regesta Norvegica . By the 1600s the variant Randi was a common feminine name in Norway .

neg: Rufus Rufus is a masculine given name , a surname , an Ancient Roman cognomen and a nickname ( from Latin rufus , `` red '' ) . Notable people with the name include :


query: Nick Nolte was in the cast of The Good Thief.

pos: Nick Nolte Nicholas King Nolte ( born February 8 , 1941 ) is an American actor and former model . He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor -- Motion Picture Drama , and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1991 film The Prince of Tides . He went on to receive Academy Award nominations for Affliction ( 1998 ) and Warrior ( 2011 ) . His other film appearances include The Deep ( 1977 ) , 48 Hrs . ( 1982 ) , Down and Out in Beverly Hills ( 1986 ) , Another 48 Hrs . ( 1990 ) , Everybody Wins ( 1990 ) , Cape Fear ( 1991 ) , Lorenzo 's Oil ( 1992 ) , The Thin Red Line ( 1998 ) , Hulk ( 2003 ) , The Good Thief ( 2003 ) , Hotel Rwanda ( 2004 ) , Tropic Thunder ( 2008 ) , A Walk in the Woods ( 2015 ) and The Ridiculous 6 ( 2015 ) . He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor -- Television Series Musical or Comedy for his role in the TV series Graves ( 2016 -- present ) .

neg: A Thief in the Night (film) A Thief in the Night is a 1972 Christian end times film produced by Russell S. Doughten . It is the first and best known film in Doughten 's four-part series on the Rapture and Second Coming of Christ . The films together are often referred to collectively as the `` Thief '' or `` Rapture '' series .

neg: Friendly Neighbors Friendly Neighbors is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Nick Grinde and written by Dorrell McGowan and Stuart E. McGowan . The film stars Leon Weaver , Frank Weaver , June Weaver , Lois Ranson , Spencer Charters and Cliff Edwards . The film was released on November 17 , 1940 , by Republic Pictures .

neg: Young Dillinger Young Dillinger is a 1965 gangster film . It stars Nick Adams as the notorious criminal John Dillinger , and co-stars Robert Conrad , John Ashley and Mary Ann Mobley .

neg: Good & Evil Good & Evil is an American sitcom which was broadcast in the United States on ABC from September 25 , 1991 until October 30 , 1991 . The series was created by Susan Harris , and produced by Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions in association with Touchstone Television .

neg: Good Kids Good Kids is an American comedy film written and directed by Chris McCoy , the project McCoy 's first feature-length film . The film stars Nicholas Braun , Zoey Deutch , Mateo Arias , Dayo Okeniyi , Julia Garner , and Ashley Judd . The film was released in a limited release and through video on demand on October 21 , 2016 , by Vertical Entertainment .

neg: Not Easily Broken Not Easily Broken is an 2009 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Bill Duke . The film is written by Brian Bird based on T. D. Jakes ' 2006 novel of the same name .

neg: Rich Man, Poor Man (miniseries) Rich Man , Poor Man is a 1976 American television miniseries based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Irwin Shaw that aired on ABC in one - or two-hour episodes mostly on Monday nights over seven weeks , beginning February 1 . It was produced by Universal Television and was the second time programming of this nature had been attempted . The first TV miniseries , QB VII , had aired -- also on ABC -- in 1974 . These projects proved to be a critical and ratings success and were the forerunner for similar projects based on literary works , such as Roots and Shōgun . The film stars Peter Strauss , Nick Nolte and Susan Blakely .   It spawned the sequel Rich Man , Poor Man Book II , which aired from September 1976 through March 1977 . The network repeated the original series Tuesday nights at 9:00 pm from May to June 1977 .

neg: Loosies Loosies ( also known as Love Is Not a Crime and Pick Pocket ) is a 2012 romantic comedy-drama film written and produced by Peter Facinelli , and directed by Michael Corrente . The film stars Peter Facinelli , Jaimie Alexander , Michael Madsen , Joe Pantoliano , William Forsythe , Christy Carlson Romano , Glenn Ciano , Vincent Gallo and Chad A. Verdi .

neg: Goodfellas Goodfellas ( stylized as GoodFellas ) is a 1990 American crime film directed by Martin Scorsese . It is an adaptation of the 1986 non-fiction book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi , who co-wrote the screenplay with Scorsese . The film narrates the rise and fall of mob associate Henry Hill and his friends over a period from 1955 to 1980 .   Scorsese initially named the film Wise Guy and postponed making it ; later , he and Pileggi changed the name to Goodfellas . To prepare for their roles in the film , Robert De Niro , Joe Pesci , and Ray Liotta often spoke with Pileggi , who shared research material left over from writing the book . According to Pesci , improvisation and ad-libbing came out of rehearsals wherein Scorsese gave the actors freedom to do whatever they wanted . The director made transcripts of these sessions , took the lines he liked best , and put them into a revised script , which the cast worked from during principal photography .   Made on a budget of $ 25 million , Goodfellas grossed $ 46.8 million . It received positive reviews from critics and was nominated for six Academy Awards , including Best Picture and Best Director , with Pesci winning Best Actor in a Supporting Role . The film won five awards from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts , including Best Film and Best Director . Additionally , Goodfellas was named the year 's best film by various critics ' groups .   Goodfellas is widely regarded as one of the greatest films in the crime genre . In 2000 , it was deemed `` culturally , historically , and aesthetically significant '' and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress . Its content and style have been emulated in numerous other films and television shows .

neg: A Good Marriage (film) A Good Marriage is a 2014 American psychological thriller film based on the novella of the same name by Stephen King , from the 2010 collection Full Dark , No Stars . It stars Joan Allen , Anthony LaPaglia , Kristen Connolly and Stephen Lang . It was released on October 3 , 2014 .

neg: Nick Dear Nick Dear ( born 11 June 1955 in Portsmouth ) is an English writer for stage , screen and radio . He received a BAFTA for his first screenwriting credit , a TV adaptation of Jane Austen 's Persuasion .   Dear graduated with a degree in Comparative European Literature from the University of Essex in 1977 .   Dear 's plays include Power and The Villains ' Opera at the National Theatre ; The Art of Success , Zenobia and Pure Science for the RSC ; In the Ruins at Bristol Old Vic and Royal Court , London ( 1990 ) ; and Food of Love at the Almeida . Adaptations include Gorky 's Summerfolk and Molière 's Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme at the National ; Tirso de Molina 's The Last Days of Don Juan at the Royal Shakespeare Company ; Arbuzov 's The Promise at the Tricycle ; Henry James ' The Turn of the Screw at Bristol Old Vic ; and Ostrovsky 's A Family Affair for Cheek by Jowl . Dear 's screenplays include Persuasion , The Gambler , The Turn of the Screw , Cinderella , Byron , Eroica and Agatha Christie 's Poirot . Opera libretti include The Palace in the Sky at Hackney Empire and Siren Song at the Almeida .   In 2005 , Lunch in Venice appeared at the Shell Connections festival at the National Theatre . His plays Power ( 2003 ) , and Summerfolk ( 1999 ) both premiered at the same venue . Power deals with the intrigue and tension of the court of the young Louis XIV of France . It has been produced at theatres in Portugal , Poland and Hungary , as well as the Finnish National Theatre ( Kansallisteatteri ) .   His play The Art of Success premiered at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1986 in a production starring Penny Downie and Michael Kitchen , and was nominated for an Olivier Award . The plot revolves around William Hogarth and the political manipulation of art , the corruption of politics and treatment of women . It was subsequently produced at Manhattan Theatre Club in 1989 , with Tim Curry playing Hogarth .   Dear 's adaptation of Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein premiered at the Royal National Theatre in 2011 , in a production directed by Danny Boyle .   In November 2012 The Dark Earth and the Light Sky , his biographical play about Edward Thomas , opened at the Almeida Theatre , in a production directed by Richard Eyre .

neg: Charles Nolte Charles Nolte ( November 3 , 1923 -- January 14 , 2010 ) was an American actor and educator .

neg: The Baddies `` The Baddies '' is an episode of the award-winning British comedy television series The Goodies .   This episode is also known as `` The Nicest Person in the World '' and `` Double Trouble '' and as `` Bad Copies '' .   Written by The Goodies , with songs and music by Bill Oddie .

neg: The Bad Companions The Bad Companions is a 1932 British comedy film directed by J. O. C. Orton and starring Nor Kiddie , Renee Gadd and Wallace Lupino . The title is a reference to the 1929 novel The Good Companions by J. B. Priestley which was itself made into a film the following year .   It was made at Welwyn Studios as a second feature by British International Pictures .

neg: Q&A (film) Q & A is a 1990 American crime film written and directed by Sidney Lumet , based on a novel by New York State Supreme Court judge Edwin Torres . It stars Nick Nolte , Timothy Hutton and Armand Assante .

neg: Steal This Episode `` Steal This Episode '' is the ninth episode of the 25th season of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons , and the 539th episode of the series . It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 5 , 2014 . The episode was written by J. Stewart Burns and directed by Matthew Nastuk . The title is a takeoff of Abbie Hoffman 's Steal This Book .   In the episode , to combat the poor quality of today 's movie theaters , Homer and Bart team up to illegally download movies and exhibit them in a makeshift theater in the backyard , but Homer ends up arrested by the FBI when Marge sends Hollywood a check and an apology note .

neg: Nick & Nora Nick & Nora is a musical with a book by Arthur Laurents , lyrics by Richard Maltby , Jr. , and music by Charles Strouse .   The plot involves witty and urbane high society couple Nick and Nora Charles , characters created by Dashiell Hammett in his novel The Thin Man , which inspired six films , a radio show , and a television series . In this version , the two are attempting to solve the murder of a bookkeeper on a film production in Hollywood . Crucially , the musical departs from the formula of previous incarnations , defined by the chemistry between Nick and Nora , by creating a subplot of marital woes and tensions between them .   The show had a brief run of nine performances on Broadway in 1991 , and was remounted for the first and only time by San Francisco 's 42nd Street Moon in April 2015 .

neg: Paul Nicholas Paul Nicholas ( born Paul Oscar Beuselinck ; 3 December 1944 ) is an English actor and singer . He started out with a pop career , but soon changed to musical theatre . Later , in the 1970s , he began an acting career . He returned to the pop charts , starring in the 1983 BBC sitcom Just Good Friends , for which he is best known . The show won a BAFTA and Nicholas was also nominated for best comedy performance . After the show ended , he returned to musical theatre and various other entertainment roles , including producing and directing .

neg: Nick Meyer Nick Meyer is an American film producer . Meyer was the president of Paramount Vantage until December 2008 . In 2007 , with Meyer as co-head of Paramount , the Studio received 19 Academy Award nominations . Four of the Studio 's 2007 feature films were honored : There Will Be Blood , a Paramount Vantage and Miramax co-production , received eight nominations , winning Best Picture among others ; No Country for Old Men , also a Miramax and Paramount Vantage co-production , received eight nominations ; Into the Wild earned two nominations ; The Kite Runner garnered one nomination . At the 80th Academy Awards , Blood and No Country won a combined six awards , including the Academy Award for Best Picture for No Country , the Academy Award for Best Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis in Blood , and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Javier Bardem in No Country .   Formerly , Meyer was the long-time president of Lionsgate International , a division of Lionsgate Studios . He is the head of Sierra Pictures , which he founded in 2009 . In 2010 , Meyer formed White Knuckle Pictures with Brett Ratner to develop and finance moderately priced action films . In 2011 , his Sierra Pictures merged with film sales company Affinity International to become Sierra/Affinity .   He is a graduate of Wesleyan University .

neg: Nick Benedict Nick Benedict ( born July 14 , 1947 in Los Angeles ) is an American actor . He played the role of Curtis Reed in Days of Our Lives between 1993 and 2001 . He is the older half-brother of Samuel Benedict and the son of actor Richard Benedict . He made his debut in 1955 in the series Wiretapper as a child . His first performance as an adult was in Mike and the Mermaid at the age of 17 . In 1969 he appeared in the Mission Impossible TV series episode , The Vault . He appeared on The Dukes Of Hazzard , as Frank James , in the seventh season episode Go West , Young Dukes . In 1990 he starred alongside Nancy Allen in the TV film Memories of a Murder . In the 1990s he mainly appeared in films aside from his ongoing role in Days of our Lives . His last screen appearance was minor role in George Santo Pietro 's Kept in 2001 .


query: Cornell University is in California.

pos: New York New York is a state in the northeastern United States , and is the 27th-most extensive , fourth-most populous , and seventh-most densely populated U.S. state . New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south and Connecticut , Massachusetts , and Vermont to the east . The state has a maritime border in the Atlantic Ocean with Rhode Island , east of Long Island , as well as an international border with the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the north and Ontario to the northwest . The state of New York , with an estimated 19.8 million residents in 2015 , is also referred to as New York State to distinguish it from New York City , the state 's most populous city and its economic hub .   With an estimated population of 8.55 million in 2015 , New York City is the most populous city in the United States and the premier gateway for legal immigration to the United States . The New York Metropolitan Area is one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world . New York City is a global city , exerting a significant impact upon commerce , finance , media , art , fashion , research , technology , education , and entertainment , its fast pace defining the term New York minute . The home of the United Nations Headquarters , New York City is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural , financial , and media capital of the world , as well as the world 's most economically powerful city . New York City makes up over 40 % of the population of New York State . Two-thirds of the state 's population lives in the New York City Metropolitan Area , and nearly 40 % lives on Long Island . Both the state and New York City were named for the 17th-century Duke of York , future King James II of England . The next four most populous cities in the state are Buffalo , Rochester , Yonkers , and Syracuse , while the state capital is Albany .   New York has a diverse geography . The southern part of the state consists of Long Island and several smaller associated islands , as well as New York City and the lower Hudson River Valley , most of which lie within the wider Atlantic Coastal Plain . The large region known as Upstate New York consists of several ranges of the wider Appalachian Mountains , including the Allegheny Plateau and Catskills along New York 's Southern Tier , and the Adirondack Mountains , Thousand Islands archipelago , and Saint Lawrence Seaway in the Northeastern lobe of the state . These more mountainous regions are bisected by two major river valleys -- the north-south Hudson River Valley and the east-west Mohawk River Valley , which forms the core of the Erie Canal . Western New York is considered part of the Great Lakes Region and straddles Lake Ontario and Lake Erie . Between the two lakes lies Niagara Falls . The central part of the state is dominated by the Finger Lakes , a popular vacation and tourist destination .   New York had been inhabited by tribes of Algonquian and Iroquoian-speaking Native Americans for several hundred years by the time the earliest Europeans came to New York . The first Europeans to arrive were French colonists and Jesuit missionaries who arrived southward from settlements at Montreal for trade and proselytizing . In 1609 , the region was claimed by Henry Hudson for the Dutch , who built Fort Nassau in 1614 at the confluence of the Hudson and Mohawk rivers , where the present-day capital of Albany later developed . The Dutch soon also settled New Amsterdam and parts of the Hudson Valley , establishing the colony of New Netherland , a multicultural community from its earliest days and a center of trade and immigration . The British annexed the colony from the Dutch in 1664 . The borders of the British colony , the Province of New York , were similar to those of the present-day state .   Many landmarks in New York are well known to both international and domestic visitors , with New York State hosting four of the world 's ten most-visited tourist attractions in 2013 : Times Square , Central Park , Niagara Falls ( shared with Ontario ) , and Grand Central Terminal . New York is home to the Statue of Liberty , a symbol of the United States and its ideals of freedom , democracy , and opportunity . In the 21st century , New York has emerged as a global node of creativity and entrepreneurship , social tolerance , and environmental sustainability . New York 's higher education network comprises approximately 200 colleges and universities , including Columbia University , Cornell University , New York University , and Rockefeller University , which have been ranked among the top 35 in the world .

neg: Merrill College Merrill College is a residential college at the University of California , Santa Cruz . The theme of the college , and the name of its freshman core course , is `` cultural identities and global consciousness . ''

neg: California State University The California State University ( Cal State or CSU ) is a public university system in California . Composed of 23 campuses and eight off-campus centers enrolling 460,200 students with 24,405 faculty and 23,012 staff , CSU is the largest four-year public university system in the United States . It is one of three public higher education systems in the state , with the other two being the University of California system and the California Community Colleges System . The CSU System is incorporated as The Trustees of the California State University . The California State University system headquarters are at 401 Golden Shore in Long Beach , California .   The California State University was created in 1960 under the California Master Plan for Higher Education , and it is a direct descendant of the system of California State Normal Schools . With nearly 100,000 graduates annually , the CSU is the country 's greatest producer of bachelor 's degrees . The university system collectively sustains more than 150,000 jobs within the state , and its related expenditures reach more than $ 17 billion annually .   In the 2011-12 academic year , CSU awarded 52 percent of newly issued California teaching credentials , 47 percent of the state 's engineering degrees , 28 percent of the state 's information technology bachelor 's degrees , and it had more graduates in business ( 50 percent ) , agriculture ( 72 percent ) , communication studies , health ( 53 percent ) , education , and public administration ( 52 percent ) than all other universities and colleges in California combined . Altogether , about half of the bachelor 's degrees , one-third of the master 's degrees , and nearly two percent of the doctoral degrees awarded annually in California are from the CSU .   Furthermore , the CSU system is one of the top U.S. producers of graduates who move on to earn their Ph.D. degrees in a related field . The CSU has a total of 17 AACSB accredited graduate business schools which is over twice as many as any other collegiate system . Since 1961 , nearly three million alumni have received their bachelor 's , master 's , or doctoral degrees from the CSU system . CSU offers more than 1,800 degree programs in some 240 subject areas . In Fall of 2015 , 9,282 ( or 39 percent ) of CSU 's 24,405 faculty were tenured or on the tenure track .

neg: Kresge College Kresge College is one of the residential colleges that make up the University of California , Santa Cruz . Founded in 1971 , Kresge is located on the western edge of the UCSC campus . Kresge is the sixth of ten colleges at UCSC , and originally one of the most experimental . The first provost of Kresge , Bob Edgar , had been strongly influenced by his experience in T-groups run by NTL Institute . He asked a T-group facilitator , psychologist Michael Kahn , to help him start the college . When they arrived at UCSC , they taught a course , Creating Kresge College , in which they and the students in it designed the college . Kresge was a participatory democracy , and students had extraordinary power in the early years . The college was run by two committees : Community Affairs and Academic Affairs . Any faculty member , student or staff member who wanted to be on these committees could be on them . Students ' votes counted as much as the faculty or staff . These committees determined the budgets and hiring . They were also run by consensus . Distinguished early faculty members included Gregory Bateson , former husband of Margaret Mead and author of Steps to an Ecology of Mind ; Phil Slater , author of The Pursuit of Loneliness ; John Grinder , co-founder of Neuro-linguistic programming and co-author of The Structure of Magic ; and William Everson , one of the Beat poets .   Distinguished graduates from the early days of Kresge College include Doug Foster , who went on to become editor of Mother Jones magazine , and Richard Bandler , who co-founded Neuro-Linguistic Programming ( NLP ) with John Grinder .

neg: Institute of Transportation Studies The Institute of Transportation Studies ( ITS ) at the University of California 's Berkeley , Davis , Irvine , and Los Angeles campuses are centers for research , education , and scholarship in the fields of transportation planning and engineering . Faculty members , staff researchers , and graduate students comprise this multidisciplinary institute network of more than 400 people , which administers an average of $ 20 million in research funds each year . ITS Berkeley is an organized research unit with nine affiliated organizations and an eight-member advisory council .   Two UC Berkeley academic departments , Civil and Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering and City and Regional Planning in the College of Environmental Design , offer graduate and undergraduate courses in transportation engineering , planning , policy , economics , and technology , and confer degrees . ITS UC Irvine retains a graduate-only program , and includes faculty and students from the schools of Civil and Environmental Engineering , Economics , and Policy , Planning & Design . ITS provides a means for students to conduct research in their respective academic disciplines . Advisory council members are from the arenas of transportation , government , metropolitan planning , and academia .   The Institute of Transportation Studies was created at UC Berkeley in 1948 by the California state legislature to support the design and construction of the state 's transportation system following World War II . Its original mission was `` to conduct research and provide instruction to a new generation of transportation professionals '' and it still serves that mission today . Alexandre Bayen is the Director .   Research partners include the Division of Research and Innovation at the California Department of Transportation , the Federal Highway Administration , and the Research and Innovative Technology Association at the United States Department of Transportation .

neg: Cascadilla School Cascadilla School is a co-ed preparatory school , in Ithaca , New York , established in 1876 as a tutoring and college preparatory school for Cornell University .

neg: History of Cornell University The history of Cornell University begins when its two founders , Andrew Dickson White of Syracuse and Ezra Cornell of Ithaca , met in the New York State Senate in January 1864 . Together , they established Cornell University in Ithaca , New York , in 1865 . The university was initially funded by Ezra Cornell 's $ 400,000 endowment and by New York 's 989920 acre allotment of the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862 .   However , even before Ezra Cornell and Andrew White met in the New York Senate , each had separate plans and dreams that would draw them toward their collaboration in founding Cornell . White believed in the need for a great university for the nation that would take a radical new approach to education ; and Cornell , who had great respect for education and philanthropy , desired to use his money `` to do the greatest good . '' Abraham Lincoln 's signing of Vermont Senator Justin Morrill 's Land Grant Act into law was also critical to the formation of many universities , including Cornell , in the post-Civil War era .

neg: Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences The Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences ( WCGS ) ( formerly known as the Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences ) is a graduate college of Cornell University that was founded in 1952 as an academic partnership between two major medical institutions in New York City : the Weill Cornell Medical College and the Sloan-Kettering Institute . Cornell is involved in the Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program with Rockefeller University and the Sloan-Kettering Institute ; each of these three institutions is part of a large biomedical center extending along York Avenue between 65th and 72nd Streets on the Upper East Side of Manhattan .

neg: Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey The Cornell Big Red men 's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I college ice hockey program that represents Cornell University . Cornell competes in the ECAC Hockey conference and plays its home games at Lynah Rink in Ithaca , New York . Six of the eight Ivy League schools sponsor men 's hockey and all six teams play in the twelve-team ECAC . The Ivy League crowns a champion based on the results of the games played between its members during the ECAC season .   Cornell has won the ECAC Tournament Championship a record 12 times and has won the Ivy League Title 21 times , second to Harvard 's 24 .   The 1970 Cornell Hockey team , coached by Ned Harkness was the first ( and currently only team ) in NCAA hockey history to win a national title while being undefeated and untied with a perfect 29-0-0 record .   The Big Red 's archrival is the Harvard Crimson . The teams meet at least twice each season for installments of the historic Cornell-Harvard hockey rivalry .

neg: Stanford University Stanford University ( Stanford ; officially Leland Stanford Junior University ) is a private research university in Stanford , California , adjacent to Palo Alto and between San Jose and San Francisco . Its 8180 acre campus is one of the largest in the United States . Stanford also has land and facilities elsewhere .   The university was founded in 1885 by Leland and Jane Stanford in memory of their only child , Leland Stanford Jr. , who had died of typhoid fever at age 15 the previous year .  Stanford was a former Governor of California and U.S. Senator ; he made his fortune as a railroad tycoon . The school admitted its first students on October 1 , 1891 , as a coeducational and non-denominational institution .   Stanford University struggled financially after Leland Stanford 's death in 1893 and again after much of the campus was damaged by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake . Following World War II , Provost Frederick Terman supported faculty and graduates ' entrepreneurialism to build self-sufficient local industry in what would later be known as Silicon Valley . The university is also one of the top fundraising institutions in the country , becoming the first school to raise more than a billion dollars in a year .   There are three academic schools that have both undergraduate and graduate students and another four professional schools . Students compete in 36 varsity sports , and the university is one of two private institutions in the Division I FBS Pac-12 Conference . It has gained 113 NCAA team championships , the most for a university ( tied with UCLA ) , 483 individual championships , the most in Division I , and has won the NACDA Directors ' Cup , recognizing the university with the best overall athletic team achievement , for 22 consecutive years , beginning in 1994 -- 1995 .   Stanford faculty and alumni have founded a large number of companies that produce more than $ 2.7 trillion in annual revenue , equivalent to the 10th-largest economy in the world . It is the alma mater of 30 living billionaires , 17 astronauts , and 20 Turing Award laureates . It is also one of the leading producers of members of the United States Congress . 64 Nobel laureates and seven Fields Medalists have been affiliated with Stanford as students , alumni , faculty or staff .

neg: California InterContinental University California Intercontinental University is an online for-profit university located in the state of California in the United States .  California Intercontinental University has programs in Business Administration , Network Engineering , Information Technology , Management and Healthcare .

neg: UC Davis Medical Center UC Davis Medical Center , formerly known as Sacramento Medical Center , is a major academic health center located in Sacramento , California . It is owned and operated by the University of California as part of its University of California , Davis campus . The medical center sits on a 142 acre campus ( often referred to as the Sacramento Campus to distinguish it from the main campus in nearby Davis ) located between the Elmhurst , Tahoe Park , and Oak Park residential neighborhoods . The site incorporates the land and some of the buildings of the former Sacramento Medical Center ( which was acquired from the County of Sacramento in 1973 ) as well as much of the land ( and two buildings ) previously occupied by the California State Fair until its 1967 move to a new location .   The 631-bed hospital serves as key referral center for a 65000 sqmi area that includes 33 counties and 6 million residents . It operates inland Northern California 's only level I trauma center and maintains a staff of specialists and researchers in more than 150 areas of health care .   UC Davis Medical Center ranked among the nation 's top hospitals for 2014-15 in 10 adult medical specialties , according to an annual U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals survey published in July 2014 .   The medical center is the primary teaching hospital affiliated with the UC Davis School of Medicine . The hospital , medical school , Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing and UC Davis Medical Group together comprise the UC Davis Health System , a brand of the nearby University of California , Davis .

neg: Union College Union College is a private , non-denominational liberal arts college located in Schenectady , New York , United States . Founded in 1795 , it was the first institution of higher learning chartered by the New York State Board of Regents . In the 19th century , it became the `` Mother of Fraternities '' , as three of the earliest such organizations were established there . After 175 years as a traditional all-male institution , Union College began enrolling women in 1970 .   The college offers a liberal arts curriculum across some 21 academic departments , as well as opportunities for interdepartmental majors and self-designed organizing theme majors . In common with most liberal arts colleges , Union offers a wide array of courses in arts , sciences , literature , and foreign languages , but , in common with only a few other liberal arts colleges , Union also offers ABET-accredited undergraduate degrees in computer engineering , bioengineering , electrical engineering , and mechanical engineering . Approximately 25 % of students major in the social sciences ; 10 % in psychology ; 11 % in engineering ; 10 % in biology ; 9 % in history ; and 10 % in the humanities ; while some 5 % design their own majors . By the time they graduate , about 60 % of Union students will have engaged in some form of international study or study abroad .

neg: Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management The Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management is a unit within both the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the newly founded Cornell S.C. Johnson College of Business of Cornell University in Ithaca , New York . With an acceptance rate of 3 % , The Dyson School is the most selective program in the Cornell University system . The Dyson School houses Cornell 's undergraduate business school as well as graduate education in applied economics . The school focuses on business , agribusiness , environmental and resource economics , and international and development economics offering a Bachelor of Science in Applied Economics and Management and three graduate degrees , M.S. , M.P.S. and Ph.D , in Applied Economics and Management . As of 2017 , the Dyson School has 64 full-time faculty and 17 lecturers or adjunct faculty . In 2015 , there were 104 graduate students and 735 undergraduates in Dyson School . Of these 735 undergraduates , 39 % are female students and 11 % international students . The program was originally named the Department of Agricultural Economics , then renamed Applied Economics and Management in 2002 , and most recently , renamed in 2010 in honor of Charles H. Dyson following a US $ 25 million donation by his family , including his son , John S. Dyson , ' 65 . The program offers students the opportunity to venture into one of 11 distinct concentrations from Accounting to Strategy and these serve to enrich the educational experience of undergraduate and graduate students alike .

neg: International House Berkeley The International House , Berkeley is a multi-cultural residence and program center serving students at the University of California , Berkeley . According to the International House , its mission is to foster intercultural respect , understanding , lifelong friendships and leadership skills for the promotion of a more tolerant and peaceful world .   International House , also known as I-House , is a dormitory for advanced undergraduates , graduate and professional students and visiting scholars . The House was created as a gift from John D. Rockefeller , Jr. specifically to foster relationships between students from different countries . It is notable for having housed many famous artists , scientists , and scholars connected with the university .   The House is the subject of a documentary called `` The Visionaries : International House . '' Public Broadcasting stations across America have been airing this documentary by Visionaries Inc. . The documentary , hosted by Sam Waterston , highlights how the International House on the University of California Berkeley campus has served as one of the largest , most diverse , residential , global communities in the world .   The International House has several `` Bay view '' rooms and lounges that overlook the San Francisco Bay , including the Golden Gate Bridge . Nearly 600 international and American students from 70 nations live in the house during the academic year .

neg: Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management is the graduate business school of Cornell University , a private Ivy League university located in Ithaca , New York . It was founded in 1946 and renamed in 1984 after Samuel Curtis Johnson , founder of S.C. Johnson & Son , following his family 's $ 20 million endowment gift to the school in his honor -- at the time , the largest gift to any business school in the world .   The school is housed in Sage Hall and supports 58 full-time faculty members . There are about 600 Master of Business Administration ( MBA ) students in the full-time two-year ( 2Y ) and Accelerated MBA ( 1Y ) programs and 375 Executive MBA students.Thirty Ph.D students enrolled in the Cornell Graduate School are supervised by Johnson School faculty . The school counts over 15,200 alumni and publishes the academic journal Administrative Science Quarterly .   In 2016 , the Johnson School merged with two other Cornell schools - the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration - into a newly combined College of Business that boasts nearly 3,000 students and 220 faculty - creating the country 's third largest business school faculty . In January 2017 , Herbert Fisk Johnson III of S. C. Johnson & Son committed $ 150 million for the newly formed College of Business . In recognition of this gift , the college was named the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business .

neg: Ithaca College School of Humanities and Sciences The School of Humanities and Sciences ( H&S ) at Ithaca College is the liberal arts school of Ithaca College , in Ithaca , New York , United States . It is one of the five schools of the college . In terms of enrollment , it is Ithaca College 's largest school .

neg: List of Cornell University alumni This list of Cornell University alumni includes notable graduates , non-graduate former students , and current students of Cornell University , an Ivy League university located in Ithaca , New York . Cornell counted 245,027 living alumni as of August 2008 . Its alumni constitute 25 recipients of National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation combined , 32 MacArthur Fellows , 34 Marshall Scholars and 31 Rhodes Scholars , and Cornell is the only university with three female winners of unshared Nobel Prizes among its graduates ( Pearl S. Buck , Barbara McClintock , and Toni Morrison ) . Many alumni maintain university ties through Homecoming 's reunion weekend , through Cornell Magazine , and through the Cornell Club of New York . In 2005 , Cornell ranked # 3 nationwide for gifts and bequests from alumni . Alumni are known as Cornellians .   Cornellians are noted for their accomplishments in public , professional , and corporate life . Lee Teng-hui was president of Taiwan , Tsai Ing-wen was elected as the first female president of Taiwan , Mario García Menocal was president of Cuba , Jamshid Amuzegar ( ' 50 ) was prime minister of Iran , Hu Shih ( ' 14 ) was a Chinese reformer and representative to the United Nations , Janet Reno ( ' 60 ) was the first female United States Attorney General , and Ruth Bader Ginsburg ( ' 54 ) serves on the Supreme Court . Additionally , alumnus Matt Urban ( ' 41 ) holds the distinction as the most decorated serviceman in United States history .   Cornellians in business include : Citigroup CEO Sanford Weill ( ' 55 ) , Goldman Sachs Group Chairman Stephen Friedman ( ' 59 ) , Kraft Foods CEO Irene Rosenfeld ( ' 75 , ' 77 , ' 80 ) , Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini ( ' 84 ) , S.C. Johnson & Son CEO Fisk Johnson ( ' 79 , ' 80 , ' 82 , ' 84 , ' 86 ) , Cargill Chairman Warren Staley ( ' 67 ) , Chevron Chairman Kenneth T. Derr ( ' 59 ) , Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse ( ' 77 ) , Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam ( ' 76 ) , MasterCard CEO Robert Selander ( ' 72 ) , Coors Brewing Company CEO Adolph Coors II ( ' 37 ) , Burger King founder James McLamore ( ' 47 ) , Loews Corporation Chairman Andrew Tisch ( ' 71 ) , New York Private Bank & Trust Chairman Howard Milstein ( ' 73 ) , Baupost Group founder Seth Klarman ( ' 79 ) , Hotels.com founder David Litman ( ' 79 ) , Palm founder Jeff Hawkins ( ' 79 ) , PeopleSoft founder David Duffield ( ' 62 ) , Priceline.com founder Jay Walker ( ' 77 ) , Staples founder Myra Hart ( ' 62 ) , Qualcomm founder Irwin M. Jacobs ( ' 56 ) , Atlantic Philanthropies founder Chuck Feeney ( ' 56 ) , Lubna Olayan CEO Olayan Financing Company , the holding entity for Olayan Group ( ' 77 ) , and Tata Group CEO Ratan Tata ( ' 62 ) .   In medicine , alumnus Robert Atkins ( ' 55 ) developed the Atkins Diet , Henry Heimlich ( ' 47 ) developed the Heimlich maneuver , Wilson Greatbatch ( ' 50 ) invented the pacemaker , James Maas ( ' 66 ; also a faculty member ) coined the term `` power nap '' , and C. Everett Koop ( ' 41 ) served as Surgeon General of the United States .   A number of Cornellians have been prominent innovators . Thomas Midgley , Jr. ( ' 11 ) invented Freon , Jon Rubinstein ( ' 78 ) is credited with the development of the iPod , and Robert Tappan Morris developed the first computer worm on the Internet . Eight Cornellians have served as NASA astronauts , Steve Squyres ( ' 81 ) is the principal investigator on the Mars Exploration Rover Mission , and Bill Nye ( ' 77 ) is well known as `` The Science Guy '' .   In literature , Toni Morrison ( ' 55 ; Nobel laureate ) is well known for her novel Beloved , Pearl S. Buck ( ' 25 ; Nobel laureate ) authored The Good Earth , and E. B. White ( ' 21 ) authored Charlotte 's Web and Stuart Little . Thomas Pynchon ( ' 59 ) won the National Book Award for Gravity 's Rainbow . Kurt Vonnegut , author of Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat 's Cradle , attended Cornell from 1940 -- 1944 and was Assistant Managing Editor of the Cornell Daily Sun . Media personalities who have graduated from Cornell include conservative Ann Coulter ( ' 84 ) and liberals Bill Maher ( ' 78 ) and Keith Olbermann ( ' 79 ) .   Several Cornellians have also achieved critical acclaim in entertainment . Christopher Reeve ( ' 74 ) played Superman , Frank Morgan was The Wizard of Oz , Jimmy Smits ( ' 82 ) was in Star Wars : Attack of the Clones , and Ronald D. Moore created the 2004 remake of Battlestar Galactica . On the architectural front , alumnus Richmond Shreve ( 1902 ) designed the Empire State Building , and Raymond M. Kennedy ( ' 15 ) designed Hollywood 's famous Grauman 's Chinese Theatre .   In education and academics , more than 150 Cornellians have served as heads of universities in the United States and around the world , including the founding president of Stanford University David Starr Jordan ( 1872 ) , the president of Johns Hopkins University Steven Muller , the president of the University of Chicago Lawrence A. Kimpton and George Wells Beadle , the president of Carleton University and the University of Toronto Claude Bissell and Hermengildo B. Reyes ( EE ' 18 ) , co-founding President 1946 Far Eastern University in 1928 and co-founding President in 1951 University of the East . M. Carey Thomas ( 1877 ) founded Bryn Mawr College . More than 215 Cornellians have been elected members of the National Academy of Sciences and another 172 have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering , respectively .   In athletics , Cornell graduates include football legend Glenn `` Pop '' Warner ( 1894 ) , head coach of the United States men 's national soccer team Bruce Arena ( ' 73 ) , National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman ( ' 74 ) , Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred , six-time Stanley Cup-winning hockey goalie Ken Dryden ( ' 69 ) , William Larned who was one of the `` Big Three of the U.S. men 's ( tennis ) championship '' and won the title seven times , and Toronto Raptors president Bryan Colangelo ( ' 87 ) . Alumni who played in the National Football League include Super Bowl champion Kevin Boothe , and Ed Marinaro ( ' 71 ) , who was also known for his television work on Hill Street Blues . Cornellians have also won numerous Olympic medals ( 28 Gold , 19 Silver and 8 Bronze , as of 2017 ) .   Fictional alumni have been portrayed in several films , television shows , and books . Characters include Andy Bernard of The Office , Natalie Keener of Up in the Air , and Christina Pagniacci ( portrayed by Cameron Diaz ) in Any Given Sunday .

neg: Benjamin Ide Wheeler Benjamin Ide Wheeler ( July 15 , 1854 in Randolph , Massachusetts -- May 2 , 1927 ) was a Greek and comparative philology professor at Cornell University as well as President of the University of California from 1899 to 1919 .

neg: Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement Mathematics , Engineering , Science Achievement ( MESA ) is an academic preparation program for pre-college , community college and university-level students . Established in 1970 in California , the program provides academic support to students from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds throughout the education pathway so they will excel in math and science and ultimately attain four-year degrees in science , technology , engineering or math ( STEM ) fields . The program has successfully been replicated in over a dozen other states . ( Use `` External Links '' to go to the main California website as well as websites of MESA programs in other states . )   MESA , while administered by the University of California , is an intersegmental program , with centers located at all major statewide education institutions ( California Department of Education , University of California , California State University , California Community Colleges , the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities ) . MESA has established an active partnership with industry and STEM leaders such as AT&T , Chevron , Google , HP , Sempra Energy , and PG&E . These partners supply expertise , volunteers , internship and opportunities for students to visit companies and learn about career options in STEM fields . The strong relationship with industry has resulted in MESA incorporating many elements of industry culture into its approaches and activities .   MESA has been named among the top five most innovative public programs in the nation by Innovations in American Government , an initiative of the Ford Foundation , the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University , and the Council for Excellence in Government .  MESA is also a past winner of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science , Mathematics , and Engineering Mentoring .   The Silicon Valley Education Foundation named MESA its 2013 STEM Innovation awardee in math . MESA was named by Bayer Corporation as one of 21 exemplary programs proven to help K-12 students , especially minorities and girls , to participate and succeed in STEM fields . MESA has served as a model for Hewlett-Packard for its Diversity in Engineering Program , a national grant initiative to academically prepare more underrepresented minority students at community colleges so they could successfully transfer to four-year institutions as engineering and computer science majors . In 2008 MESA was named a finalist by Excelencia in Education as one of the nation 's most effective community college programs to increase educational opportunities and improve achievement for Latino students .   A partnership of MESA programs in eleven states ( Arizona , California , Colorado , Maryland , New Mexico , Nevada , Oregon , Pennsylvania , Utah and Washington ) has established a network called MESA USA .

neg: School of Criticism and Theory The School of Criticism and Theory , now at Cornell University , is a summer program ( offered in six-week seminars ) in social science and literature . It is one of the most influential such programs in the United States to propagate the new dominant stream of `` literary-critical-cultural ` theory ' . '' The school was co-founded in 1976 by Murray Krieger , a prominent New Critic , at the University of California , Irvine , and has previously been housed at Northwestern University and Dartmouth College . In 2011 , Cornell hosted it for the thirteenth time . In 2002 , it was directed by Dominick LaCapra .