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Stevens

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Ste·vens  (stvnz), George 1905-1975.
American filmmaker who directed A Place in the Sun (1951), Giant (1956), and numerous other motion pictures.
Stevens, John Paul Born 1920.
American jurist who was appointed an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1975.
Stevens, Nettie Marie 1861-1912.
American cytogeneticist whose studies on the chromosomes of the common mealworm led to the discovery of the chromosomal determination of sex.
Stevens, Thaddeus 1792-1868.
American politician. A U.S. representative from Pennsylvania (1849-1853 and 1859-1868), he led the impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson (1868).
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Noun1.StevensStevens - United States psychologist and psychophysicist who proposed Stevens' power law to replace Fechner's law (1906-1973)
S. Smith Stevens, Smitty Stevens, Stanley Smith Stevens
2.StevensStevens - United States poet (1879-1955)
Wallace Stevens
3.Stevens - United States filmmaker (1905-1975)
George Stevens


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Stevens is an agreeable writer, and, as is the case with men of talent, his gifts adorn his sterling soundness.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
In one chamber lay Julia Margovan, hours dead by poison; in another John Stevens, bleeding from a pistol wound in the chest, inflicted by his own hand.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
Anatole kept on refilling Pierre's glass while explaining that Dolokhov was betting with Stevens, an English naval officer, that he would drink a bottle of rum sitting on the outer ledge of the third floor window with his legs hanging out.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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