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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.

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Stevens, John Paul Born 1920.

American jurist who was appointed an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1975.

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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.

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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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Stevens, Wallace 1879-1955.

American poet whose artful and innovative works, including "Peter Quince at the Clavier" and "Sunday Morning" (both 1923), concern the role of imagination in bringing order to a chaotic world.

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Stevens [ˈstiːv^ənz]

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1. (Biographies / Stevens, Thaddeus (1792-1868) M, US, POLITICS: politician) Thaddeus (ˈθædɪəs). 1792-1868, US Radical Republican politician. An opponent of slavery, he supported Reconstruction and entered the resolution calling for the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson

2. (Biographies / Stevens, Wallace (1879-1955) M, US, WRITING: poet) Wallace. 1879-1955, US poet, whose books include the collections Harmonium (1923), The Man with the Blue Guitar (1937), and Transport to Summer (1947)

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Noun	1.	Stevens - 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.	Stevens - United States poet (1879-1955)       Wallace Stevens
	3.	Stevens - United States filmmaker (1905-1975) George Stevens