Rainwater, (Leo) James

(1917–86) physicist; born in Council, Ida. He taught at Columbia University (1939–42), worked on the Manhattan Project (1942–46), then returned to Columbia (1946–86). With Aage Bohr and B. R. Mottelson, he produced a nuclear model unifying the two prevailing theories of nuclear structure. The three shared the 1975 Nobel Prize in physics for this work.

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Rainwater Holt & Sexton Properties LLC, led by Michael Rainwater, James Holt and Robert Sexton, purchased 10930 and 10950 Frenchmen Loop from Eagle Bank & Trust of Little Rock.

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The Vikings have not had one player put up astronomical statistics like McCaffrey's, but sophomore quarterback Jacob Mitchell has run for 700 yards and thrown for nearly 1,500 to a deep group of receivers that includes Jordan Rainwater, Drew Rainwater, James DiCarlo, Anthoney Robinson and Max Perry.

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