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Hoyle

Sir Fred. 1915--2001, English astronomer and writer: his books include The Nature of the Universe (1950) and Frontiers of Astronomy (1955), and science-fiction writings
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Hoyle

authoritative rules for playing cards and other games. [Misc.: Barnhart, 590]
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According to Hoyle and his coauthors, the background radiation is simply starlight that is thermalized by interaction with iron and carbon "whiskers," small threadlike particles floating around in space.
Everything according to Hoyle; everything very, very benign.
She crossed every 't,' dotted every 'i,' obeyed every law and granted that permit according to Hoyle. What Nucor was trying to do is cause doubt and concern in our investor group and in our debt-holders.
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