Some examples of this are: R. A. Salvatore's Drizzt of " The Legend of Drizzt ", Kathryn Lasky's Soren of Guardians of Ga ' Hoole, David Eddings ' Belgarion in the Belgariad and Malloreon, Terry Brooks ' Shea and Wil Ohmsford of The Sword of Shannara and The Elfstones of Shannara, Terry Goodkind's Richard Cypher, Robert Jordan's Rand al ' Thor of The Wheel of Time, Pug and Arutha of Raymond Feist's Riftwar Saga, Philip Pullman's Lyra Belacqua of His Dark Materials, Ursula K. Le Guin's Ged, Aerial of the Darkangel Trilogy by Meredith Ann Pierce, and Christopher Paolini's Eragon of The Inheritance Cycleand Ashalind of the " Bitterbynd Trilogy ".

In the weeks leading up to the presidential election of 1852, he campaigned in numerous Southern states for Democratic candidates Franklin Pierce and William R. King.

The term transistor was coined by John R. Pierce as a portmanteau of the term " transfer resistor ".

Bell Telephone Laboratories needed a generic name for their new invention: " Semiconductor Triode ", " Solid Triode ", " Surface States Triode ", " Crystal Triode " and " Iotatron " were all considered, but " transistor ", coined by John R. Pierce, won an internal ballot.

Pierce and running mate William R. King went on to win what was at the time one of the nation's largest electoral victories, trouncing Scott and his vice-presidential nominee, William Alexander Graham of North Carolina, 254 electoral votes to 42.

* Academy Award for Sound-( Ronald Pierce & Robert R. Bertrand )

Pierce appealed, but an appellate court upheld the I. R. S.

Mark Heard released 16 records in his lifetime, and produced and performed with many other artists as well, such as Sam Phillips ( aka Leslie Phillips ), Pierce Pettis, Phil Keaggy, Vigilantes of Love, Peter Buck of R. E. M.

With the formation of Fingerprint Records and his studio, Heard began to produce albums for a number of artists including two albums for Randy Stonehill, Jacob's Trouble, Pierce Pettis and 1992's Vigilantes of Love album, Killing Floor, which he co-produced with R. E. M.

The county was formed out of territory within Thurston County on December 22, 1852, by the Oregon Territory legislature, and was named after Alabama resident William R. King, who had just been elected Vice President of the United States under President Franklin Pierce.

* 1995: John R. Pierce and Harold A. Rosen for their development of communication satellite technology.

** The Sting-Ronald Pierce and Robert R. Bertrand

* Pierce, R. J. ( 1996 ) " Family Recurvirostridae ( Stilts and Avocets ) P. p.

* Braby, M., R. Vila, and N. E. Pierce.

* 3D computer model, forelimb maximal joint range, and hindlimb maximal joint range of Icthyostega on YouTube, videos by Stephanie E. Pierce, Jennifer A. Clack, & John R. Hutchinson

Best known for her use of interactive and algorithmic logic as part of the compositional process, Spiegel worked with Buchla and Electronic Music Laboratories synthesizers and subsequently many early, often experimental and prototype-level music and image generation systems, including GROOVE system ( 1973-78 ), Alles Machine ( 1977 ) and Max Mathews's RTSked and John R. Pierce tunings ( 1984, later known as the Bohlen-Pierce scale ) at Bell Labs, the alphaSyntauri for Apple II ( 1978-81 ), the McLeyvier ( 1981-85 ).

Carlson's 2d Raider Battalion boarded the submarines ( SS-168, Cdr William H. Brockman, Jr .) and ( APS-1, Cdr John R. " Jack " Pierce ) and raided Makin Island on August 17 – 18.

Kossuth ruined all chances for backing when he openly recommended to German Americans they should chose Franklin R. Pierce for President. The gaff brought him back to London in July 1852.

* Pierce, Neal R. The Deep South States of America: People, Politics, and Power in the Seven States of the Deep South ( 1974 ) in-depth study of politicas and issues, state by state

* Pierce J. R., J, Writer.

* William R. King ( 1786 – 1853 ), American statesman, Vice President under Franklin Pierce

Earthquake was nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Film Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction ( Alexander Golitzen, E. Preston Ames, Frank R. McKelvy ) and Best Sound ( Ronald Pierce, Melvin Metcalfe, Sr .).

* City Hall, Norwich, England, designed by C. H. James and S. R. Pierce, is completed.

* J. R. Hamilton: " An Historical Study of Bob Pierce and World Vision's Development of the Evangelical Social Action Film " Dissertation, University of Southern California, 1980

Judith Pierce.

He had spent two hours riding around the ranch that morning, and in broad daylight it was even less inviting than Judith Pierce had made it seem.

Pierce, Carsten and Wynston, 1960 ).

The department is planning to expand its eradication program soon to four additional counties -- Troup, Pierce, Bryan and Bulloch -- to treat 132,000 acres infested by the ants, according to W. E. Blasingame state entomologist.

Low-flying planes will spread a granular-type chemical, heptachlor, over 30,000 acres in Troup, 37,000 acres in Pierce and 65,000 acres in Bulloch and Bryan counties.

Among his gangland buddies, he said, were Joseph ( Joey ) Glimco, a mob labor racketeer, and four gang gambling chiefs, Gus ( Slim ) Alex, Ralph Pierce, Joe ( Caesar ) DiVarco, and Jimmy ( Monk ) Allegretti.

In 1855 President Franklin Pierce appointed him colonel of the new 2nd U. S. Cavalry ( the unit that preceded the modern 5th U. S .), a new regiment, which he organized.

* Roland, Charles Pierce.

* Roland, Charles Pierce.

* John M. Pierce ( 1886 – 1958 ) was one of the founders of the Springfield Telescope Makers.

A miniature civil war in Bleeding Kansas led pro-South Presidents Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan to attempt a forced admission of Kansas as a slave state.

* 1839 – Benjamin Pierce, American politician ( b. 1757 )

* 1921 – Webb Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( d. 1991 )

* " Absalom, Absalom " is the title of a song on the 1996 Compass CD Making Light of It by singer / songwriter Pierce Pettis, incorporating several elements of the biblical narrative.

* 1906 – Tedd Pierce, American animator, screenwriter, and producer ( d. 1972 )

Though he was not enamored of the party's presidential nominee, Franklin Pierce, Johnson campaigned for him, but he failed to carry Tennessee.

* 1964 – Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow – American aircraft from carriers and bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U. S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.

* Don Pierce, Beading on a Loom.

He was the Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard University from 1958 until his retirement in 1974 .< ref > Muskingum. edu