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91Scientific wager — A scientific wager is a wager whose outcome is settled by scientific method. They typically consist of an offer to pay a certain sum of money on the scientific proof or disproof of some currently uncertain statement. Some wagers have specific… …
92HMS Wager — Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wager . Another was planned but later cancelled:*HMS Wager was a 24 gun sixth rate purchased in 1739 and wrecked in 1741. *HMS Wager was a 24 gun sixth rate launched in 1744 and sold in 1763.… …
93Clint Wager — Date of birth: January 20, 1920 Place of birth: Winona, Minnesota Date of death: February 29, 1996(1996 02 29) (aged 76) Place of death: Excelsi …
94Friendly political wager — A friendly political wager is a largely symbolic wager made between politicians representing two cities or areas on the outcome of an important sports contest between teams representing those same two cities or areas. These wagers are most… …
95Michael Wager — (born April 29, 1925) is an American film and television actor. He appeared in the war film, Hill 24 Doesn t Answer, and he appeared in a recurring role, as Jonas Roving, on the soap opera Ryan s Hope . Personal life Born as Emanuel Weisgal and… …
96Gregg Wager — (born September 16, 1958 in Adrian, Michigan) is an American composer, pianist, and music critic. He studied composition at the University of Southern California and the California Institute of the Arts. His teachers included Morton Subotnick and …
97Carr-Benkler wager — The Carr Benkler wager is between Yochai Benkler and Nicholas Carr about whether the most influential sites on the Internet will be peer produced or price incentivized systems.HistoryThe wager was proposed by Benkler in July 2006 in a comment to… …
98HMS Wager (1739) — HMS Wager was a square rigged 6th rate Royal Navy ship of 28 guns, previously an East Indiaman, purchased in 1739 and wrecked on the south coast of Chile on 14 May 1741 when she formed part of the squadron of George Anson, sent into the Pacific… …
99Henry Wager Halleck — Le général Henry Wager Halleck. Henry Wager Halleck (16 janvier 1815 – 9 janvier 1872) était un officier de l US Army, juriste et universitaire. Un expert réputé en sciences militaires, ce qui lui valut le surnom de « Old Brains ». Il… …
100Paul-Henry Wager — Paul Henri Wager …
