Rogers, Bill

Roger Billings, Maria Sanchez International Academy of Science, Independence, MO... 

The first hydrogen automobile in the U.S. was a Model A Ford truck, modified in 1966 by Roger Billings while he was a student in high school. 

Beth McClenaghan Roger Paulen Bill Coker Chris Benn... 

This aphorism, with slight variations in wording (e.g., ...know for certain that ain t so ), is usually attributed to Twain. He may have said some such thing, but he seems never to have written it down. It is attributed less often to Will Rogers, in whose published work it also cannot be found and to Josh Billings, which ditto. Its attribution to Satchel Paige cannot be verified. 

This time, it was the 1980s epidemic fueled by crack. In 1986, the death of two promising young athletes, Len Bias and Don Rogers, added to public outrage. The new laws differentiated between powder cocaine and crack and were much harsher on the latter. These laws require 100 times as much powder cocaine possession as crack to trigger an identical minimum mandatory prison sentence. Ongoing controversy surrounds this law. Several bills have been introduced to reduce the disparity, but none have been passed into law as of early 2002. 

BRUcr Ritchif D B Robinson Richard G Rogers Alfred Russell J T Sheehan Robert T Stfigfr W G Tebblns Jamfs Van Allan E Welch Bill W illiams... 

We thank the Organic Chemistry Group at Widnes R D. We also wish to thank our university collaborators, particularly Professor Bob Johnstone, and Dr. Preciosa Pires (Liverpool University, metal(IV) phosphates), Professor Bill Griffith, and Dr. Melanie Gresley (Imperial College, immobilized polyoxometalates). Professor Roger Sheldon, and Dr. Jihad Dakka (Delft University, chromium silicalite). 

Attributed to Will Rogers (e.g.. New York Times, 10/7/84, p. B4), Mark Twain, and Josh Billings (Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, 1979, p. 49), among others. 

Phil Nowlan and Dick Calkins, "Buck Rogers An Autobiography," in Nowlan, Calkins, and Yager, The Collected Works of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, xv-xxiii Bill Borden, with Steve Posner, The Big Book of Big Little Books (San Francisco Chronicle Books, 1997). 

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