McMillan

American

[muhk-mil-uhn] / məkˈmɪl ən /

noun

Edwin Mattison 1907–91, U.S. educator and physicist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1951.

McMillan British

/ məkˈmɪlən /

noun

Edwin M ( attison ). 1907–91, US physicist; Nobel prize for chemistry 1951 (with Glenn Seaborg) for the discovery of transuranic elements

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McMillan revealed their personality traits had been among the "insights" studied at the outset of putting the rink together.

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Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Hammy McMillan and Bobby Lammie, plus alternate Kyle Waddell, arrived in Italy for this year's Games as world champions and favourites, but were beaten by Canada in a tight encounter that ended 9-6.

From BBC

Robert McMillan writes about computer security, hackers and privacy from The Wall Street Journal’s San Francisco bureau.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mouat, Grant Hardie, Hammy McMillan and Bobby Lammie - plus alternate Kyle Waddell - arrived in Cortina as world champions and favourites.

From BBC

People in offices and pubs find themselves discussing Rebecca Morrison's outrageous draw, or the ferocity with which Hammy McMillan brushes the ice.

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