...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7456205 | Benzopyran compounds, process for preparing the same and their use The invention relates to the benzopyran compounds of formula (I), or the salts thereof, in which, the bond between 3 and 4 positions is a single or double bond; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-6 alkyl that can be substituted; R2 | 11/25/2008 |
| 6887895 | Pseudolaric acid-B derivatives, their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions The invention relates to pseudolaric acid-B derivatives of general formula (I), wherein (a) R1 is cyano, heterocyclyl, COXR′ or CON(R″)2, wherein X is O or NH, R′ is H, cycloalkyl, alkyl, heterocyclic alkyl or arylalkyl, each R″ is inde... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6605635 | N-substituted benzyl or phenyl aromatic sulfamides compounds and the use thereof N-(3,5-bis-disubstituted aminomethyl-4-hydroxy)benzyl aromatic sulfonamides and N-(3,5-bis-disubstituted aminomethyl-4-hydroxy)phenyl aromatic sulfonamides compounds in accordance with the animal test, are active in the prevention and the treatment of car... | 08/12/2003 |
| 5929084 | Huperzine A derivatives, their preparation and their use The present invention relates to novel huperzine A derivatives of formula (II), wherein Y is ##STR1## or R" and Y together form .dbd.CH; R is (C1 -C5) alkyl, ##STR2## wherein n is 0 or 1, X is H, (C1 -C5 | 07/27/1999 |