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...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 |
| 5811614 | Catalytic norbornylation of aromatics A process is disclosed for the catalytic norbornylation of aromatics comprising the steps of contacting norborene and an aromatic hydrocarbon with an acidic solid catalyst containing a Group IVB metal oxide modified with an oxyanion of a Group VIB metal u... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5780382 | Method for preparing a modified solid oxide There is provided a method for preparing an acidic solid comprising a Group IVB metal oxide modified with an oxyanion of a Group VIB metal. An example of this acidic solid is zirconia, modified with tungstate. This modified solid oxide may be used as a ca... | 07/14/1998 |
