...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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| 20090325972 | NOVEL CINNAMALDEHYDE DERIVATIVES HAVING IMPROVED SOLUBILITY IN WATER, A METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME AND A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME Disclosed herein are a novel cinnamaldehyde compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The cinnamaldehyde compound has improved solubility in water and has inhibitory effects on the growth of cancer cells because it induces ... | 12/31/2009 |
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| 20060266985 | Fluorine-containing bisphenols, their preparation, their precursors and intermediates, and use of the fluorine-containing bisphenols This invention relates to 1,2-di(4-hydroxyaryl)tetrafluoroethanes of the general formula (I) wherein
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| 20060217574 | Method for producing 3,3 diallyl-4,4 dihydroxydiphenylsulfone The present invention is characterized by subjecting 4,4′-diallyloxydiphenyl sulfone to a rearrangement reaction under microwave irradiation, preferably in molten state, to produce objective 3,3′-diallyl-4,4′-dihydroxydiphenyl sulfone efficiently in a short time, ... | 09/28/2006 |
| 20050171384 | Process for producing dihydroxydiphenyl sulfone The present invention provides a process for producing dihydroxydiphenylsulfone wherein trihydroxytriphenylsulfone and coloring impurities are effectively removed without altering the isomeric composition of dihydroxydiphenylsulfone. In particular, the present invention... | 08/04/2005 |
| 20050049437 | Process for producing 2,4'-dihydroxydiphenyl sulfone A process for producing 2,4′-dihydroxydiphenylsulfone which comprises separating 4,4′-dihydroxydiphenylsulfone by crystallization from a mixture containing 4,4′-dihydroxydiphenylsulfone, 2,4′-dihydroxydiphenylsulfone, phenolsulfonic acid and phenol which is obta... | 03/03/2005 |