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Postol is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Sidney Postol (1918–2014), American businessman and politician * Theodore Postol (born 1946), American professor emeritus of Science, Technology, and International Security * Viktor Postol (born 1984), Ukrainian boxer See also * * Pella (town), town in Greece; also known as "Postol" * Postel, surname * Postell Postell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ashley Postell (born 1986), American gymnast *James Postell Douglas (1836-1901), American politician and businessman * Lavor Postell (born 1978), American basketball player *Richard P ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Viktor Postol
Viktor Vasylovych Postol ( uk, Віктор Васильович Постол; born 16 January 1984) is a Ukrainian professional boxer who held the WBC light-welterweight title from 2015 to 2016 and challenged twice for the WBO light-welterweight title in 2016 and in 2020. As of May 2021, he is ranked as the world's fifth best active light-welterweight by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board and by BoxRec and fourth by '' The Ring'' magazine. Professional career Early career Postol made his professional debut on 1 October 2007 at the age of 23 against Zsolt Vicze, stopping him in round 2. He won his next fourteen bouts fighting in countries Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Spain, Russia and Georgia. Postol's first significant title fight came in December 2011 against Karen Tevosyan for the vacant WBC Silver International light welterweight title. Postol managed to win via unanimous decision to claim the belt. He then successfully defended it against Yvan Mendy and DeMarcu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Theodore Postol
Theodore A. Postol (born 1946) is a professor emeritus of Science, Technology, and International Security at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to his work at MIT, he worked at Argonne National Laboratory, the Pentagon, and Stanford University. He also criticized the US government's analysis of the 2013 Ghouta chemical attack in Syria, analysis by the US and other western governments of the April 4, 2017 Khan Shaykhun chemical attack, and accused the OPCW of "deception" concerning the Douma chemical attack. Earlier, he criticised US government statements about the reported success rates of Patriot missiles during the first Gulf War, also known as Operation Desert Storm. Background Postol received his undergraduate degree in physics and his PhD in nuclear engineering from MIT. Postol worked at Argonne National Laboratory, where he studied the microscopic dynamics and structure of liquids and disordered solids using neutron, X-ray and light scattering techniques, a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sidney Postol
Sidney Postol (1918 – April 28, 2014) was an American businessman and politician. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Postol served in the United States Army during World War II in Europe. Postol received his bachelor's degree from Yale College, went to Harvard Law School, Harvard Graduate School, and the Yale Labor and Management Center. He worked in the lumber business and in transportation. Postol served in local government including town government and board of education in Fairfield, Connecticut. In 1987, Postol served in the Connecticut House of Representatives as a Democrat Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to: Politics *A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people. *A member of a Democratic Party: **Democratic Party (United States) (D) **Democratic .... He died in Fairfield, Connecticut. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pella (town)
Pella ( el, Πέλλα) is a small town in the Pella (municipality) in the Pella regional unit of Macedonia, Greece. Pella is built on a hill at a distance of one kilometre from the road Thessaloniki - Edessa, and the archeological site Pella and 7 km from Giannitsa. Pella has an area of about 3 km2 and a population of 2450 inhabitants. History It is located on the site of ancient Pella, the capital of the Kingdom of Macedonia and birthplace of Alexander The Great. Ancient Pella was a vast city. However, the city was ravaged by the Romans during the 1st Century BC and lost its significance. During the Byzantine and Ottoman periods, the town was known in Greek as Άγιοι Απόστολοι (Agii Apostoli) 'Holy Apostles' and in Ottoman Turkish as ''Allah Kilise'' 'God's Church'. In the local Slavic language, the name is Postol (Постол). The name ''Pella'' was revived in 1926. By the 19th century, Agii Apostoli occupied a site near the upper city, and the lower city ext ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Postel
Postel is a surname, and may refer to: * Guillaume Postel (1510–1581), French linguist, astronomer, Cabbalist, diplomat, and religious universalist * Christian Heinrich Postel (1658–1705), German jurist, epic poet and opera librettist * Georg-Wilhelm Postel, a World War II German general * Gert Postel, a German impostor * Guillaume Postel, a French polymath * Jon Postel, an Internet pioneer * Kaitlynne Postel, a competitor for Miss America 2008 * Sandra Postel, founder of the Global Water Policy Project Postel is also a village in the Mol municipality in Belgium, the location of Postel Abbey Postel Abbey is a Premonstratensian abbey in the Belgian municipality of Mol in the province of Antwerp. History In 1138, Premonstratensian canons from Floreffe Abbey founded the monastery at Postel as a dependent priory. In 1613, Postel beca .... See also * Postell, surname * Postol, surname {{surname ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |