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Pollack is a surname, and may refer to:

Also Alan W Pollack is a musicologist. ... Andrea Pollack (born May 8, 1961) is a former butterfly swimmer from East Germany, who won two gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada at age fifteen. ... Ben Pollack (June 22, 1903 - June 7, 1971) was a drummer and bandleader from the mid 1920s through the swing era. ... David M. Pollack (June 19, 1982 in New Brunswick, New Jersey) is an American football linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL. // David Pollack attended Shiloh High School in Snellville, Georgia, and was a three-sport star in football, basketball and wrestling. ... Egon Pollack was an Austrian footballer who played for the famed, Hakoah Wien (aka Hakoah Vienna). ... Eileen Pollack is a novelist, essayist, and author short fictions. ... Frank Lillie Pollack, (1876–1957) was an early American science fiction writer and author of the short story Finis, published in the June 1906 issue of The Argosy magazine, anthologized several times, and available online. ... Herbert Harvey Pollack (born March 9, 1922 in Camden, New Jersey) is the director of statistical information for the Philadelphia 76ers. ... Henry Pollack (born Enrique A. Pollack-Aguilar in 1961 in Havana, Cuba ) is the host and founder of the Miami radio show, Havana Rock on WWFE 670 AM. He is also the editor of one of the first anti-Castro web sites on the net, www. ... A professor of Music History and director of undergraduate studies at the University of Houston. ... James B. Pollack (1938 – 1994) was an American scientist. ... Kenneth Michael Pollack (born 1966) is a an arm-chair warmongerer who helped deceive a nation into committing itself to a catastrophic military intervention . ... Lew Pollack [b 16 June 1895 in New York, d 18 January 1946 in Hollywood] was a composer active during the 1920s and the 1930s. ... Neal Pollack is an American satirist currently living in Austin, Texas. ... Olaf Pollack (born in September 20, 1983 in Räckelwitz, Germany) is a professional road racing cyclist specializing in sprint races and competitions. ... Rachel Pollack (born 1945) is an American science fiction author, comic book writer, and Tarot expert. ... Reginald Pollack (1924 – 2001) was an American painter known for metaphorical and theme based works of art. ... Dr. Robert Pollack is an American biologist who studies the intersections between science and religion. ... Sydney Pollack (born July 1, 1934 in Lafayette, Indiana) is an American actor, producer, and director. ... Zachary Pollack is in his sixth season as assistant coach at Yavneh Academy of Dallas. ...

  • Pollack Associates, a textile firm
  • a misspelling of Polak or Polack; in English, this is a derogatory reference to people who are Poles or have Polish heritage.
  • In Polish, the word Polak simply means a Polish man (Polka for Polish women).

Pollack is a textiles company founded in 1988 by designer Mark Pollack. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

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Press Releases - Pollack welcomes competition - Cincinnati Bengals (654 words)
Pollack, who had 36 career sacks as an All-American defensive end at Georgia, is already trying to talk his way onto the field Friday in Washington for the second preseason game despite missing all 24 sessions of training camp in his bid to move into the strong-side linebacker spot.
Pollack, who admits he can’t sit still, rocked back and forth in his chair on the podium as he talked abut how he did back flips off the side of his new home in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason during the stalemate.
Pollack said his only concern on the offseason clause was getting fined “what a lot of people make in a year,” if he had to get back home because of a family emergency.
USS Pollack (SSN-603) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (336 words)
USS Pollack (SSN-603), a Permit-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pollack, a food fish resembling the true cod, but with the lower jaw projecting and without the barbel.
On 1 March 1968, Pollack's homeport was changed to Norfolk, Virginia, and she became a unit of Submarine Squadron 10, the first all-nuclear attack submarine squadron in the Navy.
Pollack was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 March 1989.
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