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- noun historical A type of fine
linen once imported from France. - noun A
surname .
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Examples
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DIRECTOR RAINES: Fred Raines v. Byrd, different Raines, the Supreme Court made it pretty clear that it's difficult to have standing in this area.
Raines And Sperling Briefing On Line Item Veto ITY National Archives 1997
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Formerly having served as the patriotic freedom fighter, Die-Hard, Calvin Raines is re-activated as the Free Agent and dispatched into Afghanistan to battle a deadly terror cell.
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Robinson proposes that this group -- which included Eric Holder, soon to be nominated as attorney general; Valerie Jarrett, an Obama fundraiser who has Oprah Winfrey's private phone number; Franklin Raines, a banker with a reputation nearly as bad as Kenneth Lay's; and Soledad O'Brien, a hard-charging, racially ambiguous newscaster -- signals the fulfillment of Martin Luther King Jr. 's dream.
Has success torn apart the black community? Lawrence Jackson 2010
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I'm equally confused about "Calvin Raines" assuming the identity.
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His ex-squeeze Audrey Raines is scandalized: “Jack would never murder his friends!”
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Robinson proposes that this group -- which included Eric Holder, soon to be nominated as attorney general; Valerie Jarrett, an Obama fundraiser who has Oprah Winfrey's private phone number; Franklin Raines, a banker with a reputation nearly as bad as Kenneth Lay's; and Soledad O'Brien, a hard-charging, racially ambiguous newscaster -- signals the fulfillment of Martin Luther King Jr. 's dream.
Book Review: Eugene Robinson's 'Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America' Lawrence Jackson 2010
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Remember, 2010 and 2012, special voting thanks to Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Franklin Raines, Maxine Waters and many many more!
Obama, Medvedev reach 'substantial' deal on Afghanistan 2009
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IF Bush and the Republicans were so helpless, how did they manage to discharge Franklin Raines from Fannie Mae in 2004 and appoint their hand-picked replacement?
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During this period we had Democrats Barney Frank, Maxine Waters, Franklin Raines, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid pushing at the beckon call of ACORN organizers for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to make sub-prime home loans to people that could not otherwise qualify for them, FREE CREDIT.
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Robinson proposes that this group -- which included Eric Holder, soon to be nominated as attorney general; Valerie Jarrett, an Obama fundraiser who has Oprah Winfrey's private phone number; Franklin Raines, a banker with a reputation nearly as bad as Kenneth Lay's; and Soledad O'Brien, a hard-charging, racially ambiguous newscaster -- signals the fulfillment of Martin Luther King Jr. 's dream.
Book Review: Eugene Robinson's 'Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America' Lawrence Jackson 2010
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