Botkin

The surname Botkin comes from the Old English word bodkin, which is also spelled bodekin, and refers to a short, pointed weapon or dagger.

Whence Botkinburg? 2006

Daniel Botkin is the only "Botkin" listed in Arkansas telephone directories, and thinks these theories sound plausible.

Whence Botkinburg? 2006

A week or two after the Botkin visit, Ann stopped by to see another high school friend, Maxine Box.

Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011

As Botkin acknowledged in several interviews, she never saw her friend again.

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Yes, the baby was a newborn, precisely “three weeks old” according to Botkin.

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A more likely explanation is that by the time anyone asked Botkin about Ann, Obama was a celebrity.

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Ann never dated “the crew-cut white boys,” affirmed friend Susan Botkin.

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Botkin said the same to Leahy, who interviewed her early in the summer of 2008.

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Mr. Botkin, president of the Center for the Study of the Environment and professor emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is the author of the forthcoming "Discordant Harmonies: Ecology in a Changing World" Oxford University Press.

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Leahy, however, had talked to both Botkin and Box early on and sensed no guile from either.

Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011