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- proper noun A
surname derived from the given nameFergus .
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FERRIS - The debate team from Ferris High School has put Ferris on the map in a big way with the qualification of three members for the National Forensics League's national meet to be held in Birmingham, Ala., in June.
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FERRIS - Authorities are reporting that a 44-year-old Ferris resident who lost his life in a motorcycle accident early Saturday morning was shot prior to the crash.
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Josh Ferris is from Illinois, and he wrote the Florida essay for State by State, but when I asked him to talk about a book that represented a state the one that came to mind was a recent discovery of his from the California desert, Mary Austin's 1903 book, The Land of Little Rain:
Books of the States 2009
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Ferris is an intrepid writer — he doesn't provide a solution (there's no cure for Tim) — but he does explore all of the consequences.
The Unnamed: Summary and book reviews of The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris. 2010
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The book Crossing Borders by Michael Ferris is a book about traveling, living and working abroad.
If you’re requesting a book, please, provide an address « The Book Publicity Blog 2009
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Also a poet and performer, Ferris is the author of Facts of Life (2005) and The Hospital Poems (2004).
Scholar, poet to take helm of Toledo disability studies program BA Haller 2008
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There are so many scenes that take my breath away: the aforementioned car arriving at the Eden by the lake and pink bubble, the burning bush, and the use of paintings (which – just as in Ferris Bueller – always makes me cry) are just a few.
The Pleasantville Lesson Plan « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2006
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Ferris, is the authorization of the aesthetic Kant invokes in the place of such an authorization.
Introduction: 'The Power is There': Romanticism as Aesthetic Insistence 2005
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Fifteen years later, Ferris is still a teen icon while many other characters from the 80s are stuck in a time warp.
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Ferris is a teenager who realizes that the system can be beaten if you pretend to play on its terms.
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