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In fact, the soft-spoken Curry never made such a statement at the hearings, and only gently insisted that Horowitz and the panel's right-wing chair, Assemblyman Gibson "Gib" Armstrong, supply facts to back their fevered charges-which neither ever did.
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Though he had set Martin on to 'Gib' Hayward in Brighton, he intended to see Peter Kevin Smith personally.
The Speaker Of Mandarin Rendell, Ruth, 1930- 1983
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He had started making his list and on it, prominently, were 'Gib' Hayward and Peter Kevin Smith, the former now fifty-two years old, the latter forty-six.
The Speaker Of Mandarin Rendell, Ruth, 1930- 1983
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"Me an 'Gib's goin' ashore for lunch at the Marigold Café,"
Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Gordon [Illustrator] Grant 1918
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"Gib," said Captain Scraggs earnestly, "I'll keel-haul and skull-drag the man that says you ain't got a great head."
Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Gordon [Illustrator] Grant 1918
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We don't have to handle this freight o 'Gib's at all.
Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Gordon [Illustrator] Grant 1918
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"Gib," said Captain Scraggs, "was that really your lay -- to steal the cargo, double-cross the insurrecto junta, and sell out to a furrin 'country?"
Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Gordon [Illustrator] Grant 1918
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The Cunard route to 'Gib' is decidedly roundabout.
To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Richard Francis Burton 1855
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"Gib" is a contraction of the Christian name Gilbert
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668
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"Gib" is a contraction of the Christian name Gilbert
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 59: November 1667 Samuel Pepys 1668
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