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  • noun United States railway tycoon (1848-1909)
  • noun United States financier who negotiated a treaty with the Soviet Union banning tests of nuclear weapons (1891-1986)

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Examples

  • CHAPTER THIRTEEN STRONG WANTED TO SHOW HARRIMAN the sales reports on the H & S automatic household switch; Harriman brushed them aside.

    The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967

  • CHAPTER THIRTEEN STRONG WANTED TO SHOW HARRIMAN the sales reports on the H & S automatic household switch; Harriman brushed them aside.

    The Man Who Sold The Moon Heinlein, Robert A. 1953

  • HARRIMAN (WATE) -- An Indiana man was arrested in Harriman for sexual solicitation of a minor after he failed to register as a sex offender in Tennessee.

    unknown title 2009

  • “The story of Prescott Bush and Brown Brothers Harriman is an introduction to the real history of our country,” says L.A. art book publisher and historian Edward Boswell.

    Think Progress » Brown’s Dishonesty Jeopardizes His Law License 2005

  • “The story of Prescott Bush and Brown Brothers Harriman is an introduction to the real history of our country,” says L.A. art book publisher and historian Edward Boswell.

    Think Progress » Brown Wants a Stiff Drink 2005

  • Dorothy uses a vet called Harriman, a superior type of person who lives over toward Sturminster.

    A Murder of Quality Le Carre, John, 1931- 1962

  • They wanted it to be called Harriman State Park - and insisted Idaho create a professional agency to manage it.

    WISTV - Local News RSS 2010

  • Now called Harriman State Park, the site includes scenic stretches of the Henrys Fork of the Snake River.

    All Today's News - Sightline Daily 2010

  • They wanted it to be called Harriman State Park - and insisted Idaho create a professional agency to manage it.

    WISTV - Local News RSS 2010

  • When Hitler struck France, first, and that successfully, the former Anglo-American and other financier circles, such as Harriman's Prescott Bush, the grandfather of President George W. Bush, Jr., which had had a policy of tolerating and co-operating with the Hitler regime, joined with Churchill et al. in turning against their former crony, the Hitler regime.

    LaRouche's Latest 2009

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