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Islip is in the next county over. serial catowner Says:
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Outside, the chapel is decorated with Islip's quaint device, a play upon his name Islip: an eye with a hand holding a slip or branch, and a man slipping from a tree.
Westminster Abbey A. Murray Smith 1877
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He negotiated a truce with the New York family, and caused Phil to come to an inauspicious end at the gas station in Islip.
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During the trout-fishing season he used to visit a well-known place called Islip in Long Island, much frequented by gentlemen devoted to angling and fond of good living.
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While two other developers moved forward on condominium projects in town called Islip Landing and Courthouse Commons, Mr. Puntillo started remediation, including asbestos removal, and demolition work, keeping the historic hospital firehouse to renovate as a clubhouse with billiards, meeting rooms, lounges and a movie theater for Coventry Gardens.
NYT > Home Page By MARCELLE S. FISCHLER 2011
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As the arraignment was ending in Suffolk County District Court in Central Islip, Ms. Taccetta's uncle, Jim Fegel, stood and screamed at Mr. Laffer, "You're a coward for what you did to those families."
Wild Scene as Suspect Is Arraigned Sean Gardiner 2011
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Frustrated with what she saw as a lack of official concern, Pace took matters into her own hands and founded the West Islip Breast Cancer Coalition.
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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The press conference featured several speakers who had encountered language problems with police officers in the Bay Shore, Brentwood, and Central Islip area, as well as advocates who said that while Suffolk may have some worthwhile policies on the books, those policies are often ignored in the field.
Ted Hesson: Suffolk Police Failing Residents With Limited English, Need Meaningful Changes [VIDEO] Ted Hesson 2011
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Frustrated with what she saw as a lack of official concern, Pace took matters into her own hands and founded the West Islip Breast Cancer Coalition.
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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Frustrated with what she saw as a lack of official concern, Pace took matters into her own hands and founded the West Islip Breast Cancer Coalition.
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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