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  • noun United States educator who founded the first private school for Black students in Augusta, Georgia (1854-1933)

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Examples

  • It brings back Colin Laney, one of the most popular characters from Idoru, the man whose special sensitivities about people and events let him predict certain aspects of the future.

    All Tomorrow's Parties: Summary and book reviews of All Tomorrow's Parties by William Gibson. 1999

  • Instinctively, Bush called Laney and Bullock the morning after the election and asked to meet as soon as possible.

    COURAGE AND CONSEQUENCE KARL ROVE 2010

  • Instinctively, Bush called Laney and Bullock the morning after the election and asked to meet as soon as possible.

    COURAGE AND CONSEQUENCE KARL ROVE 2010

  • The Angels called Laney out of the house, saying that Bishop Dame wished to see him.

    The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite Alfred Henry Lewis 1885

  • Air Jordan V 'Laney' are rumored to release once again as a package, this is only a rumor but the pack is set to release in July 2011.

    Sneaker Files 2010

  • She may have once briefly been known as "The Big Enchilada" but really, the only thing truly big about Delaney "Laney" Buzzell is the big way in which the

    unknown title 2009

  • But during the Honolulu conference, I was pulled aside by Jim Laney, our ambassador to South Korea.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • But during the Honolulu conference, I was pulled aside by Jim Laney, our ambassador to South Korea.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • Laney made the rounds during those couple of days in Honolulu, working on all of us to drive home the consequences of a military confrontation at the North Korean border.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • Laney made the rounds during those couple of days in Honolulu, working on all of us to drive home the consequences of a military confrontation at the North Korean border.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

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