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Padres owner John Moores is interested in giving GM Kevin Towers a long-term extension.
USATODAY.com 2002
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Its been a while since I have seen someone kick a dead horse like this, before this he kicked the Moores is a crook dead horse.
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And being arriued neere that part of the coast of Spaine, vvich is called the Moores, vvee happened to espie diuerse Sailes, vvich kept their course close by the shore, the vveather being faire and calme.
Summarie and true discourse of Sir Frances Drakes West Indian voyage Walter Bigges
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He did not fail in courtesy – the Moores are always gentlemen – but it was a hard courtesy, which cut while it flattered.
The Filigree Ball 1903
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At which the other volunteered that the Moores were all queer, and that she didn't envy Francis Jeffrey.
The Filigree Ball 1903
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A little aboue that is the towne of the Moores which is gouerned by a Moore king called Xa Maluco.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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God-sent means of exchange for "Moores," as they were called, who were far better servants.
Customs and Fashions in Old New England Alice Morse Earle 1881
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From whatever source the "Moores" were obtained, they were bought and sold during the first hundred years that Andover had existence.
Anne Bradstreet and Her Time Helen Campbell 1878
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The canny Puritan considered that Indian "devil-worship" fully balanced any slight wrong in exchanging them for, "Moores", and writes of it as calmly as he does of sundry other events, somewhat shocking to the modern mind.
Anne Bradstreet and Her Time Helen Campbell 1878
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A little aboue that is the towne of the Moores which is gouerned by a Moore king called Xa Maluco.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III Richard Hakluyt 1584
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