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Examples
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We have a Polish-American community; we have a Spanish-American community, so there are different communities that we can reach out to and start making connections.
Muslim Americans Make Gains in Chicago Political Effort 2011
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I'm working on a story set in 1960, in which the main character is a Polish-American CIA analyst.
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And Horse, in particular, is a guy I saw four or five of just at my mom's cousin's family events when I was a kid (the said cousin married a Polish-American fella) -- none of the faces exactly alike, all interesting -- and never, ever see on TV or in movies.
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway moiread 2009
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As a proud Polish-American only a generation removed from leaving the home country, I prefer to see it as the old pre-WWI Russian, Austro-Hungarian, and Prussian/German Empires contained territory that was part of Poland.
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She is the daughter of Polish-American grocers and still lives in her family home.
Saul Friedman: Mr. President: If You Want To Create Jobs, Listen to The Longest Serving Woman In The House Saul Friedman 2010
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I was pleased by Season 2 of The Wire but also completely knocked over, because they got so many of the different visual types of Polish-American you run into if you live in a heavily Polish-American area.
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway moiread 2009
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Michael Haerr, the deputy commander of Task Force White Eagle, the joint Polish-American brigade responsible for Ghazni.
Poland's Solidarity Aleksandra Kulczuga 2011
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A good walk-up this weekend, particularly from Chicago's Polish-American community, would provide an adequate turnout at a 61,000-seat stadium for what is supposed to be the USSF's big money-maker of the two matches.
U.S. national soccer team ticket update for friendlies against Poland at Soldier Field and Colombia at PPL Park Steve Goff 2010
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So today, as Mr. Obama and his Central European counterparts discuss Continental security, an increasingly aggressive Moscow and the future of Polish-American military relations, the U.S. president could do worse than to follow Gen. Petraeus's lead and tell Poland: "Thank you."
Poland's Solidarity Aleksandra Kulczuga 2011
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She is the daughter of Polish-American grocers and still lives in her family home.
Saul Friedman: Mr. President: If You Want To Create Jobs, Listen to The Longest Serving Woman In The House Saul Friedman 2010
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For more information about Polish-Americans and Polish jokes, see the documentary film, Polack, at http://www.polackthefilm.com
February 16, 2011