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While there's no doubt Raikes is a smart guy, he also kept Microsoft from aggressively pursuing cloud computing alternatives to Office during the time before and during Google's ascension, a move that could prove to be a costly mistake long-term.
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"For generations the white cliffs of Dover have been a symbol of coming home, so it comes as no surprise that they should win a competition to find our favourite stretch of coast," National Trust fundraising director Gill Raikes, 2005.
Where else can I go? 2011
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This type of school is often associated with Robert Raikes, a newspaper publisher, who popularized the idea.
Literacy Rates In The Victorian Times? « Literacy Rates « Literacy Help « Literacy News 2009
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The number one contributor to the District III campaign was the Raikes family, (executive director of Gates Foundation) and this to a candidate running unopposed!
Gregoire Trying to Get Local Buy-In on Education Reform Plan « PubliCola 2010
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A young woman named Alice Raikes boards a train to Scotland to visit her family.
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Police at Raikes Lane, Bradford, after the bodies of two men were found near its junction with New Lane by a passing motorist on Tuesday 10 May.
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Now, under Dr. Mundel, the health group will try to focus its efforts on certain areas—"picking winners"—the foundation's chief executive, Jeff Raikes , said in an interview.
Gates Foundation Taps Novartis Executive Robert A. Guth 2011
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In England, what kind of school was started in 1780 by Robert Raikes for factory children in Gloucester?
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Mr. Raikes estimated that the foundation this year will pay out between $1.5 billion and $2 billion to grantees in the global health field.
Gates Foundation Taps Novartis Executive Robert A. Guth 2011
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The complex structure works beautifully, communicating the shared and interlocking sufferings of the Raikes women through its carefully worked-out layering of narrative lines.
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