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- proper noun Obsolete form of
Whitsun .
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The 25. day of May, the day de Pasco de Spirito Santo, (which we call Whitson Sonday,) they saw the land of
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Peggy Whitson is a 48-year-old biochemist who fell from space and landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan.
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But in Whitson’s mind, Ahmadinejad’s constant threats to annihilate Israel are equivalent to Clinton’s warning that the U.S. would massively retaliate if Iran tried to do so.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Birnbaum on Human Rights Watch and Israel 2010
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Warren, who often signed his artwork with his middle name Whitson, used to give himself deadlines on his own projects to put himself in his student's situation.
billingsgazette.com 2009
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If Ms. Whitson is so open to Facebook “friends” of all stripes, and doesn’t exclude those who support Israel, why don’t you ask to be her “friend” and see whether she accepts you as one, and then you might know what goes on on her Facebook page.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Birnbaum on Human Rights Watch and Israel 2010
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I did this exact thing via POP, as described by Whitson Gordon.
How To Migrate Email From One Gmail Account To Another | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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"The evidence we have been able to gather so far strongly suggests that Gadhafi government forces went on a spate of arbitrary killing as Tripoli was falling," said Sarah Leah Whitson of Human Rights Watch, the New York-based advocacy group.
Details Mount on Atrocities in Tripoli's Fall Margaret Coker 2011
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As Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, stated: "Israel's conviction of Abu Rahmah for protesting the unlawful confiscation of his village's land is the unjust result of an unfair trial."
Ronit Avni: From Budrus to Bilin: Arresting Heroes Ronit Avni 2010
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"We have worked hard to reduce the percentage of our athletics budget that is dependent on the student fee," said Brian Whitson, university spokesman.
Athletic fees are a large, and sometimes hidden, cost at colleges Daniel de Vise 2010
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US astronaut Peggy Whitson waits for news about the landing of the Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft at the Zhezkazgan airport in Kazakhstan on September 24, 2010.
Stuck in space: Astronauts unable to return to Earth Melissa Bell 2010
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