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  • "Imperialism", we have lately been warned by Mr. Wendell Willkie, is a word of ill omen abroad.

    Essentials of the Coming Peace 1942

  • Christian Science Monitor, called Willkie "trumpishly famous."

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Asher Smith 2011

  • 47 The following year he elaborated the argument in his contribution to a pamphlet, published by the Federation of American Scientists and titled One World or None—an echo of the title Wendell Willkie had chosen for his own book three years before.

    The Great Experiment Strobe Talbott 2008

  • Willkie , president of brokerage Brown Harris Stevens.

    Manhattan Sales Hit Jogging Speed Josh Barbanel 2011

  • Before teaching, Professor Citron worked as a litigation associate at Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, where she served as a MFY Legal Services fellow.

    Canada Privacy Commission DPI site 2009

  • Willkie , president of Brown Harris Stevens , which is listing the penthouse.

    Weill Takes Step Toward 'Downsizing' Josh Barbanel 2011

  • Because the shares trade privately, funds follow procedures set by their boards to estimate their "fair value," which may be based on similar stocks that trade publicly and other market factors, including an adjustment for their illiquidity, according to lawyer Barry Barbash , a partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP who specializes in asset management.

    For Funds, a Groupon Deal Could Disappoint Randall Smith 2011

  • In fact, he campaigned for Republican presidential candidates Alf Landon and Wendell Willkie—no relation to Don—before veering hard to the left.

    Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011

  • For decades the Republican Party nominated losing candidates—Alf Landon (1936), Wendell Willkie (1940), Thomas Dewey (1944 and 1948)—who presented a résumé boasting nonpolitical accomplishment in business and the professions.

    Romney's Businessman Pitch Won't Work Robert R. Reilly 2012

  • Freedom House was founded by Wendell Willkie, a Republican, and Eleanor Roosevelt, a Democrat.

    New Egypt More Distrustful Than Old, U.S. Groups Say Adam Entous 2012

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