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Gadsden

[ gadz-duhn ]

noun

  1. James, 1788–1858, U.S. railroad promoter and diplomat.
  2. a city in NE Alabama.


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The people who live across the street from the home Arbery left that February afternoon fly an American flag with a weathered Gadsden banner just below.

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Gladwell claims that the officer was trying to restrain his dogs while Gadsden was the aggressor.

It was not more than a quarter of an hour when my apprentice, Roger Gadsden, was very ill, in a similar way to myself.

My son was up and down stairs at intervals; Gadsden, I believe, was in the kitchen below.

Gadsden, youll remember, was our long punter and wed mapped out a kicking game.

This is known as the Gadsden purchase, the treaty being negociated by James Gadsden.

The price paid for the new territory, which was temporarily called the "Gadsden Purchase," was ten million dollars.

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