Laing

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1. R(onald) D(avid), 1927–1989, British psychiatrist and author, born in Scotland.

Laing

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noun

1. LaingR(onald) D(avid)19271989MScottishMEDICINE: psychiatrist R ( onald ) D ( avid ). 1927–89, Scottish psychiatrist; his best known books include The Divided Self (1960), The Politics of Experience and the Bird of Paradise (1967), and Knots (1970)

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“The goal of these operations is to enforce the city’s laws, keep the public right of way safely passable, and avoid public health crises like what we saw in 2017 with Hepatitis A,” Laing wrote.

From Voice of San Diego

Laing said the agreement is meant to preclude parties with a financial interest, but allow people who would otherwise be supporters or endorsers of the project.

From Voice of San Diego

Laing said the hope is that the city can initially provide shelter at the old library when inclement weather arises this winter and eventually make it a permanent shelter.

From Voice of San Diego

Laing wrote in an email that the city has also explored whether the building she deemed “a regrettable purchase by the prior administration” could be used as a shelter or affordable housing.

From Voice of San Diego

Laing said this week that the city intends to use the library as a shelter if it prevails in Superior Court.

From Voice of San Diego

Olivia Laing is the author of The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking.

From The Daily Beast

This article by Aislinn Laing and Josie Ensor was first published by The Telegraph.

From The Daily Beast

Laing herself said she is a Democrat and was a strong supporter of Filner during his run for mayor in 2012.

From The Daily Beast

“People almost had started to write off the recall effort as not having any steam,” Laing told The Daily Beast.

From The Daily Beast

Mr. Collier expresses his thanks to Mr. Laing for sending to him a very rare volume by Kyffin.

From Project Gutenberg

His editor, Laing, bids us observe “that all these opprobrious terms are copied from Foxe, or rather from the black letter tract.”

From Project Gutenberg

So this evening the General desired me to take a strong patrol of a hundred men, and go and find Laing.

From Project Gutenberg

The most valuable edition of Knox is the large one by the late Mr. David Laing, which contains much important annotation.

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This brought immediate assistance; but she was found lying by herself, and talking wildly about her Thomas Laing.

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