Polk

[pohk]

noun

1. James Knox, 1795–1849, the 11th president of the U.S. 1845–49.

Polk

/ pəʊk /

noun

1. James Knox. 1795–1849, US statesman; 11th president of the US (1845–49). During his administration, Texas and territory now included in New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, and California were added to the Union

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“People are encouraged and willing to take more risk, willing to entertain bigger deals,” said Oliver Smith, co-head of mergers and acquisitions for law firm Davis Polk.

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Giving his name to a journalism prize, George Polk was a CBS correspondent in 1948 believed murdered by our corrupt allies in the Greek Civil War.

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After he signed the 2017 travel ban affecting several predominantly Muslim countries, partners from Kirkland & Ellis and Davis Polk rushed alongside hundreds of other lawyers to international airports to help travelers stuck in limbo.

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Mark Gibbon, 62, was on holiday with his family at the Solterra Resort in Davenport, near Walt Disney World Resort, when the disagreement over his grandchildren erupted, Polk County Sheriff department said.

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Polk’s maneuvering into war with Mexico in 1848, complete with a phony border incident as a casus belli, bears comparison with Hitler’s attack on Poland for its purposeful aggression.

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