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Berkeley

American  
[burk-lee, bahrk-lee] / ˈbɜrk li, ˈbɑrk li /

noun

  1. Busby William Berkeley Enos, 1895–1976, U.S. choreographer and musical-film director.

  2. George, 1685?–1753, Irish bishop and philosopher.

  3. Sir William, 1610–77, British colonial governor of Virginia 1642–76.

  4. a city in western California, on San Francisco Bay.

  5. a city in eastern Missouri, near St. Louis.

  6. Also Barclay a first name.


Berkeley 1 British  
/ ˈbɜːklɪ /

noun

  1. a city in W California, on San Francisco Bay: seat of the University of California. Pop: 102 049 (2003 est)

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Berkeley 2 British  
/ ˈbɑːklɪ /

noun

  1. Busby . real name William Berkeley Enos . 1895–1976, US dance director, noted esp for his elaborate choreography in film musicals

  2. George . 1685–1753, Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop, whose system of subjective idealism was expounded in his works A Treatise concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (1710) and Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous (1713). He also wrote Essay towards a New Theory of Vision (1709)

  3. Sir Lennox ( Randal Francis ). 1903–89, British composer; his works include four symphonies, four operas, and the Serenade for Strings (1939)

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Berkeley Cultural  
  1. City in California on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay.


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Berkeley is the location of a distinguished branch of the University of California. The University of California at Berkeley has been a center for student activism and social-change movements, particularly in the 1960s and early 1970s.

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Researchers have also estimated how much each fruit species contributes to the overall diet at each site, which allowed the Berkeley team to calculate an average daily intake of ethanol from food.

From Science Daily

Lo holds a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley, and has been at the forefront of industry advances for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The big thing that we find, not surprisingly, is that Democrats and Republicans look really different,” said political scientist Amy Lerman, director of UC Berkeley’s Possibility Lab, who studies race, public opinion and political behavior.

From Los Angeles Times

But after graduating from UC Berkeley with a sociology degree, Torres found himself back in the family business, unable to find a job that satisfied him.

From Los Angeles Times

In a letter sent Monday to Berkeley Unified, the committee cited “numerous press and whistleblower reports” alleging that since the Oct.

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