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Atherton

[ath-er-tuhn]

noun

  1. Gertrude (Franklin) Gertrude Franklin Horn, 1857–1948, U.S. novelist.



Atherton

/ ˈæθətən /

noun

  1. Mike, full name Michael Andrew Atherton . born 1968, English cricketer: played for Lancashire (1987–2001) and England (1989–2001); captain of England (1993–1998)

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Following CalMatters reporting in June, subsequent reporting by Palo Alto Online and the San Francisco Standard found that police departments in Atherton, Menlo Park and San Francisco violated state law.

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It is here in the Greater Manchester town of Atherton, on a 20-minute car journey to the gym, where the magic happens.

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Mike Atherton, owner of the Sup Store, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: "I think it's ridiculous, I have never seen anything like it."

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The individual exit of Sarah Atherton, who was briefly a defence minister when the Tories were in power, is not the point.

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Ex-Wrexham MP and former junior defence minister Sarah Atherton left the Tories earlier this year.

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