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McCormick

[muh-kawr-mik]

noun

  1. Anne Elizabeth O'Hare, 1882–1954, U.S. journalist and foreign news correspondent, born in England: Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence 1937, first female recipient.

  2. Cyrus Hall, 1809–84, U.S. inventor and businessman noted for his contributions to the design and production of harvesting machinery.

  3. Patricia Pat, 1930–2023, U.S. springboard and platform diver: Olympic gold medalist 1952, 1956.

  4. Robert Rutherford Bertie, 1880–1955, U.S. newspaper publisher noted for his outspoken promotion of political conservatism.



McCormick

/ məˈkɔːmɪk /

noun

  1. Cyrus Hall. 1809–84, US inventor of the reaping machine (1831)

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But the Telegraph Neil McCormick awarded four stars, noting: "The overwhelming emotional mood is relief. It pervades the songs, a self-soothing blanket of gratitude that she has been rescued from solitude."

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In the 1930s, newspapers were as influential as electronic media is today, and were largely owned by right-wing interests like William Randolph Hearst, Robert McCormick or the Chandlers.

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“Cowgirl in the Sand” lasted a glorious 14 minutes as Young, Nelson and McCormick carefully conjured nothing short of a maelstrom by the song’s end; it felt like religion.

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Housing modules will be “stacked on top of each other like Legos,” said Mike McCormick, the university’s vice president of facilities management and development.

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Sheriff John McCormick set the trial for November and continued Mr Kohli's bail.

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