Adamic
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Adamic coined the phrase “the enormous village” to describe life here, as if L.A. were a small town that had grown too large.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2023
Per has, in effect, been exiled from Eden, for the Adamic sin of stealing apples.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 14, 2019
Apple engineer Steve Salika, 55, and his wife, Diana Adamic, 60, went on the trip with their daughter Tia Salika to celebrate the teen’s 17th birthday.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2019
Adamic later left the company, but Salika remained for 30 years, touching so many people with his “energy and enthusiasm,” O’Brien said in a statement.
From Washington Times • Sep. 5, 2019
That old Adamic principle of a legislative sovereignty in man, which has convulsed the nations for six thousand years, shall be utterly renounced and crucified the world over.
From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by Kerr, James
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