Alessandri
Americannoun
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Jorge 1896–1986, Chilean engineer and statesman: president 1958–64.
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Arturo 1868–1950, Chilean lawyer and statesman: president 1920–24, 1925, 1932–38.
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Officials met at the government’s Cobra emergency committee on Friday afternoon to discuss the latest developments, chaired by the deputy national security adviser, Madeleine Alessandri.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 6, 2018
So they started to build an economic program, which they presented to the presidential candidate Jorge Alessandri, who lost to the Socialist Salvador Allende in 1970.
From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2016
And the work of philosophers like Miguel de Unamuno and now Mariana Alessandri suggest that even negativity - being outraged, complaining, protesting - can increase happiness and resilience if our complaints are shared.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2015
Alessandri will be the retail risk-management executive, overseeing home loans, consumer and small-business banking and global wealth and investment management, according to an Aug. 30 memo confirmed by Eloise Hale, a company spokeswoman.
From BusinessWeek ● Sep. 1, 2011
At the corner of the Rue de Marbeuf he read on a board in big letters: "Private Lying-in-Hospital, kept by Madame Alessandri, first-class midwife, ex-pupil of the Maternity, author of various works, etc."
From Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man by Gustave Flaubert
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