Allport
Americannoun
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World War II was the formative experience for more than one generation of British men, women and children, as Mr. Allport illuminatingly shows us.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Mr Allport travelled from the Midlands to Grafham Water on Tuesday to see the gull.
From BBC • Aug. 13, 2022
In his 1924 book Social Psychology, Allport made a sweeping inference from Darwin’s writing to say that expressions begin as vestigial in newborns but quickly assume useful social functions.
From Scientific American • Apr. 27, 2022
Alan Allport is a professor of history at Syracuse University.
From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2022
“If that Commander Allport would stand in like a true man and lend us a hand, we might get off even now,” exclaimed Desmond.
From The Three Commanders by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell
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