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Barnes

[bahrnz]

noun

  1. Albert Coombs 1873–1951, U.S. inventor and art collector.

  2. Djuna (Chappell) 1892–1982, U.S. novelist, poet, and playwright.



Barnes

/ bɑːnz /

noun

  1. Djuna . 1892–1982, US novelist, noted for Nightwood (1936)

  2. William . 1801–86, British poet, best known for Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect (1879)

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“My family came to Pacoima in 1952, when it was nothing but dirt roads and no streetlights,” Barnes said.

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Lois Barnes, Carter’s goddaughter, said her parents took her to the beauty salon countless times.

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Barnes said her godparents were, “instrumental in building this whole community.”

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“They’ve always given to the community. When people couldn’t afford to get their haircuts, food and stuff, they were always there for them,” Barnes said.

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Sure, there was the speculative fervor that caused shares of companies like Pets.com, Kozmo.com, and even BN.com, the online business of Barnes & Noble, to pop.

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