Bolívar, Simón

[ (see-mohn buh-lee-vahr) ]

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A Venezuelan revolutionary leader of the early nineteenth century who fought Spanish troops for the independence of countries in northern South America. The areas where Bolívar fought are now in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, which was named in his honor.

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In Psycho a psychiatrist (the young Simon Oakland) tells us in clinical terms what we've seen.
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Those in the race—Senator Paul Simon, Rep. Dick Gephardt, Rev. Jesse Jackson—were far behind.
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The coup came just months after Simon revealed he had beaten throat cancer.
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Simon did not expect to inherit, and in a way he never really did.
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The story of Alstory Simon has all the scope and scale, the cruel reversals, and pointless waste of proper tragedy.
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Simon the high priest, the son of Onias, who in his life propped up the house, and in his days fortified the temple.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
We have the cylinder and ends home from Polgooth, and my cousin Simon Vivian is making the tubes.
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Advancing on foot, the Scots planted their ladders unperceived and scaled the wall at the point where Simon was in charge.
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I reckon you're the one Bolivar an' me's been waitin' here fer, an'—what's the matter with ye, anyhow?
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Probably, it is just a piece of 'Folly'; yet in other things Simon Waterman had the reputation of being a sane, sensible man.
Dorothy at Skyrie|Evelyn Raymond