Picus
Americannoun
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“Well, when I did that, I realized that most of the people I had to talk to only spoke Spanish,” Picus said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2023
“One morning before a meeting, Gloria was speaking to a journalist and asked me, ‘Joy, what’s the Spanish word for ‘bridge’?” Picus said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2023
Unable to stop the man, Wilcox said he ran to the Joy Picus Child Development Center, a childcare center housed in a city facility named after the former San Fernando Valley councilwoman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2022
Flores served three terms before losing to paint-store owner Rudy Svorinich Jr. amid an anti-incumbent election season that also pushed out Councilwoman Joy Picus, who represented the west San Fernando Valley.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2021
I have seen a MS. in the British Museum dating from this period, where the delineation of a bird of the Picus tribe is to be found.
From Notes and Queries, Number 190, June 18, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
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