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Davies

[dey-veez]

noun

  1. Arthur Bowen 1862–1928, U.S. painter.

  2. Joseph Edward, 1876–1958, U.S. lawyer and diplomat.

  3. Peter Maxwell, 1934–2016, English composer.

  4. (William) Robertson, 1913–1995, Canadian novelist, playwright, and essayist.



Davies

/ ˈdeɪvɪs /

noun

  1. Sir John. 1569–1626, English poet, author of Orchestra or a Poem of Dancing (1596) and the philosophical poem Nosce Teipsum (1599)

  2. Sir Peter Maxwell. born 1934, British composer whose works include the operas Taverner (1967), The Martyrdom of St Magnus (1977), and Resurrection (1988), nine symphonies, and the ten Strathclyde Concertos; Master of the Queen's Music from 2004

  3. ( William ) Robertson. 1913–95, Canadian novelist and dramatist. His novels include Leaven of Malice (1954), Fifth Business (1970), The Rebel Angels (1981), What's Bred in the Bone (1985), and The Cunning Man (1994)

  4. W ( illiam ) H ( enry ). 1871–1940, Welsh poet, noted also for his Autobiography of a Super-tramp (1908)

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But former Love Island winner Amber Davies is trying to approach Blackpool as she would any other week.

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"I see the sheer number of people that this is affecting," said Ms Davies.

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Mr Davies said people who live by the River Monnow cannot get insurance and others "are now going to find it very difficult to get insurance".

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Interim party leader Don Davies said Carney's proposal "fails to meet the moment."

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"He's been one of my best mates since I was young, so we've grown up in school together," Mann said of Davies.

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