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Dillon

[ dil-uhn ]

noun

  1. C(larence) Douglas, 1909–1979, U.S. lawyer and government official, born in Switzerland: Secretary of the Treasury 1961–65.
  2. John Forrest, 1831–1914, U.S. jurist and legal scholar.


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They looked the part of a contender early Thursday, taking a 4-1 lead midway into the second period after Dillon scored on a pass from Lars Eller.

I’d have relative success on one wave, then completely fail when Dillon pushed me into the next.

“The intersection of the digital and the physical is here to stay,” says Dillon.

From Fortune

Upon seeing the photos, the general manager of one Ulta store told Dillon of the display, “That’s the first time I saw someone who looked like me, so thank you.”

From Fortune

As Dillon herself acknowledges, systemic, ingrained biases require an ongoing effort to overcome and replace.

From Fortune

Latta, home to the historic Catfish Creek Baptist Church, is a predominantly white town of 1,500 in Dillon County.

The agency, Dillon said, is “committed to continuous improvement.”

In 1912, a man named William F. Dillon died from a similar situation.

On Friday Night Lights, Coach Taylor is as much a father figure to the boys on the Dillon Panthers as he is their play caller.

His pieces were a favorite of Robert DeNiro, Chris Noth, Mickey Rourke, and Matt Dillon.

A chorus of laughter greeted Dillon's proposal, and the merry group then broke up, and each went off to his duty.

So it was arranged, and shortly afterwards Rupert took his friend Major Dillon into his confidence.

From Holland came over Major Dillon, and four or five others of the officers of the 5th dragoons.

There was also present at the wedding a young Dutch lady engaged to be married to Major Dillon, and her father.

She was born in Martinique and was partly of Irish descent, through her father, whose name was Dillon.

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