Elwin
Americannoun
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But after less than two years, only about two miles of the tunnel had been excavated, and the contractor was fired by MWD general manager Frank Elwin “F.E.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2025
Elwin added that efforts to end deforestation in Brazil have so far been stymied by the failure to effectively monitor what is happening on the ground.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2022
In 2009, former Klan supporter Elwin Wilson admitted he was the man who had beaten Lewis, and apologized in person to the Congressman.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2021
"Directions to Tokenhouse's lodgings are given in Temporary Kings," Elwin Taylor, a Powell Society officer and a driving force behind the conference, told delegates.
From Reuters ● Oct. 13, 2014
Soon through the great rooms and marble halls drifted the low, weird melody which the girl had sung, long before, in the dreary Elwin school.
From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis
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