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Gessen

American  
[ges-uhn] / ˈgɛs ən /

noun

Douay Bible.
  1. Goshen.


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The brilliant M. Gessen, perhaps the leading authority on dictatorship, published an essay in the New York Review, “Autocracy: Rules for Survival,” shortly after the 2016 election.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2025

Gessen would be proven correct in ways far worse than perhaps even they imagined at time….My advice to the news consumer is - imagine the worst.

From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2025

Masha Gessen is joining The Times as an opinion columnist.

From New York Times ● May 23, 2024

As Masha Gessen once said, “Believe the autocrat.”

From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2024

Afterwards some MSS. of it were found in Italy, where it is attributed to one Gerson or Gessen, to whom is given the title of abbot.

From Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

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