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Greene

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noun

  1. Graham, 1904–91, English novelist and journalist.

  2. Nathanael, 1742–86, American Revolutionary general.

  3. Robert, 1558–92, English dramatist and poet.



Greene

/ ɡriːn /

noun

  1. Graham. 1904–91, English novelist and dramatist; his works include the novels Brighton Rock (1938), The Power and the Glory (1940), The End of the Affair (1951), and Our Man in Havana (1958), and the film script The Third Man (1949)

  2. Robert. ?1558–92, English poet, dramatist, and prose writer, noted for his autobiographical tract A Groatsworth of Wit bought with a Million of Repentance (1592), which contains an attack on Shakespeare

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However, the Reds used their best pitcher, Hunter Greene, in Game 1.

Eight years ago, the Reds drafted right-handed pitcher Hunter Greene second overall out of Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks.

“I’ve watched quite a few of his videos, and he did something pretty unique and very smart, even though I don’t agree with anything he says,” Greene told Steve Bannon’s “War Room.”

From Salon

“Aaron Donald is a proud Pittsburgher who embodies the very best of what it means to be a Pitt Panther,” Greene said.

When Glenn asked the president whether he would eliminate capital gains taxes on home sales — one of Greene’s pet policy proposals — it wasn’t an inquiry; it was a plant.

From Salon

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