Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie", born 1940, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
John. John Hancock (def. 1).
Winfield Scott, 1824–86, Union general in the Civil War.
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When Hancock watches the mosquito’s body, segmented a bit like a string of alphabet-block beads, he can see two segments scrunching inward “accordion-like,” as if squirting fluid forward as the head shoots out.
Video captures young mosquitoes launching their heads to eat other mosquitoes | Susan Milius | October 4, 2022 | Science NewsThe two men became the leaders of resistance to Britain’s tax policies, and when they fled British troops searching for them in Lexington, Hancock crammed the family fortune into a carriage to invest in the revolution.
After completing Harvard, young Hancock learned the whale oil exporting business, at 26 taking over the firm and diversifying it by creating a network of stores and ships that made him even wealthier.
It is possible that if a child lived in the boundaries for Hancock Elementary – but Hancock were full – the district could assign the child to a different school.
The Learning Curve: San Diego Unified Is Terrified of Kids Opting Out | Will Huntsberry | September 10, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoNo, not Herbie Hancock, people always really knew about Herbie Hancock.
Elmore Leonard’s Rocky Road to Fame and Fortune | Mike Lupica | September 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
To accompany this fine duo, we order sausage made in Hancock, just the other side of the Keweenaw Waterway.
Welcome to Yooperland, A Little Slice of Finland in Michigan | Jane & Michael Stern | May 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“It was a flogging or worse if you even carried a match into the mine,” one of the French laborers had told Walker Hancock.
The Real Monuments Men: The Coronation Chamber of Hitler | Robert Edsel | February 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBoth films, as it turns out, are directed by John Lee Hancock.
‘Saving Mr. Banks’ Is This Oscar Season’s Breath of Fresh Air | Kevin Fallon | December 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMore recently in 2008, Will Smith starred as the original superhero Hancock.
Netflix and Marvel’s ‘Luke Cage’ and a Brief History of Black Superheroes | Chancellor Agard | November 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTJohn Hancock elected president of congress; he succeeded Peyton Randolph in that office.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellMr. Hancock, discreetly holding his peace, attended to his many thriving and very profitable business ventures.
The Eve of the Revolution | Carl Becker(p. 171) Hancock and French, unable to find any shelter, are driven back upon the town.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.On the 10th a sloop belonging to Hancock, a merchant of Boston, arrived in the harbour laden with wine from Madeira.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William HuntThe ground by Wentz's house is higher than the ridge, where Hancock had established his head-quarters.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.
British Dictionary definitions for Hancock
/ (ˈhænkɒk) /
Anthony John, known as Tony. 1924–68, British comedian, noted for his radio series Hancock's Half Hour
John. 1737–93, American statesman; first signatory of the Declaration of Independence
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