Harold
Americannoun
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In 1995, eight years after the movie’s European premiere, Pruett and her husband, Harold, stopped for burgers at what was then called the Sidewinder Cafe in Newberry Springs, 20 miles east of Barstow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Gen. Harold G. Moore, who commanded a cavalry unit at the late 1965 Ia Drang battle, fretted how the war was “devastating to the morale and effectiveness of every American unit in combat.”
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
Billionaire oil baron Harold Hamm signed a tentative agreement Wednesday to venture into Venezuela to explore one of the Latin American country’s undeveloped heavy-oil fields.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
In the 1960s, Labour's Harold Wilson modelled his TV campaigning on JFK in America.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
In 1983, a similar voter-registration drive in Chicago had helped propel Harold Washington into office.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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