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Hilary

[hil-uh-ree]

noun

  1. Hilarius, Saint.

  2. Also Hilaire a male or female given name: from a Latin word meaning “cheerful.”



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Hilary Frank, Cornwall Council cabinet member for children, families and schools, said the situation was an "uncomfortable truth".

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Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn said the previous UK government's "flawed, undeliverable, and widely opposed Legacy Act" had caused "great pain and anguish to many people".

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“You’re learning to present yourself. You’re learning to have a stump speech, for lack of a better word…You’re learning to be media-savvy,” said Hilary Levey Friedman, author of the book “Here She Is: The Complicated Reign of the Beauty Pageant in America.”

Both the Northern Ireland Secretary of State Hilary Benn and the Taoiseach Micheál Martin refused invitations to appear on the podcast.

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A spokesman for Hilary Benn, who is the representative for the British government in Northern Ireland, said he wasn't prepared to take part in an episode focused on the British identity.

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HilariusHilary of Poitiers