Stewart, James

Cultural

A twentieth-century American film actor, known for his gangly figure and halting, even stammering style of speech. Stewart appeared in a great variety of movies, including Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Harvey, Anatomy of a Murder, and several of the films of Alfred Hitchcock. He won an Academy Award for his part in The Philadelphia Story in 1940.

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Bojan Bogdanovic, who averaged a career-high 21.6 points, Isaiah Stewart, James Wiseman and Marvin Bagley are expected to be back.

From Washington Times • May 31, 2023

Ben Stewart, James Sadri, Oliver Knowles and Will Rose are hitting back against claims by rightwing bloggers and trolls that they are a shadowy, anonymous group by revealing their identities and motives.

From The Guardian • May 25, 2019

Stewart, James, Earl of Arran, 44, 47, 48, 50, 54, 55.

From Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series by Morison, William

Stewart, James M.: poem, "Let the President Sleep," by, 179.

From The Poets' Lincoln Tributes in Verse to the Martyred President by Oldroyd, Osborn H. (Osborn Hamiline)

Stewart, Alexander, archbishop of St. Andrews, 66, 67, 84 Stewart, James, 198n.

From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Huizinga, Johan

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