Alessandri
Americannoun
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Jorge 1896–1986, Chilean engineer and statesman: president 1958–64.
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Arturo 1868–1950, Chilean lawyer and statesman: president 1920–24, 1925, 1932–38.
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Officials met at the government’s Cobra emergency committee on Friday afternoon to discuss the latest developments, chaired by the deputy national security adviser, Madeleine Alessandri.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 6, 2018
So they started to build an economic program, which they presented to the presidential candidate Jorge Alessandri, who lost to the Socialist Salvador Allende in 1970.
From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2016
And the work of philosophers like Miguel de Unamuno and now Mariana Alessandri suggest that even negativity - being outraged, complaining, protesting - can increase happiness and resilience if our complaints are shared.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2015
Alessandri will be the retail risk-management executive, overseeing home loans, consumer and small-business banking and global wealth and investment management, according to an Aug. 30 memo confirmed by Eloise Hale, a company spokeswoman.
From BusinessWeek ● Sep. 1, 2011
Madame Alessandri, whose only shortcoming was that she liked to talk about her intimate acquaintanceship with eminent physicians, showed her the utmost attention.
From Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man by Flaubert, Gustave
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