Kolbe

[ kawl-buh ]

noun

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Ultimately, Kolbe came out later that year and was the first Republican in the House to voluntarily identify as gay.
History’s Progressive Gay Politicians that Paved the Way for Mike Michaud | Brandy Zadrozny | November 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
JIM Kolbe, Republican member of the House from Arizona, 1985-2007.
The Last Blowout | The Daily Beast | October 31, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
Father Kolbe was still alive in the cell two weeks later, after the others had all died.
My Visit To Hell | Christopher Buckley | January 30, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
The lone openly gay Republican member of Congress, Arizona's Jim Kolbe, quietly left office in 2006.
The 'Magic Negro' Debacle | John Avlon | December 29, 2008 | THE DAILY BEAST
His flesh is excellent, according to the taste of the Indians and Negroes: Kolbe says, he has often eaten it with pleasure.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VII (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon

She had in the meantime ceased to be a widow, and had married a widower named Christopher Kolbe.
The Life of Philip Melanchthon | Karl Friedrich Ledderhose
Dr. Kolbe saw the Hottentots plastering their arrows with the poison of the hooded snake.
The Romance of Plant Life | G. F. Scott Elliot
When passed through a red-hot tube with chlorine it yields carbon tetrachloride and sulphur chloride (H. Kolbe).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 | Various
During the heat of excitement, Kolbe dropped the fare to three cents, which the company followed.
Looking Back | Merrick Abner Richardson

Kolbe

[ kôl′bə ]

German chemist who was the first to synthesize an organic compound from inorganic materials (1843-45). He also developed an electrolytic procedure for the preparation of alkanes, and in 1859 synthesized salicylic acid from coal tar, which laid the foundation for the development of aspirin.

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