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lon.

American  

abbreviation

  1. longitude.


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They waited a few months before contacting the auction house, but once they did, Heritage Auctions vice-president Lon Allen visited them in San Francisco within days, according to the auction house.

From BBC

After appearing as the love interest in a Harry Langdon comedy and as the imperiled female lead in 1927’s “The Unknown”—where she learned from star Lon Chaney a fierce focus that extended to her performances and off-screen life—Crawford hit it big as a jazz-age hellion in 1927’s “Our Dancing Daughters.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“We don’t know what it means” that more brain shrinkage occurs in treated participants than in people on placebo, says Lon Schneider, director of the California Alzheimer’s Disease Center at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.

From Science Magazine

Fairmont Raceway promoter Jon McCorkell, in southern Minnesota, said he’s sorry for comments he made in support of longtime announcer Lon Oelke.

From Seattle Times

“I do know Lon personally and I do believe he has love in his heart, not hatred. Lonnie is not a hater.”

From Seattle Times