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Oswald

[oz-wawld]

noun

  1. Lee Harvey, 1939–63, designated by a presidential commission to be the lone assassin of John F. Kennedy.

  2. a male given name.



Oswald

/ ˈɒzwəld /

noun

  1. Lee Harvey. 1939–63, presumed assassin (1963) of US president John F. Kennedy; murdered by Jack Ruby two days later

  2. Saint. ?605–41 ad , king of Northumbria (634–41); with St Aidan he restored Christianity to the region. He was killed in battle by Penda of Mercia. Feast day: Aug 5

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It was developed by Oswald Symenouh, an agronomist who heads the company running the farm.

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Coincidentally, Oswald Avery had only the year before shown that a relatively simple compound — deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA — must play a role in transferring genetic information.

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Already haunting the scene was the dread of a reprise of Dallas, where Ruby gunned down Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK’s assassin.

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"If we lose but come close, moderate Republicans might take notice," said Buddy Oswald, an attorney and educator.

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Philip Shenon, who wrote a 2013 book about the assassination, told the Associated Press that previously released documents described a trip Oswald took to Mexico City in September 1963, months before the assassination.

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