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Rawls

American  
[rawlz] / rɔlz /

noun

  1. John, 1921–2002, U.S. political philosopher.


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Norm Eisen: People don’t want to hear about Locke and Burke and John Rawls.

From Slate Apr. 20, 2026

Rawls projects stop-motion videos of still images of Black dancers onto chroma green screens suspended from the ceiling.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 2, 2025

That’s what Rawls was studying at the University of Texas when she connected with fabled swing coach Harvey Penick.

From Seattle Times Oct. 21, 2023

A performance video by the choreographer Will Rawls, for instance, offers a mood map of the intersection of Jefferson Avenue, the thoroughfare that the show follows, and Interstate 44.

From New York Times May 9, 2023

“He made Stinky Sanders, the mortician, the richest man in town, Colonel,” Hobie Rawls said while pouring coffee into Bull’s cup from a steaming glass globe.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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