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Richard

1 American  
[ri-shahrd, ree-shar] / rɪˈʃɑrd, riˈʃar /

noun

  1. Maurice Rocket, 1921–2000, Canadian hockey player.


Richard 2 American  
[rich-erd] / ˈrɪtʃ ərd /

noun

  1. a male given name.


Richard British  
/ ˈrɪtʃəd /

noun

  1. Sir Cliff , real name Harry Rodger Webb . born 1940, British pop singer. Film musicals include The Young Ones (1961) and Summer Holiday (1962)

  2. Maurice , known as Rocket . (1921–2000); Canadian ice hockey player

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Richard Haas, the former president of the Council on Foreign Relations, said it is not clear what impact a conflict of any duration and scale would have on Iran's government.

From Barron's

The city was put on the map by Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, who came in the early 1960s for the filming of “The Night of the Iguana.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md., wrote to Kennedy and Attorney General Pam Bondi, demanding he recuse himself from work related to vaccine injury compensation.

From Salon

An Ceann Mor - which means large headland in Gaelic - was opened by the Scottish government's then rural affairs minister Richard Lochhead.

From BBC

“As far as the current management, we are pretty much closing,” said Nils President Richard Leffler.

From The Wall Street Journal