Richardson
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Henry Handel Henrietta Richardson Robertson, 1870–1946, Australian novelist.
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Henry Hobson 1838–86, U.S. architect.
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Jack (Carter), 1934–2012, U.S. playwright and novelist.
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Sir Owen Williams, 1879–1959, English physicist: Nobel Prize 1928.
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Sir Ralph (David), 1902–83, English actor.
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Samuel, 1689–1761, English novelist.
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Tony, 1928–91, English motion-picture and theatrical director.
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Walter Hart, 1880–1961, U.S. journalist.
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a city in northeastern Texas, near Dallas.
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Dorothy M ( iller ). 1873–1957, British novelist, a pioneer of stream-of-consciousness writing: author of the novel sequence Pilgrimage (14 vols, 1915–67)
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Henry Handel . pen name of Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson , 1870–1946, Australian novelist; author of the trilogy The Fortunes of Richard Mahony (1917–29)
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Sir Owen Willans . 1879–1959, British physicist; a pioneer in the study of atomic physics: Nobel prize for physics 1928
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Sir Ralph ( David ). 1902–83, British stage and screen actor
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Samuel . 1689–1761, British novelist whose psychological insight and use of the epistolary form exerted a great influence on the development of the novel. His chief novels are Pamela (1740) and Clarissa (1747)
Example Sentences
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Twice in her career Haley Lu Richardson has read a script and immediately known, “I have to do this.”
From Los Angeles Times
That said, Nela Richardson, chief economist at ADP, did caution that employment has been “choppy” since the Covid-19 pandemic and that one month of more robust hiring doesn’t always translate into a sustained upswing.
From Barron's
That said, Nela Richardson, chief economist at ADP, did caution that employment has been “choppy” since the Covid-19 pandemic and that one month of more robust hiring doesn’t always translate into a sustained upswing.
From Barron's
Big companies pulled back slightly from the job market last month, ADP chief economist Nela Richardson said.
“Small establishments recovered from November job losses with positive end-of-year hiring, even as large employers pulled back,” said Nela Richardson, chief economist at ADP, the nation’s largest processor of payroll checks.
From MarketWatch
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