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Shirer

American  
[shahyuhr-er] / ˈʃaɪər ər /

noun

  1. William Lawrence, 1904–1993, U.S. journalist, news broadcaster, and writer.


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In fact, Lindbergh’s first visit to Germany was to attend the Olympics; as American foreign correspondent William L. Shirer wrote in his book “Berlin Diary”:

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2024

But state District Judge Ellen Shirer Kovach ruled in February that trying Gasser for murder again would violate his constitutional protection against double jeopardy.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2021

"To allow the State to retry the defendant on the second-degree murder charge violates defendant’s protections against double jeopardy," District Judge Ellen Shirer Kovach said in her ruling, agreeing with Gasser’s lawyer, Dane Ciolino.

From Fox News ● Feb. 11, 2021

Shirer fumed, “My God! Here was the old continent on the brink of war…and the network was most reluctant to provide five minutes a day from here to report it.”

From The Guardian ● May 22, 2019

I wanted to tell Shirer that I had seen Atmananda's seemingly tight-knit community transform into a group of fearful, paranoid people.

From Take Me for a Ride: coming of age in a destructive cult by Mark Eliot Laxer

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