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Slocum

American  
[sloh-kuhm] / ˈsloʊ kəm /

noun

  1. Joshua, 1844–c1910, U.S. mariner, author, and lecturer, born in Nova Scotia.


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Such collaboration has been done before—think Harvey Slocum, who shaped the Bhakra Nangal Dam alongside Indian engineers, and Norman Borlaug, whose high-yielding wheat with M.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025

“There is absolutely a movement here,” says Tyson Slocum, director of the energy program at Public Citizen, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2025

Slocum, of Public Citizen, said that communities are objecting to a process that has been shrouded in secrecy, with public officials sometimes being asked to sign nondisclosure agreements about the projects.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2025

“We’re not seeing so much pain right now,” said Slocum, chief executive of Green Development Co. of Pasadena.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025

I was driving the Cadillac, taking some corn and squash and tomatoes to old Mr. Slocum, who was laid up with a bad back.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

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