Vivyan
Americannoun
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On Nov. 2, Professor Isserman wrote to the academic dean, Vivyan Adair, that he had not been able to reach Mr. Burton, who he said was going through “a complete crash and burn.”
From New York Times
“The problem comes when the type of people who are not responding to you are disproportionately of a specific political preference,” said Nick Vivyan, lecturer in politics at Durham University.
Miss Vivyan was the daughter of an officer of high rank in the navy of Queen Elizabeth, who lost his life in the royal service while his little girl Anna was still very young.
From Project Gutenberg
We have a drive before us, so you will have time to wake up on the way to your aunt’s,” said Mr. Vivyan, as they threaded their way along the crowded platform.
From Project Gutenberg
“So you have come, Vivyan,” he said.
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