Whittaker

[ hwit-uh-ker, wit- ]

/ ˈʰwɪt ə kər, ˈwɪt- /

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Charles Evans, 1901–73, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1957–62.

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“Quite frankly I think this is ambitious,” Whittaker said of the Independent’s expansion into India and China.
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I worked hardest and longest—seven to eight years—on my biography of Whittaker Chambers, and I learned the most doing it.
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As Whittaker Chambers remarked in Witness: [W]hen I took up my little sling and aimed at Communism, I also hit something else.
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On Dec, 25, 2002, Jack Whittaker received what some might consider to be the best Christmas present ever: $315 million.
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Whittaker eventually gave away more than $50 million to almost anyone who would ask.
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One night Whittaker was drugged at a strip club and someone stole $2,000 from his car.
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Yeats-Brown was still at large in the city, dressed in girl's clothes lent him by Miss Whittaker.
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"Cap'n Whittaker," Miss Dawes had risen to her feet with a determined expression on her face.
Cy Whittaker's Place|Joseph C. Lincoln
They entered the yard of the Cy Whittaker place together and approached the side door.
Cy Whittaker's Place|Joseph C. Lincoln
The list was a long one and, when the great afternoon came, the Whittaker house was crowded.
Cy Whittaker's Place|Joseph C. Lincoln
And Captain Cy, returning from the town meeting to the Whittaker place, felt lonesome likewise.
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