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  • One complaint, filed by incumbent Council member Karen Benker, concerns a telephone poll allegedly conducted by Western Tradition and Longmont Leadership Committee that Benker claims went beyond merely collecting information to advocating against her candidacy.

    Luis Toro: Anonymous Push Polls: Coming Soon to a Phone Near You? 2009

  • For the last year Yochai Benker and I have been running a research seminar at Yale with some very talented students on the theory and practice of access to knowledge, trying to understand the larger theoretical commitments behind the access to knowledge movement.

    Balkinization 2006

  • It's essentially the up side of the Benker worldview provided we choose to make the best of it.

    Archive 2007-11-25 2007

  • Kessler, Webb, Benker, Delplace, &c., and it may be used again in the manufacture of nitro-glycerine or gun-cotton.

    Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise

  • "I beg your pardon, sir," said Mr.. Benker to the new-comer, "but I do hope I'm not ---- Why" -- she changed her tone to one of extreme surprise -- "if it ain't Mr. Wilson!"

    A Coin of Edward VII A Detective Story Fergus Hume 1895

  • Mr.. Benker paused, then continued, "I'll tell you exactly how it occurred, if Mr. Asher will make some allowance for the wickedness of that wretched boy of mine."

    A Coin of Edward VII A Detective Story Fergus Hume 1895

  • His surname was Benker, but was not thought sufficiently dignified for use in so sedate a place of business.

    A Coin of Edward VII A Detective Story Fergus Hume 1895

  • It seems from what Mr.. Benker said that Mr. Wilson was mostly out all night and in all day.

    A Coin of Edward VII A Detective Story Fergus Hume 1895

  • Yes, "added Mr.. Benker, smoothing her apron," Mr. Wilson was always a gentleman.

    A Coin of Edward VII A Detective Story Fergus Hume 1895

  • Attendees, many in classic 1920s fashions, then entered the castle for a gourmet dinner prepared by Benker.

    Omaha World-Herald > Frontpage 2010

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