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  • proper noun An English surname.
  • proper noun A male given name

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  • Christian holidays like Christmas, New Year, and Easter, are officially celebrated in Syria, something that is not found in most other Arab countries, and according to Chancy: "On any given Sunday, more Christians are at worship in Syria than in such formerly Christian nations as England."

    Sami Moubayed: The Alexandria Bombing: Could it Happen in Syria? Sami Moubayed 2011

  • Another blogger, Kondwani Munthali, expresses his frustration with a Government plan to study the feasibility of turning an old ship on Lake Malawi, the MV Chancy Maples, into a mobile hospital.

    Global Voices in English » Malawi: The good, the bad and the hopeful in health care 2009

  • Christian holidays like Christmas, New Year, and Easter, are officially celebrated in Syria, something that is not found in most other Arab countries, and according to Chancy: "On any given Sunday, more Christians are at worship in Syria than in such formerly Christian nations as England."

    Sami Moubayed: The Alexandria Bombing: Could it Happen in Syria? Sami Moubayed 2011

  • Christian holidays like Christmas, New Year, and Easter, are officially celebrated in Syria, something that is not found in most other Arab countries, and according to Chancy: "On any given Sunday, more Christians are at worship in Syria than in such formerly Christian nations as England."

    Sami Moubayed: The Alexandria Bombing: Could it Happen in Syria? Sami Moubayed 2011

  • Christian holidays like Christmas, New Year, and Easter, are officially celebrated in Syria, something that is not found in most other Arab countries, and according to Chancy: "On any given Sunday, more Christians are at worship in Syria than in such formerly Christian nations as England."

    Sami Moubayed: The Alexandria Bombing: Could it Happen in Syria? Sami Moubayed 2011

  • (Children's Newspaper, 1963-64), which was later filmed as Bullwhip Griffin, "Chancy and the Grand Rascal" (Look and Learn, 1967) and, for a second time, "Mr Mysterious & Company" (Look and Learn, 1969).

    Archive 2010-03-01 Steve 2010

  • (Children's Newspaper, 1963-64), which was later filmed as Bullwhip Griffin, "Chancy and the Grand Rascal" (Look and Learn, 1967) and, for a second time, "Mr Mysterious & Company" (Look and Learn, 1969).

    Sid Fleischman (1920-2010) Steve 2010

  • When the war broke out in 2003, when many of us were trying to retreat, Chancy decided, 'This is my duty.' ...

    Amy Goodman: Soldier Suicides: The War Condolences Obama Won't Send 2009

  • I love the magic words give when chosen by bloggers for us to select or skip. on July 30, 2008 at 10:13 am | Reply Chancy

    I love the . . . « First 50 Words – Writing Prompts 2008

  • For Chancy, the $38,000-a-year salary he collects from the district is not enough to make ends meet.

    It's hard out there for a teacher Sinfonian 2008

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