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  • The Cookes were a close-knit family - Trivett took in J. D.'s wife and son while he served eight months in prison in Mansfield - but Cooke never fully explained to his family what drove him to commit the crimes.

    daytondailynews.com - News 2010

  • Impressively, the Cookes had lived in Chester Castle since 1773; no doubt, like many of Jamaica's long-settled English, they had been impervious to, and contemptuous of, the slave culture in which they found themselves.

    My travels: Ian Thomson in Jamaica Ian Thomson 2010

  • Six generations of Cookes lay buried nearby in Bethel Town churchyard, "and I hope to join them before long".

    My travels: Ian Thomson in Jamaica Ian Thomson 2010

  • Hopefully the success of yer Cavendishes, Cookes, Deignans, and petits Roches will lead to a more educated cycling public, and a less one-eyed cycling coverage in the media.

    John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

  • The Cookes had three daughters—Flora, Maria, and Julia—and a son, John Rogers.

    Cavalryman of the Lost Cause Jeffry D. Wert 2008

  • The Cookes had three daughters—Flora, Maria, and Julia—and a son, John Rogers.

    Cavalryman of the Lost Cause Jeffry D. Wert 2008

  • He never had the notority of the Sam Cookes and Otis Reddings, despite having that killer voice and nasty hooks.

    I Want Everybody Up Outta Their Seats (Music (For Robots)) 2006

  • He never had the notority of the Sam Cookes and Otis Reddings, despite having that killer voice and nasty hooks.

    Music (For Robots): March 2006 Archives 2006

  • The Cookes didn't really embrace their history or try to live like a real 1867 ranchers family.

    The Bunkhouse Beats the Ranch House 2006

  • Therefore of both barrelles, I iudge Cookes and Painters the better hearing, for the one extendeth his arte no farther then to the tongue, palate, and nose, the other to the eye; and both are ended in outwarde sense, which is common too vs with bruite beasts.

    The More Things Change II Heo 2006

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