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- proper noun A
surname of Irish origin, variant ofReagan . - proper noun A male
given name , transferred use of the surname. - proper noun A female
given name derived from the surname, or from the name of the evil daughter of King Lear. Shakespeare may have got the name from the ultimately same Irish source.
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Judith was my publisher, a very important person in her industry—hence the name Regan Books—and had been very supportive of my writing.
The Hardcore Diaries Mick Foley 2007
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Judith was my publisher, a very important person in her industry—hence the name Regan Books—and had been very supportive of my writing.
The Hardcore Diaries Mick Foley 2007
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March 2nd, 2010 at 2: 34 pm hellinabucket says: massanova, where in your description of Mike Regan is there a need for the SPLC to jump to his defense?
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The meeting was also attended by David Haslam (Chair, National Obesity Forum) and Paula Regan from the UK, who shared their experience with the CounterWeight program, which has researched clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of obesity interventions in primary care.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Prime Time for Primary Care? 2009
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The chasuble Fr Regan is wearing is a rather special one from the parish's medieval collection which I mentioned once before.
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This argument is fundamentally the argument used by Limbaugh to try and exonerate Regan from the huge deficits he ran.
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That generation voted in Regan, Bush I, and Bush II because they were tired of paying taxes.
Matthew Yglesias » Ben Smith Says the Left Won’t Object to Entitlement Cuts 2009
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Should I call Regan? she thought, as she did her best to avoid puddles.
WRECKED CAROL HIGGINS CLARK 2010
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Should I call Regan? she thought, as she did her best to avoid puddles.
WRECKED CAROL HIGGINS CLARK 2010
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It looks like Hillary's unrelenting campaign of latent racism and demonizing Obama – unethical claims of victory and scapegoating of Obama as supressing votes in MI and FL – while pumping up on testosterone to morph into the most macho candidate since Regan is a formula to win her margin over the short term.
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