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  • It is true, the Government, that is, the Stewards of the

    A Discourse Concerning the Currencies of the British Plantations in America 1739

  • Several figures, called Stewards stand in for religious leaders who at times offer no help to the tenants except for Platitudes.

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  • Margaret is a 38-year-old mother of six who owns a chemist shop (pharmacy) called Stewards Medical Care in the Mukuru slums of Nairobi.

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  • Several figures, called Stewards stand in for religious leaders who at times offer no help to the tenants except for Platitudes.

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  • If members don't attend meetings and all vote for themselves, the union is taken over by toadies and Shop Stewards, which is the path to corruption.

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  • It is true, the Government, that is, the Stewards of the Publick, may by the Consent of their Principals, the collective Body of the People; raise Money upon the Credit of the Real and Personal Estates of the People: but this in Propriety of Speech, is not making (or acquiring) of Money as we term it, but the reverse: A Prodigal who involves his Estate to raise ready Money, is it not ridiculous to say he has made so much Money; whereas in effect he has spent so much Money by sinking some Part of his Estate.

    A Discourse Concerning the Currencies of the British Plantations in America 1740

  • Though Commercial Closet warns it may be offensive, one of my favorites is "Stewards," by Travelocity.

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  • Though Commercial Closet warns it may be offensive, one of my favorites is "Stewards," by Travelocity.

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  • Surely, the proud Tudors, whose line ended with Elizabeth, must have despised the "Stewards," whose kingdom was small and bleak and cold, and who could not control their own vassals.

    Famous Affinities of History — Volume 1 Lyndon Orr

  • Surely, the proud Tudors, whose line ended with Elizabeth, must have despised the "Stewards," whose kingdom was small and bleak and cold, and who could not control their own vassals.

    Famous Affinities of History — Complete Lyndon Orr

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