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  • When next he gave her a surname he would call her Winsome Peden.

    The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887

  • Jock seemed what he had called Winsome's purse -- baggy.

    The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887

  • "Winsome," said Ralph, earnestly, for this serious and practical side of her character was an additional and unexpected revelation of perfection, "if you make as good a wife as you make a sweetheart, you will make one man happy."

    The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887

  • "Winsome," said Ralph, trying to prolong the period of his converse with her, "you are not angry with me for writing what I did?"

    The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887

  • The report, by the Office of Congressional Ethics, the House's independent ethics investigative arm, recommended further review because "there is probable cause to believe that Representative Hastings violated House rules, standards of conduct, and federal law" in his contact with Winsome Packer, a staff member on a commission Mr. Hastings headed.

    Harassment Case Moves to Ethics Committee Gary Fields 2012

  • Among them was Winsome Pendergrass , a 53-year-old home health-care aide, who is studying to become an exterminator—with the hopes, she said, of shifting from one helping profession to another.

    Women Enlist For the Battle Against Pests Gabrielle Birkner 2011

  • The lawsuit, filed Monday with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, accuses Hastings of making "unwelcome sexual advances" and taking retaliation against the female employee, Winsome Packer, from January 2008 to February 2010.

    Alcee Hastings, Fla. Democratic congressman, faces sexual harassment allegation 2011

  • LW: Nice man blouse, Seal.7.55pm: HF: slkNADVLKNDVA Sorry, my head just the keyboard in despair: it's Kate Winsome, I mean, Kate Winslet.

    Emmy awards 2011: as they happened 2011

  • The investigation comes on the heels of a lawsuit filed by Winsome Packer alleging Hastings made repeated unwanted sexual advances and threatened her job when she refused him.

    Alcee Hastings Sexual Harassment Allegation Investigated By Ethics Panel 2011

  • The group filed suit today against Hastings, first elected to Congress in 1992, on behalf of Winsome Packer.

    Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., sued for alleged sexual harassment 2011

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