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  • The Yew is only seen here as a low trailing shrub, from four to six feet high.

    Rural Hours 1887

  • Singapore’s former leader Lee Kuan Yew is also known to be extremely lawsuit happy against critics of his and recently won a judgment in a Singapore court against News Corp for a critical article published in the Far Eastern Economic Review.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Nonrecognition of Foreign Libel Judgments 2010

  • Peggy was living in England now in the country at place called Yew cottage.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2009

  • 'See here,' said Lady Thistlewood, leading the way to the north end of the hall, where a door opened into what was called the Yew-tree Grove.

    The Chaplet of Pearls Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • In areas of the world where palm leaves are not readily available, other native plants may be substituted and Palm Sunday may be alternatively referred to as Yew Sunday, Willow Sunday, or whatever else is used in that locality. liturgy for Palm Sunday services usually follows the palm processions with a reading of the Passion story -- a meaningful reminder that many of the same crowd that welcomed Jesus to Jerusalem would participate in the mob that cheered for his death less than a week later.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • I. 'Yew've had enough -- tew much,' says I. 'Moderation in all things,' says I, 'even as low deown as passnips.'

    Vesty of the Basins Sarah P. McLean Greene 1895

  • Is authoritarianism excusable or permissible - for any length of time - if it is justified by a need for economic growth/reform (e.g. Lee Kwan Yew, Pinochet, Park Chung Hee)?

    What Did Pinochet Know that Cowen Doesn't?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Died: Kwa Geok Choo, the wife of Singapore's founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, who described her as his "tower of strength," and mother of the city-state's current prime minister, in Singapore on Saturday at age 89.

    What's News 2010

  • As Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew wrote recently, "China has to carefully consider whether insisting on dealing with the Asean countries separately will make them gravitate closer to the U.S."

    China's Aggressive New Diplomacy 2010

  • I think Ludwig Erhard had an even clearer effect than Lee Kwan Yew, and I'm particularly impressed by him since he came earlier.

    Tolstoy, Hayek, and David Brooks, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

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