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• For many years the new Pope had been known as a hard, pedantic ecclesiastical lawyer, and now that he had arrived at the supreme power, he had evidently determined to enforce the high mediaeval supremacy of the Church over the State. —  Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White, V2
• Before that, Bencosme was known as a hard-working student at American Senior High School in Hialeah, where he loved to run and train. —  JustNews.com - Local News
• Although an investigation cleared him of wrongdoing, he became known as the hard-luck astronaut. —  springfieldnewssun.com - News
• Describing a stump speech in Tennessee, she wrote, "He also made an appeal based on what he described as his hard work for the state-as if a debt were owed in return for years of service." —  Brilliant at Breakfast
• Cagayan de Oro journalist Susan Palmes, in her email report to the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), said Labares is known as a hard-hitting radio commentator who is active in denouncing illegal activities such as local cock fighting and video karera (computerized horse racing). —  Bulatlat

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