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- adverb Alternative spelling of
posthumously .
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The first award goes, post-humously, to Mr George Orwell, socialist writer, who penned these lines in 1941's The Lion and the Unicorn:
Orwell and War Socialism, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The Economist blog suggests we give George Orwell a booby prize for his 1941 declaration that World War II proved the superiority of socialism over capitalism: The first award goes, post-humously, to Mr George Orwell, socialist writer, who penned these ...
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I am calling B.S. on the entire “Pro-Life” movement, the entire anti-gay movement, and the war on drugs, and the war on terrorism; and post-humously on the anti-communist reaction.
Waldo Jaquith - Telling me I’m stupid does nothing to endear me to your cause. 2006
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LOL @ "What if some nutter does blow up the plane, will I then be blamed post-humously?"
"Stolen" time, cheese eating and a positive silence? uknaija 2007
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What if some nutter does blow up the plane, will I then be blamed post-humously?
"Stolen" time, cheese eating and a positive silence? uknaija 2007
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What if some nutter does blow up the plane, will I then be blamed post-humously?
Archive 2007-12-01 uknaija 2007
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P.esident Bush today will post-humously award the Medal of Honor to Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy.
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She was post-humously re-elected to Congress after her death it was too late to remove her name from the ballot.
Woman Making History #61: Pasty Mink (What if No One's Watching?) 2006
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She was post-humously re-elected to Congress after her death it was too late to remove her name from the ballot.
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Today, his daughter - in her nineties - and the grand daughter he never met have heard that Private Harry Farr is to be post-humously pardoned, and it is hoped that 300 more pardons will be issued for men who were killed in similar circumstances.
Harry Farr Rachel 2006
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