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- noun Plural form of
settlement .
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Manóboland, with the exception of such settlements as have been formed by non-Christian Manóbos in the vicinity of Christian _settlements_ and usually situated at the head of navigation on the tributaries of the
The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir John M. Garvan
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[6] Thus the use the nation has for new settlements and acquisitions in North America is for the great increase of the people who are already there, and to enable them to subsist _by a dependance upon her_; which they can never do, _unless they extend their settlements_.
Report of the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations on the Petition of the Honourable Thomas Walpole, Benjamin Franklin, John Sargent, and Samuel Wharton, Esquires, and their Associates 1772 Great Britain. Board of Trade
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Thus Obama presses for benevolent eugenics - needless to say for our own good - when insisting we forthwith freeze all construction and effectively end natural growth in what he calls settlements, including significant swaths of Jerusalem.
Israpundit Ted Belman 2010
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Our position on settlements is well-known and has not changed.
Clinton Reaffirms US Commitment to Middle East Solution 2010
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They want an eventual total freeze on construction in settlements to make way for a Palestinian state.
For Palestinians, Success of Talks Depends on Settlements Issue 2010
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Court approval of such settlements is usually a formality.
3 Largest Credit Card Companies Sued By Government For 'Anticompetitive Rules' AP 2010
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Court approval of such settlements is usually a formality.
3 Largest Credit Card Companies Sued By Government For 'Anticompetitive Rules' AP 2010
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Demolition and forced eviction of innocent civilians by the government to build illegal settlements, is that not a form of "Terrorism"???
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As Israeli and Palestinian negotiators worked toward a possible last-minute compromise, Israeli settlers across the West Bank gathered construction equipment and prepared to resume building as soon as a partial ban on the building of new Jewish homes in settlements expired.
Settlements' Deadline Clouds Future of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Efforts 2010
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They want an eventual total freeze on construction in settlements to make way for a Palestinian state.
For Palestinians, Success of Talks Depends on Settlements Issue 2010
minerva commented on the word settlements
She then set forth to me, my friends' expectations from me; Mr. Solmes's riches (three times as rich he came out to be as anybody had thought him); the settlements proposed; Mr. Lovelace's bad character; their aversion to him...
Clarissa Harlowe to Anna Howe, Clarissa by Samuel Richardson
January 3, 2008
minerva commented on the word settlements
I don't find that he has once talked of settlements; much less of the licence. It is hard! But as your evil destiny has thrown you out of all other protection and mediation, you must be father, mother, uncle to yourself; and enter upon the requisite points for yourself.
Anna Howe to Clarissa Harlowe, Clarissa by Samuel Richardson
January 3, 2008