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  • Physically the Bubis are a fairly well-formed race of medium height; they are decidedly inferior to the Benga or the Krus, but quite on a level with the Effiks.

    Travels in West Africa 2003

  • Physically the Bubis are a fairly well-formed race of medium height; they are decidedly inferior to the Benga or the Krus, but quite on a level with the Effiks.

    Travels in West Africa Mary H. Kingsley 1881

  • Upon his death, Bubis instructs his widow, the Baroness, to continue to publish anything Hans writes.

    Looking for Archimboldi 2009

  • After several refusals, a publisher, the Jew Bubis in Hamburg, agrees to publish his novel. 300 copies are sold.

    Looking for Archimboldi 2009

  • Hans continues to write and Bubis continues to publish.

    Looking for Archimboldi 2009

  • I took that question to my friend Gerald Bubis' house last week, where he was hosting a salon in honor of Daniel Sokatch, CEO of the New Israel Fund.

    David Suissa: Fair-Weathered Zionists David Suissa 2011

  • If the stock "gets much cheaper there is going to be more of a roar for activists to jump in," said Daniel Bubis , chief investment officer of Canadian money management firm Tetrem Capital Management, which bought RIM shares in November.

    RIM Takes PlayBook Hit Will Connors 2011

  • But Bubis predicted the law would help keep prices stable and curb cheating.

    Praise for Tougher Consumer Protection IWPR 2008

  • There have been attacks on military installations by some Bubis in recent years, and the reprisals have been severe.

    Archbishop writes for New Statesman magazine: 'It could have been me' 2007

  • Then the Bubis26 — as the inhabitants on Fernando Po are called, from a confusion arising in the minds of the sailors calling at Fernando Po, between their stupidity and their word Babi = stranger, which they use as a word of greeting — these Bubis are undoubtedly a very early African race.

    Travels in West Africa 2003

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