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  • Though Dodd says he was one of numerous political figures to lobby Clinton on Downe's behalf, Downe told NEWSWEEK, "I asked Chris if he would shepherd it through."

    Like Father, Like Son 2009

  • Deciding to bring a Downe's Syndrome child into the world could not have been an easy decision for Gov.

    What's the Connection?: Sarah Palin's Family Values Debra W. Haffner 2008

  • We are reminded that nine British soldiers were killed in 50 attacks in May and, writes, Parker, every time the men of Sergeant Downe's Delta company go out in their Warrior carriers (as pictured above), they are tailed by cars or watch men on cell phones marking their movements and passing the information to someone farther down the road.

    Shape up or get out Richard 2006

  • Only a few walls of the abbey now remain in close proximity to Lord Downe's recently enlarged house.

    The Evolution of an English Town Gordon Home 1923

  • Had not a wayward accident cumbered her with a kirtle, she would have sought death or glory in the wars; she would have gone with Colonel Downe's men upon the road; she would have sailed to the Spanish Main for pieces of eight.

    A Book of Scoundrels 1896

  • Had not a wayward accident cumbered her with a kirtle, she would have sought death or glory in the wars; she would have gone with Colonel Downe's men upon the road; she would have sailed to the Spanish Main for pieces of eight.

    A Book of Scoundrels Charles Whibley 1894

  • He opened the swing-gate, closed it noiselessly, and gently moved into the semicircular drive, which remained exactly as it had been marked out by Barnet on the morning when Lucy Savile ran in to thank him for procuring her the post of governess to Downe's children.

    Wessex Tales Thomas Hardy 1884

  • She would not let him harp on this gloomy refrain, and talked on bright matters till she said, producing a small roll of paper which he had noticed in her hand all the while, 'Mr. Downe wished me to bring you this revised drawing of the late Mr.. Downe's tomb, which the architect has just sent him.

    Wessex Tales Thomas Hardy 1884

  • 'She was a good woman in the highest sense,' gravely answered Barnet, who, though Downe's words drew genuine compassion from his heart, could not help feeling that a tender reticence would have been a finer tribute to Mrs. Downe's really sterling virtues than such a second-class lament as this.

    Wessex Tales Thomas Hardy 1884

  • Lucy's new silk dress sweeping with a smart rustle round the base-mouldings of the ancient font, and Downe's little daughters following in a state of round-eyed interest in their position, and that of Lucy, their teacher and friend.

    Wessex Tales Thomas Hardy 1884

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