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  • So, in a community called Haviland and Mullinville and Bucklin.

    CNN Transcript May 5, 2007 2007

  • Mr. John Von S.nntag Haviland, formerly of the U.S. Army, wrote a metrical description of this ball, and in referring to Mr.. Clay, thus expresses himself: --

    As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century Marian Gouverneur

  • French china, known as Haviland, which can be bought for $35 -- and the blue-and-white English porcelain of different makes -- Copeland, Trenton, etc., a desirable set of which costs $15 and higher.

    The Complete Home Oliver R. [Contributor] Williamson 1907

  • Egyptian style in the 19th century was often associated with mystery and death and was thus occasionally used in the design of cemetery gates and prisons, such as Haviland's 1830s design of the New Jersey State Penitentiary at Trenton, and architect Henry Austin's wall and gates at the Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut (1845).

    19th-Century Egyptian Revivalism 2009

  • Your product is known all over the world -- the name "Haviland" is a household word.

    A Journey Through France in War Time 1883

  • 51 East's Lagoona Mall flagship store will span two floors and feature an independent Rolex boutique, VIP entrance and shopping salon, spa, children's wear and playground, a home accessories section featuring several renowned names such as Haviland, Lalique and Daum.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local GANDY 2009

  • But my favorite is probably Haviland Tuf's Ark, because it can do nearly anything, is spectacular in its blessings AND failings, and is a great vehicle (in a literal AND literary sense) for the man who pilots it.

    MIND MELD: The Best Spaceships in Written Science Fiction 2010

  • Haviland Tuf's Ark from Tuf Voyaging by R.R. Martin would kick buttock on most imaginary ships.

    MIND MELD: The Best Spaceships in Written Science Fiction 2010

  • Jennifer Haviland hooping at sunset on the 4th of July on Chautauqua Lake in Lakewood, New York.

    Hooping.org | Blog | Jennifer Haviland 2009

  • Here in 1937, Willis Haviland Carrier built his famous air-conditioner manufacturing company, which, ironically, made the Sun Belt habitable for millions of migrant New Yorkers.

    The Empire State Can Rise Again Jonathan Cohen 2011

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