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- proper noun A female
given name
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Malin is flat-eyed, immensely powerful, hugely dangerous – "a creature of the Soviet", and a worthy opponent for Webster, a journalist turned investigator still haunted by the death of his friend Inessa in a Kazakh jail 10 years ago.
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But as the investigator's tenuous leads melt to nothing, as his contacts clam up or disappear, as his family is threatened and Lock's life hangs in the balance, Webster starts to wonder if, even to put Inessa's ghost to rest, he can really go on with the case.
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Hellenic allies made an attack upon the Sicel fort of Inessa, a
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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The winter ensuing, the Athenians in Sicily with their Hellenic allies, and such of the Sicel subjects or allies of Syracuse as had revolted from her and joined their army, marched against the Sicel town Inessa, the acropolis of which was held by the Syracusans, and after attacking it without being able to take it, retired.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005
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Athenian allies routed at Inessa, Sicily, 3.103.1-2
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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The winter ensuing, the Athenians in Sicily with their Hellenic allies, and such of the Sicel subjects or allies of Syracuse as had revolted from her and joined their army, marched against the Sicel city Inessa, the Acropolis of which was held by the Syracusans, and after attacking it without being able to take it, retired.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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Athenian allies routed at Inessa, Sicily, 3.103.1-2
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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The winter ensuing, the Athenians in Sicily with their Hellenic allies, and such of the Sicel subjects or allies of Syracuse as had revolted from her and joined their army, marched against the Sicel city Inessa, the Acropolis of which was held by the Syracusans, and after attacking it without being able to take it, retired.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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On October 9, the Soviets announced that Jewish refuseniks Viktor and Inessa Flerov would be allowed to emigrate to Israel.4
Turmoil and Triumph George P. Shultz 1993
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On October 9, the Soviets announced that Jewish refuseniks Viktor and Inessa Flerov would be allowed to emigrate to Israel.4
Turmoil and Triumph George P. Shultz 1993
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