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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A town of southeast Connecticut on Long Island Sound. Founded in 1646 by Puritans under John Winthrop, Jr., it served as a base for privateers during the American Revolution. In the 1800s, it was a major whaling port.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a town in southeastern Connecticut near Long Island Sound; an important whaling center in the 19th century
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Connecticut is about to try a LVT in impoverished New London, which is corporation-rich, and revenue poor.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: The Progress Report: Mine owner wants a tax on land to revive ruined Zimbabwe 2009
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Connecticut is about to try a LVT in impoverished New London, which is corporation-rich, and revenue poor.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: The Progress Report: Mine owner wants a tax on land to revive ruined Zimbabwe 2009
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But then again, New London, which is where I will be picked up, would have been more than 2 h 35 min away.
Not so efficient - or what? Torill 2006
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But then again, New London, which is where I will be picked up, would have been more than 2 h 35 min away.
Archive 2006-04-01 Torill 2006
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"I'm not sure I would call New London a boomtown, in the full sense of the term," said Chris Casteneda, an associate professor of history at California State University in Sacramento and the author of Invisible Fuel: Manufactured and Natural Gas in America, 1800-2000.
Times Editor's Flashy Book Proposal Lands $850,000 Deal 1999
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While this condition of affairs existed in Massachusetts, a number of the citizens of New London, Connecticut, organized a company called the New London Society, united for trade and commerce.
Currency and Banking in the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay [excerpts] 1901
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Costner's last known address was 32 Clubhouse Drive in New London, which is in Stanly County.
GoTriad Archives 2008
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Costner's last known address was 32 Clubhouse Drive in New London, which is in Stanly County.
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My mom is so annoyin because she'll say she's not picking up any of our friends who live, at tops, 20 minutes away but she'll drive to New London which is a hour and a half away just to pick up a peice of paper.
clashpunk Diary Entry clashpunk 2004
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(The state no longer breaks out manufacturing wages for its local labor markets, such as New London or Norwich.)
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