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Mildred Stuck, who rented out rooms, thought having a New York psychiatrist staying at her place made her Queen of the Rainbow Cafe, nearly, she'd even had the brass to sit right down in Miss Ruth Porte's booth and start braying about her
The End of the Pier Grimes, Martha 1994
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He had thought up "Raoul" one night after he and Florence had been to La Porte's single movie house to see Kiss of the Spider Woman.
The End of the Pier Grimes, Martha 1994
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Palermo on the 3d of November, and was charged with an additional manifestation of the Sublime Porte's friendly esteem for our incomparable hero.
The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2 James Harrison
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Porte's nonacquiescence in the right of expatriation and by the imposition of religious tests as a condition of residence, in which this
State of the Union Address (1790-2001) United States. Presidents.
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Yet they declined the Porte's request for extradition.
The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 Henry Baerlein 1917
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The fault rather of the Porte's rule was the dreadful corruption and incompetence of the Turk as an administrator and the Turkish ideas of the status of women-folk -- ideas which gave to Moslem women rights derived from their
Bulgaria Frank Fox 1917
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Single-handed, Strogonov presented an ultimatum to the Sultan demanding the restoration of Christian churches and the Porte's protection for Christian worship.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) Edwin Emerson 1914
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Immediate steps were taken to remove the menace to European tranquillity which arose from what the Austrian Ambassador called "the Porte's long delays and tergiversation."
The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 Stephen Lucius Gwynn 1907
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It was also complicated by the Porte's unlimited capacity for wasting time.
The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 Stephen Lucius Gwynn 1907
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But at last the Porte's decision to surrender Dulcigno was announced, and
The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 Stephen Lucius Gwynn 1907
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