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Examples
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"The economy is on its own," said Christopher Probyn, chief economist at State Street Global Advisors in Boston.
Second-quarter growth slows, outlook less dismal Reuters 2011
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John Probyn, charged with doing grievous bodily harm to a constable.
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"It is clear we have temporarily entered a soft patch," said Christopher Probyn, chief economist at State Street Global Advisors in Boston, before the report.
U.S. Only Added 54,000 Workers In May As Jobless Rate Rises 2011
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The defendants, both dressed in orange jumpsuits, made no eye contact with anyone in the room and kept their heads down as Dugard's mother, Terry Probyn, read her daughter's statement at the ongoing hearing that Dugard did not attend.
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But nothing's more moving than when she recalls her reunion with her mother, Terry Probyn.
Top Moments: Jake Gyllenhaal Gets Naked and The Bachelorette Bores 2011
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He says Probyn told him she was pregnant and then disappeared.
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MSNBC interviewed Jaycee Lee Dugard's stepfather Carl Probyn Friday morning. 18 years after watching his stepdaughter's abduction, Probyn recounts the phone call about her return ....
Roman Polanski ARRESTED: Director In Custody In Switzerland 2009
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MSNBC interviewed Jaycee Lee Dugard's stepfather Carl Probyn Friday morning. 18 years after watching his stepdaughter's abduction, Probyn recounts the phone call about her return ....
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Yes, the sentence from Anderson's book that Probyn quoted wasn't terribly obscure--although putting a sentence from a scholarly text in the middle of a conversational op-ed piece will almost certainly render it that way.
100 Days Of Decrepitude Kirsty 2006
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And now he was making me known to Probyn, whom I'd never met — tall, handsome, soft-spoken Probyn, whom some called the best irregular cavalryman since Skinner (though I'd have rated Grant above both).
Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985
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