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Scribes like Rachis, Roderick, PR writers at the former "LA ANTONIA TIMES" and assorted Westside liberals, were all under the influence of the "image kool-aid" brewed by the likes of Parke Skelton and Ace Smith with the distribution driven by Trujillo, and now are bearing their "political souls" in search of salvation for their roles in the debacle that is the "reign of Villar"
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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Rachis The axis of an inflorescence or of a compound leaf.
Chapter 9 1999
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Rachis fragile; spikelets in open very much branched silky panicles 19.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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Rachis not fragile; spikelets in cylindrical silvery thyrsus 18.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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Rachis of spikes narrow, filiform, terete or angular.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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Carloman, duke or prince of the French, Rachis, king of the Lombards,
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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But as a result of this Rachis was overthrown, and Aistulf, who was put into his place, at once showed by his acts that no consideration could halt him in his course.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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He was a descendant of a noble Lombard family, and it is not unlikely that he was educated at the craft of King Rachis at Pavia, under the direction of Flavianus the grammarian.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Rachis, brother of the great Lombard Duke Astolf, and Paul Warnefrid
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Among the famous abbeys of the diocese was that of Ammiato, which was built by Rachis, King of the Lombards, and afterwards rose to great power and influence.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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