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Early in January of the next year Sir Sidney Smith, while in command of the _Diamond_ frigate, performed one of those exploits which made his name notorious.
How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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Mr. McCormick leaves one with the impression that Chicago and Cook County were using old, out-moded punch-card systems from 1976 and 1982 which he describes as "notorious."
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Because he was well-known as an anti-Semite, although I should not have used the word "notorious."
'Memories of Hell': An Exchange Tyndorf, R.J. 1997
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The fact of witchcraft was assumed as "notorious."
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