apeak
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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apeak (naut.) vertical(ly). XVI. orig.
a pike — F. à pic, i.e.
à AD-,
pic PEAK1 (to which the second syll. was assim.).
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Somoza Jr. Suspends Visit to Nicaragua
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 3/30/2000; 404 words
; Anastasio Somoza Portocarrero, the son of deposed Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle, has suspended his planned visit to the country amid increasingly...
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Here the Somoza Family Still Ruled
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/29/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Anastasio Somoza Garcia, the founder of the Somoza dynasty, who was elected president in...of two other Nicaraguan rulers: Luis Somoza Debayle, who succeeded his father, and Anastasio Somoza Debayle, who first took office in 1967 and fled...
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The deaths of Somoza.(Neustadt INTERNATIONAL PRIZE: special section)
Magazine article from: World Literature Today; 5/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...examples of the last is Death of Somoza, by Nicaraguan-Salvadoran poet...colorful account of the third Somoza's 1980 assassination in Asuncion...particular episode and individual, Anastasio Somoza Debayle (Somoza III), the work incorporates...
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Somoza Falling: The Nicaraguan Dilemma.
Magazine article from: The New Leader; 5/15/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...The United States and Nicaragua Somoza Falling: The Nicaraguan Dilemma...was, during the fall of General Anastasio Somoza Debayle in 1978-79, director of policy...courtier" who turned a blind eye to Somoza's corruption. That proved to...
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A Controversial Piece of History: Somoza Family 'Return to Power,' Opportunity to Own Piece of History.
PR Newswire; 7/22/2009; 515 words
; ...built to suit the ego of Luis Somoza Debayle, available to the public for the first...17, 1980 the 43 year dynasty of the Somoza family was ended with the assassination of Anastasio Somoza Debayle. The elegance and power of this car...
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Daughter of Somoza Dynasty Founder Dies
News Wire article from: AP Online; 5/16/2003; 296 words
; ...Sacasa's father, Anastasio Somoza Garcia, took power in the mid...Sandinista revolution in 1979. Somoza Garcia decorated the cordoba...Sacasa' s brother, President Anastasio Somoza Debayle, who was killed in 1980 while...
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Daughter of Somoza dynasty founder in Nicaragua dies
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 5/16/2003; 248 words
; ...death was not disclosed. She is the daughter of Anastasio Somoza Garcia, who seized power in the mid-1930's...rebels ousted Sevilla Sacasa' s brother, President Anastasio Somoza Debayle, who was killed in 1980 while living in exile...
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Government Rejects Somoza's Son's Visit
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 3/28/2000; 418 words
; ...visit to his country of Colonel Anastasio Somoza Portocarrero, son of the former dictator Anastasiio Somoza Debayle, official sources said Tuesday...better known as "El Chiguin" and Somoza Debayle's son, overthrown by Sandinistas...
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NICARAGUA: HEIRS OF FORMER DICTATOR SEEK POLITICAL COMEBACK & RETURN OF CONFISCATED PROPERTY.
Newspaper article from: NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs; 5/11/2000; 700+ words
; ...years, heirs of former dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1967-1979) have quietly...In February 1999, Javier Somoza Rivas, grandson of the Somoza clan patriarch Anastasio Somoza Garcia (1935-1956), announced...
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Trade zone answers a hunger for jobs
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 12/31/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...two decades. 1937 Anastasio-Somoza Garcia becomes presdient...1956. Son Luis Somoza Debayle is appointed by Congress...diverted to the corrupt Somoza empire. Geologists...makes it possible for Anastasio Somoza Debayle to be re-elected...
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Anastasio Somoza Debayle
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Anastasio Somoza Debayle Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1925-1980) became president of Nicaragua in an election in 1967 which was marred by fraud. His rule was marked by corruption and repression. Opposition to him grew until he was forced to flee...
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Luis Somoza Debayle
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Luis Somoza Debayle , 1922-67, president of Nicaragua...The oldest son of the dictator Anastasio Somoza , he was educated in the United States...family's business interests. Somoza Debayle was an ardent anti-Communist. Deciding...
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Anastasio Somoza
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...hated symbol to many democrats. Anastasio Somoza, born in San Marcos on Feb...to Julia Garc í a and Anastasio Somoza, a coffee planter, received...met his future wife, Salvadora Debayle, of a prominent Nicaraguan family...
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Somoza
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
...him. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Luis Anastasio Somoza Debayle (b. 1922, d. 1967), who carried out some...was abandoned under his successor, his brother Anastasio Somoza Debayle (b. 1925, d. 1980). He was even more ruthless...
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Daniel Ortega
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...After the 1956 assassination of Anastasio Somoza Garcia, founder of the Somoza dynasty, Luis Somoza Debayle succeeded his father as president and Anastasio Somoza Debayle assumed command of the National...
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