Capricorn
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Cap·ri·corn
/ ˈkapriˌkôrn/ Astrol.
the tenth sign of the zodiac (the Goat), which the sun enters at the northern winter solstice (about December 21). Compare with Capricornus.
∎ (a Capricorn)
a person born when the sun is in this sign.
PHRASES:
tropic of Capricornsee tropic1 . DERIVATIVES:
Cap·ri·corn·i·an
/ ˌkapriˈkôrnēən/ n. & adj.
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Newspaper article from: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO); 5/16/1994; 668 words
; Orville William Gerken, a retired administrator at McDonnell Douglas Corp., died Saturday (May 14, 1994) of a heart...University. Mr. Gerken worked for 27 years at McDonnell Douglas as a personnel administrator in the company's engineering...
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OBITUARIES.(St. Charles County Post)(Obituary\Orville Vinzenz Munzer\Darline Dyer\H. Joseph Remick\Mildred B. Houston\Jody A. Weiss\Gerald G. Bowman Sr.)(Obituary)
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OBITUARIES.(St. Charles County Post)(Obituary\Orville L. Walker, Woodrow Wilson Talley\Dolores I. Krueger, Barbara A. Dufrenne-Ash\Lisa Jones, Fred Ralph Maschmidt\Laverne M. Chumney, Grace Lavender\Betty L. Henkel, George Weisheyer Jr.\Anthony C. Post)(Obituary)
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Prince William Home Sales
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; ...recorded in Prince William County and supplied...Post by the Prince William County Real Estate...17909-Terry Douglas Looney to Sharon A. Williams and Orville O'Connor, $113...Lauren A. Nida and William R. White to Clorissa...
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Womanizing, longest serving justice who tried to be president.(BOOKS)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 3/9/2003; 700+ words
; ...while on the court are any indication, a Douglas presidency would have rivaled Bill Clinton...Oval Office barely compare to those of Douglas in and out of his supreme court chambers. William Orville Douglas (his mother called him Orville and he...
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A compelling study
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Douglas, William Orville
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
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Douglas, Donald
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