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Harvey, city (1990 pop. 29,771), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb S of Chicago; inc. 1895. Its manufactures include steel castings, metal products, chemicals, machinery, and electronic equipment. Harvey has an oil research center. The city was founded by Turlington W. Harvey, a wealthy lumberman, in 1890. Harvey William. 1578--1657, English physician who discovered the mechanism of blood circulation, expounded in On the motion of the heart (1628) Harvey six-foot rabbit who appears only to a genial drunkard. [Am. Lit.: Benét, 444] See : Fantasy Harvey six-foot rabbit invisible to everyone but the play’s protagonist. [Am. Lit.: Benét, 444] See : Invisibility How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Then a low, grey mother-wave swung out of the fog, tucked Harvey under one arm, so to speak, and pulled him off and away to leeward; the great green closed over him, and he went quietly to sleep. Harvey and William's the only ones that's left now; and, as I was saying, they haven't got here in time. Pitcher, confidential clerk in the office of Harvey Maxwell, broker, allowed a look of mild interest and surprise to visit his usually expressionless countenance when his employer briskly entered at half past nine in company with his young lady stenographer. |
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