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Sagan

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Sagan: see Żagań Żagań (zhä`gänyə), Ger. Sagan, town (1991 est. pop. 27,800), Lubuskie prov.
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Sagan
1. Carl (Edward) 1934--96, US astronomer and writer on scientific subjects; presenter of the television series Cosmos (1980)
2. Françoise , original name Françoise Quoirez. 1935--2004, French writer, best-known for the novels Bonjour Tristesse (1954) and Aimez-vous Brahms? (1959)

(jargon)sagan - /say'gn/ (From Carl Sagan's TV series "Cosmos") Billions and billions. A large quantity of anything.

"There's a sagan different ways to tweak Emacs." "The US Government spends sagans on bombs and welfare - hard to say which is more destructive."


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Known as the Carl Sagan Academy, the school operates in an economically disadvantaged neighborhood of Tampa, Florida.
Notably absent, however, are any images with explicitly negative connotations: To judge from Sagan et al.
Doolittle stories, while Janna Levin cites Carl Sagan as her inspiration for learning more about the universe.
 
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