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1. Graham. 1904--91, English novelist and dramatist; his works include the novels Brighton Rock (1938), The Power and the Glory (1940), The End of the Affair (1951), and Our Man in Havana (1958), and the film script The Third Man (1949)
2. Robert. ?1558--92, English poet, dramatist, and prose writer, noted for his autobiographical tract A Groatsworth of Wit bought with a Million of Repentance (1592), which contains an attack on Shakespeare
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But then, as Diederich explains, Greene longed for adventurous escapes from domesticity, especially if he could thumb his nose at Washington at the same time, even flying to Washington on a Panamanian diplomatic passport for the official signing of the Panama Canal Treaty in 1977.
Greene King, who date back to 1799 and have 1900 pubs of their own, approached Spirit about a tie-up last month PSbut their offer of 100p a share, or PS661million, was rejected as undervaluing the business.
Actually, Shakespeare's allusion to Greene is more than an ironical tribute paid to a former rival.
Bernard Diederich, a journalist born in New Zealand, founded an English-language newspaper in Haiti, became a resident correspondent for various US and English papers, was arrested by Papa Doc's Tonton Macoutes, expelled from the country, and met and traveled with Greene throughout Haiti and Central America.
Greene argues in the volume that "the revolution that occurred in North America during the last quarter of the eighteenth century was the unintended consequence of a dispute about law" (p.
Williams clocked the faster time of 50.37seconds to qualify for the final as the quickest in the field, Greene posting 50.51 two heats later to place second behind his Welsh compatriot.
Vincent Lovett, among others--who founded the paper, Greene served as publisher from its first issue, dated Oct.
DAI Greene's main rival for Olympic gold has revealed how he is warming to British conditions ahead of London 2012.
Wilson Greene. (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2018.
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