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Harrison,

town (1990 pop. 13,425), Hudson co., NE N.J., a suburb on the Passaic River opposite Newark; inc. 1869. Harrison's industries include chemicals, trucking and containerized shipping, foundries, and vehicle parts. The town's manufacturing base declined during the late 20th cent., but in the early 21st cent. Harrison began an extensive mixed-use redevelopment of a third of the town. A professional soccer stadium is there.

Harrison

1. Benjamin. 1833--1901, 23rd president of the US (1889--93)
2. George. 1943--2001, British rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter: a member of the Beatles (1962--70). His solo recordings include All Things Must Pass (1970) and Cloud Nine (1987)
3. Rex (Carey). 1908--90, British actor. His many films include Major Barbara (1940), Blithe Spirit (1945), and My Fair Lady (1964)
4. Tony. born 1937, British poet, dramatist, and translator: best known for his poems for television and his translations for the stage
5. grandfather of Benjamin, William Henry. 1773--1841, 9th president of the US (1841)
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"The facts of the case, as far as I have worked them out, are these: this Joseph Harrison entered the office through the Charles Street door, and knowing his way he walked straight into your room the instant after you left it.
I kept Miss Harrison in it all day so that he might not anticipate us.
Joseph Harrison is a gentleman to whose mercy I should be extremely unwilling to trust."
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It was a couple of days after this that Maureen Cannon asked her sister to check on the Harrisons after Mrs Harrison failed to answer her phone.
Barry Harrison, 47, and his wife Amanda, 34, were found inside the property in Shanklin, Isle of Wight, with their children nearby on August 9 last year.
Mum killed by husband 'was having an affair'
I only hope the Harrisons might find it in their hearts to accept my apologies.
"Me and my family and the Harrisons were all failed by the system.
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Sometimes, it's not necessary to wait until debts are completely paid off--the Harrisons were able to get a home mortgage while still in the CCCS program.
ANNE HARRISON KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO be caught in a credit crunch.
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After living in New York City for seven years, the Harrisons moved to Lake Forest in 1975.
Harrison, former aid to Walgreens' Jorndt, dies
If a pharmacist in Perry County, Alabama, had not been eager to help a young high school dropout who came to work for him in the early 20th century, the Harco drug store chain never would have existed, and the boy, Jimmy Harrison, likely would have remained on the farm where he was born.
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Unlike Rachel Harrison's previous exhibitions, this one didn't evade the fact that it was a showroom full of sculptures, autonomous things, standing there in plain view, whether openly embarrassed or glamorously opaque about their status as aesthetic commodities.
Rachel Harrison: Greene Naftali Gallery

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