Lowell

[loh-uhl]

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noun

Abbott Lawrence 1856–1943, political scientist and educator: president of Harvard University 1909–33.
his sister Amy, 1874–1925, U.S. poet and critic.
James Russell, 1819–91, U.S. poet, essayist, and diplomat.
Percival, 1855–1916, U.S. astronomer and author (brother of Abbott Lawrence Lowell and Amy Lowell).
Robert, 1917–77, U.S. poet.
a city in NE Massachusetts, on the Merrimack River.
a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “little wolf.”

Lowell

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Amy ( Lawrence ). 1874–1925, US imagist poet and critic
James Russell. 1819–91, US poet, essayist, and diplomat, noted for his series of poems in Yankee dialect, Biglow Papers (1848; 1867)
Robert ( Traill Spence ). 1917–77, US poet. His volumes of verse include Lord Weary's Castle (1946), Life Studies (1959), For the Union Dead (1964), and a book of free translations of European poems, Imitations (1961)

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“The board is legally and morally obligated to protect the company, not auction off its integrity for regulatory approval,” Lowell said.

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By November she had more than 400 plants, and the help of a friend, Lowell Abellon, who wanted to learn more about native plants.

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Hubble got the lion’s share of the credit for this discovery, but Lowell Observatory astronomer Vesto Slipher, who noticed the same phenomenon but didn’t publish his data, also anticipated that result.

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Abbe Lowell, the defense attorney, argued to jurors that his client had completed a rehab program in L.A. and that the gun salesman did not perceive Biden to be under the influence or glassy-eyed.

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The most important thing you'll need to know where to look and have a good view of the horizon, according to Nick Moscowitz, an astronomer at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.

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lowe Lowell Observatory

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