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dower

[dou-er] / ˈdaʊ ər /




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As historians John Dower and Ronald Takaki have shown, such exterminationist sentiments were fueled by anti-Asian racism, which framed the Pacific War in the American imagination as a race war.

From Salon • Aug. 14, 2025

“It’s a simple question of who gets to decide and under the Texas Constitution … that authority is vested in the governor of the state of Texas,” Dower said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2021

Dower is a literary publicist and poet; her latest collection is “Sunbathing on Tyrone Power’s Grave.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2021

For Heather Dower, marketing and communications manager at ESL UK, the British division of the world's largest esports organisation, the issue doesn't lie with the winner but the judges.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2018

The Vicarage is within a stone's throw of the Dower House.

From Notwithstanding by Cholmondeley, Mary




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