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Friedman said “caution has been a byword” in his long handling of the case but it was time for Hinckley to be set free.
WOULD-BE REAGAN ASSASSIN JOHN W. HINCKLEY JR. WINS UNCONDITIONAL RELEASESPENCER HSUSEPTEMBER 27, 2021WASHINGTON POSTFlying cars are almost a byword for the misplaced optimism of technologists, but recent news suggests their future may be on slightly firmer footing.
WHY FLYING CARS COULD BE HERE WITHIN THE DECADEEDD GENTJUNE 21, 2021SINGULARITY HUB Robinhood, the brokerage that has become a byword for the boom in retail trading, is planning to go public.
WHY ROBINHOOD IS KEEPING ITS IPO FILING CONFIDENTIALJOHN DETRIXHEMARCH 24, 2021QUARTZSoon their sweeping machine was outselling their cups and saucers and Bissell became a byword for floor cleaners—by royal appointment too!
BEST CORDLESS VACUUM: SUCK UP DEBRIS WITHOUT GETTING YOURSELF TANGLEDCHARLOTTE MARCUSJANUARY 19, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEBut he marred it all by a temper so ungovernable that in Paris there was current a byword, "Explosive as Garnache."
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIFor years the names of oil king and iron master have been a hissing and a byword among the hot-heads in America.
THE IRON PUDDLERJAMES J. DAVISA prince may be the byword of all Europe, yet he alone know nothing of it.
THE BEST OF THE WORLD'S CLASSICS, RESTRICTED TO PROSE, VOL. VII (OF X)--CONTINENTAL EUROPE IVARIOUSAnd besides, when folk talk of a country covered with troops, it's but a kind of a byword at the best.
KIDNAPPEDROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONHad not the justice of the strong become a byword and a loathing?
THE SQUIRE'S DAUGHTERSILAS K(ITTO) HOCKINGThe name of Tiberius was a byword for impenetrable disguise.
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