Congreve
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Economist Emma Congreve, from the Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde, said: "The pandemic has exposed a number of underlying inequalities in the labour market."
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2021
The Way of the World, written and directed by Theresa Rebeck, adapted from the play by William Congreve.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 16, 2018
The quote about Alexander the Great that they use in Die Hard is actually bastardised from dramatist William Congreve.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 9, 2017
Also on hand is a model of a British Congreve rocket used in the assault.
From Reuters ● Jul. 1, 2012
As a by-product, it threw the duchesse into a frame of mind described by Congreve in his line about the Gehenna-like fury of a woman scorned.
From Superwomen by Albert Payson Terhune
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