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Tejanos, including some who had fought in Houston’s army, started having second thoughts about independence when their erstwhile Anglo allies pushed them aside in the new republic.
WHAT PEOPLE TODAY — INCLUDING PHIL COLLINS — GET WRONG ABOUT THE ALAMOH.W. BRANDSJUNE 25, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe old right was furious when in 2005, their erstwhile champion former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon withdrew Israel’s settlements from Gaza.
EVEN IF THE CEASEFIRE HOLDS, THE FAR-RIGHT WILL DOMINATE ISRAEL'S FUTUREDAHLIA SCHEINDLINMAY 21, 2021TIMEAdvice and analysis from Extra CrunchWeWork lines up for a second run at the public markets — If all you have is a blank-check company, every erstwhile startup looks like a public company in waiting.
DAILY CRUNCH: AMAZON MAKES PR PUSH AHEAD OF UNION VOTEANTHONY HAMARCH 26, 2021TECHCRUNCHExcept this time, if all you have is a blank-check company, every erstwhile startup looks like a public company in waiting.
WEWORK LINES UP FOR A SECOND RUN AT THE PUBLIC MARKETSALEX WILHELMMARCH 26, 2021TECHCRUNCHThese erstwhile enemies signed a peace agreement in 2018 that garnered Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed a Nobel Peace Prize.
WHAT MAKES STRANGE DIPLOMATIC BEDFELLOWS?KATE BARTLETTMARCH 25, 2021OZYThere’s a Jon Stewart-era “Daily Show” clip in which the erstwhile host pokes fun at the feigned idiocy of Fox News’s Gretchen Carlson, who later left the network and won a sexual harassment settlement.
FOX NEWS DOESN’T RESPECT ITS VIEWERSKHELIL BOUARROUJJANUARY 20, 2021WASHINGTON BLADEAt Stettin, during the armistice, he entered the fortress and tried to seduce the governor, an ex-Jacobin and erstwhile friend.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONThey frantically waved their hats, ceased firing, and greeted their erstwhile enemies as comrades.
THIRD CLASS IN INDIAN RAILWAYSMAHATMA GANDHIThe Baron had naturally expected to find his mother, his brother and his erstwhile playmates gathered there as before.
MAEZLIJOHANNA SPYRIShe had been very angry with her erstwhile lover a minute ago.
THE OPENED SHUTTERSCLARA LOUISE BURNHAMWORDS RELATED TO ERSTWHILE
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- radically
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- water under the bridge
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