spartan
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The question was about the student section’s harassment of former Spartan Xavier Booker, which seemed like a legitimate query considering Booker had a terrible game.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
Xenophon’s “Hellenica” carries the story to 404 B.C., when Athens surrendered and the Spartan general Lysander’s men demolished its Long Walls “to the music of flute-girls.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
“We need the numbers,” said Peter Cardillo, chief markets economist at Spartan Capital Securities.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 13, 2025
“Both gold and silver are experiencing a steep decline not seen in many years,” says Peter Cardillo of Spartan Capital Securities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025
It was partly because of our complaining, and the desire to show us how the Spartan boy would have had his tonsils out, that Dad decided to have only a local anesthetic for his operation.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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