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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island in the Atlantic Ocean off French Guiana. A French penal colony after the 1850s, it held many political prisoners, including Alfred Dreyfus (imprisoned 1895–1899).
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He was then exiled to a prison island, affectionately known as Devil's Island, for four years.
Theio Yianni 2007
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He was then exiled to a prison island, affectionately known as Devil's Island, for four years.
Theio Yianni 2007
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He was then exiled to a prison island, affectionately known as Devil's Island, for four years.
09/03/2007 2007
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We weren't able to leave the ship at Devil's Island due to turbulent waters.
Ed Koch: Revolution Is Apparently the Order of the Day Ed Koch 2011
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Alfred Dreyfus, the French artillery officer who in 1895 was found guilty of treason and sent to Devil's Island for little more than being Jewish.
Why You Shouldn't Judge A Lawyer by His Clients Michael B. Mukasey 2010
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He was sent off to solitary confinement on Devil's Island in a specially constructed cell from which he was unable even to glimpse the seas that surrounded him.
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Charles River Laboratories, which operates the Alamogordo Primate Facility, another dungeon-like laboratory complex as notoriously inhumane as Devil's Island, plans to start experimenting on these and the other chimpanzees soon.
Ingrid Newkirk: Will Obama Allow 60-Year-Old Space Program Veterans To Retire? 2010
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On this basis, Dreyfus was condemned to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
The Man on Devil's Island: Alfred Dreyfus and the Affair that Divided France by Ruth Harris Carmen Callil 2010
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Indeed, the most important book that a student of America can read right now to understand today's malignant political climate is Ruth Harris 'admirable new look at the Dreyfus affair, The Man on Devil's Island.
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Indeed, the most important book that a student of America can read right now to understand today's malignant political climate is Ruth Harris 'admirable new look at the Dreyfus affair, The Man on Devil's Island.
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