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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as cohen.

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  • noun Eighteenth-century spelling of cowan (one uninitiated in the secrets of Freemasonry).

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  • Jan. Party of continental militia under gen. davidson defeated at m'cowen's ford, ii.

    Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 1792

  • Posted January 16, 2004 4: 21 PM drk writes: well so are vaccinations and fireworks/national defense. tyler cowen said it, "The imperfections of market solutions to public goods problems must be weighed against the imperfections of government solutions." and it's become increasingly germane to discussions on 'intellectual property' (IP) and information economics.

    Lighthouses, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Some more on one interesting Google search term that lead people to my site recently: brian cowen jewish - For which this blog comes 8th in the Google France search.

    Archive 2008-06-01 Not a sheep 2008

  • Some more on one interesting Google search term that lead people to my site recently: brian cowen jewish - For which this blog comes 8th in the Google France search.

    Googling (update 9) Not a sheep 2008

  • The tone of Bunglawala's letter is a composite of the unctuous, the peremptory and the ugly. sean cowen

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • The Shawanoe had hardly taken his position to act as cowen, when the venison steaks were about one-fourth broiled, which was enough to satisfy the parties interested.

    The Hunters of the Ozark Edward Sylvester Ellis 1878

  • Henceforth let us shun great towns, and still lie in a convent or a cow-house; for I'd liever sleep on fresh straw, than on linen well washed six months agone; and the breath of kine it is sweeter than that of Christians, let alone the garlic, which men and women folk affect, but cowen abhor from, and so do

    The Cloister and the Hearth Charles Reade 1849

  • Additional information about this conference can be found at www. cowen.com.

    News 2010

  • Additional information about this conference can be found at www. cowen.com.

    News 2010

  • Additional information about this conference can be found at www. cowen.com.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

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