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- proper noun Ayn,
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Examples
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Mr. A is one of the clearest examples of Ditko's belief in Ayn Rand's Objectivism.
Libertyman, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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‘Ayn is “described as produced by a smart compression of the upper part of the windpipe and forcible emission of breath,” imparting a guttural tinge to a following or preceding vowel-sound; but it is by no means a mere guttural vowel, as Professor Palmer styles it.
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To paraphrase Ayn Rand, health care does not occur in nature.
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So, I have developed what we can call the Ayn Rand test of value: If securities traders and quants at investment firms and hedge funds started to disappear in large numbers tomorrow, would the trains that comprise our economy and society run better or worse?
Bruce Judson: Restoring Capitalism: Why Atlas Shrugged Bruce Judson 2011
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Again my grandfather had intervened, calling Ayn and apologizing on my behalf.
Steve Mariotti: Remembering Ayn Rand Steve Mariotti 2011
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In 1937, a budding, blocked novelist known as Ayn Rand spent six months in Mr. Kahn's office, volunteering as a file clerk while she worked out the elusive gaps in what would become The Fountainhead.
Mogul Request Live 2010
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In 1937, a budding, blocked novelist known as Ayn Rand spent six months in Mr. Kahn's office, volunteering as a file clerk while she worked out the elusive gaps in what would become The Fountainhead.
Mogul Request Live 2010
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I assume everybody knows that "The Virtue of Selfishness" is a book by Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (aka Ayn Rand).
Republican Mailer In Ohio Targets Wright, Says Obama's "Friends" Are "Hostile To America" 2009
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Circulation losses pushed her to reduce The Objectivist to a smaller form again, called The Ayn Rand Letter, which appeared more and more irregularly until she ended publication in 1975.
Ayn Rand. 2009
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The author at The Club for Growth Blog in a related article titled Ayn Rand writes:
Happy 101st Birthday, Ayn Rand, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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