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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
roselle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber
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Examples
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Rozelle somehow managed to convince owners of the far-fetched notion it could draw public attention.
ESPN, NFL Network take different approaches to draft coverage 2009
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Said former NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle in 1991: "His wealth of ideas changed the game."
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Today in Sports: 33-year-old Pete Rozelle is elected NFL Commissioner on the 23rd ballot.
Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2012
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When then-NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle suggested in 1979 that the draft be televised, owners uniformly opposed it — fearing it would just provide a forum for agents to talk up their clients.
ESPN, NFL Network take different approaches to draft coverage 2009
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This, of course, is the same Cosell who "ethically" gloated over Pete Rozelle's muscling Joe Namath during the Bachelors III affair.
Jan Herman: Writers on Fighters Jan Herman 2011
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Today in Sports: 33-year-old Pete Rozelle is elected NFL Commissioner on the 23rd ballot.
Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2012
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When then Commissioner Pete Rozelle presented him with the Vince Lombardi trophy, his bifocal glasses seemed to get foggy.
One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011
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Former NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle never could have imagined the behemoth that is the modern NFL when he resorted to these numerals in 1971 for Super Bowl V.
The NFL Has an 'L' of a Problem Ben Cohen 2012
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When then Commissioner Pete Rozelle presented him with the Vince Lombardi trophy, his bifocal glasses seemed to get foggy.
One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011
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This, of course, is the same Cosell who "ethically" gloated over Pete Rozelle's muscling Joe Namath during the Bachelors III affair.
Jan Herman: Writers on Fighters Jan Herman 2011
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