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Leland

[ lee-luhnd ]

noun

  1. a male given name.


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“Leland Yee is the anti Willie Brown,” said one long-time local political operative.

Then Nothing Lasts Forever became Die Hard, Leland was renamed John McClane, and you know what happened next.

Every time Joe Leland climbs another flight of stairs, he feels his age a little more.

He had eloped with Doris two months earlier, shortly after graduating together as English majors from Leland College.

Terry Gou has been far more accommodating than Leland Stanford or Henry Clay Frick ever were.

"There were many grand men and women in our country in those times," remarked Evelyn Leland.

"It will be strange indeed if she lacks anything the most devoted nurses can do for her," remarked Mr. Leland.

"And I—we all—know she is ready for any event," Elsie Leland said, in trembling, tearful tones.

Leland says that the duke "lyeth in the middle of the Presbitery."

Even the monks of its abbey were noted for the excellence of their beer; but Leland and Camden speak only of its alabaster works.

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