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Carlisle

[ kahr-lahyl, kahr-lahyl ]

noun

  1. John Grif·fin [grif, -in], 1835–1910, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1883–89.
  2. a city in Cumbria, in NW England.
  3. a city in S Pennsylvania.
  4. Angling. a fishhook having a narrow bend.


Carlisle

/ ˈkɑːlaɪl; kɑːˈlaɪl /

noun

  1. a city in NW England, administrative centre of Cumbria: railway and industrial centre. Pop: 71 773 (2001) Latin nameLuguvallumˌluːɡuːˈvæləm


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“He brings an intensity, experience, he brings, really, a historic skill,” Carlisle said.

Carlisle alluded to foul calls, too, following his loss to the Pelicans.

An NBA lifer who’s seen everything and everyone, Carlisle then tried explaining what it felt like to face Williamson.

Carlisle had just watched Williamson pulverize his defense by pouring in 38 points on 13-of-20 shooting.

“The university pays us, they know exactly how little they pay us and then they keep hiking up how much they’re charging us for rent and so that margin of how much people have to live on gets smaller and smaller,” Carlisle said.

Carlisle writes that the Air Force would want a crew ratio of 10 to one for each drone orbit during normal everyday operations.

“Demand has never gone down ever,” Carlisle told reporters Monday.

The conservation world, Carlisle says, is “not prepared to take on underworld.”

For now, Carlisle says the best way to keep rhinos alive is by moving them, one lumbering gray creature at a time.

Tsukerman wrote the script with the star of his film, Anne Carlisle, and his wife Nina.

He repudiated his oath at Carlisle as extorted by force and intimidation, and professed a compelling sense of patriotism.

After the first surprise, Comyn's men asserted their superior force; and aid arrived from Carlisle.

The brilliant ceremony over, the Prince set out for Carlisle, where his army was ordered to be in readiness on July 8.

But Carlisle is peaceful and quiet enough at the present time, a place of considerable size and with a thriving commerce.

Act second, scene first, an apartment in Carlisle castle, where the court had gone for a few days' hunting.

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