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Wells

[ welz ]

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Henry, 1805–78, U.S. businessman: pioneered in banking, stagecoach services, and express shipping.
H(erbert) G(eorge), 1866–1946, English novelist and historian.
Horace, 1815–48, U.S. dentist: pioneered use of nitrous oxide as an anesthetic.
Ida Bell Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, 1862–1931, U.S. journalist and civil rights leader.
a historic town in eastern Somersetshire, in southwestern England: known for its cathedral.

Wells

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WellsHenry18051878MUSBUSINESS: businessman Henry. 1805–78, US businessman, who founded (1852) with William Fargo the express mail service Wells, Fargo and Company
WellsH(erbert)G(eorge)18661946MBritishWRITING: writer H ( erbert ) G ( eorge ). 1866–1946, British writer. His science-fiction stories include The Time Machine (1895), War of the Worlds (1898), and The Shape of Things to Come (1933). His novels on contemporary social questions, such as Kipps (1905), Tono-Bungay (1909), and Ann Veronica (1909), affected the opinions of his day. His nonfiction works include The Outline of History (1920)

Wells

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Apple, PetSmart, Wells Fargo, Marriott, and Delta also spoke out.

That can happen, according to the report, when (flammable) methane leaks out of fracking wells and into drinking water.

The bailout crybabies of Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, and all the rest are easy targets—and deserving ones, too.

Wright approved one of the wells after the operator agreed to bring it into compliance, according to the letter.

Kocurek became especially frustrated with a commercial waste facility in Jim Wells County.

In his days the wells of water flowed out, and they were filled as the sea above measure.

There was the usual massacre, but this time the trees were cut down and the wells choked up.

In all our search we found no water, but old wells on the sandy bays.

Her black eyes looked like wells of sentiment, and her body a mould for a new race of men.

Its name is taken from the natural wells still found in the garden of the Bishop's palace.

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