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Sloan

[ slohn ]

noun

  1. John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
  2. a male given name.


Sloan

/ sləʊn /

noun

  1. SloanJohn18711951MUSARTS AND CRAFTS: painterARTS AND CRAFTS: etcher John. 1871–1951, US painter and etcher, a leading member of the group of realistic painters known as the Ash Can School. His pictures of city scenes include McSorley's Bar (1912) and Backyards, Greenwich Village (1914)


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They opened for acts like Elliott Smith, Sloan, and Promise Ring.

After that, Sloan became “cash-poor” and was unable to afford the mortgage for her $1.4 million Manhattan apartment.

And the irony is that Hamilton and Tygart were presenting these difficult moral questions at Sloan.

For Cliff Sloan, the cost argument would turn out to be a powerful weapon when he began to lobby the Hill in mid-summer.

A mild and affable lawyer, Sloan also knew his way around Capitol Hill.

Sloan promised Markley that he would not make known his hiding place, but it leaked out and he was arrested by the sheriff.

Markley had no ready money, but owned property and proffered his note, which Sloan agreed to accept.

Markley owed Sloan a sum of money and proposed to settle if Sloan would release him from custody.

Dr. Sloan recorded one Amblyopsis which he kept twenty months without food.

Last night this same Mr. Sloan enacted a character in a rollicking Irish farce at the theatre!

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