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Silverstein also represented Robert Blue, whose luggage store had become a target of eminent domain proceedings by the city’s redevelopment agency.
From Los Angeles Times
The Santa Monica City Council agreed earlier this week to pay a settlement to the family of a Black entrepreneur whose land the city acknowledged was unfairly taken through eminent domain during the 1950s.
From Los Angeles Times
Nancy Shear wasn’t yet out of her teens when she was hired as musical assistant to the eminent and enigmatic symphony conductor Leopold Stokowski, who became her mentor and a father figure of sorts.
A mosquito spots the eminent man and zooms over to wheedle in his ear, but Bashō remains immobile.
The title recognises saints who "made an outstanding or eminent contribution to our knowledge of the faith," according to the Catholic Church of England and Wales.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
