Congreve

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Economist Emma Congreve, from the Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde, said: "The pandemic has exposed a number of underlying inequalities in the labour market."

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2021

The Way of the World, written and directed by Theresa Rebeck, adapted from the play by William Congreve.

From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2018

The quote about Alexander the Great that they use in Die Hard is actually bastardised from dramatist William Congreve.

From The Guardian • Oct. 9, 2017

Also on hand is a model of a British Congreve rocket used in the assault.

From Reuters • Jul. 1, 2012

True, he was educated at Harrow, but he threw aside Demosthenes and Cicero for Congreve and Vanburgh, and wrote comedies when he should have studied mathematics.

From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Stanton, Henry B.