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East Cherokee commonly known to

A former noted chief among the East Cherokee, commonly known to the whites as Junaluska.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

East Cherokee chief known to

A noted East Cherokee chief, known to the whites as Yonaguska or Drowning-bear.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

Executive Committee can keep the

"There can be no legality by which a defunct Executive Committee can keep the newly elected committee from taking office.
— from The Red Conspiracy by Joseph J. Mereto

every colour combination known to

Bounding the heliotrope and lavender on one side was a large bed of what I at first thought were Margaret carnations, of every colour combination known to the flower, but a closer view showed that while those in the centre were Margarets, those of the wide border were of a heavier quality both in build of plant, texture of leaf, and flower, which was like a compact greenhouse carnation, the edges of the petals being very smooth and round, while in addition to many rich, solid colours there were flowers of white-and-yellow ground, edged and striped and flaked with colour, and
— from The Garden, You, and I by Mabel Osgood Wright

every country could know that

These panels had been constructed by international agreement, so that every country could know that it would be suicide to use atom bombs in war.
— from Cube Root of Conquest by Rog Phillips

every clothe called kersey to

Also it is ordeyned & establysshed by thauctoritie aforsaid, that every clothe called kersey, to be made & put to sale after the sayde feaste, after the full waterynge & rackynge straynynge or tenturynge of the same redy to sale, shall holde & conteyne in lengthe xviii yardes & the ynches, as is aforsayd, & in brede one yarde & a nayle, or at the leaste one yarde within the lystes.
— from Chats on Costume by G. Woolliscroft (George Woolliscroft) Rhead

escape certain contingencies known to

Tricksters and all sorts of dishonest people will be disappointed on the eighth, ninth, and tenth days of the moon; and children born on any of these days will be blessed with long life and health, if they escape certain contingencies known to the wise.
— from The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together with Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by James (Archaeologist) Grant

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