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Owens   /ˈoʊənz/   Listen
Owens

noun
1.
United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980).  Synonyms: James Cleveland Owens, Jesse Owens.






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"Owens" Quotes from Famous Books



... not the last, by any means, though it was the last of great size. There were many small ones later. Several even have occurred within historic times. On March 26, 1872, a sudden earth movement left an escarpment twenty-five feet high at the foot of the range in Owens Valley. The village of Lone Pine was levelled by the accompanying earthquake. John Muir, who was in the Yosemite Valley at the time, describes in eloquent phrase the accompanying earthquake which was felt there. A small movement, doubtless of similar origin, started ...
— The Book of the National Parks • Robert Sterling Yard



Words linked to "Owens" :   athlete, jock, James Cleveland Owens



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