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Dawes

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Dawes  (dôz), Charles Gates 1865-1951.
Vice President of the United States (1925-1929) under Calvin Coolidge. He shared the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize for proposing the Dawes Plan to reduce Germany's World War I reparations.
Dawes, William 1745-1799.
American patriot who rode with Paul Revere on April 18, 1775, to warn of the British advance on Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts.
Dawes [dɔːz]
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(Biographies / Dawes, Charles Gates (1865-1951) M, US, BUSINESS: financier, POLITICS: diplomat, POLITICS: statesman) Charles Gates. 1865-1951, US financier, diplomat, and statesman, who devised the Dawes Plan for German reparations payments after World War I; vice president of the US (1925-29); Nobel peace prize 1925
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Noun1.Dawes - American patriot who rode with Paul Revere to warn that the British were advancing on Lexington and Concord (1745-1799)
William Dawes


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