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Perkins

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Per·kins  (pûrknz), Frances 1882-1965.
American social reformer and public official. As U.S. secretary of labor (1933-1945) she was the first woman to hold a cabinet position.
Perkins, Maxwell Evarts 1884-1947.
American editor who helped develop the talents of a number of great writers, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and Thomas Wolfe.


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At first nobody knew who Perkins was, and the name favourably impressed no one; but before the shock of it had passed away, it was realised that Perkins was the son of Perkins the linendraper.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
Perkins may be brought forard for she is here and will do credit to her husband and herself and family).
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
The Perkins plan of rapid transit telephony is to prepare a list of names, from ten to thirty, and to flash from one to another as fast as the operator can ring them up.
The History of the Telephone by Casson, Herbert N. View in context
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