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 (ăl′jər), Horatio 1832-1899.
American writer of popular dime novels, such as Ragged Dick (1867), featuring impoverished boys who through hard work and virtue achieve great wealth and respect.
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Alger

(ˈældʒə)
n
(Biography) Horatio. 1834–99, US author of adventure stories for boys, including Ragged Dick (1867)
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Al•ger

(ˈæl dʒər)

n.
Horatio, Jr., 1834–99, U.S. novelist.
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Upon the floor were found four Napoleons, an ear-ring of topaz, three large silver spoons, three smaller of métal d'Alger, and two bags, containing nearly four thousand francs in gold.
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Gor Mahia will renew hostilities with Algerian side USM Alger in the first round of the Caf Champions League.Nicholas Kipkurui on Sunday masterminded a 5-1 aggregate win for Gor Mahia over Burundi's Aigle Noir in the preliminaries of this season's Caf Champions League at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani.
Caf Champions League: Gor Mahia to face USM Alger
"Several of the viruses associated with bumblebees' trouble are moving from managed bees in apiaries to nearby populations of wild bumblebees and we show this spillover is likely occurring through flowers that both kinds of bees share," said Samantha Alger, a scientist who led the new research published in the journal of PLOS ONE.
Honeybees responsible for decreasing population of bumblebees: study
Several of the viruses associated with bumblebees' trouble are moving from managed bees in apiaries to nearby populations of wild bumblebees -- "and we show this spillover is likely occurring through flowers that both kinds of bees share," says Samantha Alger, a scientist at the University of Vermont who led the new research.
How Honeybees Infect Wild Bumblebees
BANKING AND CREDIT NEWS-December 21, 2018-Horatio Alger Association recognizes Tennessee banking executive with 2019 Horatio Alger Award
Horatio Alger Association recognizes Tennessee banking executive with 2019 Horatio Alger Award
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Horatio Alger Association recognizes Tennessee banking executive with 2019 Horatio Alger Award
Global Banking News-December 21, 2018-Horatio Alger Association recognizes Tennessee banking executive with 2019 Horatio Alger Award
Horatio Alger Association recognizes Tennessee banking executive with 2019 Horatio Alger Award
Le mensonge est gros et veut que la deuxieme conference du PASOCI sur la thematique de l'immigration se tienne a Alger et non a Rabat comme decide lors de la Conference Internationale de la Societe Civile Africaine tenue du 27 au 29 decembre 2017a Conakry en Guinee.
Le PASOCI met a nu... Alger
Co-founders Andrew Schafer and Jed Alger say the creative agency's staff of just seven people lets it be "nimble and responsive." The team, which is based in Portland, Ore., is surrounded by a creative freelance community, ready to pitch in for short-term projects and contracts.
Must Be the Process: THIS SMALL BUT MIGHTY CREATIVE SHOP HAS WORKED WITH CLIENTS SUCH AS FACEBOOK, LEBRON JAMES, NIKE AND VENMO
Le ciel s'est quelque peu obscurci entre Alger et Bruxelles suite a la diffusion d'une video enregistree depuis le siege de l'Union europeenne.
Derive a Bruxelles
Beginning in the 1990s with straightforward Dylanesque folk, in recent years Jade Alger's sound has been more exploratory.
Jade Alger Collaborates Internationally On Second Album and Releases Video Filmed in Czech Republic

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