Governor
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The idea extends as far back as 1630, when John Winthrop, the Massachusetts Bay Colony's first
governor
, declared that his community must act as a “city upon a hill," setting an example for the world.
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This was one of the most courageous steps I took as a prison
governor.
On 15th of September 2005, Mr. Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, a
governor
of one of the oil-rich states of Nigeria, was arrested by the London Metropolitan Police on a visit to London.
Our plenary speaker was the former
governor
of the state of New Jersey.
There's petulance, too, as when Neil Bush, sibling of both a president and a governor, famously griped, "I've lost patience for being compared to my older brothers," as if Jeb and George W were somehow responsible for the savings and loan scandal and the messy divorce that marked Neil in the public eye.
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