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• n  United States landscape architect who designed the grounds of the White House and the Capitol Building (1815-1852)
• v  drink down entirely
• v  eat immoderately
• v  bring down or defeat (an opponent)
• v  shoot at and force to come down
• v  cause to come or go down
• v  improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

• The downing of the aircraft was "a barbaric act," Prime Minister Mohammed Nawaz Sharif fumed at a service in Mehran honoring the dead airmen.
• Like clockwork, al-Qaeda-linked Sunni insurgents quickly claimed responsibility for Wednesday's downing, which brought to 28 the number of helicopter fatalities in the five crashes.

• Downing
• Andrew Jackson Downing
• toss off
• pop
• bolt down
• belt down
• pour down
• down
• drink down
• kill
• devour
• consume
• go through
• shoot down
• land
• knock down
• cut down
• push down
• pull down
• polish
• refine
• fine-tune

News & Articles

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• Two golfers try to advance in First Tee Drive, Chip, and Putt competition
  Grace Holcomb and Kiersten Downing have been friends for a longtime. Now the two have dreams of playing The Masters
  June 22, 2013 - WECT 6 Wilmington
• Downing students discuss alternative energy
  As the country continues to explore alternative sources of energy, a group of sixth-graders at Downing Middle School has joined in the search.
  June 18, 2013 - Flower Mound Leader
• Downing prepares for bittersweet return to PH
  Indiana Hall of Famer Katie Downing will return as an assistant wrestling coach at Pendleton Heights, replacing her kate friend Eric Kriebel.
  June 16, 2013 - The Herald Bulletin

Quotes

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• Sir Menzies Campbell in Independent
  Former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell said: "Treating the Dalai Lama as only a religious leader simply ignores reality. There is no reason why he should not be received at No 10 Downing Street. Many people will conclude that the Prime...
• David Cameron in Telegraph.co.uk
  These are very serious matters,Mr Cameron said. "I'm sure that Number 10 Downing Street and the Civil Service in some way will want to have some sort of inquiry to get to the bottom of what has happened here."