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sak suhn

  • n  a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest
  • a  of or relating to or characteristic of the early Saxons or Anglo-Saxons and their descendents (especially the English or Lowland Scots) and their language
News & Articles

  • South Fla. man loses hand after fireworks accident
    A South Florida man has lost a hand after a fireworks accident. The Broward Sheriff's Office reports that Shanard Saxon, 41, was attempting to modify a firework in the bathroom of his friend's Pompano Beach home Sunday evening when it detonated and blew off part of his hand. More From WPBF: Email alerts | Mobile | Social Saxon's wife called 911, and rescuers took him to a nearby hospital, where ...
    July 2, 2013 - WPBF Palm Beach
  • Man loses hand following fireworks accident
     A South Florida man has lost a hand following a fireworks accident. The Broward Sheriff's Office reports that 41-year-old Shanard Saxon was attempting to modify a firework in the bathroom of his friend's Pompano Beach home Sunday evening when it detonated and blew off part of his hand. Saxon's wife called 911, and rescuers took him to a nearby hospital, where the rest of his hand was amputated ...
    July 2, 2013 - WFTV 9 Orlando
Quotes

  • Sepp Blatter in The Guardian
    Listen, this is a special approach in the Anglo-Saxon countries,said Sepp of hand-wringing at the former England captain's alleged philandering. "If this had happened in, let's say, Latin countries then I think he would have been...
  • Serge Betsen in Blackpool Gazette
    The Anglo-Saxon culture fascinates me,Betsen, 34, told French daily L'Equipe. "It would have perhaps been easier to sign for Toulon or someone else in France, but I wanted to take a risk and discover something different - another language,...
  • Hillary Rodham Clinton in Forbes
    Clinton explained that in the "tradition in Anglo-Saxon jurisprudence," a fetus is not considered a person until the mother gives birth.

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