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Reed Elsevier the owner of Lexis
The two major proponents of database protection in the United States are Reed Elsevier, the owner of Lexis, and Thomson Publishing, the owner of Westlaw.
— from The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by James Boyle

Reasons explaining the Office of Land
] Note 519 ( return ) [ See Chamberlayne's Proposal, his Positions supported by the Reasons explaining the Office of Land Credit, and his Bank Dialogue.
— from The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

r entered the office of Lincoln
r, entered the office of Lincoln & Herndon, and found Mr. Lincoln deeply intent upon the speech.
— from The Life of Abraham Lincoln, from His Birth to His Inauguration as President by Ward Hill Lamon

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