Jenkins

British

/ ˈdʒɛŋkɪnz /

noun

Roy ( Harris ), Baron Jenkins of Hillhead. 1920–2003, British politician and author; Labour home secretary (1965–67, 1974–76) and chancellor of the exchequer (1967–70); president of the European Commission (1977–80); cofounder of the Social Democratic Party (1981); leader of party (1982–83); Chancellor of Oxford University (1987–2003)

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His fourth try came after a Joe Burgess consolation for the Robins 15 minutes from time - then a late Cooper Jenkins double sealed a resounding victory for Leeds.

From BBC

“You don’t start with something at that scale until you work the bugs out, and that is not the case here,” Clinton Jenkins, president of the Missouri Association of County Clerks and Election Authorities, said in an interview.

From Salon

Jenkins is also the clerk for Miller County in the Ozarks.

From Salon

"Roman ingots are exceptionally rare and represent a tangible link to Wales' Roman industrial past," said landowner and farmer Geraint Jenkins, who granted the detectorists permission to search on the land.

From BBC

Jenkins, the farmer and landowner where the find was made, said he was "astonished" at the discovery, adding it was "remarkable to think that land we now farm organically once played a role in a much wider Roman landscape".

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