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Norris

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Noun

1. benjamin franklin norris jr., frank norris, norris

United States writer (1870-1902)

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Norris

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1. 
Frank(born Benjamin Franklin Norris, Jr.) 1870-1902; U.S. novelist
2. 
George William1861-1944; U.S. senator (1913-43)

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Norris

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American writer noted for his naturalistic novels about American life, including McTeague (1899). His brother Charles Gilman Norris (1881-1945) and sister-in-law Kathleen Thompson Norris (1880-1966) were also writers.
American politician. A US representative (1903-1913) and senator (1913-1943) from Nebraska, he was instrumental in founding the Tennessee Valley Authority (1933) and drafted the 20th Amendment to the US Constitution, which limits the president to two full terms.

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