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n. - A university in Connecticut; English philanthropist who made contributions to a college in Connecticut that was renamed in his honor (1649-1721).

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  • We all know that Bill and Hillary Clinton met in Yale's law library.
  • The personal papers of John R. Mott are located in Yale's collection of religious leaders 'papers
  • Konowaloff has filed court papers calling Yale's acquisition of the painting "art laundering."
  • "If you do not give me the 'Yale' I shall leave the ballroom instanter."
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