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Delilah

In the Old Testament, the Philistine mistress of Samson. Following instructions from the lords of the Philistines she sought to find the source of Samson's great strength. When Samson eventually revealed that his physical power lay in the length of his hair, she shaved his head while he slept and then delivered him into the hands of the Philistines.



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The other nominees are former school board member Genethia Hudley Hayes of South Los Angeles; attorney Andrew Friedman of the Fairfax area; community activist Delila Sotello of Eagle Rock; and administrative law Judge Casmiro Tolentino of Silver Lake.
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One day I observed Delila telling a group of new women, "It's very hard to work and accomplish something if you don't work together.
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August 31--the deadline by which the state attorney general's office had to appeal district judge Delila Pierce's ruling that the ban violated privacy rights under the Minnesota constitution.
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