Word: abbott
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...quarter of a century ago, at Commencement time, 520 seniors members of the class of 1922 were welcomed into the company of educated men by President Abbott Lawrence Lowell. The same afternoon they heard Senator Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama and the Attorney General of Massachusetts plead for the continuance of American traditions, internationalism, and disarmament...
...lineup: Allen, g; Davis, pt.; Forsythe, cpt.; Snow, ld; Abbott, 2d; Estin, c.; Smith. 2a.; Rogers, 1a.; Hurley, oh.; Bezanson, lh. Substitutes were: Bernard, Lange, Louria, Page, Gregg, Zimmerman, and Dubel...
Bearer's Progress. Seldom has a man risen so far and so fast in Dominion political life. Descendant of New England Tories of Revolutionary War days-he sometimes refers to his "New England conscience"-Doug Abbott had nothing to do with politics until he was 41. His career was law, his sports were bridge, golf, curling and fishing. Born in 1899 (at Lennoxville, Quebec), he served overseas in World War I, returned to finish his law studies. By 1940 he had a pretty wife, three children, a medium-sized income in a medium-sized Montreal law firm...
From his first back-bench speech, Abbott was marked as an authority on taxes. In three years he was in the Government, and in five he made the Cabinet. With his love of tax matters, he was a natural for the Finance portfolio last December...
...starting lineup had Rogers, Hurley, and Bezanson on attack, Dewey, Estin, and smith at midfield, and Graham, Davis and Forsythe at defense and Allen at goal. Substitutes were: Richards, Bernard, Lange, Abbott, Louria, Page, Dubel, Snow, and Pierce...