Word: avon
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...real reason why it should be in Germany at this moment." --Peter Bull of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, sniffing at a claim that a death mask residing in Darmstadt is the only authentic image of the Bard of Avon...
Linda P. Cohen, office manager of Cambridge's Century 21-Avon says that the abolition of rent control has resulted in "a class of first-time buyers...
...Fourth of July reminds me of long, dusky twilight evenings filled with conversation among friends I had seen all summer. It was a tradition while I was in high school to go out to the lake with a picnic basket and lots of Avon's Skin So Soft. (The mosquitos in Dallas are larger than most birds in Massachusetts). The fireworks lit up the modern skyline of downtown and reflected onto the lake. If we could successfully fend off the mosquitos and avoid the ants, we usually had a good time...
Meanwhile, Call It Sleep lived on chiefly in the memories of a few readers -- its publisher had gone bankrupt shortly after releasing it -- until 1964, when Avon reissued it in a mass-market paperback edition. After critic Irving Howe hailed it as a neglected American classic on the front page of the New York Times Book Review, Call It Sleep went on to sell more than a million copies. This unexpected windfall eased Roth's financial problems but did nothing for his creative deadlock. He was still stuck with an acclaimed first novel whose methods and intentions he had repudiated...
...year-old Avon Hill resident says she would devote her time on the council to environmental, family and neighborhood preservation issues as well as securing housing, food and human rights for her constituents...