Word: ayer
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...doesn't concern her greatly. ("I figure I like to sing and it's worth it to me.") Grandfather N. K. Fairbank made his fortune in Gold Dust washing powder, among other things, and helped found the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Janet's mother is Novelist Janet Ayer (The Bright Land) Fairbank; her aunt is Pulitzer Prize Novelist Margaret Ayer (Years of Grace) Barnes. In a stone mansion on Chicago's State Street and on a gingerbready Victorian estate at Wisconsin's Lake Geneva, the Fairbanks entertained transient celebrities. Janet concentrated on the musicians. Says...
...nation where maximum production of goods and services for the best wages and profits, rather than maximum benefits for the least effort, is the goal can there be real strength. In the words of one great liberal, "only the free are strong; only the strong are free." Frederick Ayer...
...when the Fort Devens deal was announced. By renting the land and reconverting existing structures built by the Army, it was hoped that upwards of 800 families could comfortably be taken care of at this so-called Harvard colony. Train service to and from the Devens-Ayer area was reported to be excellent, and arrangements to increase the service were made should the burden of student commuters prove too heavy. The availability of shopping centers, hospitals, and recreation facilities were all cited as advantages to this, the University's most ambitious undertaking in the field of housing...
Nathaniel F. Ayer...
Frederick Ayer...