Word: bachelor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...years ago Tennessee-born Bachelor William Hayes Ackland, who had made a fortune in the stockmarket, died at 84. He wanted to leave most of his wealth to a Southern university, to build and stock an art museum. His first will, drawn in 1936, had left the money to Duke University; if Duke didn't want it, the money was to go to the University of North Carolina. Third choice: Rollins. Duke invited Ackland down for a visit, set an architect to drawing plans. Obviously pleased, Ackland drew up a second will, which made no mention of North Carolina...
...country. And now both King and Canada had reached another milestone. This week by Act of Parliament, for domestic purposes, Canada declared the war against the Axis officially ended and the nation was once again on a peace footing. And, as he had for more than 18 years, Bachelor King would continue to lead his country. He had led it to Britain's rescue in the war; he had led it through to victory ; now he would lead it out of war and well along the road to peace...
Only the practical G.B.S. would think of raising an Eliza Doolittle out of the gutter by correcting her gutturals. Only the paradoxical G.B.S. would suggest how much more insecure she is when bediamonded than when she was bedraggled. Only the perverse G.B.S. would select a gruff, self-centered, confirmed-bachelor of a phonetics professor for a fairy prince. But even Shaw leaves the door open for a fairy-tale ending...
Last week Sir Claude, living in a bachelor flat near Buckingham Palace, went down to Lewes, Sussex, for a divorce. He named Sir Richard as corespondent, charging adultery with Lady Auchinleck. The judge's decree broke up the Auchinleck marriage after 24 years. Apparently vivacious, bright-eyed Lady Jessie, like everyone else in the CBI area, had become confused over the relationships...
...years, one son. Said she: 1) he had been rude to her in public; 2) had once walked out in the middle of the night; 3) had spent evenings at the officers' mess; 4) had told her he was "fed up"; 5) had "seemed to prefer a bachelor's existence." She got custody of five-year-old Winston...