Word: bachelor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...merely spending summer vacations in the Army—he can always return to the bench. (In his two years as a Justice, Soldier Murphy has handed down only 42 opinions.) However, his social life will be sharply curtailed, which may be a considerable sacrifice for gay (though teetotal) Bachelor Murphy, who seldom misses Capital routs, tirelessly makes all the rounds...
...degrees that were conferred, by Harvard University today in its 291st Commencement ceremonies, 718 went to Seniors, of whom 455 received the Bachelor of Arts and 263 the Bachelor of Science...
Uncle Harry tells of a man (Joseph Schildkraut) who commits a perfect crime. The criminal is a mild, Milquetoastish bachelor who lives with two maiden sisters (Eva Le Gallienne, Adelaide Klein) who spoil him dreadfully but also spoil his life. They wrangle with each other, watch him like a hawk, keep him from marrying. Not being as harmless as he looks, Harry coolly schemes to poison one of them and have the other charged with the crime...
...things delight the Brothers Mencken more than a broken neck. Henry L. has been breaking them, as a critic for years. Now his younger bachelor brother, August, a Baltimore civil engineer, has taken time out to collect this anthology of descriptions (from contemporary sources) of 100 more or less sensational hangings...
This letter was circulated in Britain last week. Reginald Pinkerton, its author, is a thin-lipped, jug-eared bachelor of 49 who grasps his rolled umbrella with wary grip, never knowing when he may be attacked by a predatory female. In his young days, as a clerk in a grocery store, Reginald Pinkerton learned to fear housewives. He willingly fought through all of World War I, a man's affair. Then he took a job as a bank clerk in Argentina, where woman's place is in the home. Returning to England in 1926, he "observed the havoc...