Word: barres
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...other hand, Van Gogh Experts Jacob Bart de la Faille and Paul Gachet thought it was. To settle the matter, Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum, which had on display the most comprehensive Van Gogh exhibition ever seen in the U.S., picked a jury of American experts: Museum Men Alfred Barr Jr., James Plaut, George Stout and Sheldon Keck...
...release of the students was apparently arranged by Bernard A. Barr, a New York attorney, who asked to speak privately with the judge before the nine a.m. trial. Barr, in town for the weekend, spoke with Judge Arthur P. Stone for five minutes, following which the judge let all the students go with a payment of $5 costs...
...Barr, Thomas Calhoun, Jr. of 3201 Hillsboro Road, Nashville, Tenn.; Hillsboro High, Nashville...
...president of St. John's, stocky Stringfellow Barr had abolished electives, survey courses, standard texts, and books about books about books. By the time he left in 1947 (he tried and failed to start another St. John's in New England), his Great Books curriculum was the most talked-about experiment in U.S. education. Ever since, educators have been waiting to see just how Barr's St. Johnnies would do after graduation...
...Barr, of Penn State, was a pre-tournament favorite to take the heavyweight title. In his first season of college competition, the 208-pound sophomore won five out of seven bouts by falls, and yielded only one point in scoring two decision victories. After beating Houston, he stopped Lehigh's George Lasasso in the finals...