Word: benedicts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Class of 1927: D. C. Backus, G. M. Benedict, D. W. Chapman, A. B. Chase, S. W. Elton, J. C. Furnas, M. I. Katz, N. W. Schur, L. H. Weinstein, L. A. Weissberger, H. F. Williams...
...HISTORY OF ENGLISH LAW,* by William S. Holdsworth, K.C., D.C.L., Professor in English Law at Oxford, is the first continuous history of English Law ever written. Said one Abraham Benedict, writing for The New York Times: "There are still lawyers in this country who think it no less important to know the history of the great heritage that is ours than to be acquainted with the latest decisions and to such these volumes will be a source of interest, pleasure and profit, and no student of political or economic conditions can afford to overlook this source of information...
...reigning Pope, Pius XI, will carry out the desires of the late Pope Benedict XV in presenting to the Catholic University of Washington, D. C., a picture of the Immaculate Conception, executed in mosaic at the Vatican. For model he has chosen Murillo's The Purest Fair One, which hangs in the Prado, Madrid...
...great age of some of New England's family-owned industries has been often remarked. The passing of the "Benedict's Shoe Store" in recent weeks terminates a business which has been in the hands of the Benedict family of New Canaan, Conn., for 162 years. The business was started some time prior to 1762-the date of the first ledger entry on the Company's books-by one James Benedict, who started a shoe factory at New Canaan. Soon the "cordwainers" of New Canaan became nationally known for their fine products, and sold largely...
...competition of machine-made shoes hurt this old-fashioned industry. The Benedicts did not care to make any but the best shoes, and consequently closed all but one factory, and shifted to a retail shoe business whose home, known as "Benedict's Shoe Store," became one of the local landmarks. Recently even this establishment was closed, presumably under competition with chain retail stores and other modern factors...