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Word: bensons (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...road branching off other bad roads. Often she drives there speedily, expertly in her blue Studebaker. In Connecticut she turns herself over to her caretaking couple, her gardens, her guitar. There she entertains her closest friends?Elsie Janis, Ethel Barrymore, Clare Eames, Constance Collier, Mrs. Stuart Benson (business manager of the Civic Repertory Theatre), Madame Ouspensky (directrix of the American Laboratory Theatre), Mercedes de Acosta, Helen Lohmann, Irma Kraft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Civic Virtue | 11/25/1929 | See Source »

...meeting of the U. S. Hierarchy it was announced that the National Broadcasting Co. had offered to give Roman Catholicism one hour on the U. S. ether each & every Sunday. The Hierarchy voted to accept this gift, calling upon the National Council of Catholic Men (Admiral William S. Benson, president) for $75,000 to pay for the programs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Pope's Week | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

...Abrams, Boston Latin School; G. H. Acheson, Shady Side Academy; J. H. D. Allen, Jr., Chestnut Hill Academy; C. E. Angle, Exeter; M. L. Anshen, Brookline High School; B. K. Bachrach, Exeter; W. B. Bacon, Groton School; M. A. Benson, Boston Latin School; J. M. Bigelow, Groton School; H. H. Bissell, Exeter; R. A. Bloomfield, Central High School; J. J. Borland, II, Choate School; B. C. Bowker, Boston Latin School; M. C. Bradley, Jr., Arlington High School; Leon Brooks, Boston Latin School; Abraham Brown, Boston Latin School; D. W. Brown, Jr., Saint Mark's School; Hamilton Brown, Andover...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 157 FRESHMEN WIN ENTRANCE HONORS | 11/15/1929 | See Source »

Primogeniture and hereditary public office have no place in U. S. tradition. This fact, however, did not last week deter the voters of the 7th Minnesota District from electing by a two-to-one majority Paul John Kvale (pronounced "Ka-volley") of Benson to the Congressional seat for six years occupied by his father, the Rev. Ole John Kvale, whose charred body was last month found in his burned summer cottage (TIME, Sept. 23). Like his father whom he, the eldest of six sons, served as secretary in Washington, Son Kvale was chosen as a Farmer-Laborite and will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Fathers & Sons | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

Sirs: . . . Although many citizens disagreed with the beliefs of Mr. Kvale,* all respected his sincerity and admired the man himself. He was more loved and better known by the people of the seventh Minnesota district than any previous representative. Benson, his home town, has a population of less than 2,500, yet more than 5,000 persons attended the funeral of Congressman Kvale. At dawn of the day of his funeral, members of the Benson volunteer fire department washed the newly paved streets of the city and in other ways helped to make the city look its best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 14, 1929 | 10/14/1929 | See Source »

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