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...seen it in years. ... So I will replace it with this. . . . You have been lucky boys to have had such a father and I am a lucky woman to have had my life's trail alongside the paths of three such men and boys. ... To your Daddy I bequeath all my interest and rights in the community property acquired by us during our married life. . . . There probably will not be more than enough cash in my bank account and the small securities ... to settle up the small personal affairs which I leave. If any should be left over . . . please...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Entertainers | 3/6/1944 | See Source »

Last Word. In Portland, Ore., a clause in the will of A. C. Forrester, late sanitary engineer, ran: "I give and bequeath unto the so-called sanitary engineering profession or professors a good healthy Bronx cheer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 24, 1942 | 8/24/1942 | See Source »

Immediate reason for the proposed incorporation was that the Oxford Group had been named as such in the will of a female doctor who wished to bequeath it ?500. The matter went into court in London, where Mr. Justice Sir Charles Bennett was informed in an affidavit that the Group "consists of a wholly indefinite and unascertainable number of persons who possess no organization and no secretary or treasurer or officer of any kind . . '. and who are endeavoring to lead a spiritual quality of life under the guidance of the Holy Spirit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Oxford v. Group | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

...such that she must constantly adjust herself to rapidly changing situations, but we are satisfied . . . that Brenda Frazier is no flower of this season alone but . . . will continue perennially green--a thing of beauty, and a joy forever. And when time at last has overtaken her footsteps she will bequeath to life a delicate, pleasant memory through the recorded incidents in the life of a mature and mellowed beauty...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A JOY FOREVER | 2/21/1939 | See Source »

...letter asked each of us to bequeath the cornea with a pious reference to Mr. Harding being a Minister. The letter indicated that it was Mr. Hardings belief that death was a matter of a few days in the future and that he wanted his cornea right away. Naturally you can appreciate this was impossible to work out in this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 29, 1938 | 8/29/1938 | See Source »

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