Word: bevans
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...same can be said for the dazzling collection of esoteric invective Mr. D. Bevan Wyndham Lewis has slung into the Dedication to his matchless excursion into the medieval, Francois Villon. It is sheer artistry, and while the General's list is a mere list, Mr. Lewis' is a stylistic delight...
...Reader Wentz is mistaken: Author Dominic Bevan Wyndham Lewis' juicy jargon comes straight out of Rabelais (Urquhart and Motteux's 17th-Century translation...
...Opposition forced Prime Minister Chamberlain to stop toying with the scheme of general registration of all citizens, the first step toward nationwide conscription. "As soon as war is declared the generals and the brass hats will be in charge of the whole resources of the country," howled Laborite Aneurin Bevan last week. Two days later, with His Majesty's Loyal Opposition still peppering Sir Thomas, the Prime Minister himself was forced onto the floor to try to make the anxious M. P.s believe that no plan for compulsory non-military or industrial service has been made...
...honorary president of the Larchmont-Mamaroneck Humane Society: "I was the means of having her [Mrs. Tuttle] banished from our society when it was charged that she put beautiful, expensive pets, principally cats, to death in the Larchmont police station, where they had a gas tank." Said President William Bevan of the Westchester County Animal Protective League: "I've known Mrs. Tuttle for years. . . . There must be a misunderstanding somewhere...
Henry Marlowe Curry Jr., 48, is a solid-looking citizen of Pittsburgh whose inheritance from his father, a onetime partner of Steelman Andrew Carnegie, supports his stock-trading and 6,000 acres near Waynesboro, Ga. There, with the assistance of Trainer Fred Bevan, he raises pointers, shoots and fishes. He rarely finds time to attend dog trials himself. Last week he was visiting his son at Phillips Academy at Andover...