Word: bittern
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...England. John was then 51, and he had been a public figure since the turn of the century; he would continue to be one, through progressive embalmings as a Grand Old Man, for another 30 years. Nearly 6 ft. tall, bearded like the pard, and booming like a bittern, much given to fancy dress-cloaks, Carlyle-size black hats, gold earrings-he boozed and philandered his way through every level of English society. He was a licensed vertical invader, conspicuous even in the notable roster of Edwardian eccentrics that stretched from the Cafe Royal to Bloomsbury. There had of course...