Word: boon
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Once again last week, as it had every year since 1911, Sweden's Taxeringskalender was proving a boon to the boastful, a murrain to the miserly and a surefire smash in the bookstalls. The book-a privately published almanac which meticulously lists the annual earnings of every Swede, except royalty, who makes more than 15,000 kronor (about $3,000)-sold 14,000 copies during the first few days after publication...
Then, asking the Senate to join him, Barkley prayed: "Lord, in these days of uncertainty, we ask for and thank Thee for the boon of Thy guidance and direction. Endow us with wisdom and light to see the path of our duty, and courage to keep our feet within it. Amen...
...welfare state. Harley Cronin, general secretary of the Prison Officers' Association, recently wrote as follows to the Prison Commission: "After a long spell of waiting, both the prisoner and the staff get thoroughly tired of playing cards, chess, etc., and the provision of wireless would be a boon . . . With careful selection suitable programs could be tuned into." At week's end the Home Office, which supervises British prisons, still had the request under consideration...
...older parts of the House, Adams boasts the University's largest suites and most so its few bathtubs. Grouped on the uptown side of Mt. Auburn Street between the CRIMSON office and the Lampoon edifice, all the entries of Adams are only a minute from the Yard, a true boon for late risers...
...easygoing way, Boutet de Monvel spent an enormous deal of research on his work. His studio was piled high with authentic costumes for the children and servants to sweat in, while he painted them (he never even sketched without models). Later, all this was to be a boon to Hollywood. When Producer Walter Wanger and Director Victor Fleming were making plans for Ingrid Bergman's Joan of Arc, they found tips for both costumes and settings in Boutet de Monvel...