Word: bores
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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George A. Lytton, Chicago men's-clothing tycoon, sportsman,* has a daughter, Rosemary, old enough to go to parties. Last week, she announced that parties are a "bore," went to work in The Hub, which is the name of her father's men's-clothing store. "By spring," said she, "I hope to have attained some slight degree of success...
...between 10.000 and 24,000 tons of pepper seeds known as Lampong. Alleppy and Tellicherry pepper comes from India and is harvested in December. Before they are used for seasoning, the seeds are ground, packed in tin boxes, and given a label. But whether Lampong, Alleppy or Tellicherry vines bore it, whether bought in an exclusive delicatessen shop or in the Great Atlantic & Pacific tea store, no matter what the box or price, all pepper tastes alike...
...brother's foils in the attic, and spent hours "fencing with unstable shadows cast by the candles that she lit in the dusk." When Ludovic killed her lover, a beautiful and outcast Jew, Isabella in turn killed her brother, and fled with a gypsyman to whom she bore seven sons and a daughter...
Vice President Richmond Dean is the hero of Pullman car naming. When the Pullman Co. took over the Wagner Sleeping Car, at the exact turn of the century, it was discovered that 300 cars bore duplicate names. Mr. Dean spent a restless afternoon and evening. On a sudden inspiration, he had the Chicago public library opened. With a corps of clerks, he delved into ancient history, Greek, Roman. Within 24 hours he gave heroic and antique christening...
...House of Keys, reputed to be the oldest governing body in the world. He bore messages from distinguished Manxmen of whom one was famed Manxman Author Sir Hall Caine. Sir Hall Caine's message contained this eloquent description of his birthplace...