Word: born
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...would have passed. Had you said I was of Irish descent, there could have been a stout argument for as well as against. You might even make a stand on the allegation that I am of British descent, since my father was a British subject when I was born. But I fear it is hopeless to make me out "of Danish stock...
...Born. To Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hoover of Boston; a son, christened Alfred Smith...
...could see the torment out of which they had been born. If the nation's psychology was still diseased so was its art. The traces of neurosis were unmistakable. If, on the other hand, the nation was on the road to recovery, if its people were rediscovering the happiness which they had lost, the story was told in the picture...
Chicagoans these three mighty bankers are, but by migration. The Reynolds brothers were born at Panora, Guthrie County, Iowa. George M.'s first important job was as clerk with the Guthrie County National Bank at Panora. (The town's population is now barely 1,000.) Arthur ran a drug store there for ten years, and then followed his brother into the Guthrie
...Author. Louis Bromfield is one of those who live in Paris the better to get perspective on the American scene, but his origins are all-American. Born (1896) in Ohio of Boston-Maryland stock, he went to public schools, and to the Cornell Agricultural School. During the War he served with the French Army, in numerous sectors from Switzerland to the North Sea. He then resumed newspaper jobs in Manhattan, wrote up current theatre, worked on a music magazine...